JANUARY
16
PSALMS: 16,
46, 76, 106, 136
PROVERBS:
16
OLD TESTAMENT: DEUTERONOMY 31:1 - 32:27
NEW TESTAMENT: LUKE 12:8 - 34
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.
16
to 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: DEUTERONOMY 31:1 - 32:27
31 1
Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all
Israel: 2 "I am now a hundred and twenty years old and I am no
longer able to lead you. The LORD has said to me, `You
shall not cross the Jordan.' 3 The LORD your God himself will
cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will
take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross over ahead of you, as the
LORD said. 4 And the LORD will do to them what he did to Sihon and
Og, the kings of the Amorites, whom he destroyed along with their land.
5 The
LORD will deliver them to you, and you must do to them all that I have
commanded you. 6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or
terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never
leave you nor forsake you."
7 Then
Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, "Be
strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the
LORD swore to their forefathers to give them, and you must divide it among them
as their inheritance.
8 The
LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor
forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
9 So
Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who
carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. 10
Then Moses commanded them: "At the end of every seven years, in the
year for canceling debts, during the Feast of Tabernacles, 11 when
all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he will
choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing. 12 Assemble
the people--men, women and children, and the aliens living in your towns--so
they can listen [15]
and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this
law. 13 Their children, who do not know this law, must hear it and
learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land you are
crossing the Jordan to possess."
14 The
LORD said to Moses, "Now the day of your death is
near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, where I will
commission him." So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the
Tent of Meeting.
15 Then the LORD appeared at the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud
stood over the entrance to the Tent. 16 And the LORD said to Moses: "You are going to rest with your fathers, and these people
will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are
entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them. 17
On that day I will become angry with them and
forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many
disasters and difficulties will come upon them, and on that day they will ask,
`Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not with us?' 18
And I will certainly hide my face on that day because of all their
wickedness in turning to other gods.
19 "Now write down for yourselves this song and teach it to
the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me
against them. 20 When I have
brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on
oath to their forefathers, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will
turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.
21 And when many disasters and difficulties come upon them, this song will
[16]
testify against them, because it will not be
forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do, even
before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath." 22
So Moses wrote down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites.
23 The
LORD gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: "Be
strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I
promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you."
24 After
Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end, 25
he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant
of the LORD: 26 "Take this Book of the Law and place it beside
the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. There it will remain as a witness
against you. 27 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are.
If you have been rebellious against the LORD while I am still alive and with
you, how much more will you rebel after I die! 28 Assemble before me
all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these
words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to testify against them. 29
For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and
to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall
upon you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and provoke him to
anger by what your hands have made."
30 And
Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of
the whole assembly of Israel: [17]
32 1
Listen, O heavens, and I will speak;
hear, O earth, the words
of my mouth.
2 Let
my teaching fall like rain
and my words descend
like dew,
like showers on new
grass,
like abundant rain on
tender plants.
3 I
will proclaim the name of the LORD.
Oh, praise the greatness
of our God!
4 He
is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are
just.
A faithful God who does
no wrong,
upright and just is he.
5 They
have acted corruptly toward him;
to their shame they are
no longer his children,
but a warped and crooked
generation. A
6 Is
this the way you repay the LORD,
O foolish and unwise
people?
Is he not your Father,
your Creator, B
who made you and formed
you?
7 Remember
the days of old;
consider the generations
long past.
Ask your father and he
will tell you,
your elders, and they
will explain to you.
8 When
the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, [18]
when he divided all
mankind,
he set up boundaries for
the peoples
according to the number
of the sons of Israel. C
9 For
the LORD's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted
inheritance.
10 In
a desert land he found him,
in a barren and howling
waste.
He shielded him and
cared for him;
he guarded him as the
apple of his eye,
11 like
an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its
young,
that spreads its wings
to catch them
and carries them on its
pinions.
12 The
LORD alone led him;
no foreign god was with
him.
13 He
made him ride on the heights of the land
and fed him with the
fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with
honey from the rock,
and with oil from the
flinty crag,
14 with
curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs
and goats,
with choice rams of
Bashan
and the finest kernels
of wheat. [19]
You drank the foaming
blood of the grape.
15 Jeshurun
D grew fat and kicked;
filled with food, he
became heavy and sleek.
He abandoned the God who
made him
and rejected the Rock
his Savior.
16 They
made him jealous with their foreign gods
and angered him with
their detestable idols.
17 They
sacrificed to demons, which are not God--
gods they had not known,
gods that recently
appeared,
gods your fathers did
not fear.
18 You
deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot the God who
gave you birth.
19 The
LORD saw this and rejected them
because he was angered
by his sons and daughters.
20 "I will hide my face from them," he said,
"and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse
generation,
children who are
unfaithful.
21 They
made me jealous by what is no god
and angered me with
their worthless idols.
I will make them envious
by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry
by a nation that has no understanding.
22 For
a fire has been kindled by my wrath, [20]
one that burns to the
realm of death E below.
It will devour the earth
and its harvests
and set afire the
foundations of the mountains.
23 "I will heap calamities upon them
and spend
my arrows against them.
24 I will send wasting famine against them,
consuming
pestilence and deadly plague;
I will
send against them the fangs of wild beasts,
the venom
of vipers that glide in the dust.
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
in their
homes terror will reign.
Young men
and young women will perish,
infants
and gray-haired men.
26 I said I would scatter them
and blot
out their memory from mankind,
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the
adversary misunderstand
and say,
`Our hand has triumphed;
the LORD
has not done all this.'" [21]
NEW TESTAMENT: LUKE 12:8 - 34
8 "I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of
Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. 9 But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before
the angels of God. 10 And everyone
who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who
blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11 "When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities,
do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say."
13 Someone
in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the
inheritance with me."
14 Jesus
replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an
arbiter between you?" 15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a
man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
16 And
he told them this parable: "The ground of a
certain rich man produced a good crop. 17 He thought to himself, `What shall I do? I have no place to
store my crops.'
18 "Then he said, `This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns
and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up
for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."'
20 "But God said to him, `You fool! This very night your life
will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared [22] for yourself?'
21 "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for
himself but is not rich toward God."
22 Then
Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell
you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what
you will wear. 23 Life is more than
food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no
storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than
birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can
add a single hour to his life B? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you
worry about the rest?
27 "Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I
tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 28
If that is how God clothes the grass of the
field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more
will he clothe you, O you of little faith! 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry
about it. 30 For the
pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need
them. 31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you
as well.
32 "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased
to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for
yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be
exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
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[19] Excerpted from Compton's
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[20] Excerpted from Compton's
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[21] Excerpted from Compton's
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[22] Excerpted from Compton's
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[23] Excerpted from Compton's
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