20 I cause to walk in the way of righteousness, and in the midst of the paths of [a]judgment,

21 That I may cause them that love me, to inherit substance, and I will fill their treasures.

22 The Lord hath possessed me in the beginning of his way: I was [b]before his works of old.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:20 For there can be no true justice or judgment, which is not rejected by this wisdom.
  2. Proverbs 8:22 He declareth hereby the divinity and eternity of this wisdom, which he magnifieth and praiseth through this book: meaning thereby the eternal son of God Jesus Christ our Savior, whom Saint John calleth that word that was in the beginning, John 1:1.

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