Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
MAY
24
PSALMS: 24, 54, 84, 114,
144
PROVERBS: 24
OLD
TESTAMENT: NEHEMIAH 5:14 - 7:36a
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1 -
13
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: NEHEMIAH 5:14 - 7:36a
14
Moreover,
from the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when I was appointed to be their
governor in the land of Judah, until his thirty-second year--twelve
years--neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor. 15
But the earlier governors--those preceding me--placed a heavy burden on
the people and took forty shekels A of silver from them in addition
to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of
reverence for God I did not act like that. 16 Instead, I devoted
myself to the work on this wall. All my men were assembled there for the work;
we B did not acquire any land.
17
Furthermore,
a hundred and fifty Jews and officials ate at my table, as well as those who
came to us from the surrounding nations. 18 Each day one ox, six
choice sheep and some poultry were prepared for me, and every ten days an
abundant supply of wine of all kinds. In spite of all this, I never demanded the
food allotted to the governor, because the demands were heavy on these people.
19
Remember
me with favor, O my God, for all I have done for these
people.
6
1
When
word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that
I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it--though up to that time I
had not set the doors in the gates—2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me
this message: "Come, let us meet together in one of the villages A on
the plain of Ono."
But
they were scheming to harm me; 3 so I sent messengers to them with
this reply: "I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the
work stop while I leave it and go down to you?" 4 Four times they
sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.
5
Then,
the fifth time, Sanballat sent his aide to me with the same message, and in his
hand was an unsealed letter 6 in which was written:
"It
is reported among the nations--and Geshem B says it is true--that you
and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and therefore you are building the wall.
Moreover, according to these reports you are about to become their king 7
and have even appointed prophets to make this proclamation about you in
Jerusalem: `There is a king in Judah!' Now this report will get back to the
king; so come, let us confer together."
8
I
sent him this reply: "Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are
just making it up out of your head."
9
They
were all trying to frighten us, thinking, "Their hands will get too weak for the
work, and it will not be completed." [12]
But I prayed, "Now strengthen my hands."
10
One
day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who
was shut in at his home. He said, "Let us meet in the house of God, inside the
temple, and let us close the temple doors, because men are coming to kill
you--by night they are coming to kill you."
11
But
I said, "Should a man like me run away? Or should one like me go into the temple
to save his life? I will not go!" 12 I realized that God had not sent
him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had
hired him. 13 He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would
commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit
me.
14
Remember
Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, because of what they have done; remember also
the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who have been trying to
intimidate me.
15
So
the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. 16
When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were
afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had
been done with the help of our God.
17
Also,
in those days the nobles of Judah were sending many letters to Tobiah, and
replies from Tobiah kept coming to them. 18 For many in Judah were
under oath to him, since he was son-in-law to Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son
Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berekiah. 19
Moreover, they kept reporting to me his good deeds and then telling him
what I said. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
7
1
After
the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers and
the singers and the Levites were appointed. 2 I put in charge of
Jerusalem my brother Hanani, along withA Hananiah the commander of
the citadel, because he was a man of integrity and feared God more than most men
do. 3 I said to them, "The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened
until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut
the doors and bar them. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at
their posts and some near their own houses."
4
Now
the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses
had not yet been rebuilt. 5 So my God put it into my heart to
assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by
families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to
return. This is what I found written there: [13]
6
These
are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and
Judah, each to his own town, 7 in company with Zerubbabel, Jeshua,
Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai,
Nehum and Baanah):
The
list of the men of Israel:
8
the
descendants of Parosh 2,172
9
of
Shephatiah 372
10
of
Arah 652
11
of
Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,818
12
of
Elam 1,254
13
of
Zattu 845
14
of
Zaccai 760
15
of
Binnui 648
16
of
Bebai 628
17
of
Azgad 2,322
18
of
Adonikam 667
19
of
Bigvai 2,067
20
of
Adin 655
21
of
Ater (through Hezekiah) 98
22
of
Hashum 328
23
of
Bezai 324
24
of
Hariph 112
25
of
Gibeon 95
26
the
men of Bethlehem and Netophah 188
27
of
Anathoth 128 [14]
28
of
Beth Azmaveth 42
29
of
Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth 743
30
of
Ramah and Geba 621
31
of
Micmash 122
32
of
Bethel and Ai 123
33
of
the other Nebo 52
34
of
the other Elam 1,254
35
of
Harim 320
36
of
Jericho 345 [15]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1 -
13
8
1
Now
about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge.
A Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 The man who
thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. 3
But the man who loves God is known by God.
4
So
then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at
all in the world and that there is no God but one. 5 For even if
there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are
many "gods" and many "lords"), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the
Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one
Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
7
But
not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when
they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and
since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. 8 But food does not
bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9
Be
careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling
block to the weak. 10 For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you
who have this knowledge eating in an idol's temple, won't he be emboldened to
eat what has been sacrificed to idols? 11 So this weak brother, for
whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. 12 When you sin
against your brothers in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin
against Christ. 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall
into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall. [16]
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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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