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 commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession. 3Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding a close relative, 5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words. 6For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out

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 2:2by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,
• Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.
• Proverbs 11:18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
• Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness.
• Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Judah is engraved with an iron chisel on their stone-hard hearts. It is inscribed with a diamond point on the horns of their altars.
• Jeremiah 31:33“But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the Lord. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.
• 2 Corinthians 3:3revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets 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