Proverbs 7:4 meaning and explanation

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

Proverbs 7:4, Berean Standard Bible

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In this verse a father is urging his son to treat wisdom as family, not as a distant idea. The Hebrew word for wisdom, chokmah, is personified here as a woman, and the son is told to address her as a sister, a term of closeness and trust.

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