Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
In Context
2She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.
Cross References
1 Kings 7:6And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let yours heart keep my commandments:
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsts, come all of you to the waters, and he that has no money; come all of you, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are labourers together with God: all of you are God's farming, all of you are God's building.
Ephesians 2:20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief 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 →