Proverbs 8:27

Authorized King James Version (1611)

When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:22 : 22 [It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
  • Prov 3:19 : 19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with young.
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
  • Col 1:16 : 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
  • Job 26:10 : 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Ps 103:19 : 19 ¶ The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
  • Ps 136:5 : 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

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  • Prov 8:28-31
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    28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

    29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

    30 Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;

    31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.

  • Prov 8:22-26
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    22 ¶ The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

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

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

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

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

  • Job 38:4-10
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    4 ¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

    5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

    6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

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

    8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?

    9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

    10 And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,

  • Prov 3:19-20
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    19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

    20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

  • Job 29:4-5
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    4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;

    5 When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;

  • Job 9:8-9
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    8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

    9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

  • 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

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    3 ¶ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

  • 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

  • 14 Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.

  • Job 28:26-27
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    26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

    27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

  • 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

  • 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

  • 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.

  • 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.

  • 15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

  • Ps 139:8-9
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    8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].

    9 [If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

  • 13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: [when] I call unto them, they stand up together.

  • 12 ¶ I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

  • 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

  • 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

  • 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

  • 4 ¶ These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

  • 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking glass?

  • 1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

  • 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.

  • 9 The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • 30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

  • 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

  • 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

  • 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.