Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
FEBRUARY
24
PSALMS: 24, 54, 84, 114,
144
PROVERBS: 24
OLD
TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 18:5 - 19:24
NEW
TESTAMENT: JOHN 8:31 - 59
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]
Selah
[2]
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
and
scarcity like an armed man. A [11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 18:5 - 19:24
5
Whatever
Saul sent him to do, David did it so successfully A that Saul gave
him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the people, and Saul's officers as
well.
6
When
the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women
came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and
dancing, with joyful songs and with tambourines and lutes. 7 As they
danced, they sang:
"Saul
has slain his thousands,
and
David his tens of thousands."
8
Saul
was very angry; this refrain galled him. "They have credited David with tens of
thousands," he thought, "but me with only thousands. What more can he get but
the kingdom?" 9 And from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on
David.
10
The
next day an evil B spirit from God came forcefully upon Saul. He was
prophesying in his house, while David was playing the harp, as he usually did.
Saul had a spear in his hand 11 and he hurled it, saying to himself,
"I'll pin David to the wall." But David eluded him twice.
12
Saul
was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had left Saul. 13
So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men,
and David led the troops in their campaigns. 14 In everything he did
he had great success, C because the LORD was with him. 15
When Saul saw how successfulD he was, he was afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their
campaigns.
17
Saul
said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will [12]
give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the
LORD." For Saul said to himself, "I will not raise a hand against him. Let the
Philistines do that!"
18
But
David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my family or my father's clan in
Israel, that I should become the king's son-in-law?" 19 So
E when the time came for Merab, Saul's daughter, to be given to
David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
20
Now
Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it,
he was pleased. 21 "I will give her to him," he thought, "so that she
may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against
him." So Saul said to David, "Now you have a second opportunity to become my
son-in-law."
22
Then
Saul ordered his attendants: "Speak to David privately and say, `Look, the king
is pleased with you, and his attendants all like you; now become his
son-in-law.' "
23
They
repeated these words to David. But David said, "Do you think it is a small
matter to become the king's son-in-law? I'm only a poor man and little known."
24
When
Saul's servants told him what David had said, 25 Saul replied, "Say
to David, `The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine
foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.
'"Saul's plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.
26
When
the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to [13]become
the king's son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed, 27 David
and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their
foreskins and presented the full number to the king so that he might become the
king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.
28
When
Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved
David, 29 Saul became still more afraid of him, and he remained his
enemy the rest of his days.
30
The
Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did,
David met with more success F than the rest of Saul's officers, and
his name became well known.
19
1
Saul
told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan was
very fond of David 2 and warned him, "My father Saul is looking for a
chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay
there. 3 I will go out and stand with my father in the field where
you are. I'll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out."
4
Jonathan
spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, "Let not the king do
wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has
benefited you greatly. 5 He took his life in his hands when he killed
the Philistine. The LORD won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and
were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing
him for no reason?" [14]
6 Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: "As surely as the
LORD lives, David will not be put to death."
7
So
Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to
Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
8
Once
more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck
them with such force that they fled before him.
9
But
an evil A spirit from the LORD came upon Saul as he was sitting in
his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the harp, 10
Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as
Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.
11
Saul
sent men to David's house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But
Michal, David's wife, warned him, "If you don't run for your life tonight,
tomorrow you'll be killed." 12 So Michal let David down through a
window, and he fled and escaped.
13
Then
Michal took an idol B and laid it on the bed, covering it with a
garment and putting some goats' hair at the head.
14
When
Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, "He is ill."
15
Then
Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, "Bring him up to me in his
bed so that I may kill him." 16 But when the men entered, there was
the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats' hair.
17
Saul
said to Michal, "Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that
he escaped?"
Michal
told him, "He said to me, `Let me get away. Why should [15]
I kill you?' "
18
When
David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all
that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
19
Word
came to Saul: "David is in Naioth at Ramah"; 20 so he sent men to
capture him. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel
standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came upon Saul's men and they
also prophesied. 21 Saul was told about it, and he sent more men, and
they prophesied too. Saul sent men a third time, and they also prophesied.
22 Finally, he himself left for Ramah and went to the great cistern
at Secu. And he asked, "Where are Samuel and David?"
"Over
in Naioth at Ramah," they said.
23
So
Saul went to Naioth at Ramah. But the Spirit of God came even upon him, and he
walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth. 24 He stripped off
his robes and also prophesied in Samuel's presence. He lay that way all that day
and night. This is why people say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" [16]
NEW
TESTAMENT: JOHN 8:31 - 59
31
To
the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you
hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you
free."
33
They
answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants B and have never been
slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?"
34
Jesus
replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a
slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no
permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
36 So if the Son sets you free, you
will be free indeed. 37 I know you
are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no
room for my word. 38 I am telling
you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard
from your father. C"
39
"Abraham
is our father," they answered.
"If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would D
do the things Abraham did. 40 As it
is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard
from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the things your own father does."
"We
are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God
himself."
42
Jesus
said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love
me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent
me. 43 Why is my language not clear
to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry
out your father's desire. He [17] was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the
truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native
language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!
46 Can any of you prove me guilty of
sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me?
47 He who belongs to God hears what
God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."
48
The
Jews answered him, "Aren't we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and
demon-possessed?"
49
"I am not possessed by a demon," said Jesus, "but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.
50 I am not seeking glory for myself; but
there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will
never see death."
52
At
this the Jews exclaimed, "Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died
and so did the prophets, yet you say that if anyone keeps your word, he will
never taste death. 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He
died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?"
54
Jesus
replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing.
My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.
55 Though you do not know him, I
know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and
keep his word. 56 Your father
Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was
glad."
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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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