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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 8) Proverbs 8:23-26 KJV
"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: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world."
Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 23-26
Proverbs 8:23-26 in Context (Verses 20–29 KJV)
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I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:*
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That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
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The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
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I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
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When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
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Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
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While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.**
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When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:*
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When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
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When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: