12 Bible Verses about Metaphorical Pillars

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and on them he has set the world.

who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble;

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke.

When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah

Those who are the pillars of the land will be crushed, and all who work for pay will be grieved.

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

if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, 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 from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;

And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.

and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.