Proverbs 8:23

"“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old."

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that wisdom existed with God from the very beginning, even predating creation itself. It implies that wisdom is integral to God's nature and was active in His creative process from the outset.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I was set up -Rather, “I was anointed” (comparePsalms 2:6margin:2 Chronicles 28:15). The image is that of Wisdom anointed, as at her birth, with “the oil of gladness.” Or ever the earth was -literally, “from the times before the earth.”

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