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Proverbs 8:22 KJV

"The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old."

Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 22

Proverbs 8:22 in Context (Verses 19–25 KJV)

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:^*

That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: