However, this is an unlikely understanding of this particular proverb. If this was the author’s meaning, it is possible that “her house” in Proverbs 9:1 is parallel in some way with the world. Some ancient writings described the world as resting on seven pillars. Understood this way, Wisdom’s call in Proverbs 9:5 is perfectly fitting: “Come, eat my food / and drink the wine I have mixed.” Some commentators see the seven pillars as describing a traditional banquet pavilion. One idea is that, since the number seven often expresses completeness in Scripture, the passage communicates that the application of wisdom results in a complete, orderly, well-furnished house, one that lacks nothing. Many explanations exist regarding the seven pillars of wisdom in this passage. What are these “seven pillars” that wisdom has erected? Proverbs 9:1 states, “Wisdom has built her house / she has set up its seven pillars.” This is obviously a symbolic description, since wisdom is personified.
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