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Proverbs 8:31 (WEB)
rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

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§288Paragraph 4 · The CreatorRead at vatican.va
“Creation is revealed as the first step towards this covenant, the first and universal witness to God's all-powerful love. and so, the truth of creation is also expressed with growing vigour in the message of the prophets, the prayer of the psalms and the liturgy, and in the wisdom sayings of the Chosen People.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 44:24; Ps 104; Prov 8:22-31.

§721Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va
Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling…

Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.20Book IV
“I was He in whom He rejoiced, and throughout all time I was daily glad before His face, when He rejoiced at the completion of the world, and was delighted in the sons of men.”” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 27–31.
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Tertullian, Against Hermogenes Chapter 18
“I was He in whom He took delight; moreover, I daily rejoiced in His presence: for He rejoiced when He had finished the world, and amongst the sons of men did He show forth His pleasure.”” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 27–31.
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians II.7Discourse II
“And though in sons of men also He had delight, on finishing the world, as it is written in these same Proverbs, yet this too has a consistent sense.” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 31.
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy I.46Book I
“Therefore this comeliness, which shone forth in each single part of the world, was resplendent in the whole, as the Book of Wisdom shows, saying: “I existed, in whom He rejoiced when He was glad at the completion of the world.”” — editor's note: Prov. viii 30, 31 [LXX.].
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Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity Book 4
“Moreover, I was daily rejoicing in His sight, all the while that He was rejoicing in the world that He had made, and in the sons of men.” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 28–31.
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Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.2Book II
“When He made the strong clouds above the winds, and when He placed the strengthened fountains under heaven, when He made the mighty foundations of the earth, I was by His side, ordering them: I was He in whom He delighted: moreover, I daily rejoiced before His face in all time, when He rejoiced in the perfected earth.”” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 22–31.
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