Proverbs 7:4

Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

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WEBBE

Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

BSB

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

KJV

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

ASV

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding [thy] kinswoman:

BBE

Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:

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אֱמֹר 'e·mor say H559 לַחָכְמָה la·cha·khe·mah to (the) wisdom H2451 אֲחֹתִי 'a·cho·ti [are] sister my H269 אָתְּ 'at you H859 וּמֹדָע u·mo·da' and a relative H4129 לַבִּינָה la·bi·nah to (the) discernment H998 תִקְרָא tik·ra' you will call H7121

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–5

We must lay up God's commandments safely. Not only, Keep them, and you shall live; but, Keep them as those that cannot live without them. Those that blame strict and careful walking as needless and too precise, consider not that the law is to be kept as the apple of the eye; indeed the law in the heart is the eye of the soul. Let the word of God dwell in us, and so be written where it will be always at hand to be read. Thus we shall be kept from the fatal effects of our own passions, and the snares of Satan. Let God's word confirm our dread of sin, and resolutions against it.

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