Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
AUGUST
20
PSALMS:
20, 50, 80, 110,
140
PROVERBS: 20
OLD
TESTAMENT: EZEKIEL 20:1 - 49
NEW
TESTAMENT: HEBREWS 9:11 -
27
PSALMS: 20
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
May
the LORD answer you when you are in distress;
may
the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
2
May
he send you help from the sanctuary
and
grant you support from Zion.
3
May
he remember all your sacrifices
and
accept your burnt offerings.
Selah
4
May
he give you the desire of your heart
and
make all your plans succeed.
5
We
will shout for joy when you are victorious
and
will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May
the LORD grant all your requests.
6
Now
I know that the LORD saves his anointed;
he
answers him from his holy heaven
with
the saving power of his right hand.
7
Some
trust in chariots and some in horses,
but
we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
8
They
are brought to their knees and fall,
but
we rise up and stand firm.
9
O
LORD, save the king!
Answer
A us when we call! [1]
PSALMS: 50
A
psalm of Asaph.
1
The
Mighty One, God, the LORD,
speaks
and summons the earth
from
the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.
2
From
Zion, perfect in beauty,
God
shines forth.
3
Our
God comes and will not be silent;
a
fire devours before him,
and
around him a tempest rages.
4
He
summons the heavens above,
and
the earth, that he may judge his people:
5
"Gather to me my consecrated
ones,
who
made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
6
And
the heavens proclaim his righteousness,
for
God himself is judge.
Selah
7
"Hear, O my people, and I will
speak,
O
Israel, and I will testify against you:
I
am God, your God.
8 I
do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or
your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
9 I
have no need of a bull from your stall
or
of goats from your pens,
10 for
every animal of the forest is mine,
and
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I
know every bird in the mountains,
and
the creatures of the field are mine.
for
the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 Do
I eat the flesh of bulls
or
drink the blood of goats?
14 Sacrifice
thank offerings to God,
fulfill
your vows to the Most High,
15 and
call upon me in the day of trouble;
I
will deliver you, and you will honor me."
16
But
to the wicked, God says:
"What right have you to recite my
laws
or
take my covenant on your lips?
17 You
hate my instruction
and
cast my words behind you.
18 When
you see a thief, you join with him;
you
throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 You
use your mouth for evil
and
harness your tongue to deceit.
20 You
speak continually against your brother
and
slander your own mother's son.
21 These
things you have done and I kept silent;
you
thought I was altogether A
like you.
But
I will rebuke you
and
accuse you to your face.
22
"Consider this, you who forget
God,
or
I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:
23 He
who sacrifices thank offerings honors me,
and
he prepares the way
PSALMS: 80
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." Of Asaph. A
psalm.
1
Hear
us, O Shepherd of Israel,
you
who lead Joseph like a flock;
you
who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
2
before
Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.
Awaken
your might;
come
and save us.
3
Restore
us, O God;
make
your face shine upon us,
that
we may be saved.
4
O
LORD God Almighty,
how
long will your anger smolder
against
the prayers of your people?
5
You
have fed them with the bread of tears;
you
have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
6
You
have made us a source of contention to our neighbors,
and
our enemies mock us.
7
Restore
us, O God Almighty;
make
your face shine upon us,
that
we may be saved.
8
You
brought a vine out of Egypt;
you
drove out the nations and planted it.
9
You
cleared the ground for it,
and
it took root and filled the land.
10
The
mountains were covered with its shade,
the
mighty cedars with its branches. [4]
11
It
sent out its boughs to the Sea, A
its
shoots as far as the River. B
12
Why
have you broken down its walls
so
that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13
Boars
from the forest ravage it
and
the creatures of the field feed on it.
14
Return
to us, O God Almighty!
Look
down from heaven and see!
Watch
over this vine,
15
the
root your right hand has planted,
the
son C you have raised up for yourself.
16
Your
vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;
at
your rebuke your people perish.
17
Let
your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
the
son of man you have raised up for yourself.
18
Then
we will not turn away from you;
revive
us, and we will call on your name.
19
Restore
us, O LORD God Almighty;
make
your face shine upon us,
that
we may be saved. [5]
PSALMS: 110
Of
David. A psalm.
1
The
LORD says to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
until
I make your enemies
a
footstool for your feet."
2
The
LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion;
you
will rule in the midst of your enemies.
3
Your
troops will be willing
on
your day of battle.
Arrayed
in holy majesty,
from
the womb of the dawn
you
will receive the dew of your youth. A
4
The
LORD has sworn
and
will not change his mind:
"You
are a priest forever,
in
the order of Melchizedek."
5
The
Lord is at your right hand;
he
will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6
He
will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and
crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7
He
will drink from a brook beside the way B;
therefore
he will lift up his head. [6]
PSALMS: 140
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
Rescue
me, O LORD, from evil men;
protect
me from men of violence,
2
who
devise evil plans in their hearts
and
stir up war every day.
3
They
make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;
the
poison of vipers is on their lips.
Selah
4
Keep
me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
protect
me from men of violence
who
plan to trip my feet.
5
Proud
men have hidden a snare for me;
they
have spread out the cords of their net
and
have set traps for me along my path.
Selah
6
O
LORD, I say to you, "You are my God."
Hear,
O LORD, my cry for mercy.
7
O
Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer,
who
shields my head in the day of battle--
8
do
not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD;
do
not let their plans succeed,
or
they will become proud.
Selah
9
Let
the heads of those who surround me
be
covered with the trouble their lips have caused.
10Let
burning coals fall upon them;
may
they be thrown into the fire,
into
miry pits, never to rise. [7]
11
Let
slanderers not be established in the land;
may
disaster hunt down men of violence.
12
I
know that the LORD secures justice for the poor
and
upholds the cause of the needy.
13
Surely
the righteous will praise your name
and
the upright will live before you. [8]
PROVERBS: 20
20
1
Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;
whoever
is led astray by them is not wise.
2
A
king's wrath is like the roar of a lion;
he
who angers him forfeits his life.
3
It
is to a man's honor to avoid strife,
but
every fool is quick to quarrel.
4
A
sluggard does not plow in season;
so
at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.
5
The
purposes of a man's heart are deep waters,
but
a man of understanding draws them out.
6
Many
a man claims to have unfailing love,
but
a faithful man who can find?
7
The
righteous man leads a blameless life;
blessed
are his children after him.
8
When
a king sits on his throne to judge,
he
winnows out all evil with his eyes.
9
Who
can say, "I have kept my heart pure;
I
am clean and without sin"?
10
Differing
weights and differing measures--
the
LORD detests them both.
11
Even
a child is known by his actions,
by
whether his conduct is pure and right. [9]
12
Ears
that hear and eyes that see--
the
LORD has made them both.
13
Do
not love sleep or you will grow poor;
stay
awake and you will have food to spare.
14
"It's
no good, it's no good!" says the buyer;
then
off he goes and boasts about his purchase.
15
Gold
there is, and rubies in abundance,
but
lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.
16
Take
the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold
it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
17
Food
gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man,
but
he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
18
Make
plans by seeking advice;
if
you wage war, obtain guidance.
19
A
gossip betrays a confidence;
so
avoid a man who talks too much.
20
If
a man curses his father or mother,
his
lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
21
An
inheritance quickly gained at the beginning
will
not be blessed at the end.
22
Do
not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!"
Wait
for the LORD, and he will deliver you.[10]
23
The
LORD detests differing weights,
and
dishonest scales do not please him.
24
A
man's steps are directed by the LORD.
How
then can anyone understand his own way?
25
It
is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly
and
only later to consider his vows.
26
A
wise king winnows out the wicked;
he
drives the threshing wheel over them.
27
The
lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of a man
A;
it
searches out his inmost being.
28
Love
and faithfulness keep a king safe;
through
love his throne is made secure.
29
The
glory of young men is their strength,
gray
hair the splendor of the old.
30
Blows
and wounds cleanse away evil,
and
beatings purge the inmost being. [11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: EZEKIEL 20:1 - 49
20
1
In
the seventh year, in the fifth month on the tenth day, some of the elders of
Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down in front of me.
2
Then
the word of the LORD came to me: 3 "Son of
man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, `This is what the Sovereign
LORD says: Have you come to inquire of me? As surely as I live, I will not let
you inquire of me, declares the Sovereign LORD.'
4 "Will
you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the
detestable practices of their fathers 5 and
say to them: `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel, I
swore with uplifted hand to the descendants of the house of Jacob and revealed
myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, "I am the LORD your
God."
6 On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of Egypt
into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the
most beautiful of all lands. 7 And I said to them, "Each of you, get rid of the vile images you have set your
eyes on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD
your God."
8
"`But
they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; they did not get rid of the
vile images they had set their eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.
So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in
Egypt. 9 But
for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes
of the nations they lived among and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the
Israelites by bringing them out of Egypt. 10 Therefore
I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the desert. 11 I
gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, for the man who obeys them
will live by them. 12 Also
I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the LORD
made them holy.
13 "`Yet
the people of Israel rebelled against me in the desert. They did not follow my
decrees but rejected my laws--although the man who obeys them will live by
them--and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my
wrath on them and destroy them in the desert. 14 But
for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes
of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. 15 Also
with uplifted hand I swore to them in the desert that I would not bring them
into the land I had given them--a land flowing with milk and honey, most
beautiful of all lands—16 because
they rejected my laws and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths.
For their hearts were devoted to their idols. 17 Yet
I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or put an end to them in the
desert. 18 I
said to their children in the desert, "Do not follow the statutes of your
fathers or keep their laws or defile yourselves with their idols.
19 I
am the LORD your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
20 Keep
my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I
am the LORD your God."
[12]
21
"`But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow
my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws--although the man who obeys
them will live by them--and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour
out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the desert.
22 But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did
what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight
I had brought them out. 23
Also with uplifted hand I swore to them
in the desert that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them
through the countries, 24 because
they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated my
Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their fathers' idols. 25 I also gave them
over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by;
26 I let them become defiled through their gifts--the sacrifice
of every firstborn A--that I might
fill them with horror so they would know that I am the LORD.'
27 "Therefore,
son of man, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, `This is what the
Sovereign LORD says: In this also your fathers blasphemed me by forsaking me:
28 When
I brought them into the land I had sworn to give them and they saw any high hill
or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, made offerings that
provoked me to anger, presented their fragrant incense and poured out their
drink offerings. 29 Then
I said to them: What is this high place you go to?'"
(It is called Bamah B to this day.)
30
"Therefore say to the house of Israel: `This is what the
Sovereign LORD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did and
lust after their vile images? 31
When you offer your gifts--the sacrifice
of your sons in C the fire--you
continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Am I to let you
inquire of me, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign
LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.
32 "`You
say, "We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve
wood and stone." But what you have in mind will never happen. 33 As
surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will rule over you with a
mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath. 34 I
will bring you from the nations and gather you from the countries where you have
been scattered--with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with outpoured
wrath. 35 I
will bring you into the desert of the nations and there, face to face, I will
execute judgment upon you. 36 As
I judged your fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you,
declares the Sovereign LORD. 37 I
will take note of you as you pass under my rod, and I will bring you into the
bond of the covenant. 38 I
will purge you of those who revolt and rebel against me. Although I will bring
them out of the land where they are living, yet they will not enter the land of
Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
39
"`As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Sovereign
LORD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will
surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and
idols. 40 For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,
declares the Sovereign LORD, there in the land the entire house of Israel will
serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your [13] offerings and your choice gifts, D along with all your holy sacrifices. 41 I will accept you as
fragrant incense when I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the
countries where you have been scattered, and I will show myself holy among you
in the sight of the nations. 42
Then you will know that I am the LORD,
when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land I had sworn with uplifted
hand to give to your fathers.
43 There
you will remember your conduct and all the actions by which you have defiled
yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil you have done.
44 You
will know that I am the LORD, when I deal with you for my name's sake and not
according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, O house of Israel,
declares the Sovereign LORD.'"
45
The
word of the LORD came to me: 46 "Son of
man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy
against the forest of the southland. 47
Say to the southern forest: `Hear the
word of the LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to set fire
to you, and it will consume all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing
flame will not be quenched, and every face from south to north will be scorched
by it. 48 Everyone will see that I the LORD have kindled it; it will
not be quenched.'"
49
Then
I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD! They are saying of me,
`Isn't he just telling parables?'” [14]
NEW
TESTAMENT: HEBREWS 9:11 -
27
11
When
Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here,
B he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not
man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. 12 He did not
enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy
Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. 13
The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those
who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.
14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from
acts that lead to death, C so that we may serve the living God!
15
For
this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called
may receive the promised eternal inheritance--now that he has died as a ransom
to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
16In
the case of a will, D it is necessary to prove the death of the one
who made it,
17
because
a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the
one who made it is living. 18 This is why even the first covenant was
not put into effect without blood. 19 When Moses had proclaimed every
commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together
with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and
all the people. 20 He said, "This is the
blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep." E
21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle
and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires
that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood
there is no forgiveness.
23
It
was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with
these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than
these. 24 For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only
a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's
presence. 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and
again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood
that is not his own. 26 Then Christ would have had to suffer many
times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at
the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27
Just
as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28
so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he
will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who
are waiting for him. [15]
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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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