Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
OCTOBER
12
PSALMS: 12, 42, 72, 102,
132
PROVERBS: 12
OLD
TESTAMENT: GENESIS 1:1 - 2:25
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 1:1 -
2:12
PSALMS: 12
For
the director of music. According to sheminith. A A psalm of
David.
1
Help,
LORD, for the godly are no more;
the
faithful have vanished from among men.
2
Everyone
lies to his neighbor;
their
flattering lips speak with deception.
3
May
the LORD cut off all flattering lips
and
every boastful tongue
4
that
says, "We will triumph with our tongues;
we
own our lips B--who is our master?"
5
"Because of the oppression of the
weak
and
the groaning of the needy,
I
will now arise,"
says the LORD.
"I will protect them from those who malign
them."
6
And
the words of the LORD are flawless,
like
silver refined in a furnace of clay,
purified
seven times.
7
O
LORD, you will keep us safe
and
protect us from such people forever.
8
The
wicked freely strut about
when
what is vile is honored among men. [1]
PSALMS: 42
For
A the director of music. A maskil B of the Sons of
Korah.
1
As
the deer pants for streams of water,
so
my soul pants for you, O God.
2
My
soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When
can I go and meet with God?
3
My
tears have been my food
day
and night,
while
men say to me all day long,
"Where
is your God?"
4
These
things I remember
as
I pour out my soul:
how
I used to go with the multitude,
leading
the procession to the house of God,
with
shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among
the festive throng.
5
Why
are you downcast, O my soul?
Why
so disturbed within me?
Put
your hope in God,
for
I will yet praise him,
my
Savior and 6 my God.
My
C soul is downcast within me;
therefore
I will remember you
from
the land of the Jordan,
the
heights of Hermon--from Mount Mizar.
7
Deep
calls to deep
in
the roar of your waterfalls;
all
your waves and breakers
have
swept over me.
8
By
day the LORD directs his love,
at
night his song is with me--
a
prayer to the God of my life.
9
I
say to God my Rock,
"Why
have you forgotten me?
Why
must I go about mourning,
oppressed
by the enemy?"
10
My
bones suffer mortal agony
as
my foes taunt me,
saying
to me all day long,
"Where
is your God?"
11
Why
are you downcast, O my soul?
Why
so disturbed within me?
Put
your hope in God,
for
I will yet praise him,
my
Savior and my God. [2]
PSALMS: 72
Of
Solomon.
1
Endow
the king with your justice, O God,
the
royal son with your righteousness.
2
He
will A judge your people in righteousness,
your
afflicted ones with justice.
3
The
mountains will bring prosperity to the people,
the
hills the fruit of righteousness.
4
He
will defend the afflicted among the people
and
save the children of the needy;
he
will crush the oppressor.
5
He
will endure B as long as the sun,
as
long as the moon, through all generations.
6
He
will be like rain falling on a mown field,
like
showers watering the earth.
7
In
his days the righteous will flourish;
prosperity
will abound till the moon is no more.
8
He
will rule from sea to sea
and
from the River C to the ends of the earth.
D
9
The
desert tribes will bow before him
and
his enemies will lick the dust.
10
The
kings of Tarshish and of distant shores
will
bring tribute to him;
the
kings of Sheba and Seba
will
present him gifts.
11
All
kings will bow down to him
and
all nations will serve him. [3]
Of
Solomon.
12 For he will deliver the
needy who cry out,
the
afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity on the
weak and the needy
and
save the needy from death.
14 He will rescue them from
oppression and violence,
for
precious is their blood in his sight.
15 Long may he
live!
May
gold from Sheba be given him.
May
people ever pray for him
and
bless him all day long.
16 Let grain abound
throughout the land;
on
the tops of the hills may it sway.
Let
its fruit flourish like Lebanon;
let
it thrive like the grass of the field.
17 May his name endure
forever;
may
it continue as long as the sun.
All
nations will be blessed through him,
and
they will call him blessed. [4]
18 Praise be to the LORD
God, the God of Israel,
who
alone does marvelous deeds.
19 Praise be to his
glorious name forever;
may
the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen
and Amen.
20 This concludes the
prayers of David son of Jesse. [5]
PSALMS: 102
A
prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the
LORD.
1
Hear
my prayer, O LORD;
let
my cry for help come to you.
2
Do
not hide your face from me
when
I am in distress.
Turn
your ear to me;
when
I call, answer me quickly.
3
For
my days vanish like smoke;
my
bones burn like glowing embers.
4
My
heart is blighted and withered like grass;
I
forget to eat my food.
5
Because
of my loud groaning
I
am reduced to skin and bones.
6
I
am like a desert owl,
like
an owl among the ruins.
7
I
lie awake; I have become
like
a bird alone on a roof.
8
All
day long my enemies taunt me;
those
who rail against me use my name as a curse.
9
For
I eat ashes as my food
and
mingle my drink with tears
10
because
of your great wrath,
for
you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11
My
days are like the evening shadow;
I
wither away like grass. [6]
12
But
you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever;
your
renown endures through all generations.
13
You
will arise and have compassion on Zion,
for
it is time to show favor to her;
the
appointed time has come.
14
For
her stones are dear to your servants;
her
very dust moves them to pity.
15
The
nations will fear the name of the LORD,
all
the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
16
For
the LORD will rebuild Zion
and
appear in his glory.
17
He
will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
he
will not despise their plea.
18
Let
this be written for a future generation,
that
a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
19
"The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on
high,
from
heaven he viewed the earth,
20
to
hear the groans of the prisoners
and
release those condemned to death."
21
So
the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion
and
his praise in Jerusalem
22
when
the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble
to worship the LORD.
23
In
the course of my life A he broke my strength;
he
cut short my days.
24
So
I said:
"Do
not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days;
your
years go on through all generations.
25
In
the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,
and
the heavens are the work of your hands.[7]
26
They
will perish, but you remain;
they
will all wear out like a garment.
Like
clothing you will change them
and
they will be discarded.
27
But
you remain the same,
and
your years will never end.
28
The
children of your servants will live in your presence;
their
descendants will be established before you." [8]
PSALMS: 132
A
song of ascents.
1
O
LORD, remember David
and
all the hardships he endured.
2
He
swore an oath to the LORD
and
made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3
"I
will not enter my house
or
go to my bed--
4
I
will allow no sleep to my eyes,
no
slumber to my eyelids,
5
till
I find a place for the LORD,
a
dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
6
We
heard it in Ephrathah,
we
came upon it in the fields of Jaar
A:B
7
"Let
us go to his dwelling place;
let
us worship at his footstool--
8
arise,
O LORD, and come to your resting place,
you
and the ark of your might.
9
May
your priests be clothed with righteousness;
may
your saints sing for joy."
10
For
the sake of David your servant,
do
not reject your anointed one.[9]
11
The
LORD swore an oath to David,
a
sure oath that he will not revoke:
"One of your own descendants
I
will place on your throne--
12
if
your sons keep my covenant
and
the statutes I teach them,
then
their sons will sit
on
your throne for ever and ever."
13
For
the LORD has chosen Zion,
he
has desired it for his dwelling:
14
"This is my resting place for ever and
ever;
here
I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it--
15 I
will bless her with abundant provisions;
her
poor will I satisfy with food.
16 I
will clothe her priests with salvation,
and
her saints will ever sing for joy.
17
"Here I will make a horn C grow for David
and
set up a lamp for my anointed one.
18 I
will clothe his enemies with shame,
but
the crown on his head will be resplendent."
[10]
PROVERBS: 12
12
1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but
he who hates correction is stupid.
2
A
good man obtains favor from the LORD,
but
the LORD condemns a crafty man.
3
A
man cannot be established through wickedness,
but
the righteous cannot be uprooted.
4
A
wife of noble character is her husband's crown,
but
a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
5
The
plans of the righteous are just,
but
the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
6
The
words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but
the speech of the upright rescues them.
7
Wicked
men are overthrown and are no more,
but
the house of the righteous stands firm.
8
A
man is praised according to his wisdom,
but
men with warped minds are despised.
9
Better
to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than
pretend to be somebody and have no food.
10
A
righteous man cares for the needs of his animal,
but
the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
11
He
who works his land will have abundant food,
but
he who chases fantasies lacks judgment. [11]
12
The
wicked desire the plunder of evil men,
but
the root of the righteous flourishes.
13
An
evil man is trapped by his sinful talk,
but
a righteous man escapes trouble.
14
From
the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things
as
surely as the work of his hands rewards him.
15
The
way of a fool seems right to him,
but
a wise man listens to advice.
16
A
fool shows his annoyance at once,
but
a prudent man overlooks an insult.
17
A
truthful witness gives honest testimony,
but
a false witness tells lies.
18
Reckless
words pierce like a sword,
but
the tongue of the wise brings healing.
19
Truthful
lips endure forever,
but
a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
20
There
is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but
joy for those who promote peace.
21
No
harm befalls the righteous,
but
the wicked have their fill of trouble. [12]
22
The
LORD detests lying lips,
but
he delights in men who are truthful.
23
A
prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself,
but
the heart of fools blurts out folly.
24
Diligent
hands will rule,
but
laziness ends in slave labor.
25
An
anxious heart weighs a man down,
but
a kind word cheers him up.
26
A
righteous man is cautious in friendship, A
but
the way of the wicked leads them astray.
27
The
lazy man does not roast B his game,
but
the diligent man prizes his possessions.
28
In
the way of righteousness there is life;
along
that path is immortality. [13]
OLD
TESTAMENT: GENESIS 1:1 - 2:25
1
1 In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was
A formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and
the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3
And
God said, "Let there be light," and there was
light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light
from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was
morning--the first day.
6
And
God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters
to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and
separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so.
8 God called the expanse "sky." And
there was evening, and there was morning--the second day.
9
And
God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to
one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God
called the dry ground "land," and the gathered
waters he called "seas." And God saw that it
was good.
11
Then
God said, "Let the land produce vegetation:
seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it,
according to their various kinds." And it was so.
12
The
land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees
bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was
good.
13
And
there was evening, and there was morning--the third day.
14
And
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the
sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark
seasons and days and years, 15
and let them be lights in the expanse of
the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God
made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light
to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the
expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day
and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was
good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning--the fourth
day.
20
And
God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." 21
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving
thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged
bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God
blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in
number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the
earth." 23 And there was evening, and there was morning--the
fifth day.
24
And
God said, "Let the land produce living creatures
according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and
wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. 25
God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock
according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground
according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26
Then
God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our
likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air,
over the livestock, over all the earth, B and over all the creatures that move along the
ground." [14]
27
So
God created man in his own image,
in
the image of God he created him;
male
and female he created them.
28
God
blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea
and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the
ground."
29
Then
God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the
face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will
be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the
air and all the creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the
breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
31
God
saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there
was morning--the sixth day.
2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast
array.
2
By
the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh
day he rested A from all his work. 3 And God blessed the
seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of
creating that he had done.
4
This
is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
When
the LORD God made the earth and the heavens—5 and no shrub of the
field had yet appeared on the earth B and no plant of the field had
yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth C and
there was no man to work the ground, 6 but streams D came
up from the earth [15]
and watered the whole surface of the ground—7 the LORD God formed the
man E from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life, and the man became a living being.
8
Now
the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man
he had formed. 9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of
the ground--trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle
of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil.
10
A
river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into
four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds
through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold
of that land is good; aromatic resin F and onyx are also there.)
13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the
entire land of Cush. G 14 The name of the third river is
the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the
Euphrates.
15
The
LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care
of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
17 but you
must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat
of it you will surely die."
18
The
LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be
alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
19
Now
the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all
the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them;
and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20
So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all
the beasts of the field.
But
for Adam H no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD
God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took
one of the man's ribs I and closed up the place with flesh. 22
Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib J he had taken out
of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23
The
man said,
"This is now bone of my bones
and
flesh of my flesh;
she
shall be called `woman,'
K
for
she was taken out of man."
[16]
24
For
this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
and they will become one flesh.
25
The
man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. [17]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 1:1 -
2:12
1
1
A
record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2
Abraham
was the father of Isaac,
Isaac
the father of Jacob,
Jacob
the father of Judah and his brothers,
3
Judah
the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez
the father of Hezron,
Hezron
the father of Ram,
4
Ram
the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab
the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon
the father of Salmon,
5
Salmon
the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz
the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed
the father of Jesse,
6
and
Jesse the father of King David.
David
was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
7
Solomon
the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam
the father of Abijah,
Abijah
the father of Asa,
8
Asa
the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat
the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram
the father of Uzziah, [18]
9
Uzziah
the father of Jotham,
Jotham
the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz
the father of Hezekiah,
10
Hezekiah
the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh
the father of Amon,
Amon
the father of Josiah,
11
and
Josiah the father of Jeconiah A and his brothers at the time of the
exile to Babylon.
12
After
the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah
was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel
the father of Zerubbabel,
13
Zerubbabel
the father of Abiud,
Abiud
the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim
the father of Azor,
14
Azor
the father of Zadok,
Zadok
the father of Akim,
Akim
the father of Eliud,
15
Eliud
the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar
the father of Matthan,
Matthan
the father of Jacob,
16
and
Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is
called Christ.
17
Thus
there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from
David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ. B
[19]
18
This
is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be
married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child
through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was a
righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind
to divorce her quietly.
20
But
after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream
and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to
take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy
Spirit. 21 She will give birth to
a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, C because he will save his people from their sins."
22
All
this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23
"The virgin will be with child and will give
birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" D--which
means, "God with us."
24
When
Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took
Mary home as his wife. 25 But he had no union with her until she gave
birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
2
1
After
Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi
A from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, "Where is the one who
has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east B and
have come to worship him."
3
When
King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4
When he had called together all the people's chief priests and [20]
teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ C was to be born.
5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the
prophet has written:
6
"`But you,
Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are
by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for
out of you will come a ruler
who
will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'
D"
7
Then
Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star
had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a
careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I
too may go and worship him."
9
After
they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in
the east E went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where
the child was.
10
When
they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house,
they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him.
Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of
incense and of myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go
back to Herod, they returned to their country by another
route.
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John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H
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