Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER
10
PSALMS: 10,
40, 70, 100, 130
PROVERBS: 10
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 10:1 - 12:13
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 20:1 -
28
PSALMS: 10
1
Why,
A O LORD, do you stand far off?
Why
do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2
In
his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
who
are caught in the schemes he devises.
3
He
boasts of the cravings of his heart;
he
blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
4
In
his pride the wicked does not seek him;
in
all his thoughts there is no room for God.
5
His
ways are always prosperous;
he
is haughty and your laws are far from him;
he
sneers at all his enemies.
6
He
says to himself, "Nothing will shake me;
I'll
always be happy and never have trouble."
7
His
mouth is full of curses and lies and threats;
trouble
and evil are under his tongue.
8
He
lies in wait near the villages;
from
ambush he murders the innocent,
watching
in secret for his victims.
9
He
lies in wait like a lion in cover;
he
lies in wait to catch the helpless;
he
catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
10
His
victims are crushed, they collapse;
they
fall under his strength.
11
He
says to himself, "God has forgotten;
he
covers his face and never sees." [1]
12
Arise,
LORD! Lift up your hand, O God.
Do
not forget the helpless.
13
Why
does the wicked man revile God?
Why
does he say to himself,
"He
won't call me to account"?
14
But
you, O God, do see trouble and grief;
you
consider it to take it in hand.
The
victim commits himself to you;
you
are the helper of the fatherless.
15
Break
the arm of the wicked and evil man;
call
him to account for his wickedness
that
would not be found out.
16
The
LORD is King for ever and ever;
the
nations will perish from his land.
17
You
hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted;
you
encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
18
defending
the fatherless and the oppressed,
in
order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more. [2]
PSALMS: 40
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1
I
waited patiently for the LORD;
he
turned to me and heard my cry.
2
He
lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out
of the mud and mire;
he
set my feet on a rock
and
gave me a firm place to stand.
3
He
put a new song in my mouth,
a
hymn of praise to our God.
Many
will see and fear
and
put their trust in the LORD.
4
Blessed
is the man
who
makes the LORD his trust,
who
does not look to the proud,
to
those who turn aside to false gods. A
5
Many,
O LORD my God,
are
the wonders you have done.
The
things you planned for us
no
one can recount to you;
were
I to speak and tell of them,
they
would be too many to declare.
6
Sacrifice
and offering you did not desire,
but
my ears you have pierced BC;
burnt
offerings and sin offerings
you
did not require.
7
Then
I said, "Here I am, I have come--
it
is written about me in the scroll. D [3]
8
I
desire to do your will, O my God;
your
law is within my heart."
9
I
proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
I
do not seal my lips,
as
you know, O LORD.
10
I
do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I
speak of your faithfulness and salvation.
I
do not conceal your love and your truth
from
the great assembly.
11
Do
not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD;
may
your love and your truth always protect me.
12
For
troubles without number surround me;
my
sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.
They
are more than the hairs of my head,
and
my heart fails within me.
13
Be
pleased, O LORD, to save me;
O
LORD, come quickly to help me.
14
May
all who seek to take my life
be
put to shame and confusion;
may
all who desire my ruin
be
turned back in disgrace.
15
May
those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"
be
appalled at their own shame.
16
But
may all who seek you
rejoice
and be glad in you;
may
those who love your salvation always say,
"The
LORD be exalted!" [4]
17
Yet
I am poor and needy;
may
the Lord think of me.
You
are my help and my deliverer;
O
my God, do not delay. [5]
PSALMS: 70
For
the director of music. Of David. A petition.
1
Hasten,
O God, to save me;
O
LORD, come quickly to help me.
2
May
those who seek my life
be
put to shame and confusion;
may
all who desire my ruin
be
turned back in disgrace.
3
May
those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"
turn
back because of their shame.
4
But
may all who seek you
rejoice
and be glad in you;
may
those who love your salvation always say,
"Let
God be exalted!"
5
Yet
I am poor and needy;
come
quickly to me, O God.
You
are my help and my deliverer;
O
LORD, do not delay. [6]
PSALMS: 100
A
psalm. For giving thanks.
1
Shout
for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2
Worship
the LORD with gladness;
come
before him with joyful songs.
3
Know
that the LORD is God.
It
is he who made us, and we are his A;
we
are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4
Enter
his gates with thanksgiving
and
his courts with praise;
give
thanks to him and praise his name.
5
For
the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his
faithfulness continues through all generations. [7]
PSALMS: 130
A
song of ascents.
1
Out
of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
2
O
Lord, hear my voice.
Let
your ears be attentive
to
my cry for mercy.
3
If
you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,
O
Lord, who could stand?
4
But
with you there is forgiveness;
therefore
you are feared.
5
I
wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and
in his word I put my hope.
6
My
soul waits for the Lord
more
than watchmen wait for the morning,
more
than watchmen wait for the morning.
7
O
Israel, put your hope in the LORD,
for
with the LORD is unfailing love
and
with him is full redemption.
8
He
himself will redeem Israel
from
all their sins. [8]
PROVERBS: 10
10
1
The
proverbs of Solomon:
A
wise son brings joy to his father,
but
a foolish son grief to his mother.
2
Ill-gotten
treasures are of no value,
but
righteousness delivers from death.
3
The
LORD does not let the righteous go hungry
but
he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
4
Lazy
hands make a man poor,
but
diligent hands bring wealth.
5
He
who gathers crops in summer is a wise son,
but
he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
6
Blessings
crown the head of the righteous,
but
violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. A
7
The
memory of the righteous will be a blessing,
but
the name of the wicked will rot.
8
The
wise in heart accept commands,
but
a chattering fool comes to ruin.
9
The
man of integrity walks securely,
but
he who takes crooked paths will be found out.
10
He
who winks maliciously causes grief,
and
a chattering fool comes to ruin.
11
The
mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but
violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. [9]
12
Hatred
stirs up dissension,
but
love covers over all wrongs.
13
Wisdom
is found on the lips of the discerning,
but
a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
14
Wise
men store up knowledge,
but
the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
15
The
wealth of the rich is their fortified city,
but
poverty is the ruin of the poor.
16
The
wages of the righteous bring them life,
but
the income of the wicked brings them punishment.
17
He
who heeds discipline shows the way to life,
but
whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
18
He
who conceals his hatred has lying lips,
and
whoever spreads slander is a fool.
19
When
words are many, sin is not absent,
but
he who holds his tongue is wise.
20
The
tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but
the heart of the wicked is of little value.
21
The
lips of the righteous nourish many,
but
fools die for lack of judgment.
22
The
blessing of the LORD brings wealth,
and
he adds no trouble to it. [10]
23
A
fool finds pleasure in evil conduct,
but
a man of understanding delights in wisdom.
24
What
the wicked dreads will overtake him;
what
the righteous desire will be granted.
25
When
the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
but
the righteous stand firm forever.
26
As
vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so
is a sluggard to those who send him.
27
The
fear of the LORD adds length to life,
but
the years of the wicked are cut short.
28
The
prospect of the righteous is joy,
but
the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
29
The
way of the LORD is a refuge for the righteous,
but
it is the ruin of those who do evil.
30
The
righteous will never be uprooted,
but
the wicked will not remain in the land.
31
The
mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but
a perverse tongue will be cut out.
32
The
lips of the righteous know what is fitting,
but
the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse. [11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 10:1 - 12:13
10
1
Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have
hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these
miraculous signs of mine among them 2 that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I
dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and
that you may know that I am the LORD."
3
So
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This
is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: `How long will you refuse to
humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
4 If you refuse to let them go, I
will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. 5 They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be
seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every
tree that is growing in your fields. 6They will fill your houses and those of all your officials
and all the Egyptians--something neither your fathers nor your forefathers have
ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.' " Then Moses
turned and left Pharaoh.
7
Pharaoh's
officials said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people
go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that
Egypt is ruined?"
8
Then
Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. "Go, worship the LORD your God,"
he said. "But just who will be going?"
9
Moses
answered, "We will go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, and
with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the LORD."
10Pharaoh
said, "The LORD be with you--if I let you go, along with your women and
children! Clearly you are bent on evil. A 11No! Have only
the men go; and worship the LORD, since that's what you have been asking for."
Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh's presence.
12
And
the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over
Egypt so that locusts will swarm over the land and devour everything growing in
the fields, everything left by the hail."
13
So
Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the LORD made an east wind blow
across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought
the locusts; 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area
of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of
locusts, nor will there ever be again. 15 They covered all the ground
until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail--everything
growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree
or plant in all the land of Egypt.
16
Pharaoh
quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the LORD your
God and against you. 17 Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the
LORD your God to take this deadly plague away from me."
18
Moses
then left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD. 19 And the LORD changed the
wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them
into the Red Sea. B Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites
go. [12]
21Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward
the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt--darkness that can be
felt." 22So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and
total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. 23No one could see
anyone else or leave his place for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light
in the places where they lived.
24
Then
Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship the LORD. Even your women and
children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind."
25
But
Moses said, "You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present
to the LORD our God. 26 Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof
is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the LORD our
God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the
LORD."
27
But
the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to let them go.
28
Pharaoh
said to Moses, "Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me
again! The day you see my face you will die."
29
"Just
as you say," Moses replied, "I will never appear before you
again."
11
1
Now
the LORD had said to Moses, "I will bring one more
plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and
when he does, he will drive you out completely. 2 Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their
neighbors for articles of silver and gold." 3 (The LORD made
the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly
regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh's officials and by the people.)
4
So
Moses said, "This is what the LORD says: `About
midnight I will go throughout Egypt. 5 Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn
son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl,
who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well.
6 There will be loud wailing
throughout Egypt--worse than there has ever been or ever will be again.
7 But among the Israelites not a dog
will bark at any man or animal.' Then you will know that the LORD makes a
distinction between Egypt and Israel. 8 All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down
before me and saying, `Go, you and all the people who follow you!' After that I
will leave." Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.
9
The
LORD had said to Moses, "Pharaoh will refuse to listen
to you--so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt." 10
Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD
hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his
country. [13]
12
1
The
LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 "This month is to be for you the first month, the first month
of your year. 3 Tell the whole
community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a
lamb A for his family, one for each
household. 4 If any household is too
small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having
taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the
amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. 5
The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may
take them from the sheep or the goats. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,
when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.
7
Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the
doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8
That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with
bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. 9
Do not eat the meat raw or cooked in water, but roast it over the fire--head,
legs and inner parts. 10
Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn
it. 11
This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your
sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the
LORD's Passover.
12
"On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down
every firstborn--both men and animals--and I will bring judgment on all the gods
of Egypt. I am the LORD.
13
The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the
blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike
Egypt.
[14]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 20:1 -
28
20
1
"For
the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to
hire men to work in his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius
for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3
"About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in
the marketplace doing nothing. 4 He
told them, `You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is
right.' 5 So they went.
"He
went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
6
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He
asked them, `Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
7
"`Because no one has hired us,' they answered.
"He
said to them, `You also go and work in my vineyard.'
8" When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his
foreman, `Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last
ones hired and going on to the first.'
9
"The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and
each received a denarius. 10 So when
those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of
them also received a denarius. 11
When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
12`These men who were hired last worked
only one hour,' they said, `and you have made them equal to us who have borne
the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'
13
"But he answered one of them, `Friend, I am not being unfair
to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired
last the same as I gave you. 15
Don't I have the right to do what I want
with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
16
"So the last will be first, and the first will be
last."
17
Now
as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said
to them, 18 "We are going up to Jerusalem,
and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the
law. They will condemn him to death 19
and will turn him over to the Gentiles to
be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to
life!"
20
Then
the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down,
asked a favor of him.
21
"What
is it you want?" he asked.
She
said, "Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the
other at your left in your kingdom."
22
"You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said to
them. "Can you drink the cup I am going to
drink?"
"We
can," they answered. [15]
23
Jesus
said to them, "You will indeed drink from my cup, but
to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those
for whom they have been prepared by my Father."
24
When
the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. 25
Jesus called them together and said, "You know
that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials
exercise authority over them. 26 Not
so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your
servant, 27 and whoever wants to be
first must be your slave—28 just as
the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as
a ransom for many." [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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