Proverbs 7:4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and to insight, "You are my relative."

◄ Proverbs 7:4 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and to insight, "You are my relative."

English Standard Version
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend,

New American Standard Bible
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your relative.

International Standard Version
Say to wisdom, "You're my sister!" and call understanding your close relative,

American Standard Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,

Darby Bible Translation
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence thy kinswoman:

Young's Literal Translation
Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

7:1-5 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. Bind … fingers—as inscriptions on rings.