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<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,<br>         Nor the first dust of the world. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>When He established the heavens, I was there,<br>         When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>When He made firm the skies above,<br>         When the springs of the deep became fixed, <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>When He set for the sea its boundary<br>         So that the water would not transgress His command,<br>         When He marked out the foundations of the earth; <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>Then I was beside Him, <i>as</i> a master workman;<br>         And I was daily <i>His</i> delight,<br>         Rejoicing always before Him, <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>Rejoicing in the world, His earth,<br>         And <i>having</i> my delight in the sons of men. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>Now therefore, <i>O</i> sons, listen to me,<br>         For blessed are they who keep my ways. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>Heed instruction and be wise,<br>         And do not neglect <i>it.</i> <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>Blessed is the man who listens to me,<br>         Watching daily at my gates,<br>         Waiting at my doorposts. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>For he who finds me finds life<br>         And obtains favor from the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>But he who sins against me injures himself;<br>         All those who hate me love death. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/proverbs/8.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was brought forth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/wisdoms_gift.htm">Wisdom's Gift</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance.'--PROVERBS viii. 21. The word here rendered 'substance' is peculiar. Indeed, it is used in a unique construction in this passage. It means 'being' or 'existence,' and seems to have been laid hold of by the Hebrew thinkers, from whom the books commonly called 'the Wisdom Books' come, as one of their almost technical expressions. 'Substance' may be used in our translation in its philosophical meaning as the supposed reality underlying appearances, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/wisdoms_gift.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/wisdom_and_christ.htm">Wisdom and Christ</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'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.'--PROVERBS viii. 30, 31. There is a singular difference between the two portions of this Book of Proverbs. The bulk of it, beginning with chapter x., contains a collection of isolated maxims which may be described as the product of sanctified common sense. They are shrewd and homely, but not remarkably <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/wisdom_and_christ.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_x_but_whereunto_shall.htm">"But Whereunto Shall I Liken this Generation?"</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Matth. xi. 16.--"But whereunto shall I liken this generation?" When our Lord Jesus, who had the tongue of the learned, and spoke as never man spake, did now and then find a difficulty to express the matter herein contained. "What shall we do?" The matter indeed is of great importance, a soul matter, and therefore of great moment, a mystery, and therefore not easily expressed. No doubt he knows how to paint out this to the life, that we might rather behold it with our eyes, than hear it with our <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_x_but_whereunto_shall.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Hugh Binning—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/till_he_come/fragrant_spices_from_the_mountains.htm">Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh. "Thou Art all Fair, My Love; There is no Spot in Thee. " --Song of Solomon iv. 7. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">FRAGRANT SPICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF MYRRH. HOW marvellous are these words! "Thou art all fair, My love; there is no spot in thee." The glorious Bridegroom is charmed with His spouse, and sings soft canticles of admiration. When the bride extols her Lord there is no wonder, for He deserves it well, and in Him there is room for praise without possibility of flattery. But does He who is wiser than Solomon condescend to praise this sunburnt Shulamite? Tis even so, for these are His own words, and were <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/till_he_come/fragrant_spices_from_the_mountains.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Hadden Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Till He Come</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_52_wisdom_pr_8_22-31.htm">Wisdom. Pr 8:22-31</a><br></span><span class="snippet"> <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_52_wisdom_pr_8_22-31.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Newton—</span><span class="citation2">Olney Hymns</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_xxix_the_invitation_of.htm">The Invitation of Wisdom. --Prov. viii. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">The invitation of Wisdom.--Prov. viii. To us the voice of Wisdom cries, Hearken, ye children, and be wise; Better than gold the fruit I bear, Rubies to me may not compare, Happy the man who daily waits To hear me, watching at my gates; Wretched is he who scorns my voice, Death and destruction are his choice. To them that love me I am kind; And those who seek me early find; My Son, give me thine heart,--and learn Wisdom from folly to discern. The Lord possess'd me, ere of old, His hand the firmament <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_xxix_the_invitation_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">James Montgomery—</span><span class="citation2">Sacred Poems and Hymns</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/life_of_antony_section_92.htm">Having Said This, when they had Kissed Him...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">92. Having said this, when they had kissed him, he lifted up his feet, and as though he saw friends coming to him and was glad because of them--for as he lay his countenance appeared joyful--he died and was gathered to the fathers. And they afterward, according to his commandment, wrapped him up and buried him, hiding his body underground. And no one knows to this day where it was buried, save those two only. But each of those who received the sheepskin of the blessed Antony and the garment worn <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/life_of_antony_section_92.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Athanasius—</span><span class="citation2">Select Works and Letters or Athanasius</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/chapter_xvii_introduction_to_proverbs_viii.htm">Introduction to Proverbs viii. 22 Continued. Absurdity of Supposing a Son or Word Created in Order to the Creation of Other Creatures; as to the Creation</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Chapter XVII.--Introduction to Proverbs viii. 22 continued. Absurdity of supposing a Son or Word created in order to the creation of other creatures; as to the creation being unable to bear God's immediate hand, God condescends to the lowest. Moreover, if the Son a creature, He too could not bear God's hand, and an infinite series of media will be necessary. Objected, that, as Moses who led out the Israelites was a man, so our Lord; but Moses was not the Agent in creation:--again, that unity is found <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/chapter_xvii_introduction_to_proverbs_viii.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Athanasius—</span><span class="citation2">Select Works and Letters or Athanasius</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/chapter_xviii_introduction_to_proverbs_viii.htm">Introduction to Proverbs viii. 22 Continued. Contrast Between the Father's Operations Immediately and Naturally in the Son...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Chapter XVIII.--Introduction to Proverbs viii. 22 continued. Contrast between the Father's operations immediately and naturally in the Son, instrumentally by the creatures; Scripture terms illustrative of this. Explanation of these illustrations; which should be interpreted by the doctrine of the Church; perverse sense put on them by the Arians, refuted. Mystery of Divine Generation. Contrast between God's Word and man's word drawn out at length. Asterius betrayed into holding two Unoriginates; his <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/chapter_xviii_introduction_to_proverbs_viii.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Athanasius—</span><span class="citation2">Select Works and Letters or Athanasius</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/chapter_xix_texts_explained_sixthly.htm">Texts Explained; Sixthly...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Chapter XIX.--Texts explained; Sixthly, Proverbs viii. 22. Proverbs are of a figurative nature, and must be interpreted as such. We must interpret them, and in particular this passage, by the Regula Fidei. He created me' not equivalent to I am a creature.' Wisdom a creature so far forth as Its human body. Again, if He is a creature, it is as a beginning of ways,' an office which, though not an attribute, is a consequence, of a higher and divine nature. And it is for the works,' which implied the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/chapter_xix_texts_explained_sixthly.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Athanasius—</span><span class="citation2">Select Works and Letters or Athanasius</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/chapter_xxi_texts_explained_sixthly.htm">Texts Explained; Sixthly...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Chapter XXI.--Texts Explained; Sixthly, Proverbs viii. 22, Continued. Our Lord not said in Scripture to be created,' or the works to be begotten.' In the beginning' means in the case of the works from the beginning.' Scripture passages explained. We are made by God first, begotten next; creatures by nature, sons by grace. Christ begotten first, made or created afterwards. Sense of First-born of the dead;' of First-born among many brethren;' of First-born of all creation,' contrasted with Only-begotten.' <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/chapter_xxi_texts_explained_sixthly.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Athanasius—</span><span class="citation2">Select Works and Letters or Athanasius</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/8-25.htm">Proverbs 8:25 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/proverbs/8-25.htm">Proverbs 8:25 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/proverbs/8-25.htm">Proverbs 8:25 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/proverbs/8-25.htm">Proverbs 8:25 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/proverbs/8-25.htm">Proverbs 8:25 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/8-25.htm">Proverbs 8:25 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/proverbs/8-25.htm">Proverbs 8:25 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/8-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 8:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 8:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/8-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 8:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 8:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/proverbs/8-25.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>