A Stroll Through Proverbs 7:1-7:5

1 “My son, keep [to guard, give heed] my words, and ^alay [treasure] up my commandments [divine statutes and human law] with thee.

            ^aProverbs 2:1, 4:1, 6:20     

                                                         

2 Keep ^amy commandments [statutes], and live; and ^bmy law as the ¹{apple of thine eye}.

^aLeviticus 18:5, Proverbs 4:4, Isaiah 55:3; ^bDeuteronomy 32:10, Zechariah 2:8, Psalm 17:8; ¹Pupil of the eye (valuable to the owner of it)

3 Bind [confine] ^athem ¹{upon thy fingers}, write them upon the table of thine heart [inner man, soul].

            ^aDeuteronomy 6:8, 11:18, Proverbs 3:3, 6:21; ¹Sense of grasping; 

4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman [near kin, close friend]:

5 ^aThat they may keep thee from the strange [immoral] woman, from the stranger [seductress] which flattereth with her words.”

            ^aProverbs 2:16, 5:3, 6:24

Knowledge: The “kinswoman” and the “strange woman” further examples from “the theme in Proverbs of the conflict between Wisdom [prudence, intelligence] and Folly [foolishness].” (Henry Morris Study Bible, page 956)