King James Version

What Does Proverbs 7:4 Mean?

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

Context

2

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

3

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

4

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

5

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

6

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
63. The communion of the saints. Delight in their company is an evidence of belonging to them (Psa 16:3; Am 3:3; Mal 3:16).

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

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