Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
OCTOBER
15
PSALMS:
15, 45, 75, 105,
135
PROVERBS: 15
OLD
TESTAMENT: GENESIS 8:1 - 10:32
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 4:12 -
25
PSALMS: 15
A
psalm of David.
1
LORD,
who may dwell in your sanctuary?
Who
may live on your holy hill?
2
He
whose walk is blameless
and
who does what is righteous,
who
speaks the truth from his heart
3
and
has no slander on his tongue,
who
does his neighbor no wrong
and
casts no slur on his fellowman,
4
who
despises a vile man
but
honors those who fear the LORD,
who
keeps his oath
even
when it hurts,
5
who
lends his money without usury
and
does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
He
who does these things
will
never be shaken. [1]
PSALMS: 45
For
the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of the Sons of Korah. A
maskil. A A wedding song.
1
My
heart is stirred by a noble theme
as
I recite my verses for the king;
my
tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
2
You
are the most excellent of men
and
your lips have been anointed with grace,
since
God has blessed you forever.
3
Gird
your sword upon your side, O mighty one;
clothe
yourself with splendor and majesty.
4
In
your majesty ride forth victoriously
in
behalf of truth, humility and righteousness;
let
your right hand display awesome deeds.
5
Let
your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king's enemies;
let
the nations fall beneath your feet.
6
Your
throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a
scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
7
You
love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore
God, your God, has set you above your companions
by
anointing you with the oil of joy.
8
All
your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
from
palaces adorned with ivory
the
music of the strings makes you glad.
9
Daughters
of kings are among your honored women;
at
your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.
10
Listen,
O daughter, consider and give ear:
Forget
your people and your father's house. [2]
11
The
king is enthralled by your beauty;
honor
him, for he is your lord.
12
The
Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift, B
men
of wealth will seek your favor.
13
All
glorious is the princess within her chamber;
her
gown is interwoven with gold.
14
In
embroidered garments she is led to the king;
her
virgin companions follow her
and
are brought to you.
15
They
are led in with joy and gladness;
they
enter the palace of the king.
16
Your
sons will take the place of your fathers;
you
will make them princes throughout the land.
17
I
will perpetuate your memory through all generations;
therefore
the nations will praise you for ever and ever. [3]
PSALMS: 75
For
the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A psalm of Asaph. A
song.
1
We
give thanks to you, O God,
we
give thanks, for your Name is near;
men
tell of your wonderful deeds.
2
You
say, "I choose the appointed
time;
it
is I who judge uprightly.
3 When
the earth and all its people quake,
it
is I who hold its pillars firm.
Selah
4
To
the arrogant I say, `Boast no more,'
and
to the wicked, `Do not lift up your horns.
5 Do
not lift your horns against heaven;
do
not speak with outstretched neck.'"
6
No
one from the east or the west
or
from the desert can exalt a man.
7
But
it is God who judges:
He
brings one down, he exalts another.
8
In
the hand of the LORD is a cup
full
of foaming wine mixed with spices;
he
pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth
drink
it down to its very dregs.
9
As
for me, I will declare this forever;
I
will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10
I
will cut off the horns of all the wicked,
but
the horns of the righteous will be lifted up. [4]
PSALMS: 105
1
Give
thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make
known among the nations what he has done.
2
Sing
to him, sing praise to him;
tell
of all his wonderful acts.
3
Glory
in his holy name;
let
the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4
Look
to the LORD and his strength;
seek
his face always.
5
Remember
the wonders he has done,
his
miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6
O
descendants of Abraham his servant,
O
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7
He
is the LORD our God;
his
judgments are in all the earth.
8
He
remembers his covenant forever,
the
word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
9
the
covenant he made with Abraham,
the
oath he swore to Isaac.
10
He
confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
to
Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11
"To you I will give the land of
Canaan
as
the portion you will inherit."
12
When
they were but few in number,
few
indeed, and strangers in it,
13
they
wandered from nation to nation,
from
one kingdom to another.
14
He
allowed no one to oppress them;
for
their sake he rebuked kings:
15
"Do not touch my anointed
ones;
do
my prophets no harm."
[5]
16
He
called down famine on the land
and
destroyed all their supplies of food;
17
and
he sent a man before them--
Joseph,
sold as a slave.
18
They
bruised his feet with shackles,
his
neck was put in irons,
19
till
what he foretold came to pass,
till
the word of the LORD proved him true.
20
The
king sent and released him,
the
ruler of peoples set him free.
21
He
made him master of his household,
ruler
over all he possessed,
22
to
instruct his princes as he pleased
and
teach his elders wisdom.
23
Then
Israel entered Egypt;
Jacob
lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
24
The
LORD made his people very fruitful;
he
made them too numerous for their foes,
2
5whose
hearts he turned to hate his people,
to
conspire against his servants.
26
He
sent Moses his servant,
and
Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27
They
performed his miraculous signs among them,
his
wonders in the land of Ham.
28
He
sent darkness and made the land dark--
for
had they not rebelled against his words?
29
He
turned their waters into blood,
causing
their fish to die.
30
Their
land teemed with frogs,
which
went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31
He
spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
and
gnats throughout their country.
32
He
turned their rain into hail,
with
lightning throughout their land; [6]
33
he
struck down their vines and fig trees
and
shattered the trees of their country.
34
He
spoke, and the locusts came,
grasshoppers
without number;
35
they
ate up every green thing in their land,
ate
up the produce of their soil.
36
Then
he struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the
firstfruits of all their manhood.
37
He
brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,
and
from among their tribes no one faltered.
38
Egypt
was glad when they left,
because
dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39
He
spread out a cloud as a covering,
and
a fire to give light at night.
40
They
asked, and he brought them quail
and
satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41
He
opened the rock, and water gushed out;
like
a river it flowed in the desert.
42
For
he remembered his holy promise
given
to his servant Abraham.
43
He
brought out his people with rejoicing,
his
chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44
he
gave them the lands of the nations,
and
they fell heir to what others had toiled for--
45
that
they might keep his precepts
and
observe his laws.
Praise
the LORD. A [7]
PSALMS: 135
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
the name of the LORD;
praise
him, you servants of the LORD,
2
you
who minister in the house of the LORD,
in
the courts of the house of our God.
3
Praise
the LORD, for the LORD is good;
sing
praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
4
For
the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own,
Israel
to be his treasured possession.
5
I
know that the LORD is great,
that
our Lord is greater than all gods.
6
The
LORD does whatever pleases him,
in
the heavens and on the earth,
in
the seas and all their depths.
7
He
makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
he
sends lightning with the rain
and
brings out the wind from his storehouses.
8
He
struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
the
firstborn of men and animals.
9
He
sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,
against
Pharaoh and all his servants.
10
He
struck down many nations
and
killed mighty kings--
11
Sihon
king of the Amorites,
Og
king of Bashan
and
all the kings of Canaan--
12
and
he gave their land as an inheritance,
an
inheritance to his people Israel. [8]
13
Your
name, O LORD, endures forever,
your
renown, O LORD, through all generations.
14
For
the LORD will vindicate his people
and
have compassion on his servants.
15
The
idols of the nations are silver and gold,
made
by the hands of men.
16
They
have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes,
but they cannot see;
17
they
have ears, but cannot hear,
nor
is there breath in their mouths.
18
Those
who make them will be like them,
and
so will all who trust in them.
19
O
house of Israel, praise the LORD;
O
house of Aaron, praise the LORD;
20
O
house of Levi, praise the LORD;
you
who fear him, praise the LORD.
21
Praise
be to the LORD from Zion,
to
him who dwells in Jerusalem.
Praise
the LORD. [9]
PROVERBS: 15
15
1
A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but
a harsh word stirs up anger.
2
The
tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but
the mouth of the fool gushes folly.
3
The
eyes of the LORD are everywhere,
keeping
watch on the wicked and the good.
4
The
tongue that brings healing is a tree of life,
but
a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
5
A
fool spurns his father's discipline,
but
whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
6
The
house of the righteous contains great treasure,
but
the income of the wicked brings them trouble.
7
The
lips of the wise spread knowledge;
not
so the hearts of fools.
8
The
LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked,
but
the prayer of the upright pleases him.
9
The
LORD detests the way of the wicked
but
he loves those who pursue righteousness.
10
Stern
discipline awaits him who leaves the path;
he
who hates correction will die.
11
Death
and DestructionA lie open before the LORD--
how
much more the hearts of men! [10]
12
A
mocker resents correction;
he
will not consult the wise.
13
A
happy heart makes the face cheerful,
but
heartache crushes the spirit.
14
The
discerning heart seeks knowledge,
but
the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
15
All
the days of the oppressed are wretched,
but
the cheerful heart has a continual feast.
16
Better
a little with the fear of the LORD
than
great wealth with turmoil.
17
Better
a meal of vegetables where there is love
than
a fattened calf with hatred.
18
A
hot-tempered man stirs up dissension,
but
a patient man calms a quarrel.
19
The
way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,
but
the path of the upright is a highway.
20
A
wise son brings joy to his father,
but
a foolish man despises his mother.
21
Folly
delights a man who lacks judgment,
but
a man of understanding keeps a straight course.
22
Plans
fail for lack of counsel,
but
with many advisers they succeed. [11]
23
A
man finds joy in giving an apt reply--
and
how good is a timely word!
24
The
path of life leads upward for the wise
to
keep him from going down to the grave. B
25
The
LORD tears down the proud man's house
but
he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.
26
The
LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked,
but
those of the pure are pleasing to him.
27
A
greedy man brings trouble to his family,
but
he who hates bribes will live.
28
The
heart of the righteous weighs its answers,
but
the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
29
The
LORD is far from the wicked
but
he hears the prayer of the righteous.
30
A
cheerful look brings joy to the heart,
and
good news gives health to the bones.
31
He
who listens to a life-giving rebuke
will
be at home among the wise.
32
He
who ignores discipline despises himself,
but
whoever heeds correction gains understanding. [12]
33
The
fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, C
OLD
TESTAMENT: GENESIS 8:1 - 10:32
8
1
But
God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with
him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.
2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had
been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. 3 The
water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days
the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh
month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 The waters
continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth
month the tops of the mountains became visible.
6
After
forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark 7 and sent
out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from
the earth.
8
Then
he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the
ground. 9 But the dove could find no place to set its feet because
there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the
ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in
the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove
from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there
in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had
receded from the earth. 12 He waited seven more days and sent the
dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
13
By
the first day of the first month of Noah's six hundred and first year, the water
had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw
that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day
of the second month the earth was completely dry.
15
Then
God said to Noah, 16"Come out of the
ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with
you--the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the
ground--so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number
upon it."
18
So
Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives. 19
All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all
the birds--everything that moves on the earth--came out of the ark, one kind
after another.
20
Then
Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and
clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. 21 The LORD smelled
the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again
will I curse the ground because of man, even though A every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And
never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
22
"As long as the earth endures,
seedtime
and harvest,
cold
and heat,
summer
and winter,
[15]
day
and night
will
never cease."
9
1
Then
God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be
fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread
of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air,
upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the
sea; they are given into your hands. 3
Everything that lives and moves will be
food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4
"But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in
it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I
will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will
demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.
6
"Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by
man shall his blood be shed;
for
in the image of God
has
God made man.
7 As
for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase
upon it."
8
Then
God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 "I now establish my covenant with you and with your
descendants after you 10
and with every living creature that was
with you--the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came
out of the ark with you--every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my
covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a
flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."
12
And
God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am
making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all
generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign
of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 Whenever
I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
15 I will
remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind.
Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it
and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of
every kind on the earth."
17
So
God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I
have established between me and all life on the earth."
18 The
sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the
father of Canaan.)
19 These
were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered
over the earth.
20 Noah,
a man of the soil, proceeded A
to plant a vineyard.
21 When he
drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his
tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and
told his two brothers outside. 23
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and
laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their
father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not
see their father's nakedness.
24 When
Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to
him,
25 he
said,
"Cursed
be Canaan!
The
lowest of slaves
will
he be to his brothers."
26
He
also said,
"Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem!
May
Canaan be the slave of Shem.
B 27 May God extend the territory of Japheth
C;
may
Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and
may Canaan be his D
slave."
28
After
the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Altogether, Noah lived 950 years,
and then he died.
10
1
This
is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah's sons, who themselves had sons
after the flood.
2
The
sonsA of Japheth:
Gomer,
Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.
3
The
sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz,
Riphath and Togarmah.
4
The
sons of Javan: [17]
Elishah,
Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanim. B 5 (From these the
maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their
nations, each with its own language.)
6
The
sons of Ham:
Cush,
Mizraim, C Put and Canaan.
7
The
sons of Cush:
Seba,
Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca.
The
sons of Raamah:
Sheba
and Dedan.
8
Cush
was the father D of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the
earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is
said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD." 10 The first
centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in E
Shinar. F 11 From that land he went to Assyria, where he
built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, G
Calah 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; that
is the great city.
13
Mizraim
was the father of
the
Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14 Pathrusites, Casluhites
(from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
15
Canaan
was the father of
Sidon
his firstborn, H and of the Hittites, 16 Jebusites,
Amorites, Girgashites, 17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 18
Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
Later
the Canaanite clans scattered 19 and the borders of Canaan reached
from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah
and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
20
These
are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and
nations.
21
Sons
were also born to Shem, whose older brother was I Japheth; Shem was
the ancestor of all the sons of Eber. [18]
22
The
sons of Shem:
Elam,
Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
23
The
sons of Aram:
Uz,
Hul, Gether and Meshech. J
24
Arphaxad
was the father of K Shelah,
and
Shelah the father of Eber.
25
Two
sons were born to Eber:
One
was named Peleg, L because in his time the earth was divided; his
brother was named Joktan.
26
Joktan
was the father of
Almodad,
Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28
Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these
were sons of Joktan.
30
The
region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill
country.
31
These
are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and
nations.
32
These
are the clans of Noah's sons, according to their lines of descent, within their
nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood. [19]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 4:12 -
25
12
When
Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee.
13
Leaving
Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of
Zebulun and Naphtali—14 to fulfill what was said through the prophet
Isaiah:
15
"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
the
way to the sea, along the Jordan,
Galilee
of the Gentiles--
16 the
people living in darkness
have
seen a great light;
on
those living in the land of the shadow of death
a
light has dawned."
E
17
From
that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is near."
18
As
Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called
Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they
were fishermen. 19 "Come, follow
me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers
of men." 20 At once they left their nets and followed him.
21
Going
on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother
John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus
called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father
and followed him.
23
Jesus
went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news
of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
24
News
about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with
various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having
seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. 25 Large crowds from
Galilee, the Decapolis, F Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the
Jordan followed him. [20]
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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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