Add parallel Print Page Options

23 “God understands the way to it,
    and he knows its place.(A)

Read full chapter

Wisdom’s Part in Creation

22 “The Lord created me at the beginning[a] of his work,[b]
    the first of his acts of long ago.(A)
23 Ages ago I was set up,
    at the first, before the beginning of the earth.(B)
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
    when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains had been shaped,
    before the hills, I was brought forth,(C)
26 when he had not yet made earth and fields[c]
    or the world’s first bits of soil.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,(D)
28 when he made firm the skies above,
    when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,(E)
30     then I was beside him, like a master worker,[d]
and I was daily his[e] delight,
    playing before him always,(F)
31 playing in his inhabited world
    and delighting in the human race.(G)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 8.22 Or me as the beginning
  2. 8.22 Heb way
  3. 8.26 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  4. 8.30 Or little child
  5. 8.30 Gk: Heb lacks his

30 In contrast, God is why you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,(A)

Read full chapter

25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.(A)

Read full chapter

33 O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!(A)

Read full chapter

For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(A)

Read full chapter

18         known from long ago.’[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 15.18 Other ancient authorities read things. Known to God from of old are all his works.’

Jesus Rejoices

21 At that very hour Jesus[a] rejoiced in the Holy Spirit[b] and said, “I thank[c] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.[d](A) 22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 10.21 Gk he
  2. 10.21 Other authorities read in the spirit
  3. 10.21 Or praise
  4. 10.21 Or for so it was well-pleasing in your sight

27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.(A)

Read full chapter

14 I have good advice and sound wisdom;
    I have insight; I have strength.(A)

Read full chapter

Great is our Lord and abundant in power;
    his understanding is beyond measure.(A)

Read full chapter

The law of the Lord is perfect,
    reviving the soul;
the decrees of the Lord are sure,
    making wise the simple;(A)

Read full chapter