Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
OCTOBER
27
PSALMS: 27, 57, 87, 117,
147
PROVERBS: 27
OLD
TESTAMENT: GENESIS 32:13 - 34:31
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 11:7 -
30
Psalms
27
Of
David.
1
The
LORD is my light and my salvation--
whom
shall I fear?
The
LORD is the stronghold of my life--
of
whom shall I be afraid?
2
When
evil men advance against me
to
devour my flesh, A
when
my enemies and my foes attack me,
they
will stumble and fall.
3
Though
an army besiege me,
my
heart will not fear;
though
war break out against me,
even
then will I be confident.
4
One
thing I ask of the LORD,
this
is what I seek:
that
I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all
the days of my life,
to
gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and
to seek him in his temple.
5
For
in the day of trouble
he
will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he
will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and
set me high upon a rock.
6
Then
my head will be exalted
above
the enemies who surround me;
at
his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy;
I
will sing and make music to the LORD.
[1]
7
Hear
my voice when I call, O LORD;
be
merciful to me and answer me.
8
My
heart says of you, "Seek his B face!"
Your
face, LORD, I will seek.
9
Do
not hide your face from me,
do
not turn your servant away in anger;
you
have been my helper.
Do
not reject me or forsake me,
O
God my Savior.
10
Though
my father and mother forsake me,
the
LORD will receive me.
11
Teach
me your way, O LORD;
lead
me in a straight path
because
of my oppressors.
12
Do
not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for
false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing
out violence.
13
I
am still confident of this:
I
will see the goodness of the LORD
in
the land of the living.
14
Wait
for the LORD;
be
strong and take heart
and
wait for the LORD.
PSALMS: 57
1
Have
mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,
for
in you my soul takes refuge.
I
will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until
the disaster has passed.
2
I
cry out to God Most High,
to
God, who fulfills his purpose for me.
3
He
sends from heaven and saves me,
rebuking
those who hotly pursue me;
Selah
God
sends his love and his faithfulness.
4
I
am in the midst of lions;
I
lie among ravenous beasts--
men
whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose
tongues are sharp swords.
5
Be
exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let
your glory be over all the earth.
6
They
spread a net for my feet--
I
was bowed down in distress.
They
dug a pit in my path--
but
they have fallen into it themselves.
Selah [2]
7
My
heart is steadfast, O God,
my
heart is steadfast;
I
will sing and make music.
8
Awake,
my soul!
Awake,
harp and lyre!
I
will awaken the dawn.
9
I
will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I
will sing of you among the peoples.
10
For
great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your
faithfulness reaches to the skies.
11
Be
exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let
your glory be over all the earth. [3]
PSALMS: 87
Of
the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.
1
He
has set his foundation on the holy mountain;
2
the
LORD loves the gates of Zion
more
than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3
Glorious
things are said of you,
O
city of God:
Selah
4
"I will record Rahab A and Babylon
among
those who acknowledge me--
Philistia
too, and Tyre, along with Cush B--
and
will say, `This C
one was born in Zion.'"
5
Indeed,
of Zion it will be said,
"This one and that one were born in
her,
and
the Most High himself will establish her."
6
The
LORD will write in the register of the peoples:
"This one was born in Zion."
Selah
7
As
they make music they will sing,
"All my fountains are in you." [4]
PSALMS: 117
1
Praise
the LORD, all you nations;
extol
him, all you peoples.
2
For
great is his love toward us,
and
the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.
Praise
the LORD. A [5]
PSALMS: 147
1
Praise
the LORD. A
How
good it is to sing praises to our God,
how
pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2
The
LORD builds up Jerusalem;
he
gathers the exiles of Israel.
3
He
heals the brokenhearted
and
binds up their wounds.
4
He
determines the number of the stars
and
calls them each by name.
5
Great
is our Lord and mighty in power;
his
understanding has no limit.
6
The
LORD sustains the humble
but
casts the wicked to the ground.
7
Sing
to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make
music to our God on the harp.
8
He
covers the sky with clouds;
he
supplies the earth with rain
and
makes grass grow on the hills.
9
He
provides food for the cattle
and
for the young ravens when they call.
10
His
pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor
his delight in the legs of a man;
11
the
LORD delights in those who fear him,
who
put their hope in his unfailing love. [6]
12
Extol
the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise
your God, O Zion,
13
for
he strengthens the bars of your gates
and
blesses your people within you.
14
He
grants peace to your borders
and
satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15
He
sends his command to the earth;
his
word runs swiftly.
16
He
spreads the snow like wool
and
scatters the frost like ashes.
17
He
hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who
can withstand his icy blast?
18
He
sends his word and melts them;
he
stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19
He
has revealed his word to Jacob,
his
laws and decrees to Israel.
20
He
has done this for no other nation;
they
do not know his laws.
Praise
the LORD. [7]
PROVERBS: 27
27
1
Do not boast about tomorrow,
for
you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2
Let
another praise you, and not your own mouth;
someone
else, and not your own lips.
3
Stone
is heavy and sand a burden,
but
provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
4
Anger
is cruel and fury overwhelming,
but
who can stand before jealousy?
5
Better
is open rebuke
than
hidden love.
6
Wounds
from a friend can be trusted,
but
an enemy multiplies kisses.
7
He
who is full loathes honey,
but
to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8
Like
a bird that strays from its nest
is
a man who strays from his home.
9
Perfume
and incense bring joy to the heart,
and
the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest
counsel.
10
Do
not forsake your friend and the friend of your father,
and
do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes
you--
better
a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
11
Be
wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;
then
I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt. [8]
12
The
prudent see danger and take refuge,
but
the simple keep going and suffer for it.
13
Take
the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold
it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
14
If
a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning,
it
will be taken as a curse.
15
A
quarrelsome wife is like
a
constant dripping on a rainy day;
16
restraining
her is like restraining the wind
or
grasping oil with the hand.
17
As
iron sharpens iron,
so
one man sharpens another.
18
He
who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and
he who looks after his master will be honored.
19
As
water reflects a face,
so
a man's heart reflects the man.
20
Death
and Destruction A are never satisfied,
and
neither are the eyes of man.
21
The
crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but
man is tested by the praise he receives.
22
Though
you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding
him like grain with a pestle,
you
will not remove his folly from him. [9]
23
Be
sure you know the condition of your flocks,
give
careful attention to your herds;
24
for
riches do not endure forever,
and
a crown is not secure for all generations.
25
When
the hay is removed and new growth appears
and
the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26
the
lambs will provide you with clothing,
and
the goats with the price of a field.
27
You
will have plenty of goats' milk
to
feed you and your family
and
to nourish your servant girls. [10]
OLD
TESTAMENT: GENESIS 32:13 - 34:31
13
He
spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his
brother Esau: 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two
hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty female camels with their
young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.
16 He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and
said to his servants, "Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds."
17
He
instructed the one in the lead: "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, `To
whom do you belong, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in
front of you?' 18 then you are to say, `They belong to your servant
Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.' "
19
He
also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds:
"You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him. 20 And be
sure to say, `Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.'" For he thought, "I will
pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him,
perhaps he will receive me." 21 So Jacob's gifts went on ahead of
him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
22
That
night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven
sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them
across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was
left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the
man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so
that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the
man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak."
But
Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
27
The
man asked him, "What is your name?"
"Jacob,"
he answered.
28
Then
the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but
Israel, E because you have struggled
with God and with men and have overcome."
29
Jacob
said, "Please tell me your name."
But
he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he
blessed him there.
30
So
Jacob called the place Peniel, F saying, "It is because I saw God
face to face, and yet my life was spared."
31
The
sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, G and he was limping because
of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the
tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was
touched near the tendon.[11]
33
1
Jacob
looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided
the children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants. 2 He put
the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and
Rachel and Joseph in the rear. 3 He himself went on ahead and bowed
down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
4
But
Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and
kissed him. And they wept. 5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women
and children. "Who are these with you?" he asked.
Jacob
answered, "They are the children God has graciously given your servant."
6
Then
the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down. 7
Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph
and Rachel, and they too bowed down.
8
Esau
asked, "What do you mean by all these droves I met?"
"To
find favor in your eyes, my lord," he said.
9
But
Esau said, "I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself."
10
"No,
please!" said Jacob. "If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from
me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have
received me favorably. 11 Please accept the present that was brought
to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need." And because
Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.
12
Then
Esau said, "Let us be on our way; I'll accompany you."
13
But
Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must
care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard
just one day, all the animals will die. 14 So let my lord go on ahead
of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the droves before me
and that of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir."
15
Esau
said, "Then let me leave some of my men with you."
"But
why do that?" Jacob asked. "Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord."
16
So
that day Esau started on his way back to Seir. 17 Jacob, however,
went to Succoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his
livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth. A
18After
Jacob came from Paddan Aram, B he arrived safely at the C
city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city. 19 For
a hundred pieces of silver, D he bought from the sons of Hamor, the
father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent. 20
There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel. E [12]
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1
Now
Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the
land. 2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area,
saw her, he took her and violated her. 3 His heart was drawn to Dinah
daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. 4
And Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl as my wife."
5
When
Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the
fields with his livestock; so he kept quiet about it until they came home.
6
Then
Shechem's father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob. 7 Now Jacob's
sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They
were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had done a disgraceful thing in
A Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter--a thing that should not be
done.
8
But
Hamor said to them, "My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please
give her to him as his wife. 9 Intermarry with us; give us your
daughters and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 You can settle
among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade B in it, and
acquire property in it."
11
Then
Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes,
and I will give you whatever you ask. 12 Make the price for the bride
and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I'll pay whatever you ask
me. Only give me the girl as my wife."
13
Because
their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob's sons replied deceitfully as they
spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor. 14 They said to them, "We
can't do such a thing; we can't give our sister to a man who is not circumcised.
That would be a disgrace to us. 15 We will give our consent to you on
one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.
16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for
ourselves. We'll settle among you and become one people with you. 17
But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we'll take our sister
C and go."
18
Their
proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. 19 The young man,
who was the most honored of all his father's household, lost no time in doing
what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. 20 So
Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to their
fellow townsmen. 21 "These men are friendly toward us," they said.
"Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for
them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours. 22 But
the men will consent to live with us as one people only on the condition that
our males be circumcised, as they themselves are. 23 Won't their
livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us
give our consent to them, and they will settle among us."
24
All
the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and
every male in the city was circumcised.
25
Three
days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon
and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting
city, killing every male. 26 They put Hamor and his son Shechem to
the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house [13]
and left. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted
the city where D their sister had been defiled. 28 They
seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the
city and out in the fields. 29 They carried off all their wealth and
all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.
30
Then
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me a
stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are
few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my
household will be destroyed."
31
But
they replied, "Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?" [14]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 11:7 -
30
7
As
John's disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John:
"What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed
swayed by the wind? 8 If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine
clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings' palaces.
9 Then
what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a
prophet. 10 This is the one about whom it is written:
"`I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who
will prepare your way before you.'
C
11 I
tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater
than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater
than he.
12 From
the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been
forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.
13 For all the Prophets and the Law
prophesied until John. 14 And if you
are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. 15 He who has ears, let
him hear.
16
"To what can I compare this generation? They are like
children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
17
"`We played the flute for you,
and
you did not dance;
we
sang a dirge,
and
you did not mourn.'
18
For
John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, `He has a demon.'
19 The Son
of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, `Here is a glutton and a
drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."' But wisdom is proved right by her actions."
20
Then
Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles had been
performed, because they did not repent. 21 "Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles
that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have
repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it
will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for
you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No,
you will go down to the depths. D If
the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would
have remained to this day. 24
But I tell you that it will be more
bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."
25
At
that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and
learned, [15] and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for
this was your good pleasure.
27
"All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one
knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and
those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and
humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy
and my burden is light." [16]
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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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