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Proverbs 8:21-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

21 endowing with wealth those who love me
    and filling their treasuries.

Wisdom’s Part in Creation

22 “The Lord created me at the beginning[a] of his work,[b]
    the first of his acts of long ago.(A)
23 Ages ago I was set up,
    at the first, before the beginning of the earth.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 8.22 Or me as the beginning
  2. 8.22 Heb way
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Proverbs 8:21-23
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21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
    and making their treasuries full.(A)

22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[a][b]
    before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
  2. Proverbs 8:22 Or The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The Lord brought me forth at the beginning of his work
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