Proverbs 8:30

Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

31I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

John 16:28I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:23-32

Wisdom Eternal and Divine. 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. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when… Read the whole commentary →

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