Proverbs 8:22-26

The Blessings of Wisdom

²² _s "The Lord _t possessed ₁ me at the beginning of his work, ₂
the first of his acts _u of old.
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
   Job 28:25 - 28
   When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned the waters by measure.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 14:19
   And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth.
   Genesis 14:22
   But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth.
   Psalms 104:24
   O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
   Psalms 136:5
   To him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 93:2
   Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 2:6
   "As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."
   
5. 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.
   
6. 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.
   
7. 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.
   
8. Cross References
   Job 38:6
   On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone.
   
9. 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.