Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JULY
19
PSALMS:
19, 49, 79, 109,
139
PROVERBS: 19
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 10:1 - 11:23
NEW
TESTAMENT: COLOSSIANS 3:18 -
4:18
PSALMS: 19
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
The
heavens declare the glory of God;
the
skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2
Day
after day they pour forth speech;
night
after night they display knowledge.
3
There
is no speech or language
where
their voice is not heard. A
4
Their
voice B goes out into all the earth,
their
words to the ends of the world.
In
the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
5
which
is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,
like
a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6
It
rises at one end of the heavens
and
makes its circuit to the other;
nothing
is hidden from its heat.
7
The
law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving
the soul.
The
statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making
wise the simple.
8
The
precepts of the LORD are right,
giving
joy to the heart.
The
commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving
light to the eyes.
9
The
fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring
forever.
The
ordinances of the LORD are sure
and
altogether righteous. [1]
10
They
are more precious than gold,
than
much pure gold;
they
are sweeter than honey,
than
honey from the comb.
11
By
them is your servant warned;
in
keeping them there is great reward.
12
Who
can discern his errors?
Forgive
my hidden faults.
13
Keep
your servant also from willful sins;
may
they not rule over me.
Then
will I be blameless,
innocent
of great transgression.
14
May
the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be
pleasing in your sight,
O
LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. [2]
PSALMS: 49
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1
Hear
this, all you peoples;
listen,
all who live in this world,
2
both
low and high,
rich
and poor alike:
3
My
mouth will speak words of wisdom;
the
utterance from my heart will give understanding.
4
I
will turn my ear to a proverb;
with
the harp I will expound my riddle:
5
Why
should I fear when evil days come,
when
wicked deceivers surround me--
6
those
who trust in their wealth
and
boast of their great riches?
7
No
man can redeem the life of another
or
give to God a ransom for him--
8
the
ransom for a life is costly,
no
payment is ever enough--
9
that
he should live on forever
and
not see decay.
10
For
all can see that wise men die;
the
foolish and the senseless alike perish
and
leave their wealth to others.
11
Their
tombs will remain their houses A forever,
their
dwellings for endless generations,
though
they had B named lands after themselves. [3]
12
But
man, despite his riches, does not endure;
he
is C like the beasts that perish.
13
This
is the fate of those who trust in themselves,
and
of their followers, who approve their sayings.
Selah
14
Like
sheep they are destined for the grave, D
and
death will feed on them.
The
upright will rule over them in the morning;
their
forms will decay in the grave, E
far
from their princely mansions.
15
But
God will redeem my life F from the grave;
he
will surely take me to himself.
Selah
16
Do
not be overawed when a man grows rich,
when
the splendor of his house increases;
17
for
he will take nothing with him when he dies,
his
splendor will not descend with him.
18
Though
while he lived he counted himself blessed--
and
men praise you when you prosper--
19
he
will join the generation of his fathers,
who
will never see the light of life.
20
A
man who has riches without understanding
is
like the beasts that perish. [4]
PSALMS: 79
A
psalm of Asaph.
1
O
God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
they
have defiled your holy temple,
they
have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2
They
have given the dead bodies of your servants
as
food to the birds of the air,
the
flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3
They
have poured out blood like water
all
around Jerusalem,
and
there is no one to bury the dead.
4
We
are objects of reproach to our neighbors,
of
scorn and derision to those around us.
5
How
long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever?
How
long will your jealousy burn like fire?
6
Pour
out your wrath on the nations
that
do not acknowledge you,
on
the kingdoms
that
do not call on your name;
7
for
they have devoured Jacob
and
destroyed his homeland.
8
Do
not hold against us the sins of the fathers;
may
your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for
we are in desperate need.
9
Help
us, O God our Savior,
for
the glory of your name;
deliver
us and forgive our sins
for
your name's sake.
10
Why
should the nations say,
"Where
is their God?" [5]
Before
our eyes, make known among the nations
that
you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
11
May
the groans of the prisoners come before you;
by
the strength of your arm
preserve
those condemned to die.
12
Pay
back into the laps of our neighbors seven times
the
reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.
13
Then
we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will
praise you forever;
from
generation to generation
we
will recount your praise. [6]
PSALMS: 109
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1
O
God, whom I praise,
do
not remain silent,
2
for
wicked and deceitful men
have
opened their mouths against me;
they
have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3
With
words of hatred they surround me;
they
attack me without cause.
4
In
return for my friendship they accuse me,
but
I am a man of prayer.
5
They
repay me evil for good,
and
hatred for my friendship.
6
Appoint
A an evil man B to oppose him;
let
an accuser C stand at his right hand.
7
When
he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and
may his prayers condemn him.
8
May
his days be few;
may
another take his place of leadership.
9
May
his children be fatherless
and
his wife a widow.
10
May
his children be wandering beggars;
may
they be driven D from their ruined homes.
11
May
a creditor seize all he has;
may
strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12
May
no one extend kindness to him
or
take pity on his fatherless children.
13
May
his descendants be cut off, [7]
their
names blotted out from the next generation.
14
May
the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD;
may
the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15
May
their sins always remain before the LORD,
that
he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16
For
he never thought of doing a kindness,
but
hounded to death the poor
and
the needy and the brokenhearted.
17
He
loved to pronounce a curse--
may
it E come on him;
he
found no pleasure in blessing--
may
it be F far from him.
18
He
wore cursing as his garment;
it
entered into his body like water,
into
his bones like oil.
19
May
it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
like
a belt tied forever around him.
20
May
this be the LORD's payment to my accusers,
to
those who speak evil of me.
21
But
you, O Sovereign LORD,
deal
well with me for your name's sake;
out
of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22
For
I am poor and needy,
and
my heart is wounded within me.
23
I
fade away like an evening shadow;
I
am shaken off like a locust.
24
My
knees give way from fasting;
my
body is thin and gaunt.
25
I
am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when
they see me, they shake their heads. [8]
26
Help
me, O LORD my God;
save
me in accordance with your love.
27
Let
them know that it is your hand,
that
you, O LORD, have done it.
28
They
may curse, but you will bless;
when
they attack they will be put to shame,
but
your servant will rejoice.
29
My
accusers will be clothed with disgrace
and
wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30
With
my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD;
in
the great throng I will praise him.
31
For
he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to
save his life from those who condemn him. [9]
PSALMS: 139
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1
O
LORD, you have searched me
and
you know me.
2
You
know when I sit and when I rise;
you
perceive my thoughts from afar.
3
You
discern my going out and my lying down;
you
are familiar with all my ways.
4
Before
a word is on my tongue
you
know it completely, O LORD.
5
You
hem me in--behind and before;
you
have laid your hand upon me.
6
Such
knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too
lofty for me to attain.
7
Where
can I go from your Spirit?
Where
can I flee from your presence?
8
If
I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if
I make my bed in the depths, A you are there.
9
If
I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if
I settle on the far side of the sea,
10
even
there your hand will guide me,
your
right hand will hold me fast.
11
If
I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and
the light become night around me,"
12
even
the darkness will not be dark to you;
the
night will shine like the day,
for
darkness is as light to you. [10]
13
For
you created my inmost being;
you
knit me together in my mother's womb.
14
I
praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your
works are wonderful,
I
know that full well.
15
My
frame was not hidden from you
when
I was made in the secret place.
When
I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16
your
eyes saw my unformed body.
All
the days ordained for me
were
written in your book
before
one of them came to be.
17
How
precious to B me are your thoughts, O God!
How
vast is the sum of them!
18
Were
I to count them,
they
would outnumber the grains of sand.
When
I awake,
I
am still with you.
19
If
only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away
from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20
They
speak of you with evil intent;
your
adversaries misuse your name.
21
Do
I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and
abhor those who rise up against you?
22
I
have nothing but hatred for them;
I
count them my enemies.
23
Search
me, O God, and know my heart;
test
me and know my anxious thoughts.
24
See
if there is any offensive way in me,
and
lead me in the way everlasting. [11]
PROVERBS: 19
19
1
Better a poor man whose walk is blameless
than
a fool whose lips are perverse.
2
It
is not good to have zeal without knowledge,
nor
to be hasty and miss the way.
3
A
man's own folly ruins his life,
yet
his heart rages against the LORD.
4
Wealth
brings many friends,
but
a poor man's friend deserts him.
5
A
false witness will not go unpunished,
and
he who pours out lies will not go free.
6
Many
curry favor with a ruler,
and
everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.
7
A
poor man is shunned by all his relatives--
how
much more do his friends avoid him!
Though
he pursues them with pleading,
they
are nowhere to be found. A
8
He
who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
he
who cherishes understanding prospers.
9
A
false witness will not go unpunished,
and
he who pours out lies will perish.
10
It
is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury--
how
much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11
A
man's wisdom gives him patience;
it
is to his glory to overlook an offense. [12]
12
A
king's rage is like the roar of a lion,
but
his favor is like dew on the grass.
13
A
foolish son is his father's ruin,
and
a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
14
Houses
and wealth are inherited from parents,
but
a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15
Laziness
brings on deep sleep,
and
the shiftless man goes hungry.
16
He
who obeys instructions guards his life,
but
he who is contemptuous of his ways will die.
17
He
who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD,
and
he will reward him for what he has done.
18
Discipline
your son, for in that there is hope;
do
not be a willing party to his death.
19
A
hot-tempered man must pay the penalty;
if
you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
20
Listen
to advice and accept instruction,
and
in the end you will be wise.
21
Many
are the plans in a man's heart,
but
it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.
22
What
a man desires is unfailing love B;
better
to be poor than a liar. [13]
23
The
fear of the LORD leads to life:
Then
one rests content, untouched by trouble.
24
The
sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he
will not even bring it back to his mouth!
25
Flog
a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
rebuke
a discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
26
He
who robs his father and drives out his mother
is
a son who brings shame and disgrace.
27
Stop
listening to instruction, my son,
and
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28
A
corrupt witness mocks at justice,
and
the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
29
Penalties
are prepared for mockers,
and
beatings for the backs of fools. [14]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 10:1 - 11:23
10
1
Hear
what the LORD says to you, O house of Israel.
2 This is what the LORD says:
"Do not learn the ways of the nations
or
be terrified by signs in the sky,
though
the nations are terrified by them.
3
For the customs of the peoples are worthless;
they
cut a tree out of the forest,
and
a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4
They adorn it with silver and gold;
they
fasten it with hammer and nails
so
it will not totter.
5
Like a scarecrow in a melon patch,
their
idols cannot speak;
they
must be carried
because
they cannot walk.
Do
not fear them;
they
can do no harm
nor
can they do any good."
6
No
one is like you, O LORD;
you
are great,
and
your name is mighty in power.
7
Who
should not revere you,
O
King of the nations?
This
is your due.
Among
all the wise men of the nations [15]
and
in all their kingdoms,
there
is no one like you.
8
They
are all senseless and foolish;
they
are taught by worthless wooden idols.
9
Hammered
silver is brought from Tarshish
and
gold from Uphaz.
What
the craftsman and goldsmith have made
is
then dressed in blue and purple--
all
made by skilled workers.
10
But
the LORD is the true God;
he
is the living God, the eternal King.
When
he is angry, the earth trembles;
the
nations cannot endure his wrath.
11
"Tell
them this: `These gods, who did not make the heavens
and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.'"
A
12
But
God made the earth by his power;
he
founded the world by his wisdom
and
stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
13
When
he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;
he
makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He
sends lightning with the rain
and
brings out the wind from his storehouses.
14
Everyone
is senseless and without knowledge;
every
goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
His
images are a fraud; [16]
they
have no breath in them.
15
They
are worthless, the objects of mockery;
when
their judgment comes, they will perish.
16
He
who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,
for
he is the Maker of all things,
including
Israel, the tribe of his inheritance--
the
LORD Almighty is his name.
17
Gather
up your belongings to leave the land,
you
who live under siege.
18
For
this is what the LORD says:
"At this time I will hurl out
those
who live in this land;
I
will bring distress on them
so
that they may be captured."
19
Woe
to me because of my injury!
My
wound is incurable!
Yet
I said to myself,
"This
is my sickness, and I must endure it."
20
My
tent is destroyed;
all
its ropes are snapped.
My
sons are gone from me and are no more;
no
one is left now to pitch my tent [17]
or
to set up my shelter.
21
The
shepherds are senseless
and
do not inquire of the LORD;
so
they do not prosper
and
all their flock is scattered.
22
Listen!
The report is coming--
a
great commotion from the land of the north!
It
will make the towns of Judah desolate,
a
haunt of jackals.
23
I
know, O LORD, that a man's life is not his own;
it
is not for man to direct his steps.
24
Correct
me, LORD, but only with justice--
not
in your anger,
lest
you reduce me to nothing.
25
Pour
out your wrath on the nations
that
do not acknowledge you,
on
the peoples who do not call on your name.
For
they have devoured Jacob;
they
have devoured him completely
and
destroyed his homeland.
11
1
This
is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 "Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the
people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem.
3
Tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: `Cursed is the
man who does not obey the terms of this covenant—4
the terms I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out of
the iron-smelting furnace.' I said, `Obey me and do everything I command you,
and you will be my people, and I will be your God.
5
Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give [18]
them a land flowing with milk and honey'--the land you possess today."
I
answered, "Amen, LORD."
6
The
LORD said to me, "Proclaim all these words in the
towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: `Listen to the terms of this
covenant and follow them. 7 From the
time I brought your forefathers up from Egypt until today, I warned them again
and again, saying, "Obey me." 8 But
they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of
their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had
commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.'"
9
Then
the LORD said to me, "There is a conspiracy among the
people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. 10 They have returned to the sins of their forefathers, who
refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both
the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with
their forefathers. 11 Therefore this
is what the LORD says: `I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape.
Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.
12 The towns of Judah and the people
of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they
will not help them at all when disaster strikes. 13 You have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah; and the
altars you have set up to burn incense to that shameful god Baal are as many as
the streets of Jerusalem.'
14
"Do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them, because I
will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.
15
"What is my beloved doing in my temple
as
she works out her evil schemes with many?
Can
consecrated meat avert your punishment?
When
you engage in your wickedness,
then
you rejoice. A"
16
The
LORD called you a thriving olive tree
with
fruit beautiful in form. [19]
But with the roar of a mighty storm
he
will set it on fire,
and
its branches will be broken.
17
The
LORD Almighty, who planted you, has decreed disaster for you, because the house
of Israel and the house of Judah have done evil and provoked me to anger by
burning incense to Baal.
18
Because
the LORD revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me
what they were doing. 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the
slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying,
"Let
us destroy the tree and its fruit;
let
us cut him off from the land of the living,
that
his name be remembered no more."
20
But,
O LORD Almighty, you who judge righteously
and
test the heart and mind,
let
me see your vengeance upon them,
for
to you I have committed my cause.
21
"Therefore this is what the LORD says about the men of
Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, `Do not prophesy in the name of
the LORD or you will die by our hands'—22 therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says: `I will
punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by
famine. 23 Not even a remnant will
be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the men of Anathoth in the
year of their punishment.'" [20]
NEW
TESTAMENT: COLOSSIANS 3:18 -
4:18
18
Wives,
submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19
Husbands,
love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
20
Children,
obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
21
Fathers,
do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
22
Slaves,
obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is
on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the
Lord.
23
Whatever
you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,
24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord
as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 25 Anyone who
does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no
favoritism.
4
1
Masters,
provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also
have a Master in heaven.
2
Devote
yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us,
too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the
mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may
proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward
outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your
conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know
how to answer everyone.
7
Tychicus
will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister
and fellow servant in the Lord. 8 I am sending him to you for the
express purpose that you may know about our A circumstances and that
he may encourage your hearts. 9 He is coming with Onesimus, our
faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that
is happening here.
10
My
fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of
Barnabas. (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome
him.) 11 Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are
the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have
proved a comfort to me.
12
Epaphras,
who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always
wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God,
mature and fully assured. 13 I vouch for him that he is working hard
for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis. 14 Our dear friend
Luke, the doctor, and Demas send greetings. 15 Give my greetings to
the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.
16
After
this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the
Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from [21]
Laodicea.
17
Tell
Archippus: "See to it that you complete the work you have received in the Lord."
18
I,
Paul, write this greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with
you.
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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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