Proverbs 8:27

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When He established the heavens, I was there; when He marked out the horizon on the face of the deep.

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  • Isa 40:22 : 22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
  • Prov 3:19 : 19 By wisdom the LORD laid the foundation of the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
  • Col 1:16 : 16 For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 But in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He also created the universe.
  • Job 26:10 : 10 He inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host.
  • Ps 103:19 : 19 The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, and His kingdom rules over everything.
  • Ps 136:5 : 5 To Him who made the heavens with understanding, for His steadfast love endures forever.

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  • Prov 8:28-31
    4 verses
    83%

    28When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong.

    29When He set the boundary for the sea so the waters would not overstep His command, and when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

    30Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman, delighting day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.

    31Rejoicing in His whole world and delighting in the sons of men.

  • Prov 8:22-26
    5 verses
    82%

    22The LORD created me at the beginning of His work, the first of His acts of old.

    23From eternity I was established, from the beginning, before the origins of the earth.

    24When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs heavy with water.

    25Before the mountains were shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth.

    26Before He made the earth, the fields, or the first dust of the world.

  • Job 38:4-10
    7 verses
    77%

    4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

    5Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the measuring line across it?

    6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone?

    7While the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

    8Or who enclosed the sea with doors when it burst forth from the womb,

    9when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

    10when I set its boundary and placed bars and doors on it,

  • Prov 3:19-20
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    73%

    19By wisdom the LORD laid the foundation of the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.

    20By His knowledge the depths were divided, and the clouds drop down dew.

  • Job 29:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4I was as in the prime of my life, when the intimate friendship of God was over my tent.

    5The Almighty was still with me, and my children surrounded me.

  • Job 9:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

    9He made the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

  • 12God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

  • 72%

    3Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies, You have established strength because of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and the avenger.

  • 10'In the beginning, Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.'

  • 14Counsel and wisdom belong to me; I have understanding and strength.

  • Job 28:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26when He made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

    27then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also examined it.

  • 15My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

  • 10He inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

  • 25I say, 'My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, your years endure through all generations.'

  • 23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.

  • 15He made the earth by His power, established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

  • Ps 139:8-9
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    70%

    8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there.

    9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

  • 13Indeed, My own hand laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand together.

  • 12I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I possess knowledge and discretion.

  • 16Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • 33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up their dominion over the earth?

  • 16Do you understand the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of Him who has perfect knowledge?

  • 4These are the records of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

  • 18Can you spread out the skies with Him, as firm as a molten mirror?

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

  • 7So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

  • 9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

  • 30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?

  • 21Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundations of the earth?

  • 17God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,

  • 18Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.

  • 8He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not torn apart beneath them.