Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
AUGUST
31
PSALMS:
31, 61, 91, 121
PROVERBS:
31
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 40:28 - 41:26
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JAMES 4:1 - 17
PSALMS:
31
1 In
you, LORD, do I take refuge.
Let
me never be put to shame:
Deliver
me in your righteousness.
2 Bow
down your ear to me.
Deliver
me speedily.
Be
to me a strong rock,
A
house of defense to save me.
3 For
you are my rock and my fortress,
Therefore
for your name's sake lead me and guide me.
4 Pluck
me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me,
For
you are my stronghold.
5 Into
your hand I commend my spirit.
You
redeem me, LORD, God of truth.
6 I
hate those who regard lying vanities,
But
I trust in the LORD.
7
I
will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness,
For
you have seen my affliction.
You
have known my soul in adversities.
8 You
have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy.
You
have set my feet in a large place.
9 Have
mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress.
My
eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
10 For
my life is spent with sorrow,
My
years with sighing.
My
strength fails because of my iniquity.
My
bones are wasted away.
11 Because
of all my adversaries
I
have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors,
A
fear to my acquaintances.
Those
who saw me on the street fled from me.
12 I
am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man.
I
am like broken pottery.
13 For
I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side,
While
they conspire together against me,
They
plot to take away my life.
14 But
I trust in you, LORD.
I
said, You are my God.
15 My
times are in your hand.
Deliver
me from the hand of my enemies,
and
from those who persecute me.
16 Make
your face to shine on your servant.
Save
me in your loving kindness.
17 Let
me not be put to shame, LORD,
for
I have called on you.
Let
the wicked be put to shame.
Let
them be silent in She'ol.
18 Let
the lying lips be mute,
Which
speak against the righteous insolently,
with
pride and contempt.
19 Oh
how great is your goodness,
Which
you have laid up for those who fear you,
‘Which
you have worked for those who take refuge in you,
Before
the sons of men!
20 In
the covert of your presence will you hide them from the plotting of
man.
You
will keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Praise
be to the LORD,
For
he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
22 As
for me, I said in my haste,
"I
am cut off from before your eyes."
Nevertheless
you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
23 Oh
love the LORD, all you his holy ones!
The
LORD preserves the faithful,
And
pays back him who deals proudly in full.
24 Be
strong, and let your heart take courage,
All
you who hope in the LORD.
PSALMS:
61
1 Hear
my cry, God.
Listen
to my prayer.
I
will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed.
Lead
me to the rock that is higher than I.
Appoint
your loving kindness and truth,
that
they may preserve him.
PSALMS:
91
1 He
who dwells in the secret place of Ha`Elyon
Will
rest in the shadow of Shaddai.
Under
his wings you will take refuge.
His
truth is a shield and a buckler.
And
ten thousand at your right hand;
But
it will not come near you.
I
will set him on high, because he has known my name.
I
will be with him in trouble.
I
will deliver him, and honor him.
PSALMS:
121
1 I
will lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where
does my help come from?
PROVERBS:
31
1 The
words of king Lemo'el;
the
oracle which his mother taught him.
it
is not for kings to drink wine;
Nor
for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'
Gives
food to her household,
And
portions for her servant girls.
25 Strength
and dignity are her clothing.
She
laughs at the time to come.
26 She
opens her mouth with wisdom.
Faithful
instruction is on her tongue.
27 She
looks well to the ways of her household,
And
doesn't eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her
children rise up and call her blessed.
Her
husband also praises her:
29 "Many
women do noble things,
But
you excel them all."
30 Charm
is deceitful, and beauty is vain;
But
a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give
her of the fruit of her hands;
Let
her works praise her in the gates.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 40:28 - 41:26
40:28 Then
he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured
the south gate according to these measures; 29 and
the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it,
according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the
arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five
cubits broad. 30 There
were arches round about, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits
broad. 31 The
arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the
posts of it: and the ascent to it had eight steps. 32 He
brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the
gate according to these measures; 33 and
the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it,
according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in
the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long, and
twenty-five cubits broad. 34 The
arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the
posts of it, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it
had eight steps. 35 He
brought me to the north gate: and he measured [it] according to
these measures; 36 the
lodges of it, the posts of it, and the arches of it: and there were
windows therein round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the
breadth twenty-five cubits.37 The
posts of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the
posts of it, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it
had eight steps. 38A
chamber with the door of it was by the posts at the gates; there
they washed the burnt offering. 39 In
the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables
on that side, to kill thereon the burnt offering and the
sin-offering and the trespass-offering. 40 On
the [one] side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate
toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which
belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables. 41 Four
tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side
of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed [the
sacrifices]. 42 There
were four tables for the burnt offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and
a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high;
whereupon they laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt
offering and the sacrifice. 43 The
hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and on
the tables was the flesh of the offering. 44 Outside
of the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court,
which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was
toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the
prospect toward the north. 45 He
said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for
the Kohanim, the keepers of the charge of the house; 46 and
the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the Kohanim,
the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of
Tzadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to
minister to him. 47 He
measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits
broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house. 48 Then
he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of
the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side:
and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three
cubits on that side. 49 The
length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven
cubits; even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were
pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
41:1 He
brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad
on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was
the breadth of the tent. 2 The
breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the
entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the
other side: and he measured the length of it, forty cubits, and the
breadth, twenty cubits. 3 Then
went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits;
and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven
cubits. 4 He
measured the length of it, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty
cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy
place. 5 Then
he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of
every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every
side. 6 The
side-chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in
order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house
for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold
[therein], and not have hold in the wall of the house. 7 The
side-chambers were broader as they encompassed [the house] higher
and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher
round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house
[continued] upward; and so one went up [from] the lowest [chamber]
to the highest by the middle [chamber]. 8 I
saw also that the house had a raised base round about: the
foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six great
cubits. 9 The
thickness of the wall, which was for the side-chambers, on the
outside, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of
the side-chambers that belonged to the house. 10 Between
the chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the house on
every side. 11 The
doors of the side-chambers were toward [the place] that was left,
one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and
the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round
about. 12 The
building that was before the separate place at the side toward the
west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five
cubits thick round about, and the length of it ninety cubits. 13 So
he measured the house, one hundred cubits long; and the separate
place, and the building, with the walls of it, one hundred cubits
long; 14 also
the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place
toward the east, one hundred cubits. 15 He
measured the length of the building before the separate place which
was at the back of it, and the galleries of it on the one side and
on the other side, one hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the
porches of the court; 16 the
thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on
their three stories, over against the threshold, with wood ceilings
round about, and [from] the ground up to the windows, (now the
windows were covered), 17
to
[the space] above the door, even to the inner house, and outside,
and by all the wall round about inside and outside, by
measure. 18 It
was made with Keruvim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between
Keruv and Keruv, and every Keruv had two faces; 19 so
that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one
side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other
side. [thus was it] made through all the house round about: 20 from
the ground to above the door were Keruvim and palm trees made: thus
was the wall of the temple. 21 As
for the temple, the door-posts were squared; and as for the face of
the sanctuary, the appearance [of it] was as the appearance [of the
temple]. 22 The
altar was of wood, three cubits high, and the length of it two
cubits; and the corners of it, and the length of it, and the walls
of it, were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table that is
before the LORD. 23 The
temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 24 The
doors had two leaves [apiece], two turning leaves: two [leaves] for
the one door, and two leaves for the other. 25 There
were made on them, on the doors of the temple, Keruvim and palm
trees, like as were made on the walls; and there was a threshold of
wood on the face of the porch outside. 26 There
were closed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other
side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side-chambers of the
house, and the thresholds.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JAMES 4:1 - 17
4:1 Where
do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your
pleasures that war in your members?
2 You
lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight
and make war. Yet you don't have, because you don't ask.
3 You
ask, and don't receive, because you ask amiss, so that you may spend
it for your pleasures.
4 You
adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the
world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of
the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5
Or
do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who
lives in us yearns jealously"?
6 But
he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble."
7 Be
subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee
from you.
8Draw
near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you
sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 Lament,
mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your
joy to gloom.
10 Humble
yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 Don't
speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother
and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law.
But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a
judge.
12 Only
one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are
you to judge another?
13 Come
now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city,
and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain."
14 Whereas
you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is
your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and
then vanishes away.
15 For
you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do
this or that."
16 But
now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
17 To
him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is
sin.
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
