Proverbs 8:22-36

²²Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

²³I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.

²⁴When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.

²⁵Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;

²⁶while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

²⁷When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

²⁸when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;

²⁹when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

³⁰then I was by him his nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

³¹rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.

³²And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:

³³hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

³⁴Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

³⁵For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;

³⁶but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.