Say: Proverbs 2:2-Numbers :, Proverbs 4:6-Ruth : Thou: Job 17:14, Song of Solomon 8:1, Matthew 12:49, Matthew 12:50, Luke 11:27, Luke 11:28 Reciprocal: Proverbs 1:2 - General Proverbs 4:1 - attend Proverbs 6:21 - General read more
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:And call — Acquaint and delight thyself with her. read more
A FURTHER EXHORTATION TO FILIAL OBEDIENCE AND THE CULTIVATION OF WISDOM, AND TO WALK IN THE PATHS OF PURITY, Proverbs 7:1-27. Such is the importance of the subject discussed in the latter part of the last chapter, as also in the second and fifth chapters, that the teacher continues, with increasing earnestness, to warn his pupils against the seductive wiles of dissolute women. Therefore, after an exhortation, such as we have before met with, to cleave lovingly to wisdom as a preservative... read more
4. My sister… kinswoman Or familiar acquaintance; that is, respect, love, and cherish her. Cp. Job 17:14; Job 30:29; also, Psalms 55:13; Psalms 88:8. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:4
Pro 7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman: Ver. 4. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, ] q.d., If thou must needs have a lady to set thy love upon, let me commend a mistress to thee more amiable and affable than any that thou canst meet with, and that is heavenly wisdom. Say unto her, Thou art my sister, &c. Christ oft woos his spouse by this title, "My sister, my spouse." As the nearest affinity is spouse, so the nearest consanguinity is... read more