Holy Scripture
Proverbs 7:4
A church father on this verse
“It is proper that until we reach maturity, virtue of the soul be within us and personal, but when we reach full maturity so that we are capable also of teaching others, let us then no longer enclose virtue within our bosom as a wife but as a sister, let us unite her also with others who wish her. For to those who are…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4Say that wisdom is thy sister, And gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
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In context
2Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; And keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.
3And bind them on thy fingers, And write them on the table of thy heart.
— Proverbs 7:4 —
5That she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, If she should assail thee with flattering words.
6For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, At one whom she may see of the senseless ones, A young man void of understanding,