Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
AUGUST
24
PSALMS:
24, 54, 84, 114, 144
PROVERBS:
24
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 27:1 - 28:26
NEW
TESTAMENT:
HEBREWS 11:1 - 16
PSALMS:
24
1 The
eretz is the LORD's, with its fullness;
The
world, and those who dwell therein.
2 For
he has founded it on the seas,
And
established it on the floods.
3 Who
may ascend to the LORD's hill?
Who
may stand in his holy place?
4 He
who has clean hands and a pure heart;
Who
has not lifted up his soul to falsehood,
And
has not sworn deceitfully.
5 He
shall receive a blessing from the LORD,
Righteousness
from the God of his salvation.
6 This
is the generation of those who seek Him,
Who
seek your face -- even Ya`akov.
Selah.
7 Lift
up your heads, you gates;
Be
lifted up, you everlasting doors:
The
King of glory will come in.
8 Who
is the King of glory?
The
LORD strong and mighty,
The
LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift
up your heads, you gates;
Yes,
lift them up, you everlasting doors:
The
King of glory will come in.
10 Who
is this King of glory?
The
LORD of Hosts,
He
is the King of glory.
Selah.
PSALMS:
54
1 Save
me, God, by your name.
Vindicate
me in your might.
Violent
men have sought after my soul.
They
haven't set God before them.
Selah.
I
will give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good.
PSALMS:
84
1 How
lovely are your dwellings,
LORD
of Hosts!
My
heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
And
the swallow a nest for herself,
where
she may have her young,
Near
your altars, LORD of Hosts,
My
King, and my God.
they
make it a place of springs.
Yes,
the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
I
would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
Than
to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11
For
the LORD God is a sun and a shield.
The
LORD will give grace and glory.
He
withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
12 LORD
of Hosts,
Blessed
is the man who trusts in you.
PSALMS:
114
1 When
Yisra'el went forth out of Mitzrayim,
The
house of Ya`akov from a people of foreign language;
PSALMS:
144
1 Blessed
be the LORD, my rock,
Who
teaches my hands to war,
And
my fingers to battle:
My
high tower, my deliverer,
My
shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
Who
subdues my people under me.
Rescue
me, and deliver me out of great waters,
Out
of the hands of foreigners;
Whose
mouths speak deceit,
Whose
right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Our
daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our
barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
Our
sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
14 Our
oxen will pull heavy loads.
There
is no breaking in, and no going away,
And
no outcry in our streets.
15 Happy
are the people who are in such a situation.
Happy
are the people whose God is the LORD.
PROVERBS:
24
1 Don't
you be envious against evil men;
Neither
desire to be with them:
Indeed,
hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
"Behold,
we didn't know this;"
Doesn't
he who weighs the hearts consider it?
He
who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it?
Shall
he not render to every man according to his work?
The
droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
If
you have found it, then will there be a reward,
Your
hope will not be cut off.
Don't
destroy his resting-place:
16 For
a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again;
But
the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
17 Don't
rejoice when your enemy falls.
Don't
let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
18 Lest
the LORD see it, and it displease him,
And
he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Don't
fret yourself because of evildoers;
Neither
be envious of the wicked:
20 For
there will be no reward to the evil man;
And
the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
21 My
son, fear the LORD and the king.
Don't
join those who are rebellious:
22
For
their calamity will rise suddenly;
The
destruction from them both -- who knows?
23 These
also are sayings of the wise.
To
show partiality in judgment is not good.
24 He
who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;"
Peoples
shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him --
25 But
it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
And
a rich blessing will come on them.
26 An
honest answer Is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Prepare
your work outside.
Make
it ready for you in the field.
Afterwards,
build your house.
28 Don't
be a witness against your neighbor without cause.
Don't
deceive with your lips.
29 Don't
say, "I will do to him as he has done to me;
I
will render to the man according to his work."
30 I
went by the field of the sluggard,
By
the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31
Behold,
it was all grown over with thorns.
Its
surface was covered with nettles,
And
its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then
I saw, and considered well.
I
saw, and received instruction:
33 A
little sleep, a little slumber,
A
little folding of the hands to sleep;
34 So
shall your poverty come as a robber,
And
your want as an armed man.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 27:1 - 28:26
27:1 The
word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 2 You,
son of man, take up a lamentation over Tzor; 3 and
tell Tzor, you who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the
merchant of the peoples to many isles, thus says the Lord GOD: You,
Tzor, have said, I am perfect in beauty. 4 Your
borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected
your beauty. 5 They
have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a
cedar from Levanon to make a mast for you. 6 Of
the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; they have made your
benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittiyim. 7 Of
fine linen with embroidered work from Mitzrayim was your sail, that
it might be to you for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of
Elishah was your awning. 8 The
inhabitants of Tzidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men,
Tzor, were in you, they were your pilots. 9 The
old men of Geval and the wise men of it were in you your repairers
of ship seams: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in
you to deal in your merchandise. 10 Paras
and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the
shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness. 11 The
men of Arvad with your army were on your walls round about, and
valorous men were in your towers; they hanged their shields on your
walls round about; they have perfected your beauty. 12 Tarshish
was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches;
with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your
wares. 13 Yavan,
Tuval, and Meshekh, they were your traffickers; they traded the
persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise. 14 They
of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses and
war-horses and mules. 15 The
men of Dedan were your traffickers; many isles were the market of
your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and
ebony. 16 Aram
was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks:
they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered
work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies. 17
Yehudah, and Eretz-Yisra'el, they were your traffickers: they traded
for your merchandise wheat of Minnit, and confections, and honey,
and oil, and balm. 18 Dammesek
was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of
the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and
white wool. 19 Dan
and Yavan traded with yarn for your wares: bright iron, cassia, and
calamus, were among your merchandise. 20 Dedan
was your trafficker in precious cloths for riding. 21 `Arav,
and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of your hand;
in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they your merchants.
22 The
traffickers of Sheva and Ra`mah, they were your traffickers; they
traded for your wares with the chief of all spices, and with all
precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran
and Kanneh and `Eden, the traffickers of Sheva, Ashshur [and]
Kilmad, were your traffickers. 24 These
were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and
embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords
and made of cedar, among your merchandise. 25 The
ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise: and you
were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the
seas. 26 Your
rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken
you in the heart of the seas. 27
Your
riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your
pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers in your
merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your
company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the heart of
the seas in the day of your ruin. 28 At
the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake. 29 All
who handled the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea,
shall come down from their ships; they shall stand on the
land, 30 and
shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall cry
bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow
themselves in the ashes: 31 and
they shall make themselves bald for you, and gird them with
sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with
bitter mourning. 32
In
their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament
over you, [saying], Who is there like Tzor, like her who is brought
to silence in the midst of the sea? 33 When
your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples; you
did enrich the kings of the eretz with the multitude of your riches
and of your merchandise. 34 In
the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the
waters, your merchandise and all your company did fall in the midst
of you. 35 All
the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at you, and their kings
are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their face. 36 The
merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you are become a terror,
and you shall nevermore have any being.
28:1 The
word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 2 Son
of man, tell the prince of Tzor, Thus says the Lord GOD: Because
your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the
seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not God,
though you did set your heart as the heart of God;- 3
behold,
you are wiser than Daniyel; there is no secret that is hidden from
you; 4 by
your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten you riches,
and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures; 5 by
your great wisdom [and] by your traffic have you increased your
riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your
riches;- 6 therefore
thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have set your heart as the heart
of God, 7 therefore,
behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
and they shall defile your brightness. 8
They
shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of
those who are slain, in the heart of the seas. 9 Will
you yet say before him who kills you, I am God? but you are man, and
not God, in the hand of him who wounds you. 10 You
shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers:
for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD. 11Moreover
the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 12 Son
of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tzor, and tell him,
Thus says the Lord GOD: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and
perfect in beauty. 13 You
were in `Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your
covering, the sardius, the pitdah, and the diamond, the bareket, the
shoham, and the yashefay, the sappir, the yahalom, and the yahalom,
and gold: the workmanship of your timbrels and of your pipes was in
you; in the day that you were created they were prepared. 14 You
were the anointed Keruv who covers: and I set you, [so that] you
were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the
midst of the stones of fire. 15 You
were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until
unrighteousness was found in you. 16 By
the abundance of your traffic they filled the midst of you with
violence, and you have sinned: therefore I have cast you as profane
out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you, covering
Keruv, from the midst of the stones of fire.17
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted
your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the
ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you. 18 By
the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your
traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I
brought forth a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and
I have turned you to ashes on the eretz in the sight of all those
who see you. 19 All
those who know you among the peoples shall be astonished at you: you
are become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being. 20 The
word of the LORD came to me, saying, 21 Son
of man, set your face toward Tzidon, and prophesy against it, 22 and
say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, Tzidon; and I
will be glorified in the midst of you; and they shall know that I am
the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be
sanctified in her. 23
For
I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the
wounded shall fall in the midst of her, with the sword on her on
every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 24 There
shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Yisra'el, nor a
hurting thorn of any that are round about them, that did despite to
them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 25 Thus
says the Lord GOD: When I shall have gathered the house of Yisra'el
from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be
sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they
dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Ya`akov. 26 They
shall dwell securely therein; yes, they shall build houses, and
plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed
judgments on all those who do them despite round about them; and
they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
HEBREWS 11:1 - 16
11:1 Now
faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
2 For
by this, the Zakenim obtained testimony.
3 By
faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word
of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which
are visible.
4 By
faith, Hevel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Kayin,
through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous,
God bearing witness with respect to his gifts; and through it he,
being dead, still speaks.
5 By
faith, Hanokh was translated, so that he should not see death, and
he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had
testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well
pleasing to God.
6 Without
faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes
to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of
those who seek him.
7 By
faith, Noach, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with
godly fear, prepared a teivah for the saving of his house, through
which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness
which is according to faith.
8 By
faith, Avraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place
which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing
where he went.
9 By
faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not
his own, dwelling in tents, with Yitzchak and Ya`akov, the heirs
with him of the same promise.
10 For
he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and
maker is God.
11 By
faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a
child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had
promised.
12 Therefore
they were fathered by one, and him as good as dead, as many as the
stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which
is by the sea shore.
13 These
all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen
them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they
were strangers and pilgrims on the eretz.
14 For
those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking after
a country of their own.
15 If
indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went
out, they would have had enough time to return.
16 But
now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore
God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has
prepared a city for them.
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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