Proverbs 7:4

Say thou to wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call thou prudence thy love (or and call thou understanding, thy friend).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Bind thou it in thy fingers; write thou it in the tables of thine heart. (Bind thou it on thy fingers; write thou it on the tablets of thy heart.)

5That it keep thee from a strange woman; and from an alien woman, that maketh her words sweet. (So that they keep thee safe from a strange woman; yea, from an unknown woman, who maketh her words sweet.)

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Cross References

Job 17:14I said to rot (or And I shall say to rot), Thou art my father; and to worms, Ye be my mother, and my sister.

Proverbs 4:6Forsake thou not it, and it shall keep thee (safe); love thou it, and it shall keep thee (safe).

Matthew 12:49And he held forth his hand into his disciples, and said, Lo! 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 →

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