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Proverbs 8:22
Proverbs 8:22 is verse 22 of Proverbs chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Or The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way
King James Version
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
World English Bible
“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
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Proverbs 8:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
21 bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
22 The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
23 From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
24 When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 3:19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2He was with God in the beginning.
Colossians 1:17He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.