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Proverbs 9

Prov. 9:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wisdom
chokmowth (Hebrew #2454)
collateral forms of 2451; wisdom
KJV usage: wisdom, every wise (woman).
Pronounce: khok-moth'
Origin: or chakmowth {khak-moth'}
hath builded
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
her house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
d, she hath hewn out
chatsab (Hebrew #2672)
a primitive root ; to cut or carve (wood), stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
KJV usage: cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
Pronounce: khaw-tsab'
Origin: or chatseb {khaw-tsabe'}
her seven
sheba` (Hebrew #7651)
from 7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
KJV usage: (+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare 7658.
Pronounce: sheh'-bah
Origin: or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}
pillars
`ammuwd (Hebrew #5982)
from 5975; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
KJV usage: X apiece, pillar.
Pronounce: am-mood'
Origin: or ammud {am-mood'}
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Eph. 2:20‑22• 20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
 21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
 22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Eph. 2:20‑22)

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House,
Pillar,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The discipline,
4-12:  and doctrine of wisdom.
13-15:  The custom,
16-18:  and error of folly.
Wisdom.The infinite and eternal Wisdom of God, which has so framed the universe as to exhibit a scene of grandeur and stability, and made ample provision for the innumerable beings by which it is inhabited.builded.
Matt. 16:18• 18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matt. 16:18)
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1 Cor. 3:9‑15• 9For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
 10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
 11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
 12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
 13Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
 14If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
 15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. (1 Cor. 3:9‑15)
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Eph. 2:20‑22• 20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
 21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
 22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Eph. 2:20‑22)
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1 Tim. 3:15• 15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. (1 Tim. 3:15)
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Heb. 3:3‑6• 3For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honor than the house.
 4For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
 5And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
 6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. (Heb. 3:3‑6)
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1 Peter 2:5‑6• 5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
 6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. (1 Peter 2:5‑6)
pillars.
1 Kings 7:2‑3,6,21• 2He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
 3And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
 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.
 21And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. (1 Kings 7:2‑3,6,21)
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Gal. 2:9• 9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. (Gal. 2:9)
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Rev. 3:12• 12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. (Rev. 3:12)
• {v.1-12} Wisdom is likened to a prudent woman inviting the wayfarer to enter her home, where true knowledge is imparted to all who seek it in sincerity. {v.13-18} Folly takes her stand in a similar way, urging all to turn in to her, offering “the pleasures of sin for a season” to those who yield to her entreaties. (“Proverbs Nine” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wisdomc hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;

JND Translation Notes

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See Note, ch. 1.20.