Proverbs 8:22
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Prov 8:22
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"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
Prov 8:23
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"From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
Prov 8:24
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"When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.
Prov 8:25
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"Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth;
Prov 8:26
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While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.
Prov 8:27
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"When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
Prov 8:28
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When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed,
Prov 8:29
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When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
Prov 8:30
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Then I was beside Him, {as} a master workman; And I was daily {His} delight, Rejoicing always before Him,
Prov 8:31
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Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And {having} my delight in the sons of men.
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