Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
AUGUST
2
PSALMS: 2, 32, 62, 92,
122
PROVERBS: 2
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 39:1 - 41:18
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 TIMOTHY 1:1 -
18
PSALMS: 2
1
Why
do the nations conspire A
and
the peoples plot in vain?
2
The
kings of the earth take their stand
and
the rulers gather together
against
the LORD
and
against his Anointed One. B
3
"Let
us break their chains," they say,
"and
throw off their fetters."
4
The
One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the
Lord scoffs at them.
5
Then
he rebukes them in his anger
and
terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6
"I have installed my King C
on
Zion, my holy hill."
7
I
will proclaim the decree of the LORD:
He
said to me, "You are my Son D;
today
I have become your Father.
E
8
Ask
of me,
and
I will make the nations your inheritance,
the
ends of the earth your possession.
9
You
will rule them with an iron scepter F;
you
will dash them to pieces like pottery."
10
Therefore,
you kings, be wise;
be
warned, you rulers of the earth.
11
Serve
the LORD with fear
and
rejoice with trembling.
12
Kiss
the Son, lest he be angry
and
you be destroyed in your way,
for
his wrath can flare up in a moment.
Blessed
are all who take refuge in him. [1]
PSALMS: 32
Of
David. A maskil. A
1
Blessed
is he
whose
transgressions are forgiven,
whose
sins are covered.
2
Blessed
is the man
whose
sin the LORD does not count against him
and
in whose spirit is no deceit.
3
When
I kept silent,
my
bones wasted away
through
my groaning all day long.
4
For
day and night
your
hand was heavy upon me;
my
strength was sapped
as
in the heat of summer.
Selah
5
Then
I acknowledged my sin to you
and
did not cover up my iniquity.
I
said, "I will confess
my
transgressions to the LORD"--
and
you forgave
the
guilt of my sin.
Selah
6
Therefore
let everyone who is godly pray to you
while
you may be found;
surely
when the mighty waters rise,
they
will not reach him.
7
You
are my hiding place; [2]
you
will protect me from trouble
and
surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah
8
I
will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I
will counsel you and watch over you.
9
Do
not be like the horse or the mule,
which
have no understanding
but
must be controlled by bit and bridle
or
they will not come to you.
10
Many
are the woes of the wicked,
but
the LORD's unfailing love
surrounds
the man who trusts in him.
11
Rejoice
in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
sing,
all you who are upright in heart! [3]
PSALMS: 62
For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1
My
soul finds rest in God alone;
my
salvation comes from him.
2
He
alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3
How
long will you assault a man?
Would
all of you throw him down--
this
leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4
They
fully intend to topple him
from
his lofty place;
they
take delight in lies.
With
their mouths they bless,
but
in their hearts they curse.
Selah
5
Find
rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my
hope comes from him.
6
He
alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7
My
salvation and my honor depend on God A;
he
is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8
Trust
in him at all times, O people;
pour
out your hearts to him,
for
God is our refuge.
Selah
9
Lowborn
men are but a breath, [4]
the
highborn are but a lie;
if
weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together
they are only a breath.
10
Do
not trust in extortion
or
take pride in stolen goods;
though
your riches increase,
do
not set your heart on them.
11
One
thing God has spoken,
two
things have I heard:
that
you, O God, are strong,
12
and
that you, O Lord, are loving.
Surely
you will reward each person
according
to what he has done. [5]
PSALMS: 92
A
psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1
It
is good to praise the LORD
and
make music to your name, O Most High,
2
to
proclaim your love in the morning
and
your faithfulness at night,
3
to
the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and
the melody of the harp.
4
For
you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;
I
sing for joy at the works of your hands.
5
How
great are your works, O LORD,
how
profound your thoughts!
6
The
senseless man does not know,
fools
do not understand,
7
that
though the wicked spring up like grass
and
all evildoers flourish,
they
will be forever destroyed.
8
But
you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
9
For
surely your enemies, O LORD,
surely
your enemies will perish;
all
evildoers will be scattered.
10
You
have exalted my horn A like that of a wild ox;
fine
oils have been poured upon me.
11
My
eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my
ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
12
The
righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they
will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13
planted
in the house of the LORD, [6]
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14
They
will still bear fruit in old age,
they
will stay fresh and green,
15
proclaiming,
"The LORD is upright;
he
is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." [7]
PSALMS: 122
A
song of ascents. Of David.
1
I
rejoiced with those who said to me,
"Let us go to the house of the
LORD."
2
Our
feet are standing
in
your gates, O Jerusalem.
3
Jerusalem
is built like a city
that
is closely compacted together.
4
That
is where the tribes go up,
the
tribes of the LORD,
to
praise the name of the LORD
according
to the statute given to Israel.
5
There
the thrones for judgment stand,
the
thrones of the house of David.
6
Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May those who love you be
secure.
7 May
there be peace within your walls
and
security within your citadels."
8
For
the sake of my brothers and friends,
I
will say, "Peace be within you."
9
For
the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I
will seek your prosperity. [8]
PROVERBS: 2
2
1 My son, if you accept my
words
and
store up my commands within you,
2
turning
your ear to wisdom
and
applying your heart to understanding,
3
and
if you call out for insight
and
cry aloud for understanding,
4
and
if you look for it as for silver
and
search for it as for hidden treasure,
5
then
you will understand the fear of the LORD
and
find the knowledge of God.
6
For
the LORD gives wisdom,
and
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7
He
holds victory in store for the upright,
he
is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8
for
he guards the course of the just
and
protects the way of his faithful ones.
9
Then
you will understand what is right and just
and
fair--every good path.
10
For
wisdom will enter your heart,
and
knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11
Discretion
will protect you,
and
understanding will guard you.
12
Wisdom
will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from
men whose words are perverse,
13
who
leave the straight paths
to
walk in dark ways,
14
who
delight in doing wrong
and
rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15
whose
paths are crooked
and
who are devious in their ways.
16
It
will save you also from the adulteress,
from
the wayward wife with her seductive words [9]
17
who
has left the partner of her youth
and
ignored the covenant she made before God. A
18
For
her house leads down to death
and
her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19
None
who go to her return
or
attain the paths of life.
20
Thus
you will walk in the ways of good men
and
keep to the paths of the righteous.
21
For
the upright will live in the land,
and
the blameless will remain in it;
22
but
the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and
the unfaithful will be torn from it.[10]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 39:1 - 41:18
39
1
In
the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to
it.
2
And
on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city wall
was broken through. 3 Then all
the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate:
Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim A a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high
official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon. 4 When
Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled; they left the
city at night by way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two
walls, and headed toward the Arabah. B
5
But
the Babylonian C army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the
plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him.
6
There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah
before his eyes and also killed all the nobles of Judah. 7 Then he
put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to
Babylon.
8
The
Babylonians D set fire to the royal palace and the houses of
the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. 9
Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard carried into exile to Babylon
the people who remained in the city, along with those who had gone over to him,
and the rest of the people. 10 But
Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of
the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and
fields.
11
Now
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given these orders about Jeremiah through
Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard: 12 "Take him
and look after him; don't harm him but do for him whatever he asks." 13 So
Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard, Nebushazban a chief officer,
Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officers of the king of
Babylon 14
sent and had Jeremiah taken out of the courtyard of the guard. They
turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him back
to his home. So he remained among his own people.
15
While
Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD
came to him: 16 "Go and tell Ebed-Melech the Cushite, `This is what the LORD
Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words against this
city through disaster, not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled
before your eyes. 17 But I will rescue
you on that day, declares the LORD; you will not be handed over to those you
fear. 18 I will save you;
you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust
in me, declares the LORD.'" [11]
40
1
The
word came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial
guard had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all
the captives from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to
Babylon. 2
When the commander of the guard found Jeremiah, he said to him, "The LORD your God decreed this disaster for this place.
3 And now the LORD
has brought it about; he has done just as he said he would. All this happened
because you people sinned against the LORD and did not obey him. 4 But today I am
freeing you from the chains on your wrists. Come with me to Babylon, if you
like, and I will look after you; but if you do not want to, then don't come.
Look, the whole country lies before you; go wherever you please." 5 However,
before Jeremiah turned to go, A Nebuzaradan added, "Go back to Gedaliah son of
Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the
towns of Judah, and live with him among the people, or go anywhere else you
please."
Then
the commander gave him provisions and a present and let him go. 6 So
Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the
people who were left behind in the land.
7
When
all the army officers and their men who were still in the open country heard
that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor over
the land and had put him in charge of the men, women and children who were the
poorest in the land and who had not been carried into exile to Babylon, 8 they came
to Gedaliah at Mizpah--Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons
of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and
JaazaniahB the son of the Maacathite, and their men.
9
Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to reassure them
and their men. "Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians, C" he said.
"Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with
you. 10
I myself will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians who
come to us, but you are to harvest the wine, summer fruit and oil, and put them
in your storage jars, and live in the towns you have taken over."
11
When
all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom and all the other countries heard that the
king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of
Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as governor over them, 12 they all
came back to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, from all the countries
where they had been scattered. And they harvested an abundance of wine and
summer fruit.
13
Johanan
son of Kareah and all the army officers still in the open country came to
Gedaliah at Mizpah 14 and said
to him, "Don't you know that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son
of Nethaniah to take your life?" But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe
them.
15
Then
Johanan son of Kareah said privately to Gedaliah in Mizpah, "Let me go and kill
Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life
and cause all the Jews who are gathered around you to be scattered and the
remnant of Judah to perish?"
16
But
Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, "Don't do such a thing!
What you are saying about Ishmael is not true." [12]
41
1
In
the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of
royal blood and had been one of the king's officers, came with ten men to
Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were eating together there, 2 Ishmael
son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down
Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom
the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land. 3 Ishmael
also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the
Babylonian A soldiers who were there.
4
The
day after Gedaliah's assassination, before anyone knew about it, 5 eighty men
who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from
Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to
the house of the LORD. 6 Ishmael
son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he
met them, he said, "Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam." 7 When they
went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him
slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern. 8 But ten of
them said to Ishmael, "Don't kill us! We have wheat and barley, oil and honey,
hidden in a field." So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others.
9 Now
the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with
Gedaliah was the one King Asa had made as part of his defense against Baasha
king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.
10
Ishmael
made captives of all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah--the king's
daughters along with all the others who were left there, over whom Nebuzaradan
commander of the imperial guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael
son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.
11
When
Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about
all the crimes Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed, 12 they took
all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with
him near the great pool in Gibeon. 13 When all
the people Ishmael had with him saw Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers
who were with him, they were glad. 14 All the
people Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son
of Kareah.
15
But
Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and fled to
the Ammonites.
16
Then
Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led away all
the survivors from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah
after he had assassinated Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children
and court officials he had brought from Gibeon. 17 And they
went on, stopping at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem on their way to Egypt 18 to escape
the Babylonians. B They were afraid of them because Ishmael son
of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had
appointed as governor over the land. [13]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 TIMOTHY 1:1 -
18
1
1
Paul,
an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life
that is in Christ Jesus,
2
To
Timothy, my dear son:
Grace,
mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3
I
thank God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as
night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4 Recalling
your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I have
been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois
and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 6 For this
reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through
the laying on of my hands. 7 For God
did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of
self-discipline.
8
So
do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But
join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, [14]
9 who
has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done
but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ
Jesus before the beginning of time, 10 but it
has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has
destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the
gospel.
11
And
of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. 12 That is
why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have
believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him
for that day.
13What
you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in
Christ Jesus. 14 Guard the
good deposit that was entrusted to you--guard it with the help of the Holy
Spirit who lives in us.
15
You
know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus
and Hermogenes.
16
May
the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed
me and was not ashamed of my chains.
17
On
the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.
18 May
the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very
well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus. [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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