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Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,
Proverbs 7:4 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
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1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
2 Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:
3 Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.
4 Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,
5 That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.
6 For I looked out of the window of my house through the lattice,
7 And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,
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