Proverbs 9:1
Wisedome hath built her house, and hewen out her seuen pillars.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
In Context
2She hath killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table.
Cross References
1 Kings 7:6And he made a porche of pillars fiftie cubites long, and thirtie cubites broade, and the porch was before them, euen before them were thirtie pillars.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
Proverbs 3:1My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and ye that haue no siluer, come, bye and eate: come, I say, bye wine and milke without siluer and without money.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we together are Gods labourers: yee are Gods husbandrie, and Gods building.
Ephesians 2:20And are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Iesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe corner stone,
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 →