29 Bible Verses about Pillars

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1 Kings 7:21

And he will raise up the pillars for the porch of the temple: and he will raise up the right pillar and call its name Jachin: and he will raise up the left pillar and call its name Boaz.

Genesis 28:18-22

And Jacob will rise early in the morning, and take the stone which he put at his head, and will set it a pillar, and pour oil upon its head. And he will call the name of that place the house of God: and Ailam Luz the name of the city at the beginning. And Jacob will vow a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will preserve me in this way which I went, and gave to me bread to eat, and covering to put on,read more.
And I turned back in peace to my father's house; and Jehovah was to me for God. And this stone which I set a pillar shall be the house of God, and all which thou shalt give to me, the tenth I will tithe it to thee.

Genesis 31:45-53

And Jacob will take a stone and raise up a pillar. And Jacob will say to his brethren, Gather stones; and they will take stones and make a heap; and they will eat there upon the heap. And Laban will call it the heap of testimony, and Jacob called it the heap of witness.read more.
And Laban will say, This heap a witness between me and between thee this day, for this its name was called Gilead: And watchtower: for he said Jehovah will watch between me and between thee when we shall be concealed a man from his Mend. If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives to my daughters, no man is with us, seeing God a witness between me and between thee. And Laban will say to Jacob, Behold this heap; and behold the pillar which I cast between me and between thee. A witness this heap, and a witness the pillar, if I will not pass over this heap to thee, and thou shalt not pass over to me, this heap and this pillar for evil. The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor shall judge between us, the God of their father: and Jacob will swear by the fear of his father Isaak.

Genesis 35:14-15

And Jacob will set up a pillar in the place which God spake with him; a pillar of stone: and he will pour out upon it a libation, and he will pour out upon it oil And Jacob will call the name of the place which God spake with him there, The House of God.

Exodus 24:4

And Moses will write all the words of Jehovah, and he will rise early in the morning, and will build an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:2-6

And it was in the day which ye shall pass over Jordan to the land that Jehovah thy God gave to thee, and set up to thee great stones, and plaster them with lime. And write upon them all the words of this law in thy passing over, so that thou shalt go in to the land that Jehovah thy God gave to thee; a land flowing milk and honey, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers spake to thee. And being in your passing over Jordan ye shall set up these stones which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and plaster them with lime.read more.
And build there an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up iron upon them. Whole stones thou shalt build the altar of Jehovah thy God: and bring up upon it burnt-offerings to Jehovah thy God:

Joshua 4:1-9

And it shall be as all the people finished passing over Jordan, and Jehovah will say to Joshua, Take to you from the people twelve men, one man, one man from a tribe; And command ye them, saying, Take up to you from hence out of the midst of Jordan from the firm standing of the feet of the priests, twelve stones, and pass them over with you, and deposit them in the lodging place where ye shall remain in it the night.read more.
And Joshua will call to the twelve men whom he prepared from the sons of Israel, one man, one man from a tribe: And Joshua will say to them, Pass ye over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of Jordan, and lift up to you each one stone upon his shoulder according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel: So that this shall be a sign in the midst of you, when your sons shall ask to-morrow, saying, What these stones to you? And say ye to them that the waters of Jordan were cut off from before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; in its passing through Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones were for a remembrance to the sons of Israel even to forever. And the sons of Israel will do so as Joshua commanded, and they will lift up the twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as Jehovah spake to Joshua according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and they will pass them over with them to the lodging place, and they will deposit them there. And Joshua raised up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place of the standing of the feet of the priest lifting up the ark of the covenant: and they shall be there till this day.

2 Samuel 18:18

And Absalom took and set up for him in his living, a pillar in the valley of the king; for he said, Not to me a son to call my name to mind: and he will call the pillar by his name, and he will call it The Hand of Absalom, even to this day.

Exodus 13:21-22

And Jehovah went before them the day in a pillar of cloud, to direct them the way; and the night in a pillar of fire to give light to them; to go the day and the night And the pillar of cloud will not give way, the day, and the pillar of fire, the night, before the people.

Exodus 33:9

And it was as Moses went to the tent, the pillar of the cloud came down and stood at the door of the tent, and spake with Moses.

Nehemiah 9:12

And in a pillar of cloud thou didst guide them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, to enlighten the way to them that they shall go in it

Jeremiah 1:18

Behold, I gave thee this day for a fortified city and for a pillar of iron and for a wall of brass upon all the land to the kings of Judah, to her chiefs, to her priests, and to the people of the land.

Job 26:11

The pillars of the heavens shall be shaken, and be astonished from his reproof.

Psalm 75:3

The earth and all dwelling in it being melted: I made even its pillars. Silence.

Psalm 144:12

That our sons as plants growing great in their youth, our daughters as corners variegated, the likeness of a temple:

Galatians 2:9

And having known the grace given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, seeming to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hands of communion; that we for the nations, and they for the circumcision.

Revelation 3:12

He conquering, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and without shall he no more come forth: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from heaven from my God: and my new name.

Revelation 10:1

And I saw another strong angel coming down from heaven, surrounded with a cloud: and a rainbow upon the head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

Judges 9:6

And all the lords of Shechem will gather together, and all the House of the Rampart, and they will make Abimelech king, by the Oak of the Pillar which is in Shechem.

2 Kings 11:12-14

And he will bring forth the king's son, and he will give upon him the diadem and the testimonies; and they will make him king, and: anoint him and they will strike the hand and say, The king shall live. And Athaliah will hear the voice of the runners of the people; and she will go in to the: people to the house of Jehovah. And she will see and behold, the king standing by the pillar according to judgment, and the captains and the trumpets to the king; and all the people of the land rejoicing, and striking with the trumpets. And Athaliah will rend her garments and call out, A conspiracy! a conspiracy!

2 Chronicles 23:11-13

And they will bring forth the king's son, and they will give the diadem upon him, and the testimonies, and they will make him king. And Jehoiada and his sons will anoint him, and say, The king shall live. And Athaliah will hear the voice of the people running and praising the king, and she will come to the people in the house of Jehovah. And she will see, and behold, the king standing upon his standing in the coming in, and the chiefs and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoicing, and they clanged upon the trumpets; and those singing with instruments of the song, and those knowing to praise. And Athaliah will rend her garments and say, A conspiracy! a conspiracy!

Genesis 19:24-26

And Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, sulphur and fire from Jehovah out of the heavens. And he will overturn these cities, and all the circuit, and all inhabiting the cities, and the sprouting of the earth. And his wife will look hack from behind him, and will become a pillar of salt

Judges 16:25-30

And it will be when their heart will be joyful, and they will say, Call to Samson, and he shall play to us. And they will call to Samson from the house of bonds and he will play before them, and they will set him between the pillars. And Samson will say to the boy holding him by his hand, Permit me and I shall feel the pillars which the house stood upon them, and I will lean upon them. And the house was filled with men and women, and there were all the princes of Philisteim, and upon the roof about three thousand men and women looking upon the sport of Samsonread more.
And Samson will call to Jehovah, and will say, Lord Jehovah, remember me now, and strengthen me now but this once, O God, and I will avenge myself one vengeance for my two eyes of Philisteim. And Samson will clasp the two pillars the midst of which the house stood upon them, and he stayed himself upon them, one with his right hand and one with his left And Samson will say, My soul shall die with Philisteim. And he will bow with strength, and the house will fall upon the princes and upon all the people which are in it And the dead will be more which he killed in his death than which he killed in his life.

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Brass » Made into » Pillars

1 Kings 7:15-16

And he formed two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits the height of the one pillar: and a thread of twelve cubits will surround the two pillars. And he made two crowns upon the heads of the pillars, of molten brass: five cubits the height of the one crown, and five cubits the height of the second crown.

Iron » Made into » Pillars

Jeremiah 1:18

Behold, I gave thee this day for a fortified city and for a pillar of iron and for a wall of brass upon all the land to the kings of Judah, to her chiefs, to her priests, and to the people of the land.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Pillars

Jeremiah 1:18

Behold, I gave thee this day for a fortified city and for a pillar of iron and for a wall of brass upon all the land to the kings of Judah, to her chiefs, to her priests, and to the people of the land.

Pillars » The vail and hangings of the tabernacle supported by

Exodus 36:38

And its five pillars and their pegs: and he spread over their heads and their joinings with gold; and their five bases brass.

Exodus 36:36

And he will make to it four acacia pillars, and he will spread them over with gold: and their pegs gold; and he cast for them four bases of silver.

Exodus 26:32

And give it upon four acacia pillars spread over with gold: their pegs of gold upon four silver bases.

Pillars » Illustrative of » Stability of Christ

Revelation 10:1

And I saw another strong angel coming down from heaven, surrounded with a cloud: and a rainbow upon the head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

Song of Songs 5:15

His legs bases of white marble, founded upon of pure gold: his aspect as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

Pillars » Of memorial » To commemorate remarkable events

Exodus 24:4

And Moses will write all the words of Jehovah, and he will rise early in the morning, and will build an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Joshua 4:24

So that all the people of the earth knew the hand of Jehovah that it is strong: so that ye shall fear Jehovah your God all the days.

Joshua 4:20

And these twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua set in Gilgal.

Pillars » Of memorial » In honor of idols

Deuteronomy 7:5

But thus shall ye do to them; their altars ye shall destroy, and their pillars ye shall break in pieces, and their statues ye shall cut down, and their carved things ye shall burn in are.

Leviticus 26:1

Ye shall not make to yourselves vain things, and carving, and a pillar ye shall not set up to you, and a stone of imagery ye shall not give in your land, to worship upon it: for I Jehovah your God.

Pillars » Illustrative of » Ministers

Jeremiah 1:18

Behold, I gave thee this day for a fortified city and for a pillar of iron and for a wall of brass upon all the land to the kings of Judah, to her chiefs, to her priests, and to the people of the land.

Galatians 2:9

And having known the grace given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, seeming to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hands of communion; that we for the nations, and they for the circumcision.

Pillars » Of memorial » To witness vows

Genesis 28:18

And Jacob will rise early in the morning, and take the stone which he put at his head, and will set it a pillar, and pour oil upon its head.

Genesis 31:13

I the God of the house of God, where thou didst anoint there a pillar; where thou didst vow to me there a vow: now arise, go forth from this land, and turn back to the land of thy kindred.

Pillars » Of memorial » Often anointed

Genesis 28:18

And Jacob will rise early in the morning, and take the stone which he put at his head, and will set it a pillar, and pour oil upon its head.

Genesis 31:13

I the God of the house of God, where thou didst anoint there a pillar; where thou didst vow to me there a vow: now arise, go forth from this land, and turn back to the land of thy kindred.

Pillars » Of memorial » Sometimes of a heap of stones

Joshua 4:20

And these twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua set in Gilgal.

Joshua 4:8-9

And the sons of Israel will do so as Joshua commanded, and they will lift up the twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as Jehovah spake to Joshua according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and they will pass them over with them to the lodging place, and they will deposit them there. And Joshua raised up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place of the standing of the feet of the priest lifting up the ark of the covenant: and they shall be there till this day.

Pillars » Illustrative of » Stability of the earth

1 Samuel 2:8

Raising up the weak from the dust, he will raise up the needy from the dung-hill to sit with the noble, and he will cause them to inherit a throne of glory, for to Jehovah the castings of the earth, and he will put the habitable globe upon them.

Psalm 75:3

The earth and all dwelling in it being melted: I made even its pillars. Silence.

Pillars » Made of » Silver

Song of Songs 3:10

Its pillars he made silver, its support gold, its seat reddish purple, its midst tesselated with love from the daughters of Jerusalem.

Pillars » Illustrative of » Saints who overcome in Christ

Revelation 3:12

He conquering, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and without shall he no more come forth: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from heaven from my God: and my new name.

Pillars » The divine glory appeared to israel in the form of

Exodus 13:21-22

And Jehovah went before them the day in a pillar of cloud, to direct them the way; and the night in a pillar of fire to give light to them; to go the day and the night And the pillar of cloud will not give way, the day, and the pillar of fire, the night, before the people.

Pillars » Two, placed in the temple porch

1 Kings 7:15-21

And he formed two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits the height of the one pillar: and a thread of twelve cubits will surround the two pillars. And he made two crowns upon the heads of the pillars, of molten brass: five cubits the height of the one crown, and five cubits the height of the second crown. Lattices of net work, festoons of chain work for the crown which was upon the head of the pillars; seven for the one crown and seven for the second crown. read more.
And he will make the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one net for covering the crowns which were upon the head, with pomegranates: and thus he made for the second crown. And the crowns which were upon the head of the, pillars of lily-work in the porch, four cubits. And the crowns upon the two pillars also from above from over against the belly which was beyond the net: the pomegranates two hundred in rows round about upon the second crown. And he will raise up the pillars for the porch of the temple: and he will raise up the right pillar and call its name Jachin: and he will raise up the left pillar and call its name Boaz.

Pillars » Illustrative of » The church

Pillars » Of memorial » To perpetuate names

2 Samuel 18:18

And Absalom took and set up for him in his living, a pillar in the valley of the king; for he said, Not to me a son to call my name to mind: and he will call the pillar by his name, and he will call it The Hand of Absalom, even to this day.

Pillars » Of memorial » To mark the graves of the dead

Genesis 35:20

And Jacob will set up a pillar upon her grave: this the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.

Pillars » Of memorial » Sometimes of a single stone

Genesis 28:18

And Jacob will rise early in the morning, and take the stone which he put at his head, and will set it a pillar, and pour oil upon its head.

Pillars » Of memorial » To witness covenants

Genesis 31:52

A witness this heap, and a witness the pillar, if I will not pass over this heap to thee, and thou shalt not pass over to me, this heap and this pillar for evil.

Pillars » Made of » Wood

1 Kings 10:12

And the king will make of the almug trees a support for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, harps and lyres for songs; there came not such woods of almugs, and were not seen even to this day.

Pillars » Made of » Iron

Jeremiah 1:18

Behold, I gave thee this day for a fortified city and for a pillar of iron and for a wall of brass upon all the land to the kings of Judah, to her chiefs, to her priests, and to the people of the land.

Pillars » Lot's wife became a pillar of salt

Genesis 19:26

And his wife will look hack from behind him, and will become a pillar of salt

Pillars » Things raised up as memorials

Genesis 31:51

And Laban will say to Jacob, Behold this heap; and behold the pillar which I cast between me and between thee.

Pillars » Made of » Brass

1 Kings 7:15

And he formed two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits the height of the one pillar: and a thread of twelve cubits will surround the two pillars.

Pillars » The supports of a building

Judges 16:29

And Samson will clasp the two pillars the midst of which the house stood upon them, and he stayed himself upon them, one with his right hand and one with his left

Pillars » Made of » Marble

Esther 1:6

Splendid fine white linen, and cerulean purple, made fast with cords of byssus and purple, upon rings of silver and pillars of marble: couches of gold and silver upon a tesselated pavement of marble, and marble and pearl and spotted marble.

Pillars » Illustrative of » Stability of the heavens

Job 26:11

The pillars of the heavens shall be shaken, and be astonished from his reproof.

Pillars » Of memorial » Often had inscriptions

Job 19:24

They shall be cut in the rock with a style of iron and lead, forever.

Samson » Blinded » By philistines » Pillars

Hebrews 11:32

And what more do I say? for the time will fail me recounting of Gedeon, Barak, and also Samson and Jephthae; David also, and Samuel, and the prophets:

Judges 16:21-31

And Philisteim will seize him, and they will bore out his eyes, and will bring him down to Gaza and bind him with fetters of brass, and he will be grinding in the house of bonds. And the hair of his head will begin to grow as when he was shaven. And the princes of Philisteim gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice: and they will say, Our god gave into our hand Samson our enemy. read more.
And the people will see him and praise their god, for they said, God gave into our hand our enemy, and him destroying our land, and who multiplied our wounded. And it will be when their heart will be joyful, and they will say, Call to Samson, and he shall play to us. And they will call to Samson from the house of bonds and he will play before them, and they will set him between the pillars. And Samson will say to the boy holding him by his hand, Permit me and I shall feel the pillars which the house stood upon them, and I will lean upon them. And the house was filled with men and women, and there were all the princes of Philisteim, and upon the roof about three thousand men and women looking upon the sport of Samson And Samson will call to Jehovah, and will say, Lord Jehovah, remember me now, and strengthen me now but this once, O God, and I will avenge myself one vengeance for my two eyes of Philisteim. And Samson will clasp the two pillars the midst of which the house stood upon them, and he stayed himself upon them, one with his right hand and one with his left And Samson will say, My soul shall die with Philisteim. And he will bow with strength, and the house will fall upon the princes and upon all the people which are in it And the dead will be more which he killed in his death than which he killed in his life. And his brethren and all the house of his father will go down and will lift him up, and will bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the grave of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

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Dimensions Of Pillars

1 Kings 7:15

And he formed two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits the height of the one pillar: and a thread of twelve cubits will surround the two pillars.

Metaphorical Pillars

1 Samuel 2:8

Raising up the weak from the dust, he will raise up the needy from the dung-hill to sit with the noble, and he will cause them to inherit a throne of glory, for to Jehovah the castings of the earth, and he will put the habitable globe upon them.

Pillars For Ezekiel's Temple

Ezekiel 41:1

And he will bring me to the temple, and he will measure the posts. six cubits the breadth from hence, and six cubits the breadth from thence, the breadth of the tent

Pillars For Solomon's Temple

1 Kings 7:15-22

And he formed two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits the height of the one pillar: and a thread of twelve cubits will surround the two pillars.

Pillars For The Tabernacle

Exodus 35:11

The temple, its tent, and its covering, its hooks, and its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its bases;

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