Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom builded an house to himself (or Wisdom built a house for himself); he hewed out seven pillars,

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

In Context

2he offered his slain sacrifices, he meddled wine (or he mixed in spices with the wine), and setted forth his table.

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Cross References

1 Kings 7:6And he made a porch of pillars of fifty cubits of length, and of thirty cubits of breadth; and he made another porch in the face of the greater porch; and he made (the) pillars, and [the] pommels on the pillars. (And he made a colonnade of pillars which was fifty cubits in length, and thirty cubits in breadth; and he made another colonnade in front of the greater colonnade; and so he made the pillars, and the capitals on the pillars.)

Proverbs 1:20Wisdom preacheth withoutforth; in streets it giveth his voice. (Wisdom preacheth outside; yea, it raiseth up its voice in the streets.)

Proverbs 3:1My son, forget thou not my law; and thine heart keep my commandments.

Isaiah 55:1All that thirst, come ye to waters, [or All ye thirsting, cometh to waters], and ye that have not silver, haste, buy ye, and eat ye; come ye, buy ye, without silver and without any (ex)changing, wine and milk. (All ye who thirst, come to the waters, and ye who have no silver, hasten, buy ye, and eat ye; come ye, and buy ye, wine and milk, without any silver, yea, without any exchanging of money.)

1 Corinthians 3:9For we be the helpers of God; ye be the earth-tilling of God, ye be the building of God.

Ephesians 2:20above builded on the foundament of (the) apostles and of (the) prophets, upon that highest cornerstone, Christ Jesus; (built upon the foundation of the apostles and of the prophets, and the highest cornerstone is the Messiah Jesus;)

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 →

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