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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

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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 3:19

The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:2

He was with God in the beginning.

Colossians 1:17

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

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