12 Bible Verses about Metaphorical Pillars

“He raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the ash heap
To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor;
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.

Who shakes the earth out of its place,
And its pillars tremble;

“The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke.

“The earth and all who dwell in it melt;
It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah.

And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed;
All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.

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

but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.

Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants,
And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;

Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land.

With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will come down to the ground.

and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.