Proverbs 7:4
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
BSB
ASV
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:
KJV
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
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Song of Solomon 8:1O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
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Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of…
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
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Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
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For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
As that which we make use of for our defence and armour, to keep us from the strange woman, from sin, that flattering but destroying thing, that adulteress; particularly from the sin of uncleanness,
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.