Proverbs 7:4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Revised Version 1895
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 table of thine heart.
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Cross References
Job 17:14If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she shall keep thee.
Matthew 12:49And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and 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 →