Proverbs 8:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

The Lord hath possessed me in the beginning of his way: I was before his workes of olde.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 1:1-2 : 1 In the beginning was that Word, and that Word was with God, and that Word was God. 2 This same was in the beginning with God.
  • Col 1:17 : 17 And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.
  • Ps 104:24 : 24 O Lord, howe manifolde are thy workes! in wisdome hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  • Prov 3:19 : 19 The Lorde by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
  • Job 28:26-28 : 26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders, 27 Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it. 28 And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:23-27
    5 verses
    88%

    23I was set vp from euerlasting, from the beginning and before the earth.

    24When there were no depths, was I begotten, when there were no fountaines abounding with water.

    25Before the mountaines were setled: and before the hilles, was I begotten.

    26He had not yet made the earth, nor the open places, nor the height of the dust in the worlde.

    27When hee prepared the heauens, I was there, when he set the compasse vpon the deepe.

  • Prov 8:14-21
    8 verses
    78%

    14I haue counsell and wisedome: I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.

    15By me, Kings reigne, and princes decree iustice.

    16By me princes rule and the nobles, and all the iudges of the earth.

    17I loue them that loue me: and they that seeke me earely, shall finde me.

    18Riches and honour are with me: euen durable riches and righteousnesse.

    19My fruite is better then golde, euen then fine golde, and my reuenues better then fine siluer.

    20I cause to walke in the way of righteousnes, and in the middes of the paths of iudgement,

    21That I may cause them that loue me, to inherite substance, and I will fill their treasures.

  • Prov 8:30-31
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    76%

    30Then was I with him as a nourisher, and I was dayly his delight reioycing alway before him,

    31And tooke my solace in the compasse of his earth: and my delite is with the children of men.

  • Isa 48:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15I, euen I haue spoken it, and I haue called him: I haue brought him, and his way shal prosper.

    16Come neere vnto me: heare ye this: I haue not spoken it in secret from the beginning: from the time that the thing was, I was there, and now the Lord God and his Spirit hath sent me.

  • Heb 1:10
    71%

    10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast established the earth, and the heauens are the workes of thine handes.

  • John 1:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

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

    2This same was in the beginning with God.

  • Isa 48:3
    69%

    3I haue declared ye former things of old, and they went out of my mouth, & I shewed them: I did them suddenly, and they came to passe.

  • Isa 48:5
    68%

    5Therefore I haue declared it to thee of old: before it came to passe, I shewed it thee, lest thou shouldest say, Mine idole hath done them, and my carued image, and my molten image hath commanded them.

  • Gen 1:1
    68%

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

  • Prov 8:12
    68%

    12I wisdome dwell with prudence, and I find foorth knowledge and counsels.

  • Jer 1:4-5
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    4Then the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

    5Before I formed thee in the wombe, I knewe thee, and before thou camest out of the wombe, I sanctified thee, and ordeined thee to be a Prophet vnto the nations.

  • John 17:5
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    5And nowe glorifie me, thou Father, with thine owne selfe, with the glorie which I had with thee before the world was.

  • Isa 46:10
    67%

    10Which declare the last thing from the beginning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I will doe whatsoeuer I will.

  • Jer 17:12
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    12As a glorious throne exalted fro the beginning, so is the place of our Sanctuarie.

  • Isa 49:1
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    1Heare yee me, O yles, and hearken, yee people from farre. The Lorde hath called me from the wombe, and made mention of my name from my mothers bellie.

  • Job 29:4-5
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    4As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:

    5When the almightie was yet with me, and my children round about me.

  • Song 6:12
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    12I knewe nothing, my soule set me as the charets of my noble people.

  • Ps 90:2
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    2Before the mountaines were made, and before thou hadst formed the earth, and the world, euen from euerlasting to euerlasting thou art our God.

  • Isa 48:12
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    12Heare me, O Iaakob and Israel, my called, I am, I am the first, and I am the last.

  • Eccl 2:9
    67%

    9And I was great, & increased aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem: also my wisedome remained with me.

  • Ps 18:22
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    22For all his Lawes were before mee, and I did not cast away his commaundements from mee.

  • Deut 2:31
    67%

    31And the Lorde sayd vnto me, Beholde, I haue begun to giue Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possesse and inherite his land.

  • Job 33:4
    67%

    4The Spirite of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almightie hath giuen me life.

  • Isa 41:4
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    4Who hath wrought and done it? he that calleth the generations from the beginning. I the Lord am the first, and with the last I am ye same.

  • Ps 139:13
    67%

    13For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.

  • Ps 102:25
    67%

    25Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands.

  • Jer 31:3
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    3The Lord hath appeared vnto me of old, say they: Yea, I haue loued thee with an euerlasting loue, therefore with mercie I haue drawen thee.

  • 2 Sam 22:23
    67%

    23For all his lawes were before me, and his statutes: I did not depart therefrom.

  • Ps 2:7-8
    2 verses
    66%

    7I will declare the decree: that is, the Lord hath said vnto me, Thou art my Sonne: this day haue I begotten thee.

    8Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the endes of the earth for thy possession.

  • Ps 77:5
    66%

    5Then I considered the daies of olde, and the yeeres of ancient time.

  • 2 Sam 23:2
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    2The Spirit of the Lorde spake by me, and his worde was in my tongue.

  • Job 38:4
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    4Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,