“ Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: ”
The longest and most elaborate description of the adulteress, the fate of her victim, and the value of wisdom as a safeguard. Proverbs 7:1-5 . General advice to the young man to observe the comm...
sister. Compare Matthew 12:50 . kinswoman . close friend (masc). Only other occurance. Ruth 2:1 , of Boaz.
DISCOURSE: 768 LOVE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES INCULCATED Proverbs 7:1-4 . My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thi...
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: Thou art my sister - Thou art my dearest friend, and I will treat thee as such.
Call understanding thy kinswoman— Thy relation: The LXX have it, Make wisdom thy acquaintance. "Say to wisdom, Thou art my sister, my spouse, my beloved, my inclination. Give to her thy heart,...
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: Say unto wisdom, Thou (art) my sister; and call understanding (thy) kinswoman. Associate wisdom most closely with th...
The Bad Woman A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman.
CHAPTER 8 REALISM IN MORAL TEACHING "I looked forth through my lattice; and I beheld." Proverbs 7:6 THE three Chapter s which close the introduction of our book (7-9) present a lively and pict...
This is a second parental exhortation, and consists of a warning against the allurements of the strange woman. A graphic picture of the seduction of a youth void of understanding is given. The woman...
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 shou...
Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman: Ver. 4. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, ] q.d., If thou must needs have a lady to set thy love upon, let me c...
Keep my commandments, and live That is, thou shalt live. It is a promise in the form of a command, as Proverbs 3:25 . And my law as the apple of thine eye With all possible care and diligence, a...
The Word of God Recommended. 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, a...
When other foolish young men seek wanton mistresses, whom they frequently call sisters or kinswomen, let wisdom be thy mistress; acquaint and delight thyself with her, and let her have the comman...
An Appeal To ‘My Son' To Observe His Words And His Commandments And To Take Wisdom And Understanding As His Close Female Relatives, So As To Be Protected From The Foreign Woman ( Proverbs 7:1-5 )....
CRITICAL NOTES. Proverbs 7:2 . Apple of the eye , the “pupil,” literally the “little man” of the eye, referring to the reflected image of a man seen in that organ. Proverbs 7:3 . Bind them “...
Proverbs 7:1 . Keep my words lay up my commandments. These terms being of constant occurrence in the didactic scriptures, will be found explained in the beginning of the hundred and nineteenth psa...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 7:1-20 13. Thirteenth admonitory discourse, containing a warning against adultery, treated under a different aspect from previous exhortations, and strengthened by an...
Condemnation of Fornication and Adultery. On account of the terrible devastation wrought by sins of adultery and by every gratification of sexual desires outside of holy wedlock, affecting not onl...
Job 17:14 ; Luke 11:27 ; Luke 11:28 ; Matthew 12:49 ; Matthew 12:50 ; Proverbs 2:2-4 ; Proverbs 4:6-8 ; Song of Solomon 8:1
And call — Acquaint and delight thyself with her.