Proverbs 7:4
Tell wisdom, “You're my sister,” and call insight your best friend.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
In Context
3Tie them to your fingers; write them in your mind.
5They will protect you from the immoral woman, from the prostitute with her seductive words.
Cross References
Job 17:14Should I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?
Proverbs 4:6Don't give up on wisdom for she will keep you safe. Love wisdom and she will protect you.
Matthew 12:49He pointed at his disciples, and said, “Look, they are my mother and my brothers!
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 →