Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
In Context
2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
Cross References
1 Kings 7:6Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Ephesians 2:20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
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 →