Bible verse

Proverbs 7:4

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

Proverbs 7:4 · BSB

Proverbs 7:4 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 7.

1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

2 Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

3 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

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

5 that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

6 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

8 crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

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Proverbs 7:4 in other translations

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:

ERV

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

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