Proverbs 8:16-29

¹⁶By me nobles become great, And monarchs by me rule over the earth.

¹⁷I love those that love me; And they that seek me shall find me.

¹⁸Wealth and glory belong to me; Yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.

¹⁹It is better to have my fruit than to have gold and precious stones; And my produce is better than choice silver.

²⁰I walk in ways of righteousness, And am conversant with the paths of judgment;

²¹That I may divide substance to them that love me, And may fill their treasures with good things.

^21aIf I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember also to recount the things of old.

²²The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.

²³He established me before time was in the beginning, Before he made the earth:

²⁴even before he made the depths; Before the fountains of water came forth:

²⁵Before the mountains were settled, And before all hills, he begets me.

²⁶The Lord made countries and uninhabited tracts, And the highest inhabited parts of the world.

²⁷When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; And when he prepared his throne upon the winds:

²⁸And when he strengthened the clouds above; And when he secured the fountains of the earth:

²⁹And when he strengthened the foundations of the earth: