Proverbs 8:22-31

New International Version

²²“The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,^[a]^[b]
    before his deeds of old;
²³I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
²⁴When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
    when there were no springs overflowing with water;^(A)
²⁵before the mountains were settled in place,^(B)
    before the hills, I was given birth,^(C)
²⁶before he made the world or its fields
    or any of the dust of the earth.^(D)
²⁷I was there when he set the heavens in place,^(E)
    when he marked out the horizon^(F) on the face of the deep,
²⁸when he established the clouds above^(G)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,^(H)
²⁹when he gave the sea its boundary^(I)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,^(J)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.^(K)
³⁰    Then I was constantly^[c] at his side.^(L)
I was filled with delight day after day,
    rejoicing always in his presence,
³¹rejoicing in his whole world
    and delighting in mankind.^(M)

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Footnotes

Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
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
Proverbs 8:30 Or was the artisan; or was a little child

John 6:35-51

New International Version

³⁵Then Jesus declared, “I am^(A) the bread of life.^(B) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes^(C) in me will never be thirsty.^(D) ³⁶But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. ³⁷All those the Father gives me^(E) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. ³⁸For I have come down from heaven^(F) not to do my will but to do the will^(G) of him who sent me.^(H) ³⁹And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,^(I) but raise them up at the last day.^(J) ⁴⁰For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son^(K) and believes in him shall have eternal life,^(L) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

⁴¹At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴²They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,^(M) whose father and mother we know?^(N) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”^(O)

⁴³“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. ⁴⁴“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,^(P) and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’^[a]^(Q) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. ⁴⁶No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;^(R) only he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.^(S) ⁴⁸I am the bread of life.^(T) ⁴⁹Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.^(U) ⁵⁰But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,^(V) which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread^(W) that came down from heaven.^(X) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”^(Y)