Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
AUGUST
6
PSALMS: 6,
36, 66, 96, 126
PROVERBS: 6
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 49:23 -
50:46
NEW
TESTAMENT: TITUS 1:1 -
16
PSALMS:
6
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.
A A psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or
discipline me in your wrath.
2
Be
merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;
O
LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
3
My
soul is in anguish.
How
long, O LORD, how long?
4
Turn,
O LORD, and deliver me;
save
me because of your unfailing love.
5
No
one remembers you when he is dead.
Who
praises you from the grave B?
6
I
am worn out from groaning;
all
night long I flood my bed with weeping
and
drench my couch with tears.
7
My
eyes grow weak with sorrow;
they
fail because of all my foes.
8
Away
from me, all you who do evil,
for
the LORD has heard my weeping.
9
The
LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
the
LORD accepts my prayer.
10
All
my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
they
will turn back in sudden disgrace. [1]
PSALMS: 36
For
the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD.
1
An
oracle is within my heart
concerning
the sinfulness of the wicked: A
There
is no fear of God
before
his eyes.
2
For
in his own eyes he flatters himself
too
much to detect or hate his sin.
3
The
words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
he
has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4
Even
on his bed he plots evil;
he
commits himself to a sinful course
and
does not reject what is wrong.
5
Your
love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your
faithfulness to the skies.
6
Your
righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your
justice like the great deep.
O
LORD, you preserve both man and beast.
7
How
priceless is your unfailing love!
Both
high and low among men
find
B refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8
They
feast on the abundance of your house;
you
give them drink from your river of delights.
9
For
with you is the fountain of life;
in
your light we see light.
10
Continue
your love to those who know you,
your
righteousness to the upright in heart.
11
May
the foot of the proud not come against me, [2]
nor
the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12
See
how the evildoers lie fallen--
thrown
down, not able to rise! [3]
PSALMS: 66
For
the director of music. A song. A psalm.
1
Shout
with joy to God, all the earth!
2
Sing
the glory of his name;
make
his praise glorious!
3
Say
to God, "How awesome are your deeds!
So
great is your power
that
your enemies cringe before you.
4
All
the earth bows down to you;
they
sing praise to you,
they
sing praise to your name."
Selah
5
Come
and see what God has done,
how
awesome his works in man's behalf!
6
He
turned the sea into dry land,
they
passed through the waters on foot--
come,
let us rejoice in him.
7
He
rules forever by his power,
his
eyes watch the nations--
let
not the rebellious rise up against him.
Selah
8
Praise
our God, O peoples,
let
the sound of his praise be heard;
9
he
has preserved our lives
and
kept our feet from slipping.
10
For
you, O God, tested us;
you
refined us like silver.
11
You
brought us into prison
and
laid burdens on our backs.
12
You
let men ride over our heads; [4]
we
went through fire and water,
but
you brought us to a place of abundance.
13
I
will come to your temple with burnt offerings
and
fulfill my vows to you--
14
vows
my lips promised and my mouth spoke
when
I was in trouble.
15
I
will sacrifice fat animals to you
and
an offering of rams;
I
will offer bulls and goats.
Selah
16
Come
and listen, all you who fear God;
let
me tell you what he has done for me.
17
I
cried out to him with my mouth;
his
praise was on my tongue.
18
If
I had cherished sin in my heart,
the
Lord would not have listened;
19
but
God has surely listened
and
heard my voice in prayer.
20
Praise
be to God,
who
has not rejected my prayer
or
withheld his love from me! [5]
PSALMS: 96
1
Sing
to the LORD a new song;
sing
to the LORD, all the earth.
2
Sing
to the LORD, praise his name;
proclaim
his salvation day after day.
3
Declare
his glory among the nations,
his
marvelous deeds among all peoples.
4
For
great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he
is to be feared above all gods.
5
For
all the gods of the nations are idols,
but
the LORD made the heavens.
6
Splendor
and majesty are before him;
strength
and glory are in his sanctuary.
7
Ascribe
to the LORD, O families of nations,
ascribe
to the LORD glory and strength.
8
Ascribe
to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring
an offering and come into his courts.
9
Worship
the LORD in the splendor of his A holiness;
tremble
before him, all the earth.
10
Say
among the nations, "The LORD
reigns."
The
world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
he
will judge the peoples with equity.
11
Let
the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let
the sea resound, and all that is in it;
12
let
the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then
all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
13
they
will sing before the LORD, for he comes,
he
comes to judge the earth.
He
will judge the world in righteousness
and
the peoples in his truth. [6]
PSALMS: 126
A
song of ascents.
1
When
the LORD brought back the captives to A Zion,
we
were like men who dreamed. B
2
Our
mouths were filled with laughter,
our
tongues with songs of joy.
Then
it was said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for
them."
3
The
LORD has done great things for us,
and
we are filled with joy.
4
Restore
our fortunes, C O LORD,
like
streams in the Negev.
5
Those
who sow in tears
will
reap with songs of joy.
6
He
who goes out weeping,
carrying
seed to sow,
will
return with songs of joy,
carrying
sheaves with him. [7]
PROVERBS: 6
6
1
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if
you have struck hands in pledge for another,
2
if
you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared
by the words of your mouth,
3
then
do this, my son, to free yourself,
since
you have fallen into your neighbor's hands:
Go
and humble yourself;
press
your plea with your neighbor!
4
Allow
no sleep to your eyes,
no
slumber to your eyelids.
5
Free
yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like
a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6
Go
to the ant, you sluggard;
consider
its ways and be wise!
7
It
has no commander,
no
overseer or ruler,
8
yet
it stores its provisions in summer
and
gathers its food at harvest.
9
How
long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When
will you get up from your sleep?
10
A
little sleep, a little slumber,
a
little folding of the hands to rest--
11
and
poverty will come on you like a bandit
and
scarcity like an armed man. A
12
A
scoundrel and villain,
who
goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13
who winks with his eye,
signals
with his feet
and
motions with his fingers,
14
who plots evil with deceit in his heart--
he
always stirs up dissension.
15
Therefore
disaster will overtake him in an instant; [8]
he
will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.
16
There
are six things the LORD hates,
seven
that are detestable to him:
17
haughty
eyes,
a
lying tongue,
hands
that shed innocent blood,
18
a
heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet
that are quick to rush into evil,
19
a
false witness who pours out lies
and
a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
20
My
son, keep your father's commands
and
do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21
Bind
them upon your heart forever;
fasten
them around your neck.
22
When
you walk, they will guide you;
when
you sleep, they will watch over you;
when
you awake, they will speak to you.
23
For
these commands are a lamp,
this
teaching is a light,
and
the corrections of discipline
are
the way to life,
24
keeping
you from the immoral woman,
from
the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
25
Do
not lust in your heart after her beauty
or
let her captivate you with her eyes,
26
for
the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and
the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27
Can
a man scoop fire into his lap
without
his clothes being burned?
28
Can
a man walk on hot coals
without
his feet being scorched?
29
So
is he who sleeps with another man's wife; [9]
no
one who touches her will go unpunished.
30
Men
do not despise a thief if he steals
to
satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31
Yet
if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though
it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32
But
a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever
does so destroys himself.
33
Blows
and disgrace are his lot,
and
his shame will never be wiped away;
34
for
jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and
he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35
He
will not accept any compensation;
he
will refuse the bribe, however great it is. [10]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 49:23 - 50:46
23
Concerning
Damascus:
"Hamath and Arpad are dismayed,
for
they have heard bad news.
They
are disheartened,
troubled
like C
the restless sea.
24 Damascus
has become feeble,
she
has turned to flee
and
panic has gripped her;
anguish
and pain have seized her,
pain
like that of a woman in labor.
25 Why
has the city of renown not been abandoned,
the
town in which I delight?
26 Surely,
her young men will fall in the streets;
all
her soldiers will be silenced in that day,"
declares
the LORD Almighty.
27
"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;
it
will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad."
28
Concerning
Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked:
This
is what the LORD says:
"Arise, and attack Kedar
and
destroy the people of the East.
29 Their
tents and their flocks will be taken;
their
shelters will be carried off [11]
with
all their goods and camels.
Men
will shout to them,
`Terror
on every side!'
30
"Flee quickly away!
Stay
in deep caves, you who live in Hazor,"
declares
the LORD.
"Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has plotted against you;
he
has devised a plan against you.
31 "Arise
and attack a nation at ease,
which
lives in confidence,"
declares
the LORD,
"a nation that has neither gates nor bars;
its
people live alone.
32 Their
camels will become plunder,
and
their large herds will be booty.
I
will scatter to the winds those who are in distant places D
and
will bring disaster on them from every side,"
declares
the LORD.
33
"Hazor will become a haunt of jackals,
a
desolate place forever.
No
one will live there;
no
man will dwell in it."
34
This
is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, early
in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah: [12]
35
This
is what the LORD Almighty says:
"See, I will break the bow of Elam,
the
mainstay of their might.
36 I
will bring against Elam the four winds
from
the four quarters of the heavens;
I
will scatter them to the four winds,
and
there will not be a nation
where
Elam's exiles do not go.
37 I
will shatter Elam before their foes,
before
those who seek their lives;
I
will bring disaster upon them,
even
my fierce anger,"
declares
the LORD.
"I will pursue them with the sword
until
I have made an end of them.
38 I
will set my throne in Elam
and
destroy her king and officials,"
declares
the LORD.
39
"Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam
in
days to come,"
declares
the LORD. [13]
50
1
This
is the word the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and
the land of the Babylonians A:
2
"Announce and proclaim among the nations,
lift
up a banner and proclaim it;
keep
nothing back, but say,
`Babylon
will be captured;
Bel
will be put to shame,
Marduk
filled with terror.
Her
images will be put to shame
and
her idols filled with terror.'
3 A
nation from the north will attack her
and
lay waste her land.
No
one will live in it;
both
men and animals will flee away.
4 "In
those days, at that time,"
declares
the LORD,
"the people of Israel and the people of Judah together
will
go in tears to seek the LORD their God.
5 They
will ask the way to Zion
and
turn their faces toward it.
They
will come and bind themselves to the LORD
in
an everlasting covenant
that
will not be forgotten.
6 "My
people have been lost sheep;
and
caused them to roam on the mountains.
They
wandered over mountain and hill
and
forgot their own resting place.
7 Whoever
found them devoured them;
their
enemies said, `We are not guilty,
for
they sinned against the LORD, their true pasture,
the
LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
8 "Flee
out of Babylon;
leave
the land of the Babylonians,
and
be like the goats that lead the flock.
9 For
I will stir up and bring against Babylon
an
alliance of great nations from the land of the north.
They
will take up their positions against her,
and
from the north she will be captured.
Their
arrows will be like skilled warriors
who
do not return empty-handed.
10 So
Babylonia B
will be plundered;
all
who plunder her will have their fill,"
declares
the LORD.
11"Because you rejoice and are glad,
you
who pillage my inheritance,
because
you frolic like a heifer threshing grain
and
neigh like stallions,
she
who gave you birth will be disgraced.
She
will be the least of the nations--
a
wilderness, a dry land, a desert.
13 Because
of the LORD's anger she will not be inhabited
but
will be completely desolate.
All
who pass Babylon will be horrified and scoff
because
of all her wounds.
14 "Take
up your positions around Babylon,
all
you who draw the bow.
Shoot
at her! Spare no arrows,
for
she has sinned against the LORD.
15 Shout
against her on every side!
She
surrenders, her towers fall,
her
walls are torn down.
Since
this is the vengeance of the LORD,
take
vengeance on her;
do
to her as she has done to others.
16 Cut
off from Babylon the sower,
and
the reaper with his sickle at harvest.
Because
of the sword of the oppressor
let
everyone return to his own people,
let
everyone flee to his own land.
17 "Israel
is a scattered flock
that
lions have chased away.
The
first to devour him [16]
was
the king of Assyria;
the
last to crush his bones
was
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon."
18
Therefore
this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
"I will punish the king of Babylon and his land
as
I punished the king of Assyria.
19 But
I will bring Israel back to his own pasture
and
he will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
his
appetite will be satisfied
on
the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In
those days, at that time,"
declares
the LORD,
"search will be made for Israel's guilt,
but
there will be none,
and
for the sins of Judah,
but
none will be found,
for
I will forgive the remnant I spare.
21 "Attack
the land of Merathaim
and
those who live in Pekod.
Pursue,
kill and completely destroy C
them,"
declares
the LORD. [17]
"Do everything I have commanded you.
22 The
noise of battle is in the land,
the
noise of great destruction!
23 How
broken and shattered
is
the hammer of the whole earth!
How
desolate is Babylon
among
the nations!
24 I
set a trap for you, O Babylon,
and
you were caught before you knew it;
you
were found and captured
because
you opposed the LORD.
25 The
LORD has opened his arsenal
and
brought out the weapons of his wrath,
for
the Sovereign LORD Almighty has work to do
in
the land of the Babylonians.
26 Come
against her from afar.
Break
open her granaries;
pile
her up like heaps of grain.
Completely
destroy her
and
leave her no remnant.
27 Kill
all her young bulls;
let
them go down to the slaughter!
Woe
to them! For their day has come,
the
time for them to be punished.
28 Listen
to the fugitives and refugees from Babylon
declaring
in Zion
vengeance
for his temple.
29"Summon archers against Babylon,
all
those who draw the bow.
Encamp
all around her;
let
no one escape.
Repay
her for her deeds;
do
to her as she has done.
For
she has defied the LORD,
the
Holy One of Israel.
30 Therefore,
her young men will fall in the streets;
all
her soldiers will be silenced in that day,"
declares
the LORD.
31 "See,
I am against you, O arrogant one,"
declares
the Lord, the LORD Almighty,
"for your day has come,
the
time for you to be punished.
32 The
arrogant one will stumble and fall
and
no one will help her up;
I
will kindle a fire in her towns
that
will consume all who are around her."
33
This
is what the LORD Almighty says:
"The people of Israel are oppressed,
and
the people of Judah as well.
All
their captors hold them fast,
[19]
refusing
to let them go.
34 Yet
their Redeemer is strong;
the
LORD Almighty is his name.
He
will vigorously defend their cause
so
that he may bring rest to their land,
but
unrest to those who live in Babylon.
35
"A sword against the Babylonians!"
declares
the LORD--
"against those who live in Babylon
and
against her officials and wise men!
36 A
sword against her false prophets!
They
will become fools.
A
sword against her warriors!
They
will be filled with terror.
37 A
sword against her horses and chariots
and
all the foreigners in her ranks!
They
will become women.
A
sword against her treasures!
They
will be plundered.
38 A
drought on D
her waters!
They
will dry up.
For
it is a land of idols,
idols
that will go mad with terror.
and
there the owl will dwell.
It
will never again be inhabited
or
lived in from generation to generation.
40 As
God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
along
with their neighboring towns,"
declares
the LORD,
"so no one will live there;
no
man will dwell in it.
41 "Look!
An army is coming from the north;
a
great nation and many kings
are
being stirred up from the ends of the earth.
42 They
are armed with bows and spears;
they
are cruel and without mercy.
They
sound like the roaring sea
as
they ride on their horses;
they
come like men in battle formation
to
attack you, O Daughter of Babylon.
43 The
king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and
his hands hang limp.
Anguish
has gripped him,
pain
like that of a woman in labor.
44 Like
a lion coming up from Jordan's thickets
to
a rich pastureland,
I
will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
Who
is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
And
what shepherd can stand against me?"
45
Therefore,
hear what the LORD has planned against Babylon,
what
he has purposed against the land of the Babylonians:
The
young of the flock will be dragged away;
he
will completely destroy their pasture because of them.
46At
the sound of Babylon's capture the earth will tremble;
its
cry will resound among the nations. [22]
NEW
TESTAMENT: TITUS 1:1 - 16
1
1
Paul,
a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and
the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness—2 a faith and
knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie,
promised before the beginning of time, 3 and at his appointed season
he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the
command of God our Savior,
4
To
Titus, my true son in our common faith:
Grace
and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5
The
reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left
unfinished and appoint A elders in every town, as I directed you.
6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man
whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and
disobedient. 7 Since an overseer B is entrusted with God's
work, he must be blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to
drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. 8 Rather he
must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright,
holy and disciplined. 9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy
message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine
and refute those who oppose it.
10
For
there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, especially those
of the circumcision group. 11 They must be silenced, because they are
ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and that
for the sake of dishonest gain. 12 Even one of their own prophets has
said, "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons." 13 This
testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in
the faith 14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the
commands of those who reject the truth. 15 To the pure, all things
are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In
fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16 They claim
to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable,
disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. [23]
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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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