Proverbs 8:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 8:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 8:26 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. fields: or, open ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 8:26 — KJV
“While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. fields: or, open places the highest...: or, the chief part”
— Proverbs 8:26 (KJV)
Proverbs 8:26 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 8:26
“He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 8:26: made, earth, fields
“Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 8:26: while, yet, made
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 8:26: yet, made, earth
“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. While...: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 8:26: while, yet, earth
“And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. spread...: Heb. break forth”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 8:26: earth, nor, dust
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