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Proverbs 7:4-6
Lexham English Bible

4 Say to wisdom,[a] “you are my sister,”
    and you shall call insight,[b] “intimate friend.”[c]
5 In order to guard yourself from an adulteress,[d]
    from the foreigner who makes her words smooth.[e]
6 For at the window of my house,
    through my lattice, I looked down.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:4 Hebrew “the wisdom”
  2. Proverbs 7:4 Hebrew “the insight”
  3. Proverbs 7:4 Literally “one who is known.” To “know” is often a euphemism for intercourse. Therefore “intimate friend” may also be read “lover.”
  4. Proverbs 7:5 Literally “a strange woman”
  5. Proverbs 7:5 Literally “causes to be smooth her words”
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