Proverbs 8:23-26

The Blessings of Wisdom

²³ Ages ago I was _v set up,
at the first, _w before the beginning of the earth.
²⁴ When there were no _x depths I was _y brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
²⁵ Before the mountains _z had been shaped,
_a before the hills, I was brought forth,
²⁶ before he had made the earth with its fields,
or the first of the dust of the world.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 2:6
   "As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."
   
2. Cross References
   John 17:5
   And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 8:27 - 28
   When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep.
   Proverbs 3:20
   By his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.
   Genesis 1:2
   The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
   
4. Cross References
   Job 15:7
   Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?
   Psalms 51:5
   Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
   
5. Cross References
   Job 38:6
   On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone.
   
6. Cross References
   Psalms 90:2
   Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.