FEBRUARY
16
PSALMS: 16,
46, 76, 106, 136
PROVERBS: 16
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 2:22 - 4:22
NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 5:24 - 47
PSALMS: 16
A
miktam A of David.
1
Keep me safe, O God,
for
in you I take refuge.
2
I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord;
apart
from you I have no good thing."
3
As for the saints who are in the land,
they
are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. B
4
The sorrows of those will increase
who
run after other gods.
I
will not pour out their libations of blood
or
take up their names on my lips.
5
LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you
have made my lot secure.
6
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant
places;
surely
I have a delightful inheritance.
7
I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even
at night my heart instructs me.
8
I have set the LORD always before me.
Because
he is at my right hand,
I
will not be shaken. [1]
9
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my
body also will rest secure,
10
because you will not abandon me to the grave, C
nor
will you let your Holy One D see decay.
11
You have made E known to me the path of
life;
you
will fill me with joy in your presence,
with
eternal pleasures at your right hand. [2]
PSALMS: 46
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A
A song.
1
God is our refuge and strength,
an
ever-present help in trouble.
2
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and
the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3
though its waters roar and foam
and
the mountains quake with their surging.
Selah
4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of
God,
the
holy place where the Most High dwells.
5
God is within her, she will not fall;
God
will help her at break of day.
6
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he
lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7
The LORD Almighty is with us;
the
God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
8
Come and see the works of the LORD,
the
desolations he has brought on the earth.
9
He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
he
breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
he
burns the shields B with fire.
10
"Be still, and know
that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth."
11
The LORD Almighty is with us;
the
God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
[3]
PSALMS: 76
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.
1
In Judah God is known;
his
name is great in Israel.
2
His tent is in Salem,
his
dwelling place in Zion.
3
There he broke the flashing arrows,
the
shields and the swords, the weapons of war.
Selah
4
You are resplendent with light,
more
majestic than mountains rich with game.
5
Valiant men lie plundered,
they
sleep their last sleep;
not
one of the warriors
can
lift his hands.
6
At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
both
horse and chariot lie still.
7
You alone are to be feared.
Who
can stand before you when you are angry?
8
From heaven you pronounced judgment,
and
the land feared and was quiet--
9
when you, O God, rose up to judge,
to
save all the afflicted of the land.
Selah
10
Surely your wrath against men brings you praise,
and
the survivors of your wrath are restrained. A
11
Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them;
let
all the neighboring lands
bring
gifts to the One to be feared.
12
He breaks the spirit of rulers; [4]
he
is feared by the kings of the earth [5]
PSALMS: 106
1
Praise the LORD. A
Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his
love endures forever.
2
Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD
or
fully declare his praise?
3
Blessed are they who maintain justice,
who
constantly do what is right.
4
Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your
people,
come
to my aid when you save them,
5
that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that
I may share in the joy of your nation
and
join your inheritance in giving praise.
6
We have sinned, even as our fathers did;
we
have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7
When our fathers were in Egypt,
they
gave no thought to your miracles;
they
did not remember your many kindnesses,
and
they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. B
8
Yet he saved them for his name's sake,
to
make his mighty power known.
9
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he
led them through the depths as through a desert.
10
He saved them from the hand of the foe;
from
the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
11
The waters covered their adversaries;
not
one of them survived.
12
Then they believed his promises
and
sang his praise. [6]
13
But they soon forgot what he had done
and
did not wait for his counsel.
14
In the desert they gave in to their craving;
in
the wasteland they put God to the test.
15
So he gave them what they asked for,
but
sent a wasting disease upon them.
16
In the camp they grew envious of Moses
and
of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
17
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it
buried the company of Abiram.
18
Fire blazed among their followers;
a
flame consumed the wicked.
19
At Horeb they made a calf
and
worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20
They exchanged their Glory
for
an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21
They forgot the God who saved them,
who
had done great things in Egypt,
22
miracles in the land of Ham
and
awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23
So he said he would destroy them--
had
not Moses, his chosen one,
stood
in the breach before him
to
keep his wrath from destroying them.
24
Then they despised the pleasant land;
they
did not believe his promise.
25
They grumbled in their tents
and
did not obey the LORD.
26
So he swore to them with uplifted hand
that
he would make them fall in the desert,
27
make their descendants fall among the nations [7]
and
scatter them throughout the lands.
28
They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor
and
ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29
they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds,
and
a plague broke out among them.
30
But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and
the plague was checked.
31
This was credited to him as righteousness
for
endless generations to come.
32
By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD,
and
trouble came to Moses because of them;
33
for they rebelled against the Spirit of God,
and
rash words came from Moses' lips. C
34
They did not destroy the peoples
as
the LORD had commanded them,
35
but they mingled with the nations
and
adopted their customs.
36
They worshiped their idols,
which
became a snare to them.
37
They sacrificed their sons
and
their daughters to demons.
38
They shed innocent blood,
the
blood of their sons and daughters,
whom
they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and
the land was desecrated by their blood.
39
They defiled themselves by what they did;
by
their deeds they prostituted themselves.
40
Therefore the LORD was angry with his people
and
abhorred his inheritance.
41
He handed them over to the nations,
and
their foes ruled over them. [8]
42
Their enemies oppressed them
and
subjected them to their power.
43
Many times he delivered them,
but
they were bent on rebellion
and
they wasted away in their sin.
44
But he took note of their distress
when
he heard their cry;
45
for their sake he remembered his covenant
and
out of his great love he relented.
46
He caused them to be pitied
by
all who held them captive.
47
Save us, O LORD our God,
and
gather us from the nations,
that
we may give thanks to your holy name
and
glory in your praise.
48
Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
from
everlasting to everlasting.
Let
all the people say, "Amen!"
Praise
the LORD. [9]
PSALMS: 136
1
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
His
love endures forever.
2
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His
love endures forever.
3
Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His
love endures forever.
4
to him who alone does great wonders,
His
love endures forever.
5
who by his understanding made the heavens,
His
love endures forever.
6
who spread out the earth upon the waters,
His
love endures forever.
7
who made the great lights--
His
love endures forever.
8
the sun to govern the day,
His
love endures forever.
9
the moon and stars to govern the night;
His
love endures forever.
10
to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
His
love endures forever.
11
and brought Israel out from among them
His
love endures forever.
12
with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
His
love endures forever.
13
to him who divided the Red Sea A asunder
His
love endures forever.
14
and brought Israel through the midst of it,
His
love endures forever.
15
but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
His
love endures forever.
16t
o him who led his people through the desert,
His
love endures forever.
17
who struck down great kings,
His
love endures forever.
18
and killed mighty kings--
His
love endures forever.
19
Sihon king of the Amorites
His
love endures forever.
20
and Og king of Bashan--
His
love endures forever.
21
and gave their land as an inheritance,
His
love endures forever.
22
an inheritance to his servant Israel;
His
love endures forever.
23
to the One who remembered us in our low estate
His
love endures forever.
24
and freed us from our enemies,
His
love endures forever.
25
and who gives food to every creature.
His
love endures forever.
26
Give thanks to the God of heaven.
PROVERBS: 16
16
1 To man belong the plans
of the heart,
but
from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue.
2
All a man's ways seem innocent to him,
but
motives are weighed by the LORD.
3
Commit to the LORD whatever you do,
and
your plans will succeed.
4
The LORD works out everything for his own ends--
even
the wicked for a day of disaster.
5
The LORD detests all the proud of heart.
Be
sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
6
Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
through
the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.
7
When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD,
he
makes even his enemies live at peace with him.
8
Better a little with righteousness
than
much gain with injustice.
9
In his heart a man plans his course,
but
the LORD determines his steps.
10
The lips of a king speak as an oracle,
and
his mouth should not betray justice.
11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD;
all
the weights in the bag are of his making.[12]
12
Kings detest wrongdoing,
for
a throne is established through righteousness.
13
Kings take pleasure in honest lips;
they
value a man who speaks the truth.
14
A king's wrath is a messenger of death,
but
a wise man will appease it.
15
When a king's face brightens, it means life;
his
favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
16
How much better to get wisdom than gold,
to
choose understanding rather than silver!
17
The highway of the upright avoids evil;
he
who guards his way guards his life.
18
Pride goes before destruction,
a
haughty spirit before a fall.
19
Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed
than
to share plunder with the proud.
20
Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,
and
blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
21
The wise in heart are called discerning,
and
pleasant words promote instruction. A
22
Understanding is a fountain of life to those who have
it,
but
folly brings punishment to fools. [13]
23
A wise man's heart guides his mouth,
and
his lips promote instruction. B
24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet
to the soul and healing to the bones.
25
There is a way that seems right to a man,
but
in the end it leads to death.
26
The laborer's appetite works for him;
his
hunger drives him on.
27
A scoundrel plots evil,
and
his speech is like a scorching fire.
28
A perverse man stirs up dissension,
and
a gossip separates close friends.
29
A violent man entices his neighbor
and
leads him down a path that is not good.
30
He who winks with his eye is plotting perversity;
he
who purses his lips is bent on evil.
31
Gray hair is a crown of splendor;
it
is attained by a righteous life.
32
Better a patient man than a warrior,
a
man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.
33
The lot is cast into the lap,
but
its every decision is from the LORD. [14]
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 2:22 - 4:22
22 Now
Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel
and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of
Meeting. 23 So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? I
hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours. 24 No,
my sons; it is not a good report that I hear spreading among the LORD's people.
25 If a man sins against another man, God E may mediate
for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?"
His sons, however, did not listen to their father's rebuke, for it was the
LORD's will to put them to death.
26 And
the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with
men.
27 Now
a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "This
is what the LORD says: `Did I not clearly reveal myself to your father's house
when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh? 28 I chose your father out of all the tribes of Israel to be
my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my
presence. I also gave your father's house all the offerings made with fire by
the Israelites. 29 Why do you F scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my
dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on
the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?'
30 "Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: `I promised
that your house and your father's house would minister before me forever.' But
now the LORD declares: `Far be it from me! Those who [15] honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be
disdained. 31 The time is coming
when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your father's house, so
that there will not be an old man in your family line 32 and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will
be done to Israel, in your family line there will never be an old man. 33 Every one of you that I do not cut off from my altar will
be spared only to blind your eyes with tears and to grieve your heart, and all
your descendants will die in the prime of life.
34 "`And
what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you--they
will both die on the same day. 35 I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to
what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his house, and he will
minister before my anointed one always. 36 Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before
him for a piece of silver and a crust of bread and plead, "Appoint me to
some priestly office so I can have food to eat."'"
3 1
The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli.
In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions.
2 One
night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying
down in his usual place. 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and
Samuel was lying down in the temple A of the LORD, where the ark of
God was. 4 Then the LORD called Samuel. [16]
Samuel answered, "Here I am." 5 And he ran to Eli and
said, "Here I am; you called me."
But Eli said, "I
did not call; go back and lie down." So he went and lay down.
6 Again
the LORD called, "Samuel!" And Samuel
got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me."
"My son," Eli
said, "I did not call; go back and lie down."
7 Now
Samuel did not yet know the LORD: The word of the LORD had not yet been
revealed to him.
8 The
LORD called Samuel a third time, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said,
"Here I am; you called me."
Then Eli realized that
the LORD was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel, "Go and lie
down, and if he calls you, say, `Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.'
" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 The
LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, "Samuel! Samuel!"
Then Samuel said,
"Speak, for your servant is listening."
11 And
the LORD said to Samuel: "See, I am about to do
something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.
12 At that time I will carry out
against Eli everything I spoke against his family--from beginning to end. 13 For I told him that I would judge his family forever
because of the sin he knew about; his sons made themselves contemptible, B and he failed to restrain them. 14 Therefore, I swore to the house of Eli, `The guilt of Eli's
house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.'" [17]
15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the
house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, 16 but Eli
called him and said, "Samuel, my son."
Samuel answered,
"Here I am."
17 "What
was it he said to you?" Eli asked. "Do not hide it from me. May God
deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told
you." 18 So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from
him. Then Eli said, "He is the LORD; let him do what is good in his
eyes."
19 The
LORD was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of his words fall to the
ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that
Samuel was attested as a prophet of the LORD. 21 The LORD continued
to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word.
4 1
And Samuel's word came to all Israel.
Now the Israelites went
out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and
the Philistines at Aphek. 2 The Philistines deployed their forces to
meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines,
who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. 3 When
the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why did the
LORD bring defeat upon us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of
the LORD's covenant from Shiloh, so that it A may go with us and
save us from the hand of our enemies." [18]
4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of
the covenant of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim. And
Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of
God.
5 When
the ark of the LORD's covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a
great shout that the ground shook. 6 Hearing the uproar, the
Philistines asked, "What's all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?"
When they learned that
the ark of the LORD had come into the camp, 7 the Philistines were
afraid. "A god has come into the camp," they said. "We're in
trouble! Nothing like this has happened before. 8 Woe to us! Who
will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who
struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the desert. 9 Be
strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they
have been to you. Be men, and fight!"
10 So
the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to
his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot
soldiers. 11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni
and Phinehas, died.
12 That
same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh, his clothes
torn and dust on his head. 13 When he arrived, there was Eli sitting
on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for
the ark of God. When the man entered [19]
the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.
14 Eli
heard the outcry and asked, "What is the meaning of this uproar?"
The man hurried over to
Eli, 15 who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes were set so
that he could not see. 16 He told Eli, "I have just come from
the battle line; I fled from it this very day."
Eli asked, "What
happened, my son?"
17 The
man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and
the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas,
are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."
18 When
he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the
gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had
led B Israel forty years.
19 His
daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of
delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and
that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave
birth, but was overcome by her labor pains. 20 As she was dying, the
women attending her said, "Don't despair; you have given birth to a
son." But she did not respond or pay any attention.
21 She
named the boy Ichabod, C saying, "The glory has departed from
Israel"--because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her
father-in-law and her husband.
22 She
said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been
captured." [20]
NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 5:24 - 47
24 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who
sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from
death to life. 25 I tell you
the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice
of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to
have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
28 "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are
in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and those
who have done evil will rise to be condemned. 30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is
just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
31 "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not valid. 32 There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his
testimony about me is valid.
33 "You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be
saved. 35 John was a
lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.
36 "I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work
that the Father has given me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that
the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You
have never heard his voice nor seen his form, 38 nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.
39 You
diligently study C the
Scriptures [21]because you think that by
them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
41 "I do not accept praise from men, 42
but I know you. I know that you do not have
the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; but if
someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no
effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God D?
45 "But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your
accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. 46
If you believed Moses, you would believe
me, for he wrote about me. 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to
believe what I say?" [22]
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