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Proverbs 7:4-6
EasyEnglish Bible
Proverbs 7:4-6
EasyEnglish Bible
4 Love wisdom in the same way that you love your sister. Be very careful to understand what is right. 5 If you do that, it will keep you safe from sin. You will not agree to sleep with an adulteress or a prostitute when she speaks sweet words to you.
The adulteress[a]
6 Once I was looking out through the window of my house.
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- 7:6 This is the first part of Solomon's final lesson to his son. It is about a woman who deceives a foolish man. This man is a fool, because he is destroying his life. He does not realize what will happen to him. We can choose to listen to the woman who is ‘Wisdom’ (Chapter 8), or we can choose to listen to the woman who leads us into sin. This is a picture of the decisions that we make in life.
Proverbs 7:4-6
New International Version
Proverbs 7:4-6
New International Version
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)
6 At the window of my house
I looked down through the lattice.
Proverbs 7:4-6
King James Version
Proverbs 7:4-6
King James Version
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
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