Proverbs 8:29

New Century Version

I was there when he ordered the sea not to go beyond the borders he had set. I was there when he laid the earth’s foundation.

Cross References

Job 26:10

He draws the horizon like a circle on the water at the place where light and darkness meet.

Psalm 104:5

You built the earth on its foundations so it can never be moved.

Psalm 104:9

You set borders for the seas that they cannot cross, so water will never cover the earth again.

Psalm 136:5

With his wisdom he made the skies. His love continues forever.

Psalm 33:7

He gathered the water of the sea into a heap. He made the great ocean stay in its place.

Proverbs 3:19

The Lord made the earth, using his wisdom. He set the sky in place, using his understanding.

Proverbs 8:28

when he made the clouds above and put the deep underground springs in place.

Jeremiah 5:22

Surely you are afraid of me,” says the Lord. “You should shake with fear in my presence. I am the one who made the beaches to be a border for the sea, a border the water can never go past. The waves may pound the beach, but they can’t win over it. They may roar, but they cannot go beyond it.

John 19:22

Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”