Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JULY
27
PSALMS: 27,
57, 87, 117, 147
PROVERBS: 27
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 28:1 - 29:32
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 TIMOTHY 1:1 -
20
Psalms
27
Of
David.
1
The
LORD is my light and my salvation--
whom
shall I fear?
The
LORD is the stronghold of my life--
of
whom shall I be afraid?
2
When
evil men advance against me
to
devour my flesh, A
when
my enemies and my foes attack me,
they
will stumble and fall.
3
Though
an army besiege me,
my
heart will not fear;
though
war break out against me,
even
then will I be confident.
4
One
thing I ask of the LORD,
this
is what I seek:
that
I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all
the days of my life,
to
gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and
to seek him in his temple.
5
For
in the day of trouble
he
will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he
will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and
set me high upon a rock.
6
Then
my head will be exalted
above
the enemies who surround me;
at
his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy;
I
will sing and make music to the LORD.
[1]
7
Hear
my voice when I call, O LORD;
be
merciful to me and answer me.
8
My
heart says of you, "Seek his B face!"
Your
face, LORD, I will seek.
9
Do
not hide your face from me,
do
not turn your servant away in anger;
you
have been my helper.
Do
not reject me or forsake me,
O
God my Savior.
10
Though
my father and mother forsake me,
the
LORD will receive me.
11
Teach
me your way, O LORD;
lead
me in a straight path
because
of my oppressors.
12
Do
not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for
false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing
out violence.
13
I
am still confident of this:
I
will see the goodness of the LORD
in
the land of the living.
14
Wait
for the LORD;
be
strong and take heart
and
wait for the LORD.
PSALMS: 57
1
Have
mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,
for
in you my soul takes refuge.
I
will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until
the disaster has passed.
2
I
cry out to God Most High,
to
God, who fulfills his purpose for me.
3
He
sends from heaven and saves me,
rebuking
those who hotly pursue me;
Selah
God
sends his love and his faithfulness.
4
I
am in the midst of lions;
I
lie among ravenous beasts--
men
whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose
tongues are sharp swords.
5
Be
exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let
your glory be over all the earth.
6
They
spread a net for my feet--
I
was bowed down in distress.
They
dug a pit in my path--
but
they have fallen into it themselves.
Selah [2]
7
My
heart is steadfast, O God,
my
heart is steadfast;
I
will sing and make music.
8
Awake,
my soul!
Awake,
harp and lyre!
I
will awaken the dawn.
9
I
will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I
will sing of you among the peoples.
10
For
great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your
faithfulness reaches to the skies.
11
Be
exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let
your glory be over all the earth. [3]
PSALMS: 87
Of
the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.
1
He
has set his foundation on the holy mountain;
2
the
LORD loves the gates of Zion
more
than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3
Glorious
things are said of you,
O
city of God:
Selah
4
"I will record Rahab A and Babylon
among
those who acknowledge me--
Philistia
too, and Tyre, along with Cush B--
and
will say, `This C
one was born in Zion.'"
5
Indeed,
of Zion it will be said,
"This one and that one were born in
her,
and
the Most High himself will establish her."
6
The
LORD will write in the register of the peoples:
"This one was born in Zion."
Selah
7
As
they make music they will sing,
"All my fountains are in you." [4]
PSALMS: 117
1
Praise
the LORD, all you nations;
extol
him, all you peoples.
2
For
great is his love toward us,
and
the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.
Praise
the LORD. A [5]
PSALMS: 147
1
Praise
the LORD. A
How
good it is to sing praises to our God,
how
pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2
The
LORD builds up Jerusalem;
he
gathers the exiles of Israel.
3
He
heals the brokenhearted
and
binds up their wounds.
4
He
determines the number of the stars
and
calls them each by name.
5
Great
is our Lord and mighty in power;
his
understanding has no limit.
6
The
LORD sustains the humble
but
casts the wicked to the ground.
7
Sing
to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make
music to our God on the harp.
8
He
covers the sky with clouds;
he
supplies the earth with rain
and
makes grass grow on the hills.
9
He
provides food for the cattle
and
for the young ravens when they call.
10
His
pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor
his delight in the legs of a man;
11
the
LORD delights in those who fear him,
who
put their hope in his unfailing love. [6]
12
Extol
the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise
your God, O Zion,
13
for
he strengthens the bars of your gates
and
blesses your people within you.
14
He
grants peace to your borders
and
satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15
He
sends his command to the earth;
his
word runs swiftly.
16
He
spreads the snow like wool
and
scatters the frost like ashes.
17
He
hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who
can withstand his icy blast?
18
He
sends his word and melts them;
he
stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19
He
has revealed his word to Jacob,
his
laws and decrees to Israel.
20
He
has done this for no other nation;
they
do not know his laws.
Praise
the LORD. [7]
PROVERBS: 27
27
1
Do not boast about tomorrow,
for
you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2
Let
another praise you, and not your own mouth;
someone
else, and not your own lips.
3
Stone
is heavy and sand a burden,
but
provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
4
Anger
is cruel and fury overwhelming,
but
who can stand before jealousy?
5
Better
is open rebuke
than
hidden love.
6
Wounds
from a friend can be trusted,
but
an enemy multiplies kisses.
7
He
who is full loathes honey,
but
to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8
Like
a bird that strays from its nest
is
a man who strays from his home.
9
Perfume
and incense bring joy to the heart,
and
the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest
counsel.
10
Do
not forsake your friend and the friend of your father,
and
do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes
you--
better
a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
11
Be
wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;
then
I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt. [8]
12
The
prudent see danger and take refuge,
but
the simple keep going and suffer for it.
13
Take
the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold
it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
14
If
a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning,
it
will be taken as a curse.
15
A
quarrelsome wife is like
a
constant dripping on a rainy day;
16
restraining
her is like restraining the wind
or
grasping oil with the hand.
17
As
iron sharpens iron,
so
one man sharpens another.
18
He
who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and
he who looks after his master will be honored.
19
As
water reflects a face,
so
a man's heart reflects the man.
20
Death
and Destruction A are never satisfied,
and
neither are the eyes of man.
21
The
crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but
man is tested by the praise he receives.
22
Though
you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding
him like grain with a pestle,
you
will not remove his folly from him. [9]
23
Be
sure you know the condition of your flocks,
give
careful attention to your herds;
24
for
riches do not endure forever,
and
a crown is not secure for all generations.
25
When
the hay is removed and new growth appears
and
the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26
the
lambs will provide you with clothing,
and
the goats with the price of a field.
27
You
will have plenty of goats' milk
to
feed you and your family
and
to nourish your servant girls. [10]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 28:1 - 29:32
28
1
In
the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, early in the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon,
said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the
people: 2 "This is what the LORD Almighty,
the God of Israel, says: `I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
3 Within two years I will bring back
to this place all the articles of the LORD's house that Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon removed from here and took to Babylon. 4 I will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin
A son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and
all the other exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,' declares the LORD, `for I
will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.' "
5
Then
the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah before the priests and all
the people who were standing in the house of the LORD. 6 He said,
"Amen! May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied by
bringing the articles of the LORD's house and all the exiles back to this place
from Babylon.
7
Nevertheless,
listen to what I have to say in your hearing and in the hearing of all the
people: 8 From early times the prophets who preceded you and me have
prophesied war, disaster and plague against many countries and great kingdoms.
9 But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one
truly sent by the LORD only if his prediction comes true."
10
Then
the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and
broke it, 11 and he said before all the people, "This is what the LORD says: `In the same way will I break
the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations
within two years.'" At this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.
12
Shortly
after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet
Jeremiah, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 13 "Go and tell Hananiah, `This is what the LORD says: You have
broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron.
14 This is what the LORD Almighty,
the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke on the necks of all these
nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve
him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.'"
15
Then
the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD
has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies. 16
Therefore, this is what the LORD says: `I am
about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to
die, because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.'"
17
In
the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet
died.
29
1
This
is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the
surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the
other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
2 (This was after King Jehoiachin A and the queen mother,
the court officials and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen and
the artisans had gone into exile from Jerusalem.) 3 He entrusted the
letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah
king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in [11]
Babylon. It said:
4
This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into
exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 "Build
houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.
6 Marry and have sons and daughters;
find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too
may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease.
7 Also, seek the peace and
prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD
for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper." 8 Yes,
this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you.
Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have. 9 They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I have not
sent them," declares the LORD.
10
This
is what the LORD says: "When seventy years are
completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to
bring you back to this place. 11 For
I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future. 12 Then you will
call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13 You will seek me and find me when
you seek me with all your heart. 14
I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity.
B I will gather you from all the
nations and places where I have banished you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried
you into exile."
15
You
may say, "The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon," 16 but
this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David's throne and all the
people who remain in this city, your countrymen who did not go with you into
exile—17 yes, this is what the LORD Almighty says: "I will send the sword, famine and plague against them and I
will make them like poor figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.
18 I will pursue them with the
sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the
earth and an object of cursing and horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the
nations where I drive them. 19 For
they have not listened to my words," declares the LORD, "words that I sent to them again and again by my servants the
prophets. And you exiles have not listened either," declares the LORD.
20
Therefore,
hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles whom I have sent away from Jerusalem
to Babylon. 21 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel,
says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying
lies to you in my name: "I will hand them over to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your very
eyes. 22 Because of them, all the
exiles from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: `The LORD treat you
like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned in the fire.'
23 For they [12] have done outrageous things in Israel; they have committed
adultery with their neighbors' wives and in my name have spoken lies, which I
did not tell them to do. I know it and am a witness to it," declares the
LORD.
24
Tell
Shemaiah the Nehelamite, 25 "This is
what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You sent letters in your own name to all the people in
Jerusalem, to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the other
priests. You said to Zephaniah, 26
`The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada to be in charge of the
house of the LORD; you should put any madman who acts like a prophet into the
stocks and neck-irons. 27 So why
have you not reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among
you? 28 He has sent this message to
us in Babylon: It will be a long time. Therefore build houses and settle down;
plant gardens and eat what they produce.' "
29
Zephaniah
the priest, however, read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet. 30 Then
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 31 "Send this message to all the exiles: `This is what the LORD
says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even
though I did not send him, and has led you to believe a lie,
32
this is what the LORD says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his
descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the
good things I will do for my people, declares the LORD, because he has preached
rebellion against me.'"
[13]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 TIMOTHY 1:1 -
20
1
1
Paul,
an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus
our hope,
2
To
Timothy my true son in the faith:
Grace,
mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3
As
I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may
command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer 4 nor to
devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies
rather than God's work--which is by faith. 5 The goal of this command
is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere
faith. 6 Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless
talk. 7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know
what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.
8
We
know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9 We also know
that law A is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and
rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill
their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for adulterers and
perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is
contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that conforms to the glorious
gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.
12
I
thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me
faithful, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a
blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted
in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on
me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
15
Here
is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that
very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus
might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe
on him and receive eternal life.
17
Now
to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for
ever and ever. Amen.
18
Timothy,
my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made
about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, 19
holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so
have shipwrecked their faith. 20 Among them are Hymenaeus and
Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme. [14]
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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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