Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
MARCH
21
PSALMS:
21, 51, 81, 111, 141
PROVERBS:
21
OLD
TESTAMENT:
1 KINGS 7:1 - 51
NEW
TESTAMENT:
ACTS 7:30 - 50
PSALMS:
21
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, the king rejoices in your strength.
How
great is his joy in the victories you give!
2
You
have granted him the desire of his heart
and
have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3
You
welcomed him with rich blessings
and
placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
4
He
asked you for life, and you gave it to him--
length
of days, for ever and ever.
5
Through
the victories you gave, his glory is great;
you
have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
6
Surely
you have granted him eternal blessings
and
made him glad with the joy of your presence.
7
For
the king trusts in the LORD;
through
the unfailing love of the Most High
he
will not be shaken.
8
Your
hand will lay hold on all your enemies;
your
right hand will seize your foes.
9
At
the time of your appearing
you
will make them like a fiery furnace.
In
his wrath the LORD will swallow them up,
and
his fire will consume them.
10
You
will destroy their descendants from the earth,
their
posterity from mankind.
11
Though
they plot evil against you
and
devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;
12
for
you will make them turn their backs
when
you aim at them with drawn bow. 1
13
Be
exalted, O LORD, in your strength;
we
will sing and praise your might. 2
PSALMS:
51
For
the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came
to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1
Have
mercy on me, O God,
according
to your unfailing love;
according
to your great compassion
blot
out my transgressions.
2
Wash
away all my iniquity
and
cleanse me from my sin.
3
For
I know my transgressions,
and
my sin is always before me.
4
Against
you, you only, have I sinned
and
done what is evil in your sight,
so
that you are proved right when you speak
and
justified when you judge.
5
Surely
I was sinful at birth,
sinful
from the time my mother conceived me.
6
Surely
you desire truth in the inner parts A;
you
teach B
me wisdom in the inmost place.
7
Cleanse
me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash
me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8
Let
me hear joy and gladness;
let
the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9
Hide
your face from my sins
and
blot out all my iniquity. 3
10
Create
in me a pure heart, O God,
and
renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11
Do
not cast me from your presence
or
take your Holy Spirit from me.
12
Restore
to me the joy of your salvation
and
grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13
Then
I will teach transgressors your ways,
and
sinners will turn back to you.
14
Save
me from bloodguilt, O God,
the
God who saves me,
and
my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15
O
Lord, open my lips,
and
my mouth will declare your praise.
16
You
do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you
do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17
The
sacrifices of God are C
a broken spirit;
a
broken and contrite heart,
O
God, you will not despise.
18
In
your good pleasure make Zion prosper;
build
up the walls of Jerusalem.
19
Then
there will be righteous sacrifices,
whole
burnt offerings to delight you;
then
bulls will be offered on your altar. 4
PSALMS:
81
For
the director of music. According to gittith.
A
Of Asaph.
1
Sing
for joy to God our strength;
shout
aloud to the God of Jacob!
2
Begin
the music, strike the tambourine,
play
the melodious harp and lyre.
3
Sound
the ram's horn at the New Moon,
and
when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
4
this
is a decree for Israel,
an
ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5
He
established it as a statute for Joseph
when
he went out against Egypt,
where
we heard a language we did not understand. B
6
He
says, "I
removed the burden from their shoulders;
their
hands were set free from the basket.
7
In
your distress you called and I rescued you,
I
answered you out of a thundercloud;
I
tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Selah
8
"Hear,
O my people, and I will warn you--
if
you would but listen to me, O Israel!
9
You
shall have no foreign god among you;
you
shall not bow down to an alien god.
10
I
am the LORD your God,
who
brought you up out of Egypt.
Open
wide your mouth and I will fill it.
5
11
"But
my people would not listen to me;
Israel
would not submit to me.
12
So
I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to
follow their own devices.
13
"If
my people would but listen to me,
if
Israel would follow my ways,
14
how
quickly would I subdue their enemies
and
turn my hand against their foes!
15
Those
who hate the LORD would cringe before him,
and
their punishment would last forever.
16
But
you would be fed with the finest of wheat;
with
honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
6
PSALMS:
111
1
Praise
A
the LORD. B
I
will extol the LORD with all my heart
in
the council of the upright and in the assembly.
2
Great
are the works of the LORD;
they
are pondered by all who delight in them.
3
Glorious
and majestic are his deeds,
and
his righteousness endures forever.
4
He
has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the
LORD is gracious and compassionate.
5
He
provides food for those who fear him;
he
remembers his covenant forever.
6
He
has shown his people the power of his works,
giving
them the lands of other nations.
7
The
works of his hands are faithful and just;
all
his precepts are trustworthy.
8
They
are steadfast for ever and ever,
done
in faithfulness and uprightness.
9
He
provided redemption for his people;
he
ordained his covenant forever--
holy
and awesome is his name.
10
The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
all
who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To
him belongs eternal praise. 7
PSALMS:
141
A
psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me.
Hear
my voice when I call to you.
2
May
my prayer be set before you like incense;
may
the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3
Set
a guard over my mouth, O LORD;
keep
watch over the door of my lips.
4
Let
not my heart be drawn to what is evil,
to
take part in wicked deeds
with
men who are evildoers;
let
me not eat of their delicacies.
5
Let
a righteous man A
strike me--it is a kindness;
let
him rebuke me--it is oil on my head.
My
head will not refuse it.
Yet
my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;
6
their
rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and
the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7
They
will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so
our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave. B"
8
But
my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD;
in
you I take refuge--do not give me over to death.
9
Keep
me from the snares they have laid for me,
from
the traps set by evildoers.
10
Let
the wicked fall into their own nets,
while
I pass by in safety. 8
PROVERBS:
21
21
1
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD;
he
directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.
2
All
a man's ways seem right to him,
but
the LORD weighs the heart.
3
To
do what is right and just
is
more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4
Haughty
eyes and a proud heart,
the
lamp of the wicked, are sin!
5
The
plans of the diligent lead to profit
as
surely as haste leads to poverty.
6
A
fortune made by a lying tongue
is
a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. A
7
The
violence of the wicked will drag them away,
for
they refuse to do what is right.
8
The
way of the guilty is devious,
but
the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9
Better
to live on a corner of the roof
than
share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10
The
wicked man craves evil;
his
neighbor gets no mercy from him. 9
11
When
a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
when
a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge.
12
The
Righteous One B
takes note of the house of the wicked
and
brings the wicked to ruin.
13
If
a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor,
he
too will cry out and not be answered.
14
A
gift given in secret soothes anger,
and
a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
15
When
justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
but
terror to evildoers.
16
A
man who strays from the path of understanding
comes
to rest in the company of the dead.
17
He
who loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever
loves wine and oil will never be rich.
18
The
wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
and
the unfaithful for the upright.
19
Better
to live in a desert
than
with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.
20
In
the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil,
but
a foolish man devours all he has.
21
He
who pursues righteousness and love
22
A
wise man attacks the city of the mighty
and
pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
23
He
who guards his mouth and his tongue
keeps
himself from calamity.
24
The
proud and arrogant man--"Mocker" is his name;
he
behaves with overweening pride.
25
The
sluggard's craving will be the death of him,
because
his hands refuse to work.
26
All
day long he craves for more,
but
the righteous give without sparing.
27
The
sacrifice of the wicked is detestable--
how
much more so when brought with evil intent!
28
A
false witness will perish,
and
whoever listens to him will be destroyed forever. D
29
A
wicked man puts up a bold front,
but
an upright man gives thought to his ways.
30
There
is no wisdom, no insight, no plan
that
can succeed against the LORD.
31
The
horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but
victory rests with the LORD. 11
OLD
TESTAMENT:
1 KINGS 7:1 - 51
7
1
It
took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of
his palace. 2
He
built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long,
fifty wide and thirty high, A
with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. 3
It
was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the
columns--forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. 4
Its
windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. 5
All
the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in
sets of three, facing each other. B
6
He
made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. C
In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and
an overhanging roof.
7
He
built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge,
and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling. D
8
And
the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in
design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's
daughter, whom he had married.
9
All
these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from
foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to
size and trimmed with a saw on their inner and outer faces. 10
The
foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some
measuring ten cubits E
and some eight. F
11
Above
were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. 12
The
great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed
stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner
courtyard of the temple of the LORD with its portico.
13
King
Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram, G
14
whose
12
mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was a
man of Tyre and a craftsman in bronze. Huram was highly skilled and
experienced in all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and
did all the work assigned to him.
15
He
cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits
around, H
by line. 16
He
also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the
pillars; each capital was five cubits I
high. 17
A
network of interwoven chains festooned the capitals on top of the
pillars, seven for each capital. 18
He
made pomegranates in two rows J
encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the
pillars. K
He did the same for each capital. 19
The
capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of
lilies, four cubits L
high. 20
On
the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the
network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around. 21
He
erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the
south he named Jakin M
and the one to the north Boaz. N
22
The
capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the
pillars was completed.
23
He
made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits O
from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits
P
to measure around it. 24
Below
the rim, gourds encircled it--ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in
two rows in one piece with the Sea.
25
The
Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west,
three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of
them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 26
It
was a 13
handbreadth Q
in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily
blossom. It held two thousand baths. R
27
He
also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long,
four wide and three high. S
28
This
is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to
uprights. 29
On
the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim--and
on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were
wreaths of hammered work. 30
Each
stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin
resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. 31
On
the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular
frame one cubit T
deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a
cubit and a half. U
Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were
square, not round. 32
The
four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were
attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a
half. 33
The
wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and
hubs were all of cast metal.
34
Each
stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the
stand. 35
At
the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit V
deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand.
36
He
engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the
supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths
all around. 37
This
is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same
molds and were identical in size and shape. 14
38
He
then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths W
and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten
stands. 39
He
placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on
the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast
corner of the temple. 40
He
also made the basins and shovels and sprinkling bowls.
So
Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the
temple of the LORD:
41
the
two pillars;
the
two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the
two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of
the pillars;
42
the
four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of
pomegranates for each network, decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on
top of the pillars);
43
the
ten stands with their ten basins;
44
the
Sea and the twelve bulls under it;
45
the
pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.
All
these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the
LORD were of burnished bronze. 46
The
king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between
Succoth and Zarethan. 47
Solomon
left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the
weight of the bronze was not determined.
48
Solomon
also made all the furnishings that were in the LORD's 15
temple:
the
golden altar;
the
golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;
49
the
lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in
front of the inner sanctuary);
the
gold floral work and lamps and tongs;
50
the
pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and
censers;
and
the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy
Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
51
When
all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was
finished, he brought in the things his father David had
dedicated--the silver and gold and the furnishings--and he placed
them in the treasuries of the LORD's temple. 16
NEW
TESTAMENT:
ACTS 7:30 - 50
30
"After
forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a
burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. 31
When
he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to look more
closely, he heard the Lord's voice: 32
`I
am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.' E
Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
33
"Then
the Lord said to him, `Take
off your sandals; the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34
I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard
their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will
send you back to Egypt.' F
35
"This
is the same Moses whom they had rejected with the words, `Who made
you ruler and judge?' He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by
God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36
He
led them out of Egypt and did wonders and miraculous signs in Egypt,
at the Red Sea G
and for forty years in the desert.
37
"This
is that Moses who told the Israelites, `God
will send you a prophet like me from your own people.'
H
38
He
was in the assembly in the desert, with the angel who spoke to him on
Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living words to
pass on to us.
39
"But
our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in
their hearts turned back to Egypt. 40
They
told Aaron, 17
`Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led
us out of Egypt--we don't know what has happened to him!'I
41
That
was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought
sacrifices to it and held a celebration in honor of what their hands
had made. 42
But
God turned away and gave them over to the worship of the heavenly
bodies. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:
"`Did
you bring me sacrifices and offerings
forty
years in the desert, O house of Israel?
43
You
have lifted up the shrine of Molech
and
the star of your god Rephan,
the
idols you made to worship.
Therefore
I will send you into exile'
J
beyond
Babylon.
44
"Our
forefathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the
desert. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the
pattern he had seen.
45
Having
received the tabernacle, our fathers under Joshua brought it with
them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before
them. It remained in the land until the time of David,
46
who
enjoyed God's favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place
for the God of Jacob.
K
47
But
it was Solomon who built the house for him.
49
"`Heaven
is my throne,
and
the earth is my footstool.
What
kind of house will you build for me?
says
the Lord.
Or
where will my resting place be?
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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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