Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
AUGUST
14
PSALMS:
14, 44, 74, 104, 134
PROVERBS:
14
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 7:1 - 9:11
NEW
TESTAMENT:
HEBREWS 5:1 - 14
PSALMS:
14
For
the director of music. Of David.
1
The
fool A
says in his heart,
"There
is no God."
They
are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there
is no one who does good.
2
The
LORD looks down from heaven
on
the sons of men
to
see if there are any who understand,
any
who seek God.
3
All
have turned aside,
they
have together become corrupt;
there
is no one who does good,
not
even one.
4
Will
evildoers never learn--
those
who devour my people as men eat bread
and
who do not call on the LORD?
5
There
they are, overwhelmed with dread,
for
God is present in the company of the righteous.
6
You
evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
but
the LORD is their refuge.
7
Oh,
that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When
the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,
let
Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! 1
PSALMS:
44
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.
A
1
We
have heard with our ears, O God;
our
fathers have told us
what
you did in their days,
in
days long ago.
2
With
your hand you drove out the nations
and
planted our fathers;
you
crushed the peoples
and
made our fathers flourish.
3
It
was not by their sword that they won the land,
nor
did their arm bring them victory;
it
was your right hand, your arm,
and
the light of your face, for you loved them.
4
You
are my King and my God,
who
decrees B
victories for Jacob.
5
Through
you we push back our enemies;
through
your name we trample our foes.
6
I
do not trust in my bow,
my
sword does not bring me victory;
7
but
you give us victory over our enemies,
you
put our adversaries to shame.
8
In
God we make our boast all day long,
and
we will praise your name forever.
Selah
9
But
now you have rejected and humbled us;
you
no longer go out with our armies.
10
You
made us retreat before the enemy,
and
our adversaries have plundered us. 2
11
You
gave us up to be devoured like sheep
and
have scattered us among the nations.
12
You
sold your people for a pittance,
gaining
nothing from their sale.
13
You
have made us a reproach to our neighbors,
the
scorn and derision of those around us.
14
You
have made us a byword among the nations;
the
peoples shake their heads at us.
15
My
disgrace is before me all day long,
and
my face is covered with shame
16
at
the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,
because
of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
17
All
this happened to us,
though
we had not forgotten you
or
been false to your covenant.
18
Our
hearts had not turned back;
our
feet had not strayed from your path.
19
But
you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals
and
covered us over with deep darkness.
20
If
we had forgotten the name of our God
or
spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21
would
not God have discovered it,
since
he knows the secrets of the heart?
22
Yet
for your sake we face death all day long;
we
are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23
Awake,
O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse
yourself! Do not reject us forever. 3
24
Why
do you hide your face
and
forget our misery and oppression?
25
We
are brought down to the dust;
our
bodies cling to the ground.
26
Rise
up and help us;
redeem
us because of your unfailing love. 4
PSALMS:
74
A
maskil
A
of Asaph.
1
Why
have you rejected us forever, O God?
Why
does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2
Remember
the people you purchased of old,
the
tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed--
Mount
Zion, where you dwelt.
3
Turn
your steps toward these everlasting ruins,
all
this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4
Your
foes roared in the place where you met with us;
they
set up their standards as signs.
5
They
behaved like men wielding axes
to
cut through a thicket of trees.
6
They
smashed all the carved paneling
with
their axes and hatchets.
7
They
burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they
defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
8
They
said in their hearts, "We will crush them completely!"
They
burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
9
We
are given no miraculous signs;
no
prophets are left,
and
none of us knows how long this will be.
10
How
long will the enemy mock you, O God?
Will
the foe revile your name forever?
11
Why
do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
Take
it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
12
But
you, O God, are my king from of old;
you
bring salvation upon the earth. 5
13
It
was you who split open the sea by your power;
you
broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
14
It
was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan
and
gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.
15
It
was you who opened up springs and streams;
you
dried up the ever flowing rivers.
16
The
day is yours, and yours also the night;
you
established the sun and moon.
17
It
was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
you
made both summer and winter.
18
Remember
how the enemy has mocked you, O LORD,
how
foolish people have reviled your name.
19
Do
not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts;
do
not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
20
Have
regard for your covenant,
because
haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21
Do
not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;
may
the poor and needy praise your name.
22
Rise
up, O God, and defend your cause;
remember
how fools mock you all day long.
23
Do
not ignore the clamor of your adversaries,
the
uproar of your enemies, which rises continually. 6
PSALMS:
104
1
Praise
the LORD, O my soul.
O
LORD my God, you are very great;
you
are clothed with splendor and majesty.
2
He
wraps himself in light as with a garment;
he
stretches out the heavens like a tent
3
and
lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
He
makes the clouds his chariot
and
rides on the wings of the wind.
4
He
makes winds his messengers, A
flames
of fire his servants.
5
He
set the earth on its foundations;
it
can never be moved.
6
You
covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the
waters stood above the mountains.
7
But
at your rebuke the waters fled,
at
the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
8
they
flowed over the mountains,
they
went down into the valleys,
to
the place you assigned for them.
9
You
set a boundary they cannot cross;
never
again will they cover the earth.
10
He
makes springs pour water into the ravines;
it
flows between the mountains.
11
They
give water to all the beasts of the field;
the
wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12
The
birds of the air nest by the waters;
they
sing among the branches.
13
He
waters the mountains from his upper chambers;
the
earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
14
He
makes grass grow for the cattle,
and
plants for man to cultivate--
bringing
forth food from the earth: 7
15
wine
that gladdens the heart of man,
oil
to make his face shine,
and
bread that sustains his heart.
16
The
trees of the LORD are well watered,
the
cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17
There
the birds make their nests;
the
stork has its home in the pine trees.
18
The
high mountains belong to the wild goats;
the
crags are a refuge for the coneys. B
19
The
moon marks off the seasons,
and
the sun knows when to go down.
20
You
bring darkness, it becomes night,
and
all the beasts of the forest prowl.
21
The
lions roar for their prey
and
seek their food from God.
22
The
sun rises, and they steal away;
they
return and lie down in their dens.
23
Then
man goes out to his work,
to
his labor until evening.
24
How
many are your works, O LORD!
In
wisdom you made them all;
the
earth is full of your creatures.
25
There
is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming
with creatures beyond number--
living
things both large and small.
26
There
the ships go to and fro,
and
the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there. 8
27
These
all look to you
to
give them their food at the proper time.
28
When
you give it to them,
they
gather it up;
when
you open your hand,
they
are satisfied with good things.
29
When
you hide your face,
they
are terrified;
when
you take away their breath,
they
die and return to the dust.
30
When
you send your Spirit,
they
are created,
and
you renew the face of the earth.
31
May
the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may
the LORD rejoice in his works--
32
he
who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
who
touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33
I
will sing to the LORD all my life;
I
will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34
May
my meditation be pleasing to him,
as
I rejoice in the LORD.
35
But
may sinners vanish from the earth
and
the wicked be no more.
Praise
the LORD, O my soul.
PSALMS:
134
A
song of ascents.
1
Praise
the LORD, all you servants of the LORD
who
minister by night in the house of the LORD.
2
Lift
up your hands in the sanctuary
and
praise the LORD.
3
May
the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth,
bless
you from Zion. 10
PROVERBS:
14
14
1
The wise woman builds her house,
but
with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
2
He
whose walk is upright fears the LORD,
but
he whose ways are devious despises him.
3
A
fool's talk brings a rod to his back,
but
the lips of the wise protect them.
4
Where
there are no oxen, the manger is empty,
but
from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.
5
A
truthful witness does not deceive,
but
a false witness pours out lies.
6
The
mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but
knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
7
Stay
away from a foolish man,
for
you will not find knowledge on his lips.
8
The
wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,
but
the folly of fools is deception.
9
Fools
mock at making amends for sin,
but
goodwill is found among the upright.
10
Each
heart knows its own bitterness,
and
no one else can share its joy.
11
The
house of the wicked will be destroyed,
but
the tent of the upright will flourish. 11
12
There
is a way that seems right to a man,
but
in the end it leads to death.
13
Even
in laughter the heart may ache,
and
joy may end in grief.
14
The
faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,
and
the good man rewarded for his.
15
A
simple man believes anything,
but
a prudent man gives thought to his steps.
16
A
wise man fears the LORD and shuns evil,
but
a fool is hotheaded and reckless.
17
A
quick-tempered man does foolish things,
and
a crafty man is hated.
18
The
simple inherit folly,
but
the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19
Evil
men will bow down in the presence of the good,
and
the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20
The
poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
but
the rich have many friends.
21
He
who despises his neighbor sins,
but
blessed is he who is kind to the needy.
22
Do
not those who plot evil go astray?
23
All
hard work brings a profit,
but
mere talk leads only to poverty.
24
The
wealth of the wise is their crown,
but
the folly of fools yields folly.
25
A
truthful witness saves lives,
but
a false witness is deceitful.
26
He
who fears the LORD has a secure fortress,
and
for his children it will be a refuge.
27
The
fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
turning
a man from the snares of death.
28
A
large population is a king's glory,
but
without subjects a prince is ruined.
29
A
patient man has great understanding,
but
a quick-tempered man displays folly.
30
A
heart at peace gives life to the body,
but
envy rots the bones.
31
He
who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,
but
whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
32
When
calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,
but
even in death the righteous have a refuge.
33
Wisdom
reposes in the heart of the discerning
and
even among fools she lets herself be known. B
13
34
Righteousness
exalts a nation,
but
sin is a disgrace to any people.
35
A
king delights in a wise servant,
but
a shameful servant incurs his wrath. 14
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 7:1 - 9:11
7
1
The
word of the LORD came to me: 2
"Son
of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel:
The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
3
The
end is now upon you and I will unleash my anger against you. I will
judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your
detestable practices.
4
I
will not look on you with pity or spare you; I will surely repay you
for your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you
will know that I am the LORD.
5
"This
is what the Sovereign LORD says: Disaster! An unheard-of A
disaster is coming.
6
The
end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. It
has come!
7
Doom
has come upon you--you who dwell in the land. The time has come, the
day is near; there is panic, not joy, upon the mountains.
8
I
am about to pour out my wrath on you and spend my anger against you;
I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your
detestable practices.
9
I
will not look on you with pity or spare you; I will repay you in
accordance with your conduct and the detestable practices among you.
Then you will know that it is I the LORD who strikes the blow.
10
"The
day is here! It has come! Doom has burst forth, the rod has budded,
arrogance has blossomed!
11
Violence
has grown into B
a rod to punish wickedness; none of the people will be left, none of
that crowd--no wealth, nothing of value.
12
The
time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the
seller grieve, for wrath is upon the whole crowd.
13
The
seller will not recover the land he has sold as long as both of them
live, for the vision concerning the whole crowd will not be reversed.
Because of their sins, not one of them will preserve his life.
14
Though
they blow the trumpet and get everything ready, no one will go into
battle, for my wrath is upon the whole crowd.
15
"Outside
is the sword, inside are plague and famine; those in the country will
die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine
and plague.
16
All
who survive and escape will be in the mountains, moaning like doves
of the valleys, each because of his sins.
17
Every
hand will go limp, and every knee will become as weak as water.
18
They
will put on sackcloth and be clothed with terror. Their faces will be
covered with shame and their heads will be shaved.
19
They
will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be an
unclean thing. Their silver and gold will not be able to save them in
the day of the LORD's wrath. They will not satisfy their hunger or
fill their stomachs with it, for it has made them stumble into sin.
20
They
were proud of their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their
detestable idols and vile images. Therefore I will turn these into an
unclean thing for them.
21
I
will hand it all over as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the
wicked of the earth, and they will defile it.
22
I
will turn my face away from them, and they will desecrate my
treasured place; robbers will enter it and desecrate it.
23
"Prepare
chains, because the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of
violence.
24
I
will bring the most wicked of the nations to take possession of their
houses; I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their
sanctuaries will be desecrated.
25
When
terror comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none.
26
Calamity
upon calamity will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will try to get a
vision from the prophet; the teaching of the law by the priest will
be lost, as will the counsel of the elders.
27
The
king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the
hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them
according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will 15
judge them. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
8
1
In
the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was
sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me,
the hand of the Sovereign LORD came upon me there. 2
I
looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. A
From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from
there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.
3
He
stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my
head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions
of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of
the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood. 4
And
there before me was the glory of the God of Israel, as in the vision
I had seen in the plain.
5
Then
he said to me, "Son
of man, look toward the north."
So I looked, and in the entrance north of the gate of the altar I saw
this idol of jealousy.
6
And
he said to me, "Son
of man, do you see what they are doing--the utterly detestable things
the house of Israel is doing here, things that will drive me far from
my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable."
7
Then
he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a
hole in the wall.
8
He
said to me, "Son
of man, now dig into the wall."
So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.
9
And
he said to me, "Go
in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here."
10
So
I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all
kinds of crawling things and detestable animals and all the idols of
the house of Israel. 11
In
front of them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, and
Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer
in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
12
He
said to me, "Son
of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are
doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say,
`The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.'"
13
Again,
he said, "You
will
see them doing things that are even more detestable."
14
Then
he brought me to the entrance to the north gate of the house of the
LORD, and I saw women sitting there, mourning for Tammuz. 15
He
said to me, "Do
you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more
detestable than this."
16
He
then brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD, and
there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the
altar, 16
were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the
LORD and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the
sun in the east.
17
He
said to me, "Have
you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the house of
Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also
fill the land with violence and continually provoke me to anger? Look
at them putting the branch to their nose!
18
Therefore
I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or
spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to
them."
9
1
Then
I heard him call out in a loud voice, "Bring
the guards of the city here, each with a weapon in his hand."
2
And
I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which
faces north, each with a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a
man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. They came in
and stood beside the bronze altar.
3
Now
the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where
it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the LORD
called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his
side 4
and
said to him, "Go
throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of
those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are
done in it."
5
As
I listened, he said to the others, "Follow
him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion.
6
Slaughter
old men, young men and maidens, women and children, but do not touch
anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary."
So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.
7
Then
he said to them, "Defile
the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!"
So they went out and began killing throughout the city. 8
While
they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out,
"Ah, Sovereign LORD! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant
of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?"
9
He
answered me, "The
sin of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land
is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say,
`The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.'
10
So
I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring
down on their own heads what they have done."
11
Then
the man in linen with the writing kit at his side brought back word,
saying, "I
have done as you commanded."
17
NEW
TESTAMENT:
HEBREWS 5:1 - 14
5
1
Every
high priest is selected from among men and is appointed to represent
them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for
sins. 2
He
is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going
astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.
3
This
is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for
the sins of the people.
4
No
one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as
Aaron was.
5
So
Christ also did not take upon himself the glory of becoming a high
priest. But God said to him,
"You
are my Son;
today
I have become your Father.
A"B
6
And
he says in another place,
"You
are a priest forever,
in
the order of Melchizedek."
C
7
During
the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions
with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death,
and he was heard because of his reverent submission. 8
Although
he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered
9
and,
once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all
who obey him
10
and
was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
11
We
have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you
are slow to learn.
12
In
fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone
to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You
need milk, not solid food! 13
Anyone
who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the
teaching about righteousness. 14
But
solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained
themselves to distinguish good from evil. 18
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Excerpted from Compton's
Interactive Bible NIV.
Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 SoftKey Multimedia Inc. All Rights
Reserved
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Excerpted from Compton's
Interactive Bible NIV.
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Excerpted from Compton's
Interactive Bible NIV.
Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 SoftKey Multimedia Inc. All Rights
Reserved
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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