I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.
I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
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.
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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
I was set up--ordained, or inaugurated (Ps 2:6). The other terms carry out the idea of the earliest antiquity, and illustrate it by the details of creation [Pr 8:24-29].
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
Set up - Hebrew. anointed, constituted to be the person by whom the Father resolved to do all his works, to create, to uphold and govern and judge, to redeem and save the world. From the beginning - Before which, there was nothing but a vast eternity. The earth - Which together with the heaven, was the first of God's visible works.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Father, I desire 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.
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
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.
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 birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
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
Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
5 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; OpenBible.info (CC-BY).
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Genesis 1:26And 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 birds of the heavens, and over the…
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and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:
and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life,…
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
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Micah 5:2But 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…
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And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come forth a governor, Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.
Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
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John 17:5And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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