The Way of Wisdom

Wisdom has (A)built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;

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Invitations of Wisdom and Folly

Wisdom has built(A) her house;
    she has set up[a] its seven pillars.

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  1. Proverbs 9:1 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew has hewn out

18 And I also say to you that (A)you are Peter, and (B)on this rock I will build My church, and (C)the gates of Hades shall not [a]prevail against it.

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  1. Matthew 16:18 be victorious

18 And I tell you that you are Peter,[a](A) and on this rock I will build my church,(B) and the gates of Hades[b] will not overcome it.

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  1. Matthew 16:18 The Greek word for Peter means rock.
  2. Matthew 16:18 That is, the realm of the dead

12 He who overcomes, I will make him (A)a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall (B)go out no more. (C)I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the (D)New Jerusalem, which (E)comes down out of heaven from My God. (F)And I will write on him My new name.

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12 The one who is victorious(A) I will make a pillar(B) in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God(C) and the name of the city of my God,(D) the new Jerusalem,(E) which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.

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you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,

(A)“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”

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you also, like living stones, are being built(A) into a spiritual house[a](B) to be a holy priesthood,(C) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(D) For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
    a chosen and precious cornerstone,(E)
and the one who trusts in him
    will never be put to shame.”[b](F)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
  2. 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16

20 having been (A)built (B)on the foundation of the (C)apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being (D)the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into (E)a holy temple in the Lord, 22 (F)in whom you also are being built together for a (G)dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

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20 built(A) on the foundation(B) of the apostles and prophets,(C) with Christ Jesus himself(D) as the chief cornerstone.(E) 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple(F) in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(G)

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and when James, [a]Cephas, and John, who seemed to be (A)pillars, perceived (B)the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, (C)that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

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  1. Galatians 2:9 Peter

James,(A) Cephas[a](B) and John, those esteemed as pillars,(C) gave me and Barnabas(D) the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.(E) They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,(F) and they to the circumcised.

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  1. Galatians 2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14

For (A)we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are (B)God’s building. 10 (C)According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid (D)the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than (E)that which is laid, (F)which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day (G)will declare it, because (H)it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

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For we are co-workers in God’s service;(A) you are God’s field,(B) God’s building.(C)

10 By the grace God has given me,(D) I laid a foundation(E) as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.(F) 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is,(G) because the Day(H) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(I) 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(J) 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.(K)

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He also built the (A)House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was [a]one hundred cubits, its width [b]fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars. And it was paneled with cedar above the beams that were on forty-five pillars, fifteen to a row.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:2 About 150 feet
  2. 1 Kings 7:2 About 75 feet

He built the Palace(A) of the Forest of Lebanon(B) a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high,[a] with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:2 That is, about 150 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 45 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high

For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as (A)He who built the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but (B)He who built all things is God. (C)And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as (D)a servant, (E)for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, but Christ as (F)a Son over His own house, (G)whose house we are (H)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.

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  1. Hebrews 3:6 NU omits firm to the end

Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses,(A) just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.(B) “Moses was faithful as a servant(C) in all God’s house,”[a](D) bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son(E) over God’s house. And we are his house,(F) if indeed we hold firmly(G) to our confidence and the hope(H) in which we glory.

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  1. Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7

21 (A)Then he set up the pillars by the vestibule of the temple; he set up the pillar on the right and called its name [a]Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name [b]Boaz.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:21 Lit. He Shall Establish
  2. 1 Kings 7:21 Lit. In It Is Strength

21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin[a] and the one to the north Boaz.[b](A)

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  1. 1 Kings 7:21 Jakin probably means he establishes.
  2. 1 Kings 7:21 Boaz probably means in him is strength.

15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and [a]ground of the truth.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:15 foundation, mainstay

15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church(A) of the living God,(B) the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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He also made the Hall of Pillars: its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits; and in front of them was a portico with pillars, and a canopy was in front of them.

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He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide.[a] In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:6 That is, about 75 feet long and 45 feet wide or about 23 meters long and 14 meters wide