Proverbs 7:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou `art'.' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!'

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 17:14 : 14 To corruption I have called: -- `Thou `art' my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' -- to the worm.
  • Prov 2:2-4 : 2 To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding, 3 For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, 4 If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
  • Prov 4:6-8 : 6 Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. 7 The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
  • Song 8:1 : 1 Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me,
  • Matt 12:49-50 : 49 And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, `Lo, my mother and my brethren! 50 for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'
  • Luke 11:27-28 : 27 And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, `Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!' 28 And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping `it'!'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 7:5
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    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Prov 4:4-11
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    4And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

    5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

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

    7The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

    8Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.

    9She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.

    10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee.

    11In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.

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

  • Prov 5:1-2
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    1My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

    2To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

  • Prov 2:2-4
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    2To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

    3For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

    4If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

  • Prov 9:4
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    4`Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

  • Song 4:9-10
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    9Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

    10How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.

  • Song 4:12
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    12A garden shut up `is' my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.

  • Prov 8:1
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    1Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

    11Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

  • Prov 5:7
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    7And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    11For better `is' wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

    12I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

  • Prov 8:14
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    14Mine `is' counsel and substance, I `am' understanding, I have might.

  • Song 8:1
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    1Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me,

  • Prov 7:1
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    1My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

  • Prov 1:2
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    2For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,

  • Prov 3:4
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    4And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

  • Prov 1:8-9
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    8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

    9For a graceful wreath `are' they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.

  • Prov 4:1
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    1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

  • Prov 7:24-25
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    24And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

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    10Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

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    20And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

  • Prov 2:16
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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

  • Prov 4:13
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    13Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she `is' thy life.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16`Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,

  • Song 8:8
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    8We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her?

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11Wisdom `is' good with an inheritance, And an advantage `it is' to those beholding the sun.

  • Prov 6:24
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    24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

  • Prov 3:21
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    21My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

  • Prov 8:5
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    5Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

  • Prov 9:1
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    1Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars -- seven.

  • Song 1:8
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    8If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!

  • Prov 6:21
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    21Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.