Proverbs 7:4

World English Bible (2000)

Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 17:14 : 14 If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
  • Prov 2:2-4 : 2 So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
  • Prov 4:6-8 : 6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. 7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. 8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
  • Song 8:1 : 1 Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
  • Matt 12:49-50 : 49 He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."
  • Luke 11:27-28 : 27 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!" 28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

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  • Prov 7:5
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    5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 4:4-11
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    4 He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

    5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

    6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

    7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

    8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

    9 She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."

    10 Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

    11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

  • Prov 7:3
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    3 Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Prov 5:1-2
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    1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

    2 that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

  • Prov 2:2-4
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    72%

    2 So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

    3 Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

    4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

  • Prov 9:4
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    4 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

  • Song 4:9-10
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    9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

    10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!

  • Song 4:12
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    12 A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.

  • Prov 8:1
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    1 Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice?

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

    11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

  • Prov 5:7
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    7 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    11 For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.

    12 "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5 Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

  • Prov 8:14
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    14 Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

  • Song 8:1
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    1 Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.

  • Prov 7:1
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    1 My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

  • Prov 1:2
    70%

    2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

  • Prov 3:4
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    4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 1:8-9
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    8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

    9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

  • Prov 4:1
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    1 Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

  • Prov 7:24-25
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    24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

    25 Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,

  • Ps 45:10
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    10 Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

  • Prov 2:16
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    16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

  • Prov 4:13
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    13 Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

  • Song 8:8
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    8 We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

  • Prov 6:24
    69%

    24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 3:21
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    21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • Prov 8:5
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    5 You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 9:1
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    1 Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

  • Song 1:8
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    8 If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

  • Prov 6:21
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    21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.