What does Proverbs 7:4 mean?

Proverbs 7:4 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 7:4 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

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