MAY
15
PSALMS:
15, 45, 75, 105,
135
PROVERBS: 15
OLD
TESTAMENT: 2 CHRONICLES 35:1 -
36:23
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1 -
17
PSALMS: 15
A
psalm of David.
1
LORD,
who may dwell in your sanctuary?
Who
may live on your holy hill?
2
He
whose walk is blameless
and
who does what is righteous,
who
speaks the truth from his heart
3
and
has no slander on his tongue,
who
does his neighbor no wrong
and
casts no slur on his fellowman,
4
who
despises a vile man
but
honors those who fear the LORD,
who
keeps his oath
even
when it hurts,
5
who
lends his money without usury
and
does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
He
who does these things
will
never be shaken. [1]
PSALMS: 45
For
the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of the Sons of Korah. A
maskil. A A wedding song.
1
My
heart is stirred by a noble theme
as
I recite my verses for the king;
my
tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
2
You
are the most excellent of men
and
your lips have been anointed with grace,
since
God has blessed you forever.
3
Gird
your sword upon your side, O mighty one;
clothe
yourself with splendor and majesty.
4
In
your majesty ride forth victoriously
in
behalf of truth, humility and righteousness;
let
your right hand display awesome deeds.
5
Let
your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king's enemies;
let
the nations fall beneath your feet.
6
Your
throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a
scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
7
You
love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore
God, your God, has set you above your companions
by
anointing you with the oil of joy.
8
All
your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
from
palaces adorned with ivory
the
music of the strings makes you glad.
9
Daughters
of kings are among your honored women;
at
your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.
10
Listen,
O daughter, consider and give ear:
Forget
your people and your father's house. [2]
11
The
king is enthralled by your beauty;
honor
him, for he is your lord.
12
The
Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift, B
men
of wealth will seek your favor.
13
All
glorious is the princess within her chamber;
her
gown is interwoven with gold.
14
In
embroidered garments she is led to the king;
her
virgin companions follow her
and
are brought to you.
15
They
are led in with joy and gladness;
they
enter the palace of the king.
16
Your
sons will take the place of your fathers;
you
will make them princes throughout the land.
17
I
will perpetuate your memory through all generations;
therefore
the nations will praise you for ever and ever. [3]
PSALMS: 75
For
the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A psalm of Asaph. A
song.
1
We
give thanks to you, O God,
we
give thanks, for your Name is near;
men
tell of your wonderful deeds.
2
You
say, "I choose the appointed
time;
it
is I who judge uprightly.
3 When
the earth and all its people quake,
it
is I who hold its pillars firm.
Selah
4
To
the arrogant I say, `Boast no more,'
and
to the wicked, `Do not lift up your horns.
5 Do
not lift your horns against heaven;
do
not speak with outstretched neck.'
"
6
No
one from the east or the west
or
from the desert can exalt a man.
7
But
it is God who judges:
He
brings one down, he exalts another.
8
In
the hand of the LORD is a cup
full
of foaming wine mixed with spices;
he
pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth
drink
it down to its very dregs.
9
As
for me, I will declare this forever;
I
will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10
I
will cut off the horns of all the wicked,
but
the horns of the righteous will be lifted up. [4]
PSALMS: 105
1
Give
thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make
known among the nations what he has done.
2
Sing
to him, sing praise to him;
tell
of all his wonderful acts.
3
Glory
in his holy name;
let
the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4
Look
to the LORD and his strength;
seek
his face always.
5
Remember
the wonders he has done,
his
miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6
O
descendants of Abraham his servant,
O
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7
He
is the LORD our God;
his
judgments are in all the earth.
8
He
remembers his covenant forever,
the
word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
9
the
covenant he made with Abraham,
the
oath he swore to Isaac.
10
He
confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
to
Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11
"To you I will give the land of
Canaan
as
the portion you will inherit."
12
When
they were but few in number,
few
indeed, and strangers in it,
13
they
wandered from nation to nation,
from
one kingdom to another.
14
He
allowed no one to oppress them;
for
their sake he rebuked kings:
15
"Do not touch my anointed
ones;
do
my prophets no harm."
[5]
16
He
called down famine on the land
and
destroyed all their supplies of food;
17
and
he sent a man before them--
Joseph,
sold as a slave.
18
They
bruised his feet with shackles,
his
neck was put in irons,
19
till
what he foretold came to pass,
till
the word of the LORD proved him true.
20
The
king sent and released him,
the
ruler of peoples set him free.
21
He
made him master of his household,
ruler
over all he possessed,
22
to
instruct his princes as he pleased
and
teach his elders wisdom.
23
Then
Israel entered Egypt;
Jacob
lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
24
The
LORD made his people very fruitful;
he
made them too numerous for their foes,
25
whose
hearts he turned to hate his people,
to
conspire against his servants.
26
He
sent Moses his servant,
and
Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27
They
performed his miraculous signs among them,
his
wonders in the land of Ham.
28
He
sent darkness and made the land dark--
for
had they not rebelled against his words?
29
He
turned their waters into blood,
causing
their fish to die.
30
Their
land teemed with frogs,
which
went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31
He
spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
and
gnats throughout their country.
32
He
turned their rain into hail,
with
lightning throughout their land; [6]
33
he
struck down their vines and fig trees
and
shattered the trees of their country.
34
He
spoke, and the locusts came,
grasshoppers
without number;
35
they
ate up every green thing in their land,
ate
up the produce of their soil.
36
Then
he struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the
firstfruits of all their manhood.
37
He
brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,
and
from among their tribes no one faltered.
38
Egypt
was glad when they left,
because
dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39
He
spread out a cloud as a covering,
and
a fire to give light at night.
40
They
asked, and he brought them quail
and
satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41
He
opened the rock, and water gushed out;
like
a river it flowed in the desert.
42
For
he remembered his holy promise
given
to his servant Abraham.
43
He
brought out his people with rejoicing,
his
chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44
he
gave them the lands of the nations,
and
they fell heir to what others had toiled for--
45
that
they might keep his precepts
and
observe his laws.
Praise
the LORD. A [7]
PSALMS: 135
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
the name of the LORD;
praise
him, you servants of the LORD,
2
you
who minister in the house of the LORD,
in
the courts of the house of our God.
3
Praise
the LORD, for the LORD is good;
sing
praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
4
For
the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own,
Israel
to be his treasured possession.
5
I
know that the LORD is great,
that
our Lord is greater than all gods.
6
The
LORD does whatever pleases him,
in
the heavens and on the earth,
in
the seas and all their depths.
7
He
makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
he
sends lightning with the rain
and
brings out the wind from his storehouses.
8
He
struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
the
firstborn of men and animals.
9
He
sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,
against
Pharaoh and all his servants.
10
He
struck down many nations
and
killed mighty kings--
11
Sihon
king of the Amorites,
Og
king of Bashan
and
all the kings of Canaan--
12
and
he gave their land as an inheritance,
an
inheritance to his people Israel. [8]
13
Your
name, O LORD, endures forever,
your
renown, O LORD, through all generations.
14
For
the LORD will vindicate his people
and
have compassion on his servants.
15
The
idols of the nations are silver and gold,
made
by the hands of men.
16
They
have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes,
but they cannot see;
17
they
have ears, but cannot hear,
nor
is there breath in their mouths.
18
Those
who make them will be like them,
and
so will all who trust in them.
19
O
house of Israel, praise the LORD;
O
house of Aaron, praise the LORD;
20
O
house of Levi, praise the LORD;
you
who fear him, praise the LORD.
21
Praise
be to the LORD from Zion,
to
him who dwells in Jerusalem.
Praise
the LORD. [9]
PROVERBS: 15
15
1
A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but
a harsh word stirs up anger.
2
The
tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but
the mouth of the fool gushes folly.
3
The
eyes of the LORD are everywhere,
keeping
watch on the wicked and the good.
4
The
tongue that brings healing is a tree of life,
but
a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
5
A
fool spurns his father's discipline,
but
whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
6
The
house of the righteous contains great treasure,
but
the income of the wicked brings them trouble.
7
The
lips of the wise spread knowledge;
not
so the hearts of fools.
8
The
LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked,
but
the prayer of the upright pleases him.
9
The
LORD detests the way of the wicked
but
he loves those who pursue righteousness.
10
Stern
discipline awaits him who leaves the path;
he
who hates correction will die.
11
Death
and Destruction A lie open before the LORD--
how
much more the hearts of men! [10]
12
A
mocker resents correction;
he
will not consult the wise.
13
A
happy heart makes the face cheerful,
but
heartache crushes the spirit.
14
The
discerning heart seeks knowledge,
but
the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
15
All
the days of the oppressed are wretched,
but
the cheerful heart has a continual feast.
16
Better
a little with the fear of the LORD
than
great wealth with turmoil.
17
Better
a meal of vegetables where there is love
than
a fattened calf with hatred.
18
A
hot-tempered man stirs up dissension,
but
a patient man calms a quarrel.
19
The
way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,
but
the path of the upright is a highway.
20
A
wise son brings joy to his father,
but
a foolish man despises his mother.
21
Folly
delights a man who lacks judgment,
but
a man of understanding keeps a straight course.
22
Plans
fail for lack of counsel,
but
with many advisers they succeed. [11]
23
A
man finds joy in giving an apt reply--
and
how good is a timely word!
24
The
path of life leads upward for the wise
to
keep him from going down to the grave. B
25
The
LORD tears down the proud man's house
but
he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.
26
The
LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked,
but
those of the pure are pleasing to him.
27
A
greedy man brings trouble to his family,
but
he who hates bribes will live.
28
The
heart of the righteous weighs its answers,
but
the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
29
The
LORD is far from the wicked
but
he hears the prayer of the righteous.
30
A
cheerful look brings joy to the heart,
and
good news gives health to the bones.
31
He
who listens to a life-giving rebuke
will
be at home among the wise.
32
He
who ignores discipline despises himself,
but
whoever heeds correction gains understanding. [12]
33
The
fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, C
OLD
TESTAMENT: 2 CHRONICLES 35:1 -
36:23
35
1
Josiah
celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was
slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 He appointed
the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the LORD's
temple. 3 He said to the Levites, who instructed all Israel and who
had been consecrated to the LORD: "Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon
son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your
shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.
4
Prepare
yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the directions written by
David king of Israel and by his son Solomon.
5
"Stand
in the holy place with a group of Levites for each subdivision of the families
of your fellow countrymen, the lay people. 6 Slaughter the Passover
lambs, consecrate yourselves and prepare the lambs for your fellow countrymen,
doing what the LORD commanded through Moses."
7
Josiah
provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirty thousand sheep
and goats for the Passover offerings, and also three thousand cattle--all from
the king's own possessions.
8
His
officials also contributed voluntarily to the people and the priests and
Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah and Jehiel, the administrators of God's temple, gave
the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle.
9 Also Conaniah along with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and
Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad, the leaders of the Levites, provided five thousand
Passover offerings and five hundred head of cattle for the Levites.
10
The
service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in
their divisions as the king had ordered. 11 The Passover lambs were
slaughtered, and the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them, while the
Levites skinned the animals.
12
They
set aside the burnt offerings to give them to the subdivisions of the families
of the people to offer to the LORD, as is written in the Book of Moses. They did
the same with the cattle. 13 They roasted the Passover animals over
the fire as prescribed, and boiled the holy offerings in pots, caldrons and pans
and served them quickly to all the people. 14 After this, they made
preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the
descendants of Aaron, were sacrificing the burnt offerings and the fat portions
until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the
Aaronic priests.
15
The
musicians, the descendants of Asaph, were in the places prescribed by David,
Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king's seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not
need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made the preparations
for them.
16
So
at that time the entire service of the LORD was carried out for the celebration
of the Passover and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, as
King Josiah had ordered. 17 The Israelites who were present
celebrated the Passover at that time and observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread
for seven days. 18 The Passover had not been observed like this in
Israel since the days of the prophet Samuel; and none of the kings of Israel had
ever celebrated such a Passover as did Josiah, with the priests, the Levites and
all Judah and Israel who were there with [15]the
people of Jerusalem. 19 This Passover was celebrated in the
eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.
20
After
all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt went up to
fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah marched out to meet him in
battle.
21
But
Neco sent messengers to him, saying, "What quarrel is there between you and me,
O king of Judah? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with
which I am at war. God has told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with
me, or he will destroy you."
22
Josiah,
however, would not turn away from him, but disguised himself to engage him in
battle. He would not listen to what Neco had said at God's command but went to
fight him on the plain of Megiddo.
23
Archers
shot King Josiah, and he told his officers, "Take me away; I am badly wounded."
24 So they took him out of his chariot, put him in the other chariot
he had and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs
of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
25
Jeremiah
composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the men and women singers
commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are
written in the Laments.
26
The
other events of Josiah's reign and his acts of devotion, according to what is
written in the Law of the LORD—27 all the events, from beginning to
end, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and
Judah.
36
1
And
the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in
Jerusalem in place of his father.
2
Jehoahaz
A was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in
Jerusalem three months. 3 The king of Egypt dethroned him in
Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents B of
silver and a talent C of gold. 4 The king of Egypt made
Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed
Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim's brother Jehoahaz and
carried him off to Egypt.
5
Jehoiakim
was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem
eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD his God. 6
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze
shackles to take him to Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also took to
Babylon articles from the temple of the LORD and put them in his temple
D there. [16]
8 The other events of Jehoiakim's reign, the detestable things he did
and all that was found against him, are written in the book of the kings of
Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.
9
Jehoiachin
was eighteen E years old when he became king, and he reigned in
Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD.
10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to
Babylon, together with articles of value from the temple of the LORD, and he
made Jehoiachin's uncle, F Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11
Zedekiah
was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven
years. 12 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD his God and did not
humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the LORD.
13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
take an oath in God's name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and
would not turn to the LORD, the God of Israel. 14 Furthermore, all
the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful,
following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of
the LORD, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
15
The
LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them through his messengers again
and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. 16
But they mocked God's messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his
prophets until the wrath of the LORD was aroused against his people and there
was no remedy. 17 He brought up against them the king of the
Babylonians, G who killed their young men with the sword in the
sanctuary, and spared neither young man nor young woman, old man or aged. God
handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar. 18 He carried to Babylon
all the articles from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures
of the LORD's temple and the treasures of the king and his officials. 19
They set fire to God's temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they
burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there.
20
He
carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they
became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
21 The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation
it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of
the LORD spoken by Jeremiah.
22
In
the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD
spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a
proclamation throughout his realm and to put it in writing: [17]
23
"This
is what Cyrus king of Persia says:
"`The
LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has
appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Anyone of his
people among you--may the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.'" [18]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1 -
17
1
1
Paul,
called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother
Sosthenes,
2
To
the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to
be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ--their Lord and ours:
3
Grace
and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4
I
always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5
For in him you have been enriched in every way--in all your speaking and
in all your knowledge—
6
because
our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. 7 Therefore you do
not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be
revealed. 8 He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be
blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God, who has called
you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
10
I
appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you
agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you
may be perfectly united in mind and thought. 11 My brothers, some
from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
12 What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I
follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas A"; still another, "I
follow Christ."
13
Is
Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into B
the name of Paul? 14 I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you
except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so no one can say that you were baptized
into my name. 16 (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas;
beyond that, I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.)
17
For
Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel--not with words of
human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. [19]
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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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