Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JULY
23
PSALMS:
23, 53, 83, 113, 143
PROVERBS:
23
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JEREMIAH 19:1 - 21:14
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 THESSALONIANS 5:4 - 28
PSALMS:
24
Of
David. A psalm.
1
The
earth is the LORD's, and everything in it,
the
world, and all who live in it;
2
for
he founded it upon the seas
and
established it upon the waters.
3
Who
may ascend the hill of the LORD?
Who
may stand in his holy place?
4
He
who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who
does not lift up his soul to an idol
or
swear by what is false. A
5
He
will receive blessing from the LORD
and
vindication from God his Savior.
6
Such
is the generation of those who seek him,
who
seek your face, O God of Jacob. B
Selah
7
Lift
up your heads, O you gates;
be
lifted up, you ancient doors,
that
the King of glory may come in.
8
Who
is this King of glory?
The
LORD strong and mighty,
the
LORD mighty in battle.
9
Lift
up your heads, O you gates;
lift
them up, you ancient doors,
that
the King of glory may come in.
10
Who
is he, this King of glory?
The
LORD Almighty--
he
is the King of glory. 1
PSALMS:
54
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil
A
of David. When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, "Is not
David hiding among us?"
1
Save
me, O God, by your name;
vindicate
me by your might.
2
Hear
my prayer, O God;
listen
to the words of my mouth.
3
Strangers
are attacking me;
ruthless
men seek my life--
men
without regard for God.
Selah
4
Surely
God is my help;
the
Lord is the one who sustains me.
5
Let
evil recoil on those who slander me;
in
your faithfulness destroy them.
6
I
will sacrifice a freewill offering to you;
I
will praise your name, O LORD,
for
it is good.
7
For
he has delivered me from all my troubles,
and
my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes. 3
PSALMS:
84
For
the director of music. According to gittith.
A
Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1
How
lovely is your dwelling place,
O
LORD Almighty!
2
My
soul yearns, even faints,
for
the courts of the LORD;
my
heart and my flesh cry out
for
the living God.
3
Even
the sparrow has found a home,
and
the swallow a nest for herself,
where
she may have her young--
a
place near your altar,
O
LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4
Blessed
are those who dwell in your house;
they
are ever praising you.
Selah
5
Blessed
are those whose strength is in you,
who
have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6
As
they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they
make it a place of springs;
the
autumn rains also cover it with pools. B
7
They
go from strength to strength,
till
each appears before God in Zion.
8
Hear
my prayer, O LORD God Almighty;
listen
to me, O God of Jacob.
Selah
9
Look
upon our shield, C
O God;
look
with favor on your anointed one. 4
10
Better
is one day in your courts
than
a thousand elsewhere;
I
would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than
dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11
For
the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the
LORD bestows favor and honor;
no
good thing does he withhold
from
those whose walk is blameless.
12
O
LORD Almighty,
blessed
is the man who trusts in you. 5
PSALMS:
114
1
When
Israel came out of Egypt,
the
house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
2
Judah
became God's sanctuary,
Israel
his dominion.
3
The
sea looked and fled,
the
Jordan turned back;
4
the
mountains skipped like rams,
the
hills like lambs.
5
Why
was it, O sea, that you fled,
O
Jordan, that you turned back,
6
you
mountains, that you skipped like rams,
you
hills, like lambs?
7
Tremble,
O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at
the presence of the God of Jacob,
8
who
turned the rock into a pool,
the
hard rock into springs of water. 6
PSALMS:
144
Of
David.
1
Praise
be to the LORD my Rock,
who
trains my hands for war,
my
fingers for battle.
2
He
is my loving God and my fortress,
my
stronghold and my deliverer,
my
shield, in whom I take refuge,
who
subdues peoples A
under me.
3
O
LORD, what is man that you care for him,
the
son of man that you think of him?
4
Man
is like a breath;
his
days are like a fleeting shadow.
5
Part
your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
touch
the mountains, so that they smoke.
6
Send
forth lightning and scatter the enemies;
shoot
your arrows and rout them.
7
Reach
down your hand from on high;
deliver
me and rescue me
from
the mighty waters,
from
the hands of foreigners
8
whose
mouths are full of lies,
whose
right hands are deceitful.
9
I
will sing a new song to you, O God;
on
the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
10
to
the One who gives victory to kings,
who
delivers his servant David from the deadly sword. 7
11
Deliver
me and rescue me
from
the hands of foreigners
whose
mouths are full of lies,
whose
right hands are deceitful.
12
Then
our sons in their youth
will
be like well-nurtured plants,
and
our daughters will be like pillars
carved
to adorn a palace.
13
Our
barns will be filled
with
every kind of provision.
Our
sheep will increase by thousands,
by
tens of thousands in our fields;
14
our
oxen will draw heavy loads. B
There
will be no breaching of walls,
no
going into captivity,
no
cry of distress in our streets.
15
Blessed
are the people of whom this is true;
blessed
are the people whose God is the LORD. 8
PROVERBS:
24
24
1
Do not envy wicked men,
do
not desire their company;
2
for
their hearts plot violence,
and
their lips talk about making trouble.
3
By
wisdom a house is built,
and
through understanding it is established;
4
through
knowledge its rooms are filled
with
rare and beautiful treasures.
5
A
wise man has great power,
and
a man of knowledge increases strength;
6
for
waging war you need guidance,
and
for victory many advisers.
7
Wisdom
is too high for a fool;
in
the assembly at the gate he has nothing to say.
8
He
who plots evil
will
be known as a schemer.
9
The
schemes of folly are sin,
and
men detest a mocker.
10
If
you falter in times of trouble,
how
small is your strength!
11
Rescue
those being led away to death;
hold
back those staggering toward slaughter.
12
If
you say, "But we knew nothing about this,"
does
not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does
not he who guards your life know it?
Will
he not repay each person according to what he has done? 9
13
Eat
honey, my son, for it is good;
honey
from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14
Know
also that wisdom is sweet to your soul;
if
you find it, there is a future hope for you,
and
your hope will not be cut off.
15
Do
not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous man's house,
do
not raid his dwelling place;
16
for
though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again,
but
the wicked are brought down by calamity.
17
Do
not gloat when your enemy falls;
when
he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice,
18
or
the LORD will see and disapprove
and
turn his wrath away from him.
19
Do
not fret because of evil men
or
be envious of the wicked,
20
for
the evil man has no future hope,
and
the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21
Fear
the LORD and the king, my son,
and
do not join with the rebellious,
22
for
those two will send sudden destruction upon them,
and
who knows what calamities they can bring?
23
These
also are sayings of the wise:
To
show partiality in judging is not good:
24
Whoever
says to the guilty, "You are innocent"--
peoples
will curse him and nations denounce him.
25
But
it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and
rich blessing will come upon them. 10
26
An
honest answer
is
like a kiss on the lips.
27
Finish
your outdoor work
and
get your fields ready;
after
that, build your house.
28
Do
not testify against your neighbor without cause,
or
use your lips to deceive.
29
Do
not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me;
I'll
pay that man back for what he did."
30
I
went past the field of the sluggard,
past
the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;
31
thorns
had come up everywhere,
the
ground was covered with weeds,
and
the stone wall was in ruins.
32
I
applied my heart to what I observed
and
learned a lesson from what I saw:
33
A
little sleep, a little slumber,
a
little folding of the hands to rest--
34
and
poverty will come on you like a bandit
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JEREMIAH 19:1 - 21:14
19
1
This
is what the LORD says: "Go
and buy a clay jar from a potter.
Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests 2
and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the
Potsherd Gate.
There proclaim the words I tell you,
3
and say, `Hear
the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem.
This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
Listen!
I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears
of everyone who hears of it tingle.
4
For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods;
they
have burned sacrifices in it to gods that neither they nor their
fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this
place with the blood of the innocent.
5
They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the
fire as offerings to Baal--something I did not command or mention,
nor did it enter my mind.
6
So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will
no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but
the Valley of Slaughter.
7
"`In
this place I will ruin A
the plans of Judah and Jerusalem.
I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands
of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as
food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
8
I will devastate this city and make it an object of scorn;
all
who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its
wounds.
9
I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they
will eat one another's flesh during the stress of the siege imposed
on them by the enemies who seek their lives.'
10
"Then
break the jar while those who go with you are watching,
11
and say to them, `This
is what the LORD Almighty says:
I
will smash this nation and this city just as this potter's jar is
smashed and cannot be repaired.
They
will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
12
This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here,
declares the LORD.
I
will make this city like Topheth. 13
The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be
defiled like this place, Topheth--all the houses where they burned
incense on the roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink
offerings to other gods.'"
14
Jeremiah
then returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy,
and stood in the court of the LORD's temple and said to all the
people, 15
"This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
`Listen!
I am going to bring on this city and the villages around it every
disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked
and would not listen to my words.'
"
20
1
When
the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the chief officer in the temple of
the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2
he
had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper
Gate of Benjamin at the LORD's temple. 3
The
next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to
him, "The LORD's name for you is not Pashhur, but
Magor-Missabib. A
4
For
this is what the LORD says: `I
will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends;
with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their
enemies.
I will hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, who will carry
them away to Babylon or put them to the sword.
5
I
will hand over to their enemies all the wealth of this
12
city--all
its products, all its valuables and all the treasures of the kings of
Judah.
They will take it away as plunder and carry it off to Babylon.
6
And
you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to
Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends
to whom you have prophesied lies.'
"
7
O
LORD, you deceived B
me, and I was deceived C;
you
overpowered me and prevailed.
I
am ridiculed all day long;
everyone
mocks me.
8
Whenever
I speak, I cry out
proclaiming
violence and destruction.
So
the word of the LORD has brought me
insult
and reproach all day long.
9
But
if I say, "I will not mention him
or
speak any more in his name,"
his
word is in my heart like a fire,
a
fire shut up in my bones.
I
am weary of holding it in;
indeed,
I cannot.
10
I
hear many whispering,
"Terror
on every side!
Report
him! Let's report him!"
All
my friends
are
waiting for me to slip, saying,
"Perhaps
he will be deceived; 13
then
we will prevail over him
and
take our revenge on him."
11
But
the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior;
so
my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They
will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;
their
dishonor will never be forgotten.
12
O
LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous
and
probe the heart and mind,
let
me see your vengeance upon them,
for
to you I have committed my cause.
13
Sing
to the LORD!
Give
praise to the LORD!
He
rescues the life of the needy
from
the hands of the wicked.
14
Cursed
be the day I was born!
May
the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15
Cursed
be the man who brought my father the news,
who
made him very glad, saying,
"A
child is born to you--a son!"
16
May
that man be like the towns
the
LORD overthrew without pity.
May
he hear wailing in the morning,
a
battle cry at noon. 14
17
For
he did not kill me in the womb,
with
my mother as my grave,
her
womb enlarged forever.
18
Why
did I ever come out of the womb
to
see trouble and sorrow
and
to end my days in shame?
21
1
The
word came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him
Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah.
They said:
2
"Inquire
now of the LORD for us because Nebuchadnezzar A
king of Babylon is attacking us. Perhaps the LORD will perform
wonders for us as in times past so that he will withdraw from us."
3
But
Jeremiah answered them, "Tell Zedekiah, 4
`This
is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:
I
am about to turn against you the weapons of war that are in your
hands, which you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the
Babylonians
B
who
are outside the wall besieging you.
And I will gather them inside this city.
5
I
myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty
arm in anger and fury and great wrath.
6
I
will strike down those who live in this city--both men and
animals--and they will die of a terrible plague.
7
After
that, declares the LORD, I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his
officials and the people in this city who survive the plague, sword
and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies
who seek their lives.
He will put them to the sword;
he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.'
8
"Furthermore,
tell the people, `This
is what the LORD says:
See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.
9
Whoever
stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague.
But whoever goes out and surrenders to the Babylonians who are
besieging you will live;
he will escape with his life.
10
I
have determined to do this city harm and not good, declares the LORD.
It will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will
destroy it with fire.'
11
"Moreover,
say to the royal house of Judah,
`Hear
the word of the LORD;
"`Administer
justice every morning;
rescue
from the hand of his oppressor
the
one who has been robbed,
or
my wrath will break out and burn like fire
because
of the evil you have done--
burn
with no one to quench it.
13
I am against you, Jerusalem,
you
who live above this valley
on
the rocky plateau,
declares
the LORD--
you
who say,
"Who
can come against us?
Who
can enter our refuge?"
14
I
will punish you as your deeds deserve,
declares
the LORD.
I
will kindle a fire in your forests
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 THESSALONIANS 5:4 - 28
5
4
But
you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise
you like a thief. 5
You
are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to
the night or to the darkness. 6
So
then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert
and self-controlled. 7
For
those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk
at night. 8
But
since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on
faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a
helmet. 9
For
God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
10
He
died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live
together with him.
11
Therefore
encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you
are doing.
12
Now
we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who
are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13
Hold
them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in
peace with each other. 14
And
we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid,
help the weak, be patient with everyone.
15
Make
sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind
to each other and to everyone else.
16
Be
joyful always; 17
pray
continually; 18
give
thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ
Jesus.
19
Do
not put out the Spirit's fire; 20
do
not treat prophecies with contempt.
21
Test
everything. Hold on to the good. 22
Avoid
every kind of evil.
23
May
God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May
your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
24
The
one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
25
Brothers,
pray for us. 26
Greet
all the brothers with a holy kiss. 27
I
charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the
brothers.
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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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