1 My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
2 keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
3 bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
5to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
Once again we are reminded that wisdom helps us to live well. It also suggested that God's commandments are not something distant and unfamiliar, but are instead like a close relative or old friend. This is in stark contrast to the deception of sin which is embodied here as a smooth-talking woman.
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