Proverbs 8:30

Then was I by him as a master-builder; I was his delight day by day, Exulting before him at all times;

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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 gave to the sea its bounds, that the waters should not pass their border; When he marked out the foundations of the earth,—

31Exulting in the habitable part of his earth, And my delight was with the sons of men.

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:1Behold my servant, whom I uphold, My chosen, in whom my soul delighteth, I have put my spirit upon him; He shall cause law to go forth to the nations.

Matthew 17:5While he was yet speaking, lo! a bright cloud overshadowed them; and lo! a voice out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; hear him.”

John 1:18No one hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath made him known.

John 16:28I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world; again, I 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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