Proverbs 7:4

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.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding your nearest kin,
• New Living Translation (NLT)Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.

Context of Proverbs 7:4

2keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; 3bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend, 5to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words. 6For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,

Proverbs 7:4 word by word

אֱמֹ֣ר לַֽ֭חָכְמָה אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ וּ֝מֹדָ֗ע לַבִּינָ֥ה תִקְרָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• my sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• and callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• understandingבִּינָהbîynâh · understandingH998
• kinswomanמוֹדַעmôda‛ môdâ‛ · kinsmanH4129

Cross-references for Proverbs 7:4

• Proverbs 2:2making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
• Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
• Proverbs 11:18The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
• Isaiah 30:8And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever.
• Jeremiah 17:1"The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars,
• Jeremiah 31:33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares 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 shall be my people.
• 2 Corinthians 3:3And you 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

Topics related to Proverbs 7:4

• Chastity
• Commandments
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Chamber
• Discern
• Goodman
• Loud
• Adultery
• Hezekiah (2)
• Kinsman; Kinswoman
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Sister

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