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.”
• 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, 5So that 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,

Proverbs 7:4 word by word

אֱמֹ֣ר לַֽ֭חָכְמָה אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ וּ֝מֹדָ֗ע לַבִּינָ֥ה תִקְרָֽא׃Read the interlinear

• Sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• You are my sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• And callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• understandingבִּינָהbîynâh · understandingH998
• intimateמוֹדַעmôda‛ môdâ‛ · kinsmanH4129

Cross-references for Proverbs 7:4

• Proverbs 2:2Make your ear attentive to wisdom; Incline your heart to understanding.
• Proverbs 4:6Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
• Proverbs 11:18A wicked person earns deceptive wages, But one who sows righteousness gets a true reward.
• Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it on a tablet in their presence 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 with an iron stylus; With a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts And on the horns of their altars,
• Jeremiah 31:33“For 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 write it on their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
• 2 Corinthians 3:3revealing yourselves, that you are a letter of 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