New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 7:4
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding your intimate friend;
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 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 understanding your intimate friend; 5That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her 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
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:4
- Proverbs 2:2Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;
- Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked earns deceptive wages, But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward.
- Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever.
- 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,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
- 2 Corinthians 3:3being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for 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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