Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
OCTOBER
6
PSALMS: 6,
36, 66, 96, 126
PROVERBS: 6
OLD
TESTAMENT: ZECHARIAH 9:1 - 17
NEW
TESTAMENT: REVELATIONS 17:1 -
18
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: ZECHARIAH 9:1 - 17
9
1
The word of the LORD is against the land
of Hadrach
and
will rest upon Damascus--
for
the eyes of men and all the tribes of Israel
are
on the LORD-- A
2
and
upon Hamath too, which borders on it,
and
upon Tyre and Sidon, though they are very skillful.
3
Tyre
has built herself a stronghold;
she
has heaped up silver like dust,
and
gold like the dirt of the streets.
4
But
the Lord will take away her possessions
and
destroy her power on the sea,
and
she will be consumed by fire.
5
Ashkelon
will see it and fear;
Gaza
will writhe in agony,
and
Ekron too, for her hope will wither.
Gaza
will lose her king
and
Ashkelon will be deserted.
6
Foreigners
will occupy Ashdod,
and
I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7
I
will take the blood from their mouths,
the
forbidden food from between their teeth.
Those
who are left will belong to our God
and
become leaders in Judah,
and
Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
8
But
I will defend my house
against
marauding forces.
Never
again will an oppressor overrun my people, [11]
for
now I am keeping watch.
9
Rejoice
greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
Shout,
Daughter of Jerusalem!
See,
your king B comes to you,
righteous
and having salvation,
gentle
and riding on a donkey,
on
a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10
I
will take away the chariots from Ephraim
and
the war-horses from Jerusalem,
and
the battle bow will be broken.
He
will proclaim peace to the nations.
His
rule will extend from sea to sea
and
from the River C to the ends of the earth. D
11
As
for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I
will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
12
Return
to your fortress, O prisoners of hope;
even
now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.
13
I
will bend Judah as I bend my bow
and
fill it with Ephraim.
I
will rouse your sons, O Zion,
against
your sons, O Greece,
and
make you like a warrior's sword. [12]
14
Then
the LORD will appear over them;
his
arrow will flash like lightning.
The
Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet;
he
will march in the storms of the south,
15
and the LORD Almighty will shield them.
They
will destroy
and
overcome with slingstones.
They
will drink and roar as with wine;
they
will be full like a bowl
used
for sprinklingE the corners of the altar.
16
The
LORD their God will save them on that day
as
the flock of his people.
They
will sparkle in his land
like
jewels in a crown.
17
How
attractive and beautiful they will be!
Grain
will make the young men thrive,
and
new wine the young women. [13]
NEW
TESTAMENT: REVELATIONS 17:1 -
18
17
1
One
of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the punishment of the great
prostitute, who sits on many waters. 2 With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and
the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her
adulteries."
3
Then
the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman
sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven
heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet,
and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup
in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.
5 This title was written on her forehead:
MYSTERY
BABYLON
THE GREAT
THE
MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES
AND
OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6
I
saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those
who bore testimony to Jesus.
When
I saw her, I was greatly astonished. 7 Then the angel said to me:
"Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the
mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and
ten horns. 8 The beast, which you
saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his
destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in
the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see
the beast, because he once was, now is not, and yet will come.
9
"This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are
seven hills on which the woman sits. 10 They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the
other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for a little
while. 11 The beast who once was,
and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his
destruction.
12
"The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet
received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along
with the beast. 13 They have one
purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. 14
They will make war against the Lamb, but the
Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings--and with
him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers."
15
Then
the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where
the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.
16 The beast and the ten horns you saw
will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they
will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his
purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until God's words are
fulfilled.
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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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