Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
AUGUST
3
PSALMS: 3,
33, 63, 93, 123
PROVERBS: 3
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 42:1 - 44:23
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 TIMOTHY 2:1 -
21
PSALMS: 3
A
psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.
1
O
LORD, how many are my foes!
How
many rise up against me!
2
Many
are saying of me,
"God
will not deliver him."
Selah
A
3
But
you are a shield around me, O LORD;
you
bestow glory on me and lift B up my head.
4
To
the LORD I cry aloud,
and
he answers me from his holy hill.
Selah
5
I
lie down and sleep;
I
wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
6
I
will not fear the tens of thousands
drawn
up against me on every side.
7
Arise,
O LORD!
Deliver
me, O my God!
Strike
all my enemies on the jaw;
break
the teeth of the wicked.
8
From
the LORD comes deliverance.
May
your blessing be on your people.
Selah [1]
PSALMS: 33
1
Sing
joyfully to the LORD, you righteous;
it
is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2
Praise
the LORD with the harp;
make
music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3
Sing
to him a new song;
play
skillfully, and shout for joy.
4
For
the word of the LORD is right and true;
he
is faithful in all he does.
5
The
LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the
earth is full of his unfailing love.
6
By
the word of the LORD were the heavens made,
their
starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7
He
gathers the waters of the sea into jars A;
he
puts the deep into storehouses.
8
Let
all the earth fear the LORD;
let
all the people of the world revere him.
9
For
he spoke, and it came to be;
he
commanded, and it stood firm.
10
The
LORD foils the plans of the nations;
he
thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11
But
the plans of the LORD stand firm forever,
the
purposes of his heart through all generations.
12
Blessed
is the nation whose God is the LORD,
the
people he chose for his inheritance.
13
From
heaven the LORD looks down
and
sees all mankind;
14
from
his dwelling place he watches
all
who live on earth--
15
he
who forms the hearts of all,
who
considers everything they do.
16
No
king is saved by the size of his army;
no
warrior escapes by his great strength. [2]
17
A
horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite
all its great strength it cannot save.
18
But
the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him,
on
those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19
to
deliver them from death
and
keep them alive in famine.
20
We
wait in hope for the LORD;
he
is our help and our shield.
21
In
him our hearts rejoice,
for
we trust in his holy name.
22
May
your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD,
even
as we put our hope in you. [3]
PSALMS: 63
A
psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
1
O
God, you are my God,
earnestly
I seek you;
my
soul thirsts for you,
my
body longs for you,
in
a dry and weary land
where
there is no water.
2
I
have seen you in the sanctuary
and
beheld your power and your glory.
3
Because
your love is better than life,
my
lips will glorify you.
4
I
will praise you as long as I live,
and
in your name I will lift up my hands.
5
My
soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with
singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6
On
my bed I remember you;
I
think of you through the watches of the night.
7
Because
you are my help,
I
sing in the shadow of your wings.
8
My
soul clings to you;
your
right hand upholds me.
9
They
who seek my life will be destroyed;
they
will go down to the depths of the earth.
10
They
will be given over to the sword
and
become food for jackals.[4]
11
But
the king will rejoice in God;
all
who swear by God's name will praise him,
while
the mouths of liars will be silenced. [5]
PSALMS: 93
1
The
LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the
LORD is robed in majesty
and
is armed with strength.
The
world is firmly established;
it
cannot be moved.
2
Your
throne was established long ago;
you
are from all eternity.
3
The
seas have lifted up, O LORD,
the
seas have lifted up their voice;
the
seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
4
Mightier
than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier
than the breakers of the sea--
the
LORD on high is mighty.
5
Your
statutes stand firm;
holiness
adorns your house
for
endless days, O LORD. [6]
PSALMS: 123
A
song of ascents.
1
I
lift up my eyes to you,
to
you whose throne is in heaven.
2
As
the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as
the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress,
so
our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till
he shows us his mercy.
3
Have
mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us,
for
we have endured much contempt.
4
We
have endured much ridicule from the proud,
much
contempt from the arrogant. [7]
PROVERBS: 3
3
1 My son, do not forget my
teaching,
but
keep my commands in your heart,
2
for
they will prolong your life many years
and
bring you prosperity.
3
Let
love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind
them around your neck,
write
them on the tablet of your heart.
4
Then
you will win favor and a good name
in
the sight of God and man.
5
Trust
in the LORD with all your heart
and
lean not on your own understanding;
6
in
all your ways acknowledge him,
and
he will make your paths straight. A
7
Do
not be wise in your own eyes;
fear
the LORD and shun evil.
8
This
will bring health to your body
and
nourishment to your bones.
9
Honor
the LORD with your wealth,
with
the firstfruits of all your crops;
10
then
your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and
your vats will brim over with new wine.
11
My
son, do not despise the LORD's discipline
and
do not resent his rebuke,
12
because
the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as
a father B the son he delights in. [8]
13
Blessed
is the man who finds wisdom,
the
man who gains understanding,
14
for
she is more profitable than silver
and
yields better returns than gold.
15
She
is more precious than rubies;
nothing
you desire can compare with her.
16
Long
life is in her right hand;
in
her left hand are riches and honor.
17
Her
ways are pleasant ways,
and
all her paths are peace.
18
She
is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
those
who lay hold of her will be blessed.
19
By
wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations,
by
understanding he set the heavens in place;
20
by
his knowledge the deeps were divided,
and
the clouds let drop the dew.
21
My
son, preserve sound judgment and discernment,
do
not let them out of your sight;
22
they
will be life for you,
an
ornament to grace your neck.
23
Then
you will go on your way in safety,
and
your foot will not stumble;
24
when
you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when
you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
25
Have
no fear of sudden disaster
or
of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26
for
the LORD will be your confidence
and
will keep your foot from being snared.
27
Do
not withhold good from those who deserve it,
when
it is in your power to act. [9]
28
Do
not say to your neighbor,
"Come
back later; I'll give it tomorrow"--
when
you now have it with you.
29
Do
not plot harm against your neighbor,
who
lives trustfully near you.
30
Do
not accuse a man for no reason--
when
he has done you no harm.
31
Do
not envy a violent man
or
choose any of his ways,
32
for
the LORD detests a perverse man
but
takes the upright into his confidence.
33
The
LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked,
but
he blesses the home of the righteous.
34
He
mocks proud mockers
but
gives grace to the humble.
35
The
wise inherit honor,
but
fools he holds up to shame.
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 42:1 - 44:23
42
1
Then
all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah A son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the
least to the greatest approached 2 Jeremiah
the prophet and said to him, "Please hear our petition and pray to the LORD your
God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now
only a few are left. 3 Pray that
the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."
4
"I
have heard you," replied Jeremiah the prophet. "I will certainly pray to the
LORD your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything the LORD says
and will keep nothing back from you."
5
Then
they said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us
if we do not act in accordance with everything the LORD your God sends you to
tell us.
6
Whether
it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the LORD our God, to whom we are
sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey the LORD our
God."
7
Ten
days later the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah. 8 So he
called together Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with
him and all the people from the least to the greatest.
9 He said to
them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, to
whom you sent me to present your petition, says:
10 `If
you stay in this land, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant
you and not uproot you, for I am grieved over the disaster I have inflicted on
you. 11 Do
not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of
him, declares the LORD, for I am with you and will save you and deliver you from
his hands. 12 I
will show you compassion so that he will have compassion on you and restore you
to your land.'
13
"However,
if you say, `We will not stay in this land,' and so disobey the LORD your God,
14 and
if you say, `No, we will go and live in Egypt, where we will not see war or hear
the trumpet or be hungry for bread,' 15 then hear
the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah. This is
what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: `If you are determined to go to
Egypt and you do go to settle there, 16 then the
sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow you
into Egypt, and there you will die. 17 Indeed, all
who are determined to go to Egypt to settle there will die by the sword, famine
and plague; not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on
them.' 18 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel,
says: `As my anger and wrath have been poured
out on those who lived in Jerusalem, so will my wrath be poured out on you when
you go to Egypt. You will be an object of cursing and horror, of condemnation
and reproach; you will never see this place again.'
19
"O remnant of Judah, the LORD has told you, `Do not go to
Egypt.' Be sure of this: I warn you today 20 that you made
a fatal mistake B when you sent me
to the LORD your God and said, `Pray to the LORD our God for us; tell us
everything he says and we will do it.' 21 I have told
you today, but you still have not obeyed the LORD your God in all he sent me to
tell you. 22 So now, be
sure of this: You will die by the sword, famine [10]and
plague in the place where you want to go to
settle."
43
1
When
Jeremiah finished telling the people all the words of the LORD their
God--everything the LORD had sent him to tell them—2 Azariah
son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the arrogant men said to
Jeremiah, "You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, `You must
not go to Egypt to settle there.' 3 But Baruch
son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Babylonians,
A so they may kill us or carry us into exile to
Babylon."
4
So
Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people disobeyed the
LORD's command to stay in the land of Judah. 5 Instead,
Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led away all the remnant of
Judah who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where
they had been scattered. 6 They also
led away all the men, women and children and the king's daughters whom
Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had left with Gedaliah son of
Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
7 So
they entered Egypt in disobedience to the LORD and went as far as Tahpanhes.
8
In
Tahpanhes the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 9 "While the Jews are watching, take some large stones with you
and bury them in clay in the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh's palace
in Tahpanhes. 10 Then say to them,
`This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my
servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these
stones I have buried here; he will spread his royal canopy above them.
11 He
will come and attack Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death,
captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for
the sword. 12 He
B will set fire to the temples of the gods of
Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive. As a shepherd
wraps his garment around him, so will he wrap Egypt around himself and depart
from there unscathed. 13 There
in the temple of the sun C in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars
and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.'"
44
1
This
word came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in Lower Egypt--in Migdol,
Tahpanhes and Memphis A--and in
Upper Egypt B: 2 "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
You saw the great disaster I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah.
Today they lie deserted and in ruins 3 because of
the evil they have done. They provoked me to anger by burning incense and by
worshiping other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
4 Again and
again I sent my servants the prophets, who said, `Do not do this [11] detestable thing that I hate!' 5 But they did
not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop
burning incense to other gods. 6 Therefore, my
fierce anger was poured out; it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets
of Jerusalem and made them the desolate ruins they are today.
7
"Now this is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of
Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster on yourselves by cutting off from
Judah the men and women, the children and infants, and so leave yourselves
without a remnant? 8 Why provoke
me to anger with what your hands have made, burning incense to other gods in
Egypt, where you have come to live? You will destroy yourselves and make
yourselves an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations on earth.
9 Have you
forgotten the wickedness committed by your fathers and by the kings and queens
of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives in the land of Judah
and the streets of Jerusalem?
10 To
this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they
followed my law and the decrees I set before you and your fathers.
11
"Therefore, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of
Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster on you and to destroy all
Judah. 12 I will take away
the remnant of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They
will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From
the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine. They will become an
object of cursing and horror, of condemnation and reproach. 13 I will punish those
who live in Egypt with the sword, famine and plague, as I punished Jerusalem.
14 None of the remnant
of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the
land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a
few fugitives."
15
Then
all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along
with all the women who were present--a large assembly--and all the people living
in Lower and Upper Egypt, C said to Jeremiah, 16 "We will
not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD! 17 We will
certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of
Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our fathers, our
kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of
Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no
harm. 18
But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and
pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing
by sword and famine."
19
The
women added, "When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink
offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes like her
image and pouring out drink offerings to her?"
20
Then
Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
21
"Did not the LORD remember and think about the [12]
detestable thing that I hate!'
22
When
the LORD could no longer endure your wicked actions and the detestable things
you did, your land became an object of cursing and a desolate waste without
inhabitants, as it is today. 23 Because
you have burned incense and have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed him
or followed his law or his decrees or his stipulations, this disaster has come
upon you, as you now see." [13]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 2 TIMOTHY 2:1 -
21
2
1
You
then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the
things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to
reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. 3 Endure
hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one
serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs--he wants to please his
commanding officer. 5 Similarly,
if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless
he competes according to the rules. 6 The
hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. 7 Reflect on
what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.
8
Remember
Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,
9 for
which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But
God's word is not chained. 10 Therefore
I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the
salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
11
Here
is a trustworthy saying:
If
we died with him,
we
will also live with him;
12
if
we endure,
we
will also reign with him.
If
we disown him,
he
will also disown us;
13
if
we are faithless,
he
will remain faithful,
for
he cannot disown himself.
14
Keep
reminding them of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about
words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. 15 Do your
best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to
be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 16 Avoid
godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more
ungodly. 17
Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and
Philetus, 18
who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has
already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. 19
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this
inscription: "The Lord knows those who are
his," A and, "Everyone
who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
20
In
a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood
and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for [14]
ignoble. 21
If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for
noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good
work. [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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