The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Jehovah possessed me--the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
Voices1
Strictly, God's attributes are part of Himself. Yet, to the poetical structure of the whole passage, this commendation of wisdom is entirely consonant. In order of time all His attributes are coincident and eternal as Himself.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches12
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.
O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.
but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life
Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from everlasting.
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
11 more places the canon echoes this verse are mapped by book below ↓
The whole remaining floor, clustered by book in canonical order. The first references in each book travel with their words; the rest are one click from theirs.
Job4
Psalms1
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; OpenBible.info (CC-BY).
The walk8
Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page, and every stop travels with its words.
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Colossians 1:17and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
leads to
who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on…
yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.
for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Through
Psalms 104:24O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
leads to
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward: They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak…
Through
Proverbs 3:19Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.
leads to
O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
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