Proverbs 8:22-36

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Proverbs 8:22-36

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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;

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Then ^(J)I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight,
^(h)Rejoicing always before Him,

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⁽ⁱ⁾Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having ^(K)my delight in the sons of men.

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“Now therefore, O sons, ^(L)listen to me,
For ^(M)blessed are they who keep my ways.

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“^(N)Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.

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“^(O)Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.

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“For ^(P)he who finds me finds life
And ^(Q)obtains favor from the Lord.

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“But he who ^(j)sins against me ^(R)injures himself;
All those who ^(S)hate me ^(T)love death.”

Footnotes:

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]

h. Proverbs 8:30: ['Or ', Playing]

i. Proverbs 8:31: ['Or ', Playing]

j. Proverbs 8:36: ['Or ', misses me]

Cross references:

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

J. Proverbs 8:30: John 1:2; John 1:3

K. Proverbs 8:31: Psalm 16:3; John 13:1

L. Proverbs 8:32: Proverbs 5:7; Proverbs 7:24

M. Proverbs 8:32: Psalm 119:1; Psalm 119:2; Psalm 128:1; Proverbs 29:18; Luke 11:28

N. Proverbs 8:33: Proverbs 4:1

O. Proverbs 8:34: Proverbs 3:13; Proverbs 3:18

P. Proverbs 8:35: Proverbs 4:22; John 17:3

Q. Proverbs 8:35: Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 12:2

R. Proverbs 8:36: Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs 1:32; Proverbs 15:32

S. Proverbs 8:36: Proverbs 5:12; Proverbs 12:1

T. Proverbs 8:36: Proverbs 21:6