Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JUNE
23
PSALMS: 23,
53, 83, 113, 143
PROVERBS: 23
OLD
TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 10:1 - 11:16
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 12:11 -
21
PSALMS: 23
A
psalm of David.
1
The
LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2
He
makes me lie down in green pastures,
he
leads me beside quiet waters,
3
he
restores my soul.
He
guides me in paths of righteousness
for
his name's sake.
4
Even
though I walk
through
the valley of the shadow of death, A
I
will fear no evil,
for
you are with me;
your
rod and your staff,
they
comfort me.
5
You
prepare a table before me
in
the presence of my enemies.
You
anoint my head with oil;
my
cup overflows.
6
Surely
goodness and love will follow me
all
the days of my life,
and
I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
[1]
PSALMS: 53
For
the director of music. According to mahalath. A A maskil
B of David.
1
The
fool says in his heart,
"There
is no God."
They
are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there
is no one who does good.
2
God
looks down from heaven
on
the sons of men
to
see if there are any who understand,
any
who seek God.
3
Everyone
has turned away,
they
have together become corrupt;
there
is no one who does good,
not
even one.
4
Will
the evildoers never learn--
those
who devour my people as men eat bread
and
who do not call on God?
5
There
they were, overwhelmed with dread,
where
there was nothing to dread.
God
scattered the bones of those who attacked you;
you
put them to shame, for God despised them.
6
Oh,
that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When
God restores the fortunes of his people,
let
Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! [2]
PSALMS: 83
A
song. A psalm of Asaph.
1
O
God, do not keep silent;
be
not quiet, O God, be not still.
2
See
how your enemies are astir,
how
your foes rear their heads.
3
With
cunning they conspire against your people;
they
plot against those you cherish.
4
"Come,"
they say, "let us destroy them as a nation,
that
the name of Israel be remembered no more."
5
With
one mind they plot together;
they
form an alliance against you--
6
the
tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
of
Moab and the Hagrites,
7
Gebal,
A Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia,
with the people of Tyre.
8
Even
Assyria has joined them
to
lend strength to the descendants of Lot.
Selah
9
Do
to them as you did to Midian,
as
you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10
who
perished at Endor
and
became like refuse on the ground.
11
Make
their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all
their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12
who
said, "Let us take possession
of
the pasturelands of God." [3]
13
Make
them like tumbleweed, O my God,
like
chaff before the wind.
14
As
fire consumes the forest
or
a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15
so
pursue them with your tempest
and
terrify them with your storm.
16
Cover
their faces with shame
so
that men will seek your name, O LORD.
17
May
they ever be ashamed and dismayed;
may
they perish in disgrace.
18
Let
them know that you, whose name is the LORD--
that
you alone are the Most High over all the earth. [4]
PSALMS: 113
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise,
O servants of the LORD,
praise
the name of the LORD.
2
Let
the name of the LORD be praised,
both
now and forevermore.
3
From
the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the
name of the LORD is to be praised.
4
The
LORD is exalted over all the nations,
his
glory above the heavens.
5
Who
is like the LORD our God,
the
One who sits enthroned on high,
6
who
stoops down to look
on
the heavens and the earth?
7
He
raises the poor from the dust
and
lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8
he
seats them with princes,
with
the princes of their people.
9
He
settles the barren woman in her home
as
a happy mother of children.
Praise
the LORD. [5]
PSALMS: 143
A
psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, hear my prayer,
listen
to my cry for mercy;
in
your faithfulness and righteousness
come
to my relief.
2
Do
not bring your servant into judgment,
for
no one living is righteous before you.
3
The
enemy pursues me,
he
crushes me to the ground;
he
makes me dwell in darkness
like
those long dead.
4
So
my spirit grows faint within me;
my
heart within me is dismayed.
5
I
remember the days of long ago;
I
meditate on all your works
and
consider what your hands have done.
6
I
spread out my hands to you;
my
soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
Selah
7
Answer
me quickly, O LORD;
my
spirit fails.
Do
not hide your face from me
or
I will be like those who go down to the pit.
8
Let
the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for
I have put my trust in you.
Show
me the way I should go,
for
to you I lift up my soul.
9
Rescue
me from my enemies, O LORD, [6]
for
I hide myself in you.
10
Teach
me to do your will,
for
you are my God;
may
your good Spirit
lead
me on level ground.
11
For
your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life;
in
your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
12
In
your unfailing love, silence my enemies;
destroy
all my foes,
for
I am your servant. [7]
PROVERBS: 23
23
1
When you sit to dine with a ruler,
note
well what A is before you,
2
and
put a knife to your throat
if
you are given to gluttony.
3
Do
not crave his delicacies,
for
that food is deceptive.
4
Do
not wear yourself out to get rich;
have
the wisdom to show restraint.
5
Cast
but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
for
they will surely sprout wings
and
fly off to the sky like an eagle.
6
Do
not eat the food of a stingy man,
do
not crave his delicacies;
7
for
he is the kind of man
who
is always thinking about the cost. B
"Eat
and drink," he says to you,
but
his heart is not with you.
8
You
will vomit up the little you have eaten
and
will have wasted your compliments.
9
Do
not speak to a fool,
for
he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
10
Do
not move an ancient boundary stone
or
encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11
for
their Defender is strong;
he
will take up their case against you.
12
Apply
your heart to instruction
and
your ears to words of knowledge. [8]
13
Do
not withhold discipline from a child;
if
you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14
Punish
him with the rod
and
save his soul from death. C
15
My
son, if your heart is wise,
then
my heart will be glad;
16
my
inmost being will rejoice
when
your lips speak what is right.
17
Do
not let your heart envy sinners,
but
always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.
18
There
is surely a future hope for you,
and
your hope will not be cut off.
19
Listen,
my son, and be wise,
and
keep your heart on the right path.
20
Do
not join those who drink too much wine
or
gorge themselves on meat,
21
for
drunkards and gluttons become poor,
and
drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22
Listen
to your father, who gave you life,
and
do not despise your mother when she is old.
23
Buy
the truth and do not sell it;
get
wisdom, discipline and understanding.
24
The
father of a righteous man has great joy;
he
who has a wise son delights in him.
25
May
your father and mother be glad;
may
she who gave you birth rejoice! [9]
26
My
son, give me your heart
and
let your eyes keep to my ways,
27
for
a prostitute is a deep pit
and
a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28
Like
a bandit she lies in wait,
and
multiplies the unfaithful among men.
29
Who
has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who
has strife? Who has complaints?
Who
has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30
Those
who linger over wine,
who
go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
31
Do
not gaze at wine when it is red,
when
it sparkles in the cup,
when
it goes down smoothly!
32
In
the end it bites like a snake
and
poisons like a viper.
33
Your
eyes will see strange sights
and
your mind imagine confusing things.
34
You
will be like one sleeping on the high seas,
lying
on top of the rigging. [10]
OLD
TESTAMENT: ISAIAH 10:1 - 11:16
10
1
Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to
those who issue oppressive decrees,
2
to
deprive the poor of their rights
and
withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,
making
widows their prey
and
robbing the fatherless.
3
What
will you do on the day of reckoning,
when
disaster comes from afar?
To
whom will you run for help?
Where
will you leave your riches?
4
Nothing
will remain but to cringe among the captives
or
fall among the slain.
Yet
for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his
hand is still upraised.
5
"Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger,
in
whose hand is the club of my wrath!
6
I
send him against a godless nation,
I
dispatch him against a people who anger me,
to
seize loot and snatch plunder,
and
to trample them down like mud in the streets.
7
But
this is not what he intends,
this
is not what he has in mind;
his
purpose is to destroy,
[11]
to
put an end to many nations.
8
`Are not my commanders all kings?' he says.
9
`Has not Calno fared like Carchemish?
Is
not Hamath like Arpad,
and
Samaria like Damascus?
10
As
my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,
kingdoms
whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria--
11
shall
I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
as
I dealt with Samaria and her idols?'"
12When
the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will
say, "I will punish the king of Assyria for the
willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.
13 For he says:
"`By
the strength of my hand I have done this,
and
by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I
removed the boundaries of nations,
I
plundered their treasures;
like
a mighty one I subdued A
their kings.
14
As one reaches into a nest,
so
my hand reached for the wealth of the nations;
as
men gather abandoned eggs,
so
I gathered all the countries;
not
one flapped a wing,
or
opened its mouth to chirp.'"
[12]
15
Does
the ax raise itself above him who swings it,
or
the saw boast against him who uses it?
As
if a rod were to wield him who lifts it up,
or
a club brandish him who is not wood!
16
Therefore,
the Lord, the LORD Almighty,
will
send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors;
under
his pomp a fire will be kindled
like
a blazing flame.
17
The
Light of Israel will become a fire,
their
Holy One a flame;
in
a single day it will burn and consume
his
thorns and his briers.
18
The
splendor of his forests and fertile fields
it
will completely destroy,
as
when a sick man wastes away.
19
And
the remaining trees of his forests will be so few
that
a child could write them down.
20
In
that day the remnant of Israel,
the
survivors of the house of Jacob,
will
no longer rely on him
who
struck them down
but
will truly rely on the LORD,
the
Holy One of Israel.
21
A
remnant will return, B a remnant of Jacob [13]
will
return to the Mighty God.
22
Though
your people, O Israel, be like the sand by the sea,
only
a remnant will return.
Destruction
has been decreed,
overwhelming
and righteous.
23
The
Lord, the LORD Almighty, will carry out
the
destruction decreed upon the whole land.
24
Therefore,
this is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says:
"O my people who live in Zion,
do
not be afraid of the Assyrians,
who
beat you with a rod
and
lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
25
Very soon my anger against you will end
and
my wrath will be directed to their destruction."
26
The
LORD Almighty will lash them with a whip,
as
when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb;
and
he will raise his staff over the waters,
as
he did in Egypt.
27
In
that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders,
their
yoke from your neck;
the
yoke will be broken
because
you have grown so fat. C [14]
28
They
enter Aiath;
they
pass through Migron;
they
store supplies at Micmash.
29
They
go over the pass, and say,
"We
will camp overnight at Geba."
Ramah
trembles;
Gibeah
of Saul flees.
30
Cry
out, O Daughter of Gallim!
Listen,
O Laishah!
Poor
Anathoth!
31
Madmenah
is in flight;
the
people of Gebim take cover.
32
This
day they will halt at Nob;
they
will shake their fist
at
the mount of the Daughter of Zion,
at
the hill of Jerusalem.
33
See,
the Lord, the LORD Almighty,
will
lop off the boughs with great power.
The
lofty trees will be felled,
the
tall ones will be brought low.
34
He
will cut down the forest thickets with an ax;
Lebanon
will fall before the Mighty One. [15]
11
1
A
shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from
his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2
The
Spirit of the LORD will rest on him--
the
Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the
Spirit of counsel and of power,
the
Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD--
3
and
he will delight in the fear of the LORD.
He
will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or
decide by what he hears with his ears;
4
but
with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with
justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He
will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with
the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
5
Righteousness
will be his belt
and
faithfulness the sash around his waist.
6
The
wolf will live with the lamb,
the
leopard will lie down with the goat,
the
calf and the lion and the yearling A together;
and
a little child will lead them.
7
The
cow will feed with the bear,
their
young will lie down together,
and
the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8
The
infant will play near the hole of the cobra,
and
the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.
9
They
will neither harm nor destroy [16]
on
all my holy mountain,
for
the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD
as
the waters cover the sea.
10
In
that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations
will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious. 11 In that
day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that
is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,
B from Cush, C from Elam, from Babylonia, D
from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.
12
He
will raise a banner for the nations
and
gather the exiles of Israel;
he
will assemble the scattered people of Judah
from
the four quarters of the earth.
13
Ephraim's
jealousy will vanish,
and
Judah's enemies E will be cut off;
Ephraim
will not be jealous of Judah,
nor
Judah hostile toward Ephraim.
14
They
will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west;
together
they will plunder the people to the east.
They
will lay hands on Edom and Moab,
and
the Ammonites will be subject to them.
15
The
LORD will dry up
the
gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with
a scorching wind he will sweep his hand [17]
over
the Euphrates River. F
He
will break it up into seven streams
so
that men can cross over in sandals.
16
There
will be a highway for the remnant of his people
that
is left from Assyria,
as
there was for Israel
when
they came up from Egypt. [18]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 12:11 -
21
11
I
have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been
commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the "super-apostles,"
even though I am nothing. 12 The things that mark an apostle--signs,
wonders and miracles--were done among you with great perseverance. 13
How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a
burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
14
Now
I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you,
because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should
not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. 15
So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as
well. If I love you more, will you love me less? 16 Be that as it
may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you
by trickery! 17 Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent you?
18 I urged Titus to go to you and I sent our brother with him. Titus
did not exploit you, did he? Did we not act in the same spirit and follow the
same course?
19
Have
you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We
have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do,
dear friends, is for your strengthening. 20 For I am afraid that when
I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you
want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of
anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder. 21 I am
afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be
grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity,
sexual sin and debauchery in which they [19]
have indulged. [20]
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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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