8:22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

8:23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

8:24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

8:25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

8:26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

8:28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

8:30Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

8:31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

1:15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

1:16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

1:17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

1:18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.