Proverbs 8:22-36

22“The Lord 1created me 2at the beginning of His way, Before His works 3of old.23From eternity I was 45established, From the beginning, 6from the earliest times of the earth.24When there were no 7ocean depths, I was born, When there were no springs abounding with water.258Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was born;26While He had not yet made the earth and the 9fields, Nor the first dust of the world.27When He 10established the heavens, I was there; When 11He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,28When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became 12fixed,29When 13He set a boundary for the sea So that the water would not violate His 14command, When He marked out 15the foundations of the earth;30Then 16I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was His delight daily, 17Rejoicing always before Him,3118Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having 19my delight in the sons of mankind.

32“Now then, sons, 20listen to me, For 21blessed are those who keep my ways.3322Listen to instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it.3423Blessed is the person who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.35For 24one who finds me finds life, And 25obtains favor from the Lord.36But one who 26sins against me 27injures himself; All those who 28hate me 29love death.”