Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JULY
23
PSALMS: 23,
53, 83, 113, 143
PROVERBS: 23
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 19:1 - 21:14
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:4 -
28
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: JEREMIAH 19:1 - 21:14
19
1
This
is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a
potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests
2 and go out to the Valley of Ben
Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell
you, 3 and say, `Hear the word of
the LORD, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD
Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on
this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.
4 For they have forsaken me and made
this a place of foreign gods; they have burned sacrifices in it to gods that
neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have
filled this place with the blood of the innocent. 5 They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons
in the fire as offerings to Baal--something I did not command or mention, nor
did it enter my mind. 6 So beware,
the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call this
place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
7
"`In this place I will ruin A
the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before
their enemies, at the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their
carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
8
I will devastate this city and make it an object of scorn; all who pass by will
be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds. 9
I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat
one another's flesh during the stress of the siege imposed on them by the
enemies who seek their lives.'
10
"Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching, 11
and say to them, `This is what the LORD Almighty says: I will smash this nation
and this city just as this potter's jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They
will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 12
This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the
LORD. I will make this city like Topheth. 13
The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like
this place, Topheth--all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to
all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.'"
14
Jeremiah
then returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and stood
in the court of the LORD's temple and said to all the people, 15
"This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of
Israel, says: `Listen! I am going to bring on this city and the villages around
it every disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked and
would not listen to my words.' "
20
1
When
the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the chief officer in the temple of the LORD,
heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2 he had Jeremiah the
prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the LORD's
temple. 3 The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks,
Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD's name for you is not Pashhur, but
Magor-Missabib. A 4 For this is what the LORD says: `I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your
friends; with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their
enemies. I will hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, who will carry them
away to Babylon or put them to the sword. 5 I will hand over to their enemies all the wealth of
this [11]
city--all its products, all its valuables and all
the treasures of the kings of Judah. They will take it away as plunder and carry
it off to Babylon. 6 And you,
Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you
will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied
lies.' "
7
O
LORD, you deceived B me, and I was deceived C;
you
overpowered me and prevailed.
I
am ridiculed all day long;
everyone
mocks me.
8
Whenever
I speak, I cry out
proclaiming
violence and destruction.
So
the word of the LORD has brought me
insult
and reproach all day long.
9
But
if I say, "I will not mention him
or
speak any more in his name,"
his
word is in my heart like a fire,
a
fire shut up in my bones.
I
am weary of holding it in;
indeed,
I cannot.
10
I
hear many whispering,
"Terror
on every side!
Report
him! Let's report him!"
All
my friends
are
waiting for me to slip, saying,
"Perhaps
he will be deceived; [12]
then
we will prevail over him
and
take our revenge on him."
11
But
the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior;
so
my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They
will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;
their
dishonor will never be forgotten.
12
O
LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous
and
probe the heart and mind,
let
me see your vengeance upon them,
for
to you I have committed my cause.
13
Sing
to the LORD!
Give
praise to the LORD!
He
rescues the life of the needy
from
the hands of the wicked.
14
Cursed
be the day I was born!
May
the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15
Cursed
be the man who brought my father the news,
who
made him very glad, saying,
"A
child is born to you--a son!"
16
May
that man be like the towns
the
LORD overthrew without pity.
May
he hear wailing in the morning,
a
battle cry at noon. [13]
17
For
he did not kill me in the womb,
with
my mother as my grave,
her
womb enlarged forever.
18
Why
did I ever come out of the womb
to
see trouble and sorrow
and
to end my days in shame?
21
1
The
word came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son
of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said:
2
"Inquire
now of the LORD for us because NebuchadnezzarA king of Babylon is
attacking us. Perhaps the LORD will perform wonders for us as in times past so
that he will withdraw from us."
3
But
Jeremiah answered them, "Tell Zedekiah, 4 `This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am
about to turn against you the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you
are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians B
who are outside the wall besieging you. And I will
gather them inside this city. 5 I
myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm in
anger and fury and great wrath. 6 I will strike down those who live in this city--both men
and animals--and they will die of a terrible plague. 7 After that, declares the LORD, I will hand over Zedekiah
king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague,
sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who
seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will show them no mercy or
pity or compassion.'
8
"Furthermore,
tell the people, `This is what the LORD says: See,
I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death. 9
Whoever stays in this city will die by the
sword, famine or plague. But whoever goes out and surrenders to the Babylonians
who are besieging you will live; he will escape with his life. 10
I have determined to do this city harm and
not good, declares the LORD. It will be given into the hands of the king of
Babylon, and he will destroy it with fire.'
11
"Moreover, say to the royal house of Judah, `Hear the word of
the LORD;
"`Administer
justice every morning;
rescue
from the hand of his oppressor
the
one who has been robbed,
or
my wrath will break out and burn like fire
because
of the evil you have done--
burn
with no one to quench it.
13
I am against you, Jerusalem,
you
who live above this valley
on
the rocky plateau,
declares
the LORD--
you
who say, "Who can come against us?
Who
can enter our refuge?"
14
I
will punish you as your deeds deserve,
declares
the LORD.
I
will kindle a fire in your forests
that
will consume everything around you.'"
[15]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:4 -
28
5
4
But
you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a
thief. 5 You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not
belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like
others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. 7
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at
night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled,
putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a
helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive
salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that,
whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.
11
Therefore
encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
12
Now
we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you
in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard
in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And
we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the
weak, be patient with everyone.
15
Make
sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each
other and to everyone else.
16
Be
joyful always; 17 pray continually; 18 give thanks in all
circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
19
Do
not put out the Spirit's fire; 20 do not treat prophecies with
contempt. 21 Test everything. Hold on to the good. 22
Avoid every kind of evil.
23
May
God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole
spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24
The
one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
25
Brothers,
pray for us. 26 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. 27
I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
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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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