Proverbs 8:22-36

22“The Lord possessed me 1at the beginning of His way, Before His works 2of old.23From everlasting I was 34established, From the beginning, 5from the earliest times of the earth.24When there were no 6depths I was 7brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.258Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was 9brought forth;26While He had not yet made the earth and the 10fields, Nor the first dust of the world.27When He 11established the heavens, I was there, When 12He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,28When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became 13fixed,29When 14He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His 15command, When He marked out 16the foundations of the earth;30Then 17I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, 18Rejoicing always before Him,3119Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having 20my delight in the sons of men.

32“Now therefore, O sons, 21listen to me, For 22blessed are they who keep my ways.3323Heed instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it.3424Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.35For 25he who finds me finds life And 26obtains favor from the Lord.36But he who 27sins against me 28injures himself; All those who 29hate me 30love death.”