Proverbs 8:21-34

²¹That I may cause those that love me to inherit a lasting possession; and their treasures will I fill

²²The Lord created me as the beginning of his way, the first of his works from the commencement,

²³From eternity was I appointed chief, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

²⁴When there were yet no depths, was I brought forth; when there were yet no springs laden heavily with water.

²⁵Before the mountains were yet sunk down, before the hills was I brought forth:

²⁶While as yet he had not made the land and open fields, nor the chief of the dust of the world.

²⁷When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle over the face of the deep;

²⁸When he fastened the skies above; when the springs of the deep became strong;

²⁹When he assigned to the sea his decree, that the waters should not transgress his order: when he established firmly the foundations of the earth:

³⁰Then was I near him, as a nursling: and I was day by day his delights, playing before him at all times;

³¹Playing in the world, his earth; and having my delights with the sons of men.

³²And now, O children of men, hearken unto me! for happy those that observe my ways.

³³Hear correction, and be wise, and reject it not.

³⁴Happy is the man that hearkeneth unto me, watching day by day at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.