Proverbs 8:31
And tooke my solace in the compasse of his earth: and my delite is with the children of men.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
In Context
30Then was I with him as a nourisher, and I was dayly his delight reioycing alway before him,
32Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3But to the Saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent: all my delite is in them.
John 4:34Iesus saide vnto them, My meate is that I may doe the will of him that sent me, and finish his worke.
2 Corinthians 8:9For ye knowe the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, that hee being rich, for your sakes became poore, that yee through his pouertie might be made rich.
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 →