~ were before me ~ 10_2SA_22_23  For all his judgments [were] before me, and [as for] his statutes, I did not depart from them. #, 19_PSA_018_022  For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. # , 21_ECC_02_09  So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem, also my wisdom remained with me. #,