Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JUNE
7
PSALMS: 7,
37, 67, 97, 127
PROVERBS: 7
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOB 23:1 - 27:23
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:12 -
2:11
PSALMS:
7
A
shiggaion A of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning
Cush, a Benjamite.
1
O
LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
save
and deliver me from all who pursue me,
2
or
they will tear me like a lion
and
rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3
O
LORD my God, if I have done this
and
there is guilt on my hands--
4
if
I have done evil to him who is at peace with me
or
without cause have robbed my foe--
5
then
let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let
him trample my life to the ground
and
make me sleep in the dust.
Selah
6
Arise,
O LORD, in your anger;
rise
up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake,
my God; decree justice.
7
Let
the assembled peoples gather around you.
Rule
over them from on high;
8
let
the LORD judge the peoples.
Judge
me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
according
to my integrity, O Most High.
9
O
righteous God,
who
searches minds and hearts,
bring
to an end the violence of the wicked
and
make the righteous secure. [1]
10
My
shield B is God Most High,
who
saves the upright in heart.
11
God
is a righteous judge,
a
God who expresses his wrath every day.
12
If
he does not relent,
he
C will sharpen his sword;
he
will bend and string his bow.
13
He
has prepared his deadly weapons;
he
makes ready his flaming arrows.
14
He
who is pregnant with evil
and
conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
15
He
who digs a hole and scoops it out
falls
into the pit he has made.
16
The
trouble he causes recoils on himself;
his
violence comes down on his own head.
17
I
will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness
and
will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. [2]
PSALMS: 37
Of
David.
1
Do
A not fret because of evil men
or
be envious of those who do wrong;
2
for
like the grass they will soon wither,
like
green plants they will soon die away.
3
Trust
in the LORD and do good;
dwell
in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4
Delight
yourself in the LORD
and
he will give you the desires of your heart.
5
Commit
your way to the LORD;
trust
in him and he will do this:
6
He
will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the
justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
7
Be
still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
do
not fret when men succeed in their ways,
when
they carry out their wicked schemes.
8
Refrain
from anger and turn from wrath;
do
not fret--it leads only to evil.
9
For
evil men will be cut off,
but
those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
10
A
little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though
you look for them, they will not be found.
11
But
the meek will inherit the land
and
enjoy great peace. [3]
12
The
wicked plot against the righteous
and
gnash their teeth at them;
13
but
the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for
he knows their day is coming.
14
The
wicked draw the sword
and
bend the bow
to
bring down the poor and needy,
to
slay those whose ways are upright.
15
But
their swords will pierce their own hearts,
and
their bows will be broken.
16
Better
the little that the righteous have
than
the wealth of many wicked;
17
for
the power of the wicked will be broken,
but
the LORD upholds the righteous.
18
The
days of the blameless are known to the LORD,
and
their inheritance will endure forever.
19
In
times of disaster they will not wither;
in
days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
20
But
the wicked will perish:
The
LORD's enemies will be like the beauty of the fields,
they
will vanish--vanish like smoke.
21
The
wicked borrow and do not repay,
but
the righteous give generously;
22
those
the LORD blesses will inherit the land,
but
those he curses will be cut off. [4]
23
If
the LORD delights in a man's way,
he
makes his steps firm;
24
though
he stumble, he will not fall,
for
the LORD upholds him with his hand.
25
I
was young and now I am old,
yet
I have never seen the righteous forsaken
or
their children begging bread.
26
They
are always generous and lend freely;
their
children will be blessed.
27
Turn
from evil and do good;
then
you will dwell in the land forever.
28
For
the LORD loves the just
and
will not forsake his faithful ones.
They
will be protected forever,
but
the offspring of the wicked will be cut off;
29
the
righteous will inherit the land
and
dwell in it forever.
30
The
mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom,
and
his tongue speaks what is just.
31
The
law of his God is in his heart;
his
feet do not slip.
32
The
wicked lie in wait for the righteous,
seeking
their very lives;
33
but
the LORD will not leave them in their power
or
let them be condemned when brought to trial. [5]
34
Wait
for the LORD
and
keep his way.
He
will exalt you to inherit the land;
when
the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
35
I
have seen a wicked and ruthless man
flourishing
like a green tree in its native soil,
36
but
he soon passed away and was no more;
though
I looked for him, he could not be found.
37
Consider
the blameless, observe the upright;
there
is a future B for the man of peace.
38
But
all sinners will be destroyed;
the
future C of the wicked will be cut off.
39
The
salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD;
he
is their stronghold in time of trouble.
40
The
LORD helps them and delivers them;
he
delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because
they take refuge in him. [6]
PSALMS: 67
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A
song.
1
May
God be gracious to us and bless us
and
make his face shine upon us,
Selah
2
that
your ways may be known on earth,
your
salvation among all nations.
3
May
the peoples praise you, O God;
may
all the peoples praise you.
4
May
the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for
you rule the peoples justly
and
guide the nations of the earth.
Selah
5
May
the peoples praise you, O God;
may
all the peoples praise you.
6
Then
the land will yield its harvest,
and
God, our God, will bless us.
7
God
will bless us,
and
all the ends of the earth will fear him. [7]
PSALMS: 97
1
The
LORD reigns, let the earth be glad;
let
the distant shores rejoice.
2
Clouds
and thick darkness surround him;
righteousness
and justice are the foundation of his throne.
3
Fire
goes before him
and
consumes his foes on every side.
4
His
lightning lights up the world;
the
earth sees and trembles.
5
The
mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before
the Lord of all the earth.
6
The
heavens proclaim his righteousness,
and
all the peoples see his glory.
7
All
who worship images are put to shame,
those
who boast in idols--
worship
him, all you gods!
8
Zion
hears and rejoices
and
the villages of Judah are glad
because
of your judgments, O LORD.
9
For
you, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth;
you
are exalted far above all gods.
10
Let
those who love the LORD hate evil,
for
he guards the lives of his faithful ones
and
delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11
Light
is shed upon the righteous
and
joy on the upright in heart.
12
Rejoice
in the LORD, you who are righteous,
and
praise his holy name. [8]
PSALMS: 127
A
song of ascents. Of Solomon.
1
Unless
the LORD builds the house,
its
builders labor in vain.
Unless
the LORD watches over the city,
the
watchmen stand guard in vain.
2
In
vain you rise early
and
stay up late,
toiling
for food to eat--
for
he grants sleep to A those he loves.
3
Sons
are a heritage from the LORD,
children
a reward from him.
4
Like
arrows in the hands of a warrior
are
sons born in one's youth.
5
Blessed
is the man
whose
quiver is full of them.
They
will not be put to shame
when
they contend with their enemies in the gate. [9]
PROVERBS: 7
7
1
My son, keep my words
and
store up my commands within you.
2
Keep
my commands and you will live;
guard
my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3
Bind
them on your fingers;
write
them on the tablet of your heart.
4
Say
to wisdom, "You are my
sister,"
and
call understanding your kinsman;
5
they
will keep you from the adulteress,
from
the wayward wife with her seductive words.
6
At
the window of my house
I
looked out through the lattice.
7
I
saw among the simple,
I
noticed among the young men,
a
youth who lacked judgment.
8
He
was going down the street near her corner,
walking
along in the direction of her house
9
at
twilight, as the day was fading,
as
the dark of night set in.
10
Then
out came a woman to meet him,
dressed
like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11
(She
is loud and defiant,
her
feet never stay at home;
12
now
in the street, now in the squares,
at
every corner she lurks.)
13
She
took hold of him and kissed him
and
with a brazen face she said:
14
"I
have fellowship offerings A at home;
today
I fulfilled my vows.
15
So
I came out to meet you; [10]
I
looked for you and have found you!
16
I
have covered my bed
with
colored linens from Egypt.
17
I
have perfumed my bed
with
myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
18
Come,
let's drink deep of love till morning;
let's
enjoy ourselves with love!
19
My
husband is not at home;
he
has gone on a long journey.
20
He
took his purse filled with money
and
will not be home till full moon."
21
With
persuasive words she led him astray;
she
seduced him with her smooth talk.
22
All
at once he followed her
like
an ox going to the slaughter,
like
a deer B stepping into a noose C
23
till an arrow pierces his liver,
like
a bird darting into a snare,
little
knowing it will cost him his life.
24
Now
then, my sons, listen to me;
pay
attention to what I say.
25
Do
not let your heart turn to her ways
or
stray into her paths.
26
Many
are the victims she has brought down;
her
slain are a mighty throng.
27
Her
house is a highway to the grave, D
leading
down to the chambers of death. [11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOB 23:1 - 27:23
23
1
Then
Job replied:
2
"Even
today my complaint is bitter;
his
hand A is heavy in spite of B my groaning.
3
If
only I knew where to find him;
if
only I could go to his dwelling!
4
I
would state my case before him
and
fill my mouth with arguments.
5
I
would find out what he would answer me,
and
consider what he would say.
6
Would
he oppose me with great power?
No,
he would not press charges against me.
7
There
an upright man could present his case before him,
and
I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8
"But
if I go to the east, he is not there;
if
I go to the west, I do not find him.
9
When
he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when
he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10
But
he knows the way that I take;
when
he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11
My
feet have closely followed his steps;
I
have kept to his way without turning aside.
12
I
have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I
have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread. [12]
13
"But
he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He
does whatever he pleases.
14
He
carries out his decree against me,
and
many such plans he still has in store.
15
That
is why I am terrified before him;
when
I think of all this, I fear him.
16
God
has made my heart faint;
the
Almighty has terrified me.
17
Yet
I am not silenced by the darkness,
by
the thick darkness that covers my face.
24
1
“Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?
Why
must those who know him look in vain for such days?
2
Men
move boundary stones;
they
pasture flocks they have stolen.
3
They
drive away the orphan's donkey
and
take the widow's ox in pledge.
4
They
thrust the needy from the path
and
force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5
Like
wild donkeys in the desert,
the
poor go about their labor of foraging food;
the
wasteland provides food for their children.
6
They
gather fodder in the fields
and
glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
7
Lacking
clothes, they spend the night naked; [13]
they
have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
8
They
are drenched by mountain rains
and
hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
9The
fatherless child is snatched from the breast;
the
infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
10
Lacking
clothes, they go about naked;
they
carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11
They
crush olives among the terraces A;
they
tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12
The
groans of the dying rise from the city,
and
the souls of the wounded cry out for help.
But
God charges no one with wrongdoing.
13
"There
are those who rebel against the light,
who
do not know its ways
or
stay in its paths.
14
When
daylight is gone, the murderer rises up
and
kills the poor and needy;
in
the night he steals forth like a thief.
15
The
eye of the adulterer watches for dusk;
he
thinks, `No eye will see me,'
and
he keeps his face concealed.
16
In
the dark, men break into houses,
but
by day they shut themselves in;
they
want nothing to do with the light.
17
For
all of them, deep darkness is their morning B; [14]
they
make friends with the terrors of darkness. C
18
"Yet
they are foam on the surface of the water;
their
portion of the land is cursed,
so
that no one goes to the vineyards.
19
As
heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,
so
the grave D snatches away those who have sinned.
20
The
womb forgets them,
the
worm feasts on them;
evil
men are no longer remembered
but
are broken like a tree.
21
They
prey on the barren and childless woman,
and
to the widow show no kindness.
22
But
God drags away the mighty by his power;
though
they become established, they have no assurance of life.
23
He
may let them rest in a feeling of security,
but
his eyes are on their ways.
24
For
a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;
they
are brought low and gathered up like all others;
they
are cut off like heads of grain.
25
"If
this is not so, who can prove me false
and
reduce my words to nothing?" [15]
25
1
Then
Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2
"Dominion
and awe belong to God;
he
establishes order in the heights of heaven.
3
Can
his forces be numbered?
Upon
whom does his light not rise?
4
How
then can a man be righteous before God?
How
can one born of woman be pure?
5
If
even the moon is not bright
and
the stars are not pure in his eyes,
6
how
much less man, who is but a maggot--
a
son of man, who is only a worm!"
26
1
Then
Job replied:
2
"How
you have helped the powerless!
How
you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3
What
advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
And
what great insight you have displayed!
4
Who
has helped you utter these words?
And
whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5
"The
dead are in deep anguish,
those
beneath the waters and all that live in them. [16]
6
Death
A is naked before God;
Destruction
B lies uncovered.
7
He
spreads out the northern skies over empty space;
he
suspends the earth over nothing.
8
He
wraps up the waters in his clouds,
yet
the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9
He
covers the face of the full moon,
spreading
his clouds over it.
10
He
marks out the horizon on the face of the waters
for
a boundary between light and darkness.
11
The
pillars of the heavens quake,
aghast
at his rebuke.
12
By
his power he churned up the sea;
by
his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13
By
his breath the skies became fair;
his
hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14
And
these are but the outer fringe of his works;
how
faint the whisper we hear of him!
Who
then can understand the thunder of his power?"
27
1
And
Job continued his discourse:
2
"As
surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,
the
Almighty, who has made me taste bitterness of soul,
3
as
long as I have life within me,
the
breath of God in my nostrils, [17]
4
my
lips will not speak wickedness,
and
my tongue will utter no deceit.
5
I
will never admit you are in the right;
till
I die, I will not deny my integrity.
6
I
will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it;
my
conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
7
"May
my enemies be like the wicked,
my
adversaries like the unjust!
8
For
what hope has the godless when he is cut off,
when
God takes away his life?
9
Does
God listen to his cry
when
distress comes upon him?
10
Will
he find delight in the Almighty?
Will
he call upon God at all times?
11
"I
will teach you about the power of God;
the
ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
12
You
have all seen this yourselves.
Why
then this meaningless talk?
13
"Here
is the fate God allots to the wicked,
the
heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
14
However
many his children, their fate is the sword;
his
offspring will never have enough to eat.
15
The
plague will bury those who survive him, [18]
and
their widows will not weep for them.
16
Though
he heaps up silver like dust
and
clothes like piles of clay,
17
what
he lays up the righteous will wear,
and
the innocent will divide his silver.
18
The
house he builds is like a moth's cocoon,
like
a hut made by a watchman.
19
He
lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
when
he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20
Terrors
overtake him like a flood;
a
tempest snatches him away in the night.
21The
east wind carries him off, and he is gone;
it
sweeps him out of his place.
22
It
hurls itself against him without mercy
as
he flees headlong from its power.
23
It
claps its hands in derision
and
hisses him out of his place. [19]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:12 -
2:11
12
Now
this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in
the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and
sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but
according to God's grace. 13 For we do not write you anything you
cannot read or understand. And I hope that, 14 as you have understood
us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as
we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
15
Because
I was confident of this, I planned to visit you first so that you might benefit
twice. 16 I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come
back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea.
17 When I planned this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in
a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, "Yes, yes" and "No, no"?
18
But
as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No." 19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and
Silas B and Timothy, was not "Yes" and "No," but in him it has always
been "Yes." 20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are
"Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of
God. 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ.
He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his
Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
23
I
call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return
to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with
you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
2
1
So
I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you. 2
For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have
grieved? 3 I wrote as I did so that when I came I should not be
distressed by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of
you, that you would all share my joy. 4 For I wrote you out of great
distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let
you know the depth of my love for you.
5
If
anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of
you, to some extent--not to put it too severely. 6 The punishment
inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient for him. 7 Now
instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be
overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm
your love for him. 9 The reason I wrote you was to see if you would
stand the test and be obedient in everything. 10 If you forgive
anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven--if there was anything to
forgive--I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11 in
order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his
schemes.
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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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