Proverbs 8:22
Neutral key: nrf1:PRO.008.022
About the book Proverbs Trend of this verse since 2000
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Bible text
“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
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Statistics
- 15 Verse-level uses Counting rule CR-BASE: every citation of this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 15 Explicit citations Counting rule CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE, as in the Top 100: only citations that name this verse.
- #1,136 Rank Rank 1,136 of 19,199 verses with explicit citations; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping Position 16,749 in the sequence prot66.nrf, Old Testament
15 of the verse-level uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
No person of the Bible is linked to this verse yet.
Topics of this verse
No topic is linked to this verse yet.
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Numbering in the versification systems
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse unit has the following labels (mapping release R8); labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 15 occurrences
Occurrences
15 approved public occurrences in the profile official@2, newest first.
- Date
- Jan 1, 667 – Dec 31, 735
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Proverbs
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bede
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- England
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 354 – Dec 31, 430
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, ON THE TRINITY
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Augustine of Hippo
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 340 – Dec 31, 425
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Micah
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Jerome
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 340 – Dec 31, 425
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Isaiah
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Jerome
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 334 – Dec 31, 397
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Exposition of the Christian Faith
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Ambrose of Milan
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- Milan
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 324 – Dec 31, 395
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, ON THE SON, THEOLOGICAL ORATION 4 (30).2
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Gregory of Nazianzus
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Cappadocia
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 296 – Dec 31, 373
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, LETTER TO THE BISHOPS OF EGYPT
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Athanasius of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 315 – Dec 31, 367
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, ON THE TRINITY
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Hilary of Poitiers
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 315 – Dec 31, 367
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, ON THE TRINITY
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Hilary of Poitiers
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 260 – Dec 31, 345
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, PROOF OF THE GOSPEL
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Eusebius of Caesarea
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 179 – Dec 31, 254
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Origen of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 179 – Dec 31, 254
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Origen of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 155 – Dec 31, 245
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, AGAINST PRAXEAS
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Tertullian
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Montanism
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0195
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, A PLEA REGARDING CHRISTIANS
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Athenagoras of Athens
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 95 – Dec 31, 170
- Cited as
- Proverbs 8:22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter CXXIX
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Justin Martyr
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed: rule CR-BASE@1 / CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE@1, profile official@2, epoch 103
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – verse-level uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – explicit citations (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 103, published Nov 5, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8- Rank
- As in the Top 100: explicit citations, highest first, over the verses with at least one; tied verses share a rank.
- Occurrences
- Approved public occurrences of the profile shown, with at least one passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
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