Proverbs 9:1

Translations

Modern

Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

Traditional

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

Literal

Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out her seven pillars.

Latin

Sapientia ædificavit sibi domum: excidit columnas septem.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

Notes

Proverbs 9:1

The number seven symbolizes greatness or completeness. Thus, the seven columns represent the greatness of Wisdom's house, where it resides.

Proverbs 9:1–6

In Proverbs 9:13–18, a competing invitation challenges this offer to join Wisdom for a lavish meal.

Proverbs 8:1–9:18

The first part of Proverbs reaches a peak when the son meets two women. Both invite the young man, and the reader, into a close relationship. The young man and the reader must choose between:

The woman named Wisdom, who represents God's true wisdom (Proverbs 8:1–9:6)
The woman named Folly (9:13–18), who represents worldly wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:18–2:16)

Both women's houses are on "the heights of the city" (Proverbs 9:3, 14), which suggests ancient temples. The choice is between the true God and false gods.

Theme notes and profiles

The Choice of Life or Death

Related verses

Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Revelation 3:12
The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
1 Kings 7:2–3
He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
Galatians 2:9
And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
Ephesians 2:20–22
…built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
1 Corinthians 3:9–15
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
1 Peter 2:5–6
…you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Kings 7:21
Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
Hebrews 3:3–6
For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
1 Kings 7:6
Solomon 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.
1 Timothy 3:15
…in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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