Bible verses about Pillars
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- The supports of a building
Judges 16:29- Things raised up as memorials
Genesis 31:51- MADE OF
- Marble
Esther 1:6
- Wood
I Kings 10:12
- Iron
Jeremiah 1:18
- Brass
I Kings 7:15
- Silver
Solomon 3:10- The vail and hangings of the tabernacle supported by
Exodus 26:32,37; 36:36,38- Two, placed in the temple porch
I Kings 7:15-21- OF MEMORIAL
- Sometimes of a single stone
Genesis 28:18
- Sometimes of a heap of stones
Joshua 4:8,9,20
- To witness vows
Genesis 28:18; 31:13
- To witness covenants
Genesis 31:52
- To mark the graves of the dead
Genesis 35:20
- To commemorate remarkable events
Exodus 24:4; Joshua 4:20,24
- To perpetuate names
II Samuel 18:18
- In honour of idols
Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 7:5
- Often anointed
Genesis 28:18; 31:13
- Often had inscriptions
Job 19:24- The divine glory appeared to Israel in the form of
Exodus 13:21,22; Numbers 12:5- Lot's wife became a pillar of salt
Genesis 19:26- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Stability of the heavens
Job 26:11
- Stability of the earth
I Samuel 2:8; Psalms 75:3
- The church
I Timothy 3:15
- Stability of Christ
Solomon 5:15; Revelation 10:1
- Ministers
Jeremiah 1:18; Galatians 2:9
- Saints who overcome in Christ
Revelation 3:12