Proverbs 8:22-29

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“The Lord possessed me ^(A)at the beginning of His way,
Before His works ^(a)of old.

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“From everlasting I was ^(b)^(B)established,
From the beginning, ^(C)from the earliest times of the earth.

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“When there were no ^(D)depths I was ^(c)brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.

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“^(E)Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was ^(d)brought forth;

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While He had not yet made the earth and the ^(e)fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.

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“When He ^(F)established the heavens, I was there,
When ^(G)He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

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When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became ^(f)fixed,

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When ^(H)He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His ^(g)command,
When He marked out ^(I)the foundations of the earth;

a. Proverbs 8:22: ['Lit ', from then]

b. Proverbs 8:23: ['Or ', consecrated]

c. Proverbs 8:24: ['Or ', born]

d. Proverbs 8:25: ['Or ', born]

e. Proverbs 8:26: ['Lit ', outside places]

f. Proverbs 8:28: ['Lit ', strong]

g. Proverbs 8:29: ['Lit ', mouth]

A. Proverbs 8:22: Job 28:26-28; Psalm 104:24; Proverbs 3:19

B. Proverbs 8:23: John 1:1-3

C. Proverbs 8:23: John 17:5

D. Proverbs 8:24: Genesis 1:2; Exodus 15:5; Job 38:16; Proverbs 3:20

E. Proverbs 8:25: Job 15:7; Psalm 90:2

F. Proverbs 8:27: Proverbs 3:19

G. Proverbs 8:27: Job 26:10

H. Proverbs 8:29: Job 38:10; Psalm 104:9

I. Proverbs 8:29: Job 38:6; Psalm 104:5