Proverbs 9:1 (WEB)
Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
Catechism · 1
Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling…
Fathers and councils · 18
Gregory of Nyssa
“But we say that in the earlier part of the book, where he says that “Wisdom has builded herself a house,” he refers darkly in these words to the preparation of the flesh of the Lord: for the trite Wisdom did not dwell in another’s building, but built for Itself that dwelling-place from the body of the Virgin.” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1, which seems to be spoken of as “earlier” in contrast, not with the main passage under examination, but with those just cited.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…to use in prophecy, while soon after It doth Itself give the meaning of ‘He created’ in other but parallel expressions, saying, ‘Wisdom made herself a house.’” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1.
Read the whole comment“…the earth; or rather more divinely, concerning whom Solomon too says openly, knowing that the Word was also called Wisdom, ‘Wisdom builded herself an house;’ which the Apostle interprets when he says, ‘Which house are we,’ and elsewhere calls us a temple, as far as it is fitting to God to inhabit a temple, of…” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1.
Read the whole comment“…Whoso is foolish, let him turn in to me; and to them that lack understanding she saith, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mingled for you.’” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1–5.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“But if Christ was born by the agency of the Holy Ghost, how is that said, “Wisdom hath built herself an house?” [Prov 9:1]” — the author cites it
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.11Book II
“…her wine in her cup, and she cries with a loud voice, Come to me, eat the bread which I have prepared for you, and drink the wine which I have mingled.”” — editor's note: Cf. Prov. ix. 1–5.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
““We assert therefore that when He said above that wisdom built for herself a house, he intimates by the phrase the formation of the flesh of the Lord, for the very wisdom made its home in no strange dwelling, but built itself its dwelling of the Virgin’s body.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…is simple, let him turn to me; and to those that want understanding she hath said, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled for you.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1–5.
Read the whole comment“Forsake foolishness, and seek wisdom, and correct knowledge by understanding.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1–6.
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Hippolytus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §13On Proverbs
“He intends the new Jerusalem, or the sanctified flesh.” — editor's note: Ch. ix. 1.
Read the whole comment - Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §14On Proverbs
“St. Hippolytus on Prov. ix. 1, “Wisdom Hath Builded Her House.”” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“She hath mingled her wine in the bowl, and made ready her table, and sent her servants, calling men together with a mighty voice of proclamation, saying: ‘He who is simple, let him turn in to me.’”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. i. 9; Prov. ix. 1 f.
Read the whole comment“You find, then, that the Father created and the Spirit created; learn, too, that the Son of God also created, when Solomon says: “Wisdom hath made herself a house.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1.
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Leo the Great
“For though the Holy Spirit imparted fertility to the Virgin, yet a real body was received from her body; and, “Wisdom building her a house,” “the Word became flesh and dwelt in us,” that is, in that flesh which he took from man and which he quickened with the breath of a higher life.” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1.
Read the whole comment“…because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon the Virgin, and the power of the Most High had not over-shadowed her: so that “Wisdom building herself a house” within her undefiled body, “the Word became flesh;” and the form of God and the form of a slave coming together into one person, the Creator of times was born…” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1. Cf. Letter XXVIII. (The Tome), chap. ii., towards the end.
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John Cassian
“…Humanity was created for Himself by the Son of God, as the Holy Spirit Itself says in holy Scripture, testifying that “Wisdom hath builded for Itself a house.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For which reason also the Apostle John writes to the seven churches, showing in that way that he writes to the totality of the one Church; and in the Proverbs of Solomon it is said aforetime, prefiguring this, “Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath strengthened her seven pillars.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1.
Read the whole comment“And to the void of sense she hath said, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled for you.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1–5 (ver. 1 is quoted above in ch. 4).
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.3 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.3.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 1:20 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.17.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §14.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §14.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.6.