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Proverbs 7:4
4Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, “You are my sister,” And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;
Proverbs 7:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
- New International Version (NIV)Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding your nearest kin,
Context of Proverbs 7:4
2Keep my commandments and live, And keep my teaching and law as the apple of your eye. 3Bind them [securely] on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, “You are my sister,” And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends; 5That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the foreigner [who does not observe God’s laws and] who flatters with her [smooth] words. 6For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:4 word by word
אֱמֹ֣ר לַֽ֭חָכְמָה אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ וּ֝מֹדָ֗ע לַבִּינָ֥ה תִקְרָֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:4
- Proverbs 2:2So that your ear is attentive to [skillful and godly] wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding [seeking it conscientiously and striving for it eagerly];
- Proverbs 4:6Do not turn away from her (Wisdom) and she will guard and protect you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns deceptive wages, But he who sows righteousness and lives his life with integrity will have a true reward [that is both permanent and satisfying].
- Isaiah 30:8Now, go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, So that it may serve in the time to come As a witness [against them] forevermore.
- Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Judah is written down with an iron stylus; With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart And on the horns of their altars.
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord, “I will put My law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- 2 Corinthians 3:3You show that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thou art my sister - Thou art my dearest friend, and I will treat thee as such.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4In Hebrew, sister is a term of endearment that shows closeness (see Song of Solomon 4:9–10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271-4. Similar calls (Pr 3:1-3; 4:10, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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