Proverbs 8:23

American Standard Version (1901)

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. [
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, [ from everlasting.
  • John 17:5 : 5 And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
  • Eph 1:10-11 : 10 unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say], 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
  • 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life 2 (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);
  • Gen 1:26 : 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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    22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

  • Prov 8:24-27
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    86%

    24When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.

    25Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

    26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

    27When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

  • Prov 8:29-31
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    29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

    30Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him,

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    2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

  • Heb 1:10
    73%

    10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

  • Job 38:4
    73%

    4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

  • Isa 48:16
    71%

    16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.

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    71%

    5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

  • Ps 139:15-16
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    15My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

    16Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, [Even] the days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was none of them.

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    2Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from everlasting.

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    7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

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    70%

    25Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

  • Isa 48:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

    8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

  • Isa 48:3
    70%

    3I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

  • Isa 48:5
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    5therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

  • John 1:1-2
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    69%

    1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    2The same was in the beginning with God.

  • Ps 22:10
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    10I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

  • Isa 46:10
    69%

    10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

  • John 8:58
    69%

    58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

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    1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:

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    69%

    1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

  • Ps 18:23
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    23I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

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    12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.

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  • Isa 43:13
    68%

    13Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?

  • Isa 40:21
    68%

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  • Isa 41:4
    68%

    4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.

  • Ps 51:5
    68%

    5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.

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    68%

    24I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

  • Isa 44:7
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    7And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.

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    67%

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    12Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

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  • Job 29:4-5
    2 verses
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    4As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

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    7I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.

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    8Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

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    67%

    19Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

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    16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

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    18Riches and honor are with me; [Yea], durable wealth and righteousness.