Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
SEPTEMBER
23
PSALMS:
23, 53, 83, 113, 143
PROVERBS:
23
OLD
TESTAMENT:
OBADIAH 1 - 21
NEW
TESTAMENT:
REVELATION 4:1 - 11
PSALMS:
23
A
psalm of David.
1
The
LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2
He
makes me lie down in green pastures,
he
leads me beside quiet waters,
3
he
restores my soul.
He
guides me in paths of righteousness
for
his name's sake.
4
Even
though I walk
through
the valley of the shadow of death, A
I
will fear no evil,
for
you are with me;
your
rod and your staff,
they
comfort me.
5
You
prepare a table before me
in
the presence of my enemies.
You
anoint my head with oil;
my
cup overflows.
6
Surely
goodness and love will follow me
all
the days of my life,
and
I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
1
PSALMS:
53
For
the director of music. According to mahalath.
A
A maskil
B
of David.
1
The
fool says in his heart,
"There
is no God."
They
are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there
is no one who does good.
2
God
looks down from heaven
on
the sons of men
to
see if there are any who understand,
any
who seek God.
3
Everyone
has turned away,
they
have together become corrupt;
there
is no one who does good,
not
even one.
4
Will
the evildoers never learn--
those
who devour my people as men eat bread
and
who do not call on God?
5
There
they were, overwhelmed with dread,
where
there was nothing to dread.
God
scattered the bones of those who attacked you;
you
put them to shame, for God despised them.
6
Oh,
that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When
God restores the fortunes of his people,
let
Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! 2
PSALMS:
83
A
song. A psalm of Asaph.
1
O
God, do not keep silent;
be
not quiet, O God, be not still.
2
See
how your enemies are astir,
how
your foes rear their heads.
3
With
cunning they conspire against your people;
they
plot against those you cherish.
4
"Come,"
they say, "let us destroy them as a nation,
that
the name of Israel be remembered no more."
5
With
one mind they plot together;
they
form an alliance against you--
6
the
tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
of
Moab and the Hagrites,
7
Gebal,
A
Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia,
with the people of Tyre.
8
Even
Assyria has joined them
to
lend strength to the descendants of Lot.
Selah
9
Do
to them as you did to Midian,
as
you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10
who
perished at Endor
and
became like refuse on the ground.
11
Make
their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all
their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12
who
said, "Let us take possession
of
the pasturelands of God." 3
13
Make
them like tumbleweed, O my God,
like
chaff before the wind.
14
As
fire consumes the forest
or
a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15
so
pursue them with your tempest
and
terrify them with your storm.
16
Cover
their faces with shame
so
that men will seek your name, O LORD.
17
May
they ever be ashamed and dismayed;
may
they perish in disgrace.
18
Let
them know that you, whose name is the LORD--
that
you alone are the Most High over all the earth. 4
PSALMS:
113
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise,
O servants of the LORD,
praise
the name of the LORD.
2
Let
the name of the LORD be praised,
both
now and forevermore.
3
From
the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the
name of the LORD is to be praised.
4
The
LORD is exalted over all the nations,
his
glory above the heavens.
5
Who
is like the LORD our God,
the
One who sits enthroned on high,
6
who
stoops down to look
on
the heavens and the earth?
7
He
raises the poor from the dust
and
lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8
he
seats them with princes,
with
the princes of their people.
9
He
settles the barren woman in her home
as
a happy mother of children.
Praise
the LORD. 5
PSALMS:
143
A
psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, hear my prayer,
listen
to my cry for mercy;
in
your faithfulness and righteousness
come
to my relief.
2
Do
not bring your servant into judgment,
for
no one living is righteous before you.
3
The
enemy pursues me,
he
crushes me to the ground;
he
makes me dwell in darkness
like
those long dead.
4
So
my spirit grows faint within me;
my
heart within me is dismayed.
5
I
remember the days of long ago;
I
meditate on all your works
and
consider what your hands have done.
6
I
spread out my hands to you;
my
soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
Selah
7
Answer
me quickly, O LORD;
my
spirit fails.
Do
not hide your face from me
or
I will be like those who go down to the pit.
8
Let
the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for
I have put my trust in you.
Show
me the way I should go,
for
to you I lift up my soul.
9
Rescue
me from my enemies, O LORD, 6
for
I hide myself in you.
10
Teach
me to do your will,
for
you are my God;
may
your good Spirit
lead
me on level ground.
11
For
your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life;
in
your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
12In
your unfailing love, silence my enemies;
destroy
all my foes,
for
I am your servant. 7
PROVERBS:
23
23
1
When you sit to dine with a ruler,
note
well what A
is before you,
2
and
put a knife to your throat
if
you are given to gluttony.
3
Do
not crave his delicacies,
for
that food is deceptive.
4
Do
not wear yourself out to get rich;
have
the wisdom to show restraint.
5
Cast
but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
for
they will surely sprout wings
and
fly off to the sky like an eagle.
6
Do
not eat the food of a stingy man,
do
not crave his delicacies;
7
for
he is the kind of man
who
is always thinking about the cost. B
"Eat
and drink," he says to you,
but
his heart is not with you.
8
You
will vomit up the little you have eaten
and
will have wasted your compliments.
9
Do
not speak to a fool,
for
he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
10
Do
not move an ancient boundary stone
or
encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11
for
their Defender is strong;
he
will take up their case against you.
12
Apply
your heart to instruction
and
your ears to words of knowledge. 8
13
Do
not withhold discipline from a child;
if
you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14
Punish
him with the rod
and
save his soul from death. C
15
My
son, if your heart is wise,
then
my heart will be glad;
16
my
inmost being will rejoice
when
your lips speak what is right.
17
Do
not let your heart envy sinners,
but
always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.
18
There
is surely a future hope for you,
and
your hope will not be cut off.
19
Listen,
my son, and be wise,
and
keep your heart on the right path.
20
Do
not join those who drink too much wine
or
gorge themselves on meat,
21
for
drunkards and gluttons become poor,
and
drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22
Listen
to your father, who gave you life,
and
do not despise your mother when she is old.
23
Buy
the truth and do not sell it;
get
wisdom, discipline and understanding.
24
The
father of a righteous man has great joy;
he
who has a wise son delights in him.
25
May
your father and mother be glad;
may
she who gave you birth rejoice! 9
26
My
son, give me your heart
and
let your eyes keep to my ways,
27
for
a prostitute is a deep pit
and
a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28
Like
a bandit she lies in wait,
and
multiplies the unfaithful among men.
29
Who
has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who
has strife? Who has complaints?
Who
has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30
Those
who linger over wine,
who
go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
31
Do
not gaze at wine when it is red,
when
it sparkles in the cup,
when
it goes down smoothly!
32
In
the end it bites like a snake
and
poisons like a viper.
33
Your
eyes will see strange sights
and
your mind imagine confusing things.
34
You
will be like one sleeping on the high seas,
lying
on top of the rigging. 10
OLD
TESTAMENT:
OBADIAH 1 - 21
1
1
The
vision of Obadiah.
This
is what the Sovereign LORD says about Edom--
We
have heard a message from the LORD:
An
envoy was sent to the nations to say,
"Rise,
and let us go against her for battle"--
2
"See,
I will make you small among the nations;
you
will be utterly despised.
3
The
pride of your heart has deceived you,
you
who live in the clefts of the rocks A
and
make your home on the heights,
you
who say to yourself,
`Who
can bring me down to the ground?'
4
Though
you soar like the eagle
and
make your nest among the stars,
from
there I will bring you down,"
declares
the LORD.
5
"If
thieves came to you,
if
robbers in the night--
Oh,
what a disaster awaits you--
would
they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If
grape pickers came to you,
would
they not leave a few grapes?
6
But
how Esau will be ransacked,
his
hidden treasures pillaged!
11
7
All
your allies will force you to the border;
your
friends will deceive and overpower you;
those
who eat your bread will set a trap for you,
B
but
you will not detect it.
8
"In
that day,"
declares the LORD,
"will
I not destroy the wise men of Edom,
men
of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
9
Your
warriors, O Teman, will be terrified,
and
everyone in Esau's mountains
will
be cut down in the slaughter.
10
Because
of the violence against your brother Jacob,
you
will be covered with shame;
you
will be destroyed forever.
11
On
the day you stood aloof
while
strangers carried off his wealth
and
foreigners entered his gates
and
cast lots for Jerusalem,
you
were like one of them.
12
You
should not look down on your brother
in
the day of his misfortune,
nor
rejoice over the people of Judah
in
the day of their destruction,
nor
boast so much
in
the day of their trouble.
13
You
should not march through the gates of my people
in
the day of their disaster,
12
nor
look down on them in their calamity
in
the day of their disaster,
nor
seize their wealth
in
the day of their disaster.
14
You
should not wait at the crossroads
to
cut down their fugitives,
nor
hand over their survivors
in
the day of their trouble.
15
"The
day of the LORD is near
for
all nations.
As
you have done, it will be done to you;
your
deeds will return upon your own head.
16
Just
as you drank on my holy hill,
so
all the nations will drink continually;
they
will drink and drink
and
be as if they had never been.
17
But
on Mount Zion will be deliverance;
it
will be holy,
and
the house of Jacob
will
possess its inheritance.
18
The
house of Jacob will be a fire
and
the house of Joseph a flame;
the
house of Esau will be stubble,
and
they will set it on fire and consume it.
There
will be no survivors 13
from
the house of Esau."
The
LORD has spoken.
19
People
from the Negev will occupy
the
mountains of Esau,
and
people from the foothills will possess
the
land of the Philistines.
They
will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,
and
Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20
This
company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
will
possess the land as far as Zarephath;
the
exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will
possess the towns of the Negev.
21
Deliverers
will go up on C
Mount Zion
to
govern the mountains of Esau.
And
the kingdom will be the LORD's. 14
NEW
TESTAMENT:
REVELATION 4:1 - 11
4
1
After
this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in
heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet
said, "Come
up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."
2
At
once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven
with someone sitting on it. 3
And
the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A
rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. 4
Surrounding
the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were
twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold
on their heads. 5
From
the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder.
Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven
spirits A
of God. 6
Also
before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as
crystal.
In
the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they
were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7
The
first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the
third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8
Each
of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes
all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop
saying:
"Holy,
holy, holy
is
the Lord God Almighty,
who
was, and is, and is to come."
9
Whenever
the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on
the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10
the
twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and
worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before
the throne and say:
11
"You
are worthy, our Lord and God,
to
receive glory and honor and power,
for
you created all things,
and
by your will they were created
and
have their being."
15
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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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