Proverbs 7:4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
In Context
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
5that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
Cross References
Job 17:14I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
Matthew 12:49And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:2-6
The Word of God Recommended. 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, ch. vi.… Read the whole commentary →