Proverbs 7:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 17:14 : 14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
  • Prov 2:2-4 : 2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:
  • Prov 4:6-8 : 6 Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee. 7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [Therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
  • Song 8:1 : 1 Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.
  • Matt 12:49-50 : 49 And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
  • Luke 11:27-28 : 27 And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 4:4-11
    8 verses
    78%

    4 And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

    5 Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

    6 Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

    7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [Therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

    8 Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

    9 She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

    10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

    11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

  • 3 Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

  • Prov 5:1-2
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    1 My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

    2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 2:2-4
    3 verses
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    2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

    3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

    4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

  • 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

  • Song 4:9-10
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    9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] bride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

    10 How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

  • 12 A garden shut up is my sister, [my] bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

  • 1 Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    71%

    10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

    11 Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

  • 7 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    11 For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

    12 I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion.

  • 5 Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

  • 14 Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

  • 1 Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.

  • 1 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

  • 2 To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

  • 4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 1:8-9
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    8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

    9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

  • 1 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

  • Prov 7:24-25
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    24 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.

    25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

  • 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house:

  • 20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

  • 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

  • 13 Take fast hold of instruction; Let her not go: Keep her; For she is thy life.

  • 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

  • 8 We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?

  • 11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

  • 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

  • 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • 21 My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • 5 O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • 1 Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:

  • 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

  • 21 Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.