Proverbs 7:4
Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
In Context
3Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Cross References
Job 17:14I shall say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worme, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.
Matthew 12:49And he stretched foorth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Beholde 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 →