4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
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So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; …
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. …
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, Prov. 6:20; and ending (Pr. 7:5) as that did (Pr. 7:24), To keep thee from the strange woman ; that is it he aims at; only there he had said, Keep thy father’s commandment , here (which comes all to one), Keep my commandments , for he speaks to us as unto sons. He speaks in God’s name; for it is God’s c…
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