Proverbs 7:4

Love wisdom like you love your sister. Understand what is wise, and let that be as dear to you as members of your family.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

In Context

3Tie my commands around your fingers in order that they will remind you to obey them. Always keep them in mind [MET].

5If you are wise and if you understand what is wise [PRS], you will not sleep with an immoral woman; you will not listen to a woman who tries to entice you to sleep with her by what she says.

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Cross References

Job 17:14I may say to the grave, ‘You will be like a father to me,’ and say to the maggots that will eat my body, ‘You will be like a mother or younger sisters to me because you will be where I will always be.’

Proverbs 4:6Do not turn away from wisdom, because if you are wise, you will be protected from all evil/danger. If you love wisdom, wisdom [PRS] will guard you.

Matthew 12:49He then pointed toward us disciples and said, “These are ones whom I love as much as I love my mother and my brothers [MET].

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 →

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