Devine Scripture

Proverbs 7:4

Proverbs chapter 7 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understandingthy kinswoman:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understandingthy kinswoman:

Context

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

v.4This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 4:6

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

  • Job 17:14

    If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;

  • Song of Solomon 8:1

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

  • Proverbs 2:2

    So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

  • Matthew 12:49

    And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren!

  • Luke 11:27

    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.