Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom hath built her house; she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
In Context
2She hath killed her cattle; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also set in order her table.
Cross References
1 Kings 7:6And he made a porch of pillars: fifty cubits was its length, and thirty cubits its breadth; and the porch was before them; and the other pillars with an entablature before them.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom crieth loudly without; in the public places she uttereth her voice;
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart keep my commandments;
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one of ye that thirsteth, come ye to the water, and he too that hath no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy without money and without price wine and milk.
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 →