Proverbs 8:22-36

22 "The LORD possessed me 1at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
23 "From everlasting I was 2established, From the beginning, 3from the earliest times of the earth.
24 "When there were no 4depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.
25 "5Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth;
26 While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.
27 "When He 6established the heavens, I was there, When 7He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
28 When He made firm the skies above *, When the springs of the deep became fixed,
29 When 8He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out 9the foundations of the earth;
30 Then 10I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always * before Him,
31 Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having 11my delight in the sons of men.
32 "Now therefore, O sons, 12listen to me, For 13blessed are they who keep my ways.
33 "14Heed instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it.
34 "15Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.
35 "For 16he who finds me finds life And 17obtains favor from the LORD.
36 "But he who sins against me 18injures himself; All those who 19hate me 20love death."

Cross References 20

  • 1. Job 28:26-28; Psalms 104:24; Proverbs 3:19
  • 2. John 1:1-3
  • 3. John 17:5
  • 4. Genesis 1:2; Exodus 15:5; Job 38:16; Proverbs 3:20
  • 5. Job 15:7; Psalms 90:2
  • 6. Proverbs 3:19
  • 7. Job 26:10
  • 8. Job 38:10; Psalms 104:9
  • 9. Job 38:6; Psalms 104:5
  • 10. John 1:2, 3
  • 11. Psalms 16:3; John 13:1
  • 12. Proverbs 5:7; Proverbs 7:24
  • 13. Psalms 119:1, 2; Psalms 128:1; Proverbs 29:18; Luke 11:28
  • 14. Proverbs 4:1
  • 15. Proverbs 3:13, 18
  • 16. Proverbs 4:22; John 17:3
  • 17. Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 12:2
  • 18. Proverbs 1:31, 32; Proverbs 15:32
  • 19. Proverbs 5:12; Proverbs 12:1
  • 20. Proverbs 21:6

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