Proverbs 8:23 · KJV
“I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.”
— Proverbs 8:23
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
When {there were} no depths, I was brought forth; when {there were} no fountains abounding with water.
Proverbs 8 — Context
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
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:
Cross References
John 17:24
Father, I will 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.
John 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, {though} thou be little among the thousands of Judah, {yet} out of thee shall he come forth unto me {that is} to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth {have been} from of old, from everlasting. {everlasting: Heb. the days of eternity}
Psalms 2:6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. {set: Heb. anointed} {upon...: Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness}
Genesis 1:26
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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
1 John 1:1-2
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
Ephesians 1:10-11
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; {even} in him: {heaven: Gr. the heavens}