Proverbs 7:4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
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Gill's Exposition
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister,.... Intimately acquainted, greatly beloved, and highly delighted in: this may be understood both of the Gospel, the wisdom of God in a mystery, which men should be…
These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, Pro 6:20, etc., and ending (Pro 7:5) as that did (Pro 6:24), To keep thee from the strange woman; that…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
kinswoman Lit. known, i.e. acquaintance, or intimate friend, γνώριμος, LXX.; amica, Vulg. In the only two other places, however, in which the word occurs (Rth 2:1; Rth 3:2) it is used in the sense of…
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