Proverbs 7:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Say vnto wysdome, thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinsewoman:

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  • Job 17:14 : 14 I saide to corruption, thou art my father, and to the wormes, you are my mother and my sister.
  • Prov 2:2-4 : 2 That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng. 3 For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge: 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures:
  • Prov 4:6-8 : 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee. 7 The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding. 8 Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour:
  • Song 8:1 : 1 O that I might finde thee without and kisse thee, whom I loue as my brother whiche suckt my mothers brestes, and that thou shalt not be dispised,
  • Matt 12:49-50 : 49 And he stretched foorth his hande towarde his disciples, & sayde, beholde my mother, and my brethren. 50 For whosoeuer shall do the wyll of my father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, sister, and mother.
  • Luke 11:27-28 : 27 And it came to passe, that as he spake these thynges, a certayne woman of the company lyft vp her voyce, & saide vnto hym: Happy is the wombe that bare thee, and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke. 28 But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.

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  • 5That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes.

  • Prov 4:4-11
    8 verses
    78%

    4He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue.

    5Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.

    6Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee.

    7The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding.

    8Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour:

    9She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory.

    10Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many.

    11I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes.

  • 3Binde them vpon thy fingers, and wryte them in the table of thyne heart.

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence:

    2That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge.

  • Prov 2:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng.

    3For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge:

    4If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures:

  • 4Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said,

  • Song 4:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Thou hast with loue bewitched my heart O my sister my spouse, thou hast bewitched my heart with one of thyne eyes, and with one chayne of thy necke.

    10O howe fayre are thy breastes, my sister, my spouse? Thy breastes are more pleasaunt then wine, and the smell of thyne oyntmentes passeth all spices.

  • 12A garden well locked is my sister, my spouse: a garden well locked, and a sealed well.

  • 1Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce?

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge:

    11Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee,

  • 7Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 8:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones, yea all thinges that thou canst desire, may not be compared vnto it.

    12I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • 5Let no man beleeue his friende, nor put his confidence in his brother: kepe the doore of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

  • 14Counsell is mine, and direction, I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.

  • 1O that I might finde thee without and kisse thee, whom I loue as my brother whiche suckt my mothers brestes, and that thou shalt not be dispised,

  • 1My sonne kepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements by thee.

  • 2To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng,

  • 4So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.

  • Prov 1:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother:

    9For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and as a chayne about thy necke.

  • 1Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 7:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24Heare me now therfore O my chylde, and marke the wordes of my mouth:

    25Let not thyne heart wander in her wayes, and be not thou deceaued in her pathes.

  • 10Hearken O daughter and consider, encline thine eare: forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house.

  • 20Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger?

  • 16That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes,

  • 13Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.

  • 16Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith,

  • 8Our sister is but young and hath no brestes: what shall we do for our sister when she shalbe spoken for?

  • 11Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:

  • 24That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman.

  • 8He that is wise loueth his owne soule, and kepeth vnderstanding, that he may prosper.

  • 21My sonne, let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes, but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding:

  • 5Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.

  • 1Wysdome hath buylded her house, and hewen out seuen pillers:

  • 8If thou knowe not thy selfe (O thou fayrest among women) then go thy way foorth after the footesteppes of the sheepe, and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes.

  • 21Tye them continually in thyne heart, and bynde them about thy necke.