Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding [thy] kinswoman,
Oh that thou were as my brother, who sucked the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find thee outside, I would kiss thee. Yes, and none would despise me.
if I have said to corruption, Thou are my father, to the worm, My mother, and my sister,
Bind them upon thy fingers. Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
that they may keep thee from the interloping woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.