Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
In Context
2She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.
Cross References
1 Kings 7:6And he made a covered room of pillars, fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, and ... with steps before it.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;
Proverbs 3:1My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:
Isaiah 55:1Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
Ephesians 2:20Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:1
Christ and sin are rivals for the soul of man, and here we are told how they both make their court to it, to have the innermost and uppermost place in it. The design of this representation is to set before us life and death, good and evil; and there needs no more than a fair stating of the case to determine us which of those to choose, and surrender our hearts to. They are both brought in making entertainment for the soul, and inviting it to accept of the entertainment; concerning both we are told what the issue… Read the whole commentary →