Catholic Public Domain Version
"Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call prudence your friend. "
— Proverbs 7:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:”
“Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understandingthy kinswoman: ”
“Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,”
“Say to wisdom,“You are my sister,” and call understanding a close relative,”
“Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,”
“Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:”
“Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:”
My son, guard my words and conceal my precepts within you.
Son, preserve my commandments, and you shall live. And keep my law as the pupil of your eye.
Bind it with your fingers; write it on the tablets of your heart.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call prudence your friend.
So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
For I gaze from the window of my house, through the lattice,
and I see little ones. I consider a frenzied youth,