Proverbs 7:4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
In Context
3Bind them around thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
5That they may keep thee from an adulterous woman, from an alien that useth flattering speeches.
Cross References
Job 17:14When I call to corruption, Thou art my father: Thou art my mother, and my sister, to the worms.
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she will watch over thee: love her, and she will keep thee.
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 →