Proverbs 8:22–31
Text — King James Version (1611)
8:22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
8:23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
8:24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
8:25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
8:26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
8:28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
8:30Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
8:31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Works discussing this passage
Links marked curated are an editor’s selection; links marked cited in text were found by scanning the work for a reference to this passage.
- Athanasius — Four Discourses Against the Arians curated
- Origen — De Principiis (On First Principles) curated
- Justin Martyr — Dialogue with Trypho curated
Cited in the Fathers’ own texts
- Ambrose of Milan — Exposition of the Christian Faith cited in text
- Athanasius — Four Discourses Against the Arians cited in text — Discourse I Against the Arians (Athanasius)
- Origen — Commentary on the Gospel of John (partial: Books I, II, IV, V, VI, X) cited in text — Jesus is All Good Things; Hence the Gospel is Manifold.
- Ambrose of Milan — On the Holy Spirit cited in text
- Gregory of Nyssa — On the Faith cited in text — On the Faith (Gregory of Nyssa)
- Athanasius — Against the Gentiles (Contra Gentes) cited in text — Doctrine of Scripture on the subject of Part 3
- Athenagoras — A Plea for the Christians cited in text — The Christians Worship the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
- Augustine of Hippo — On Christian Doctrine cited in text — Christ the First Way to God.
- Augustine of Hippo — City of God cited in text — That the World is Neither Without Beginning, Nor Yet Created by a New Decree of God, by Which He Afterwards Willed What He Had Not Before Willed.
- Clement of Alexandria — Protrepticus (Exhortation to the Heathen) cited in text — The True Doctrine is to Be Sought in the Prophets.
Parallel passages
- John 1:1–18 — “In the beginning was the Word.”