Berean Standard Bible

Proverbs 8:15-31

15By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;16By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.1

17I love those who love me,and those who seek me early shall find me.18With me are riches and honor,enduring wealth and righteousness.19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold,and my harvest surpasses choice silver.20I walk in the way of righteousness,along the paths of justice,21bestowing wealth on those who love meand making their treasuries full.

22The LORD created me as His first course,2before His works of old.23From everlasting I was established,from the beginning, before the earth began.24When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth,when no springs were overflowing with water.25Before the mountains were settled,before the hills, I was brought forth,26before He made the land or fields,or any of the dust of the earth.

27I was there when He established the heavens,when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,28when He established the clouds above,when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,29when He set a boundary for the sea,so that the waters would not surpass His command,when He marked out the foundations of the earth.30Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side,and His delight3 day by day,rejoicing always in His presence.31I was rejoicing in His whole world,delighting together in the sons of men.

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Notes

1. Proverbs 8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and LXX who govern the earth ↩
2. Proverbs 8:22 Or The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way ↩
3. Proverbs 8:30 Or filled with His delight ↩

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