Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER
14
PSALMS:
14, 44, 74, 104,
134
PROVERBS: 14
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 17:8 - 19:15
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 22:34 -
23:12
PSALMS: 14
For
the director of music. Of David.
1
The
fool A says in his heart,
"There
is no God."
They
are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there
is no one who does good.
2
The
LORD looks down from heaven
on
the sons of men
to
see if there are any who understand,
any
who seek God.
3
All
have turned aside,
they
have together become corrupt;
there
is no one who does good,
not
even one.
4
Will
evildoers never learn--
those
who devour my people as men eat bread
and
who do not call on the LORD?
5
There
they are, overwhelmed with dread,
for
God is present in the company of the righteous.
6
You
evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
but
the LORD is their refuge.
7
Oh,
that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When
the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,
let
Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! [1]
PSALMS: 44
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.
A
1
We
have heard with our ears, O God;
our
fathers have told us
what
you did in their days,
in
days long ago.
2
With
your hand you drove out the nations
and
planted our fathers;
you
crushed the peoples
and
made our fathers flourish.
3
It
was not by their sword that they won the land,
nor
did their arm bring them victory;
it
was your right hand, your arm,
and
the light of your face, for you loved them.
4
You
are my King and my God,
who
decrees B victories for Jacob.
5
Through
you we push back our enemies;
through
your name we trample our foes.
6
I
do not trust in my bow,
my
sword does not bring me victory;
7
but
you give us victory over our enemies,
you
put our adversaries to shame.
8
In
God we make our boast all day long,
and
we will praise your name forever.
Selah
9
But
now you have rejected and humbled us;
you
no longer go out with our armies.
10
You
made us retreat before the enemy,
and
our adversaries have plundered us. [2]
11
You
gave us up to be devoured like sheep
and
have scattered us among the nations.
12
You
sold your people for a pittance,
gaining
nothing from their sale.
13
You
have made us a reproach to our neighbors,
the
scorn and derision of those around us.
14
You
have made us a byword among the nations;
the
peoples shake their heads at us.
15
My
disgrace is before me all day long,
and
my face is covered with shame
16
at
the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,
because
of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
17
All
this happened to us,
though
we had not forgotten you
or
been false to your covenant.
18 Our
hearts had not turned back;
our
feet had not strayed from your path.
19
But
you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals
and
covered us over with deep darkness.
20
If
we had forgotten the name of our God
or
spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21
would
not God have discovered it,
since
he knows the secrets of the heart?
22
Yet
for your sake we face death all day long;
we
are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23
Awake,
O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse
yourself! Do not reject us forever. [3]
24
Why
do you hide your face
and
forget our misery and oppression?
25
We
are brought down to the dust;
our
bodies cling to the ground.
26
Rise
up and help us;
redeem
us because of your unfailing love. [4]
PSALMS: 74
A
maskil A of Asaph.
1
Why
have you rejected us forever, O God?
Why
does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2
Remember
the people you purchased of old,
the
tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed--
Mount
Zion, where you dwelt.
3
Turn
your steps toward these everlasting ruins,
all
this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4
Your
foes roared in the place where you met with us;
they
set up their standards as signs.
5
They
behaved like men wielding axes
to
cut through a thicket of trees.
6
They
smashed all the carved paneling
with
their axes and hatchets.
7
They
burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they
defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
8
They
said in their hearts, "We will crush them completely!"
They
burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
9
We
are given no miraculous signs;
no
prophets are left,
and
none of us knows how long this will be.
10
How
long will the enemy mock you, O God?
Will
the foe revile your name forever?
11
Why
do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
Take
it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
12
But
you, O God, are my king from of old;
you
bring salvation upon the earth. [5]
13
It
was you who split open the sea by your power;
you
broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
14
It
was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan
and
gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.
15
It
was you who opened up springs and streams;
you
dried up the ever flowing rivers.
16
The
day is yours, and yours also the night;
you
established the sun and moon.
17
It
was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
you
made both summer and winter.
18
Remember
how the enemy has mocked you, O LORD,
how
foolish people have reviled your name.
19
Do
not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts;
do
not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
20
Have
regard for your covenant,
because
haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21
Do
not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;
may
the poor and needy praise your name.
22
Rise
up, O God, and defend your cause;
remember
how fools mock you all day long.
23
Do
not ignore the clamor of your adversaries,
the
uproar of your enemies, which rises continually. [6]
PSALMS: 104
1
Praise
the LORD, O my soul.
O
LORD my God, you are very great;
you
are clothed with splendor and majesty.
2
He
wraps himself in light as with a garment;
he
stretches out the heavens like a tent
3
and
lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
He
makes the clouds his chariot
and
rides on the wings of the wind.
4
He
makes winds his messengers, A
flames
of fire his servants.
5
He
set the earth on its foundations;
it
can never be moved.
6
You
covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the
waters stood above the mountains.
7
But
at your rebuke the waters fled,
at
the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
8
they
flowed over the mountains,
they
went down into the valleys,
to
the place you assigned for them.
9
You
set a boundary they cannot cross;
never
again will they cover the earth.
10
He
makes springs pour water into the ravines;
it
flows between the mountains.
11
They
give water to all the beasts of the field;
the
wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12
The
birds of the air nest by the waters;
they
sing among the branches.
13
He
waters the mountains from his upper chambers;
the
earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
14
He
makes grass grow for the cattle,
and
plants for man to cultivate--
bringing
forth food from the earth: [7]
15
wine
that gladdens the heart of man,
oil
to make his face shine,
and
bread that sustains his heart.
16
The
trees of the LORD are well watered,
the
cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17
There
the birds make their nests;
the
stork has its home in the pine trees.
18
The
high mountains belong to the wild goats;
the
crags are a refuge for the coneys. B
19
The
moon marks off the seasons,
and
the sun knows when to go down.
20
You
bring darkness, it becomes night,
and
all the beasts of the forest prowl.
21
The
lions roar for their prey
and
seek their food from God.
22
The
sun rises, and they steal away;
they
return and lie down in their dens.
23
Then
man goes out to his work,
to
his labor until evening.
24
How
many are your works, O LORD!
In
wisdom you made them all;
the
earth is full of your creatures.
25
There
is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming
with creatures beyond number--
living
things both large and small.
26
There
the ships go to and fro,
and
the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there. [8]
27
These
all look to you
to
give them their food at the proper time.
28
When
you give it to them,
they
gather it up;
when
you open your hand,
they
are satisfied with good things.
29
When
you hide your face,
they
are terrified;
when
you take away their breath,
they
die and return to the dust.
30
When
you send your Spirit,
they
are created,
and
you renew the face of the earth.
31
May
the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may
the LORD rejoice in his works--
32
he
who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
who
touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I
will sing to the LORD all my life;
I
will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34
May
my meditation be pleasing to him,
as
I rejoice in the LORD.
35
But
may sinners vanish from the earth
and
the wicked be no more.
Praise
the LORD, O my soul.
Praise
the LORD. C [9]
PSALMS: 134
A
song of ascents.
1
Praise
the LORD, all you servants of the LORD
who
minister by night in the house of the LORD.
2
Lift
up your hands in the sanctuary
and
praise the LORD.
3
May
the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth,
bless
you from Zion. [10]
PROVERBS: 14
14
1
The wise woman builds her house,
but
with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
2
He
whose walk is upright fears the LORD,
but
he whose ways are devious despises him.
3
A
fool's talk brings a rod to his back,
but
the lips of the wise protect them.
4
Where
there are no oxen, the manger is empty,
but
from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.
5
A
truthful witness does not deceive,
but
a false witness pours out lies.
6
The
mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but
knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
7
Stay
away from a foolish man,
for
you will not find knowledge on his lips.
8
The
wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,
but
the folly of fools is deception.
9
Fools
mock at making amends for sin,
but
goodwill is found among the upright.
10
Each
heart knows its own bitterness,
and
no one else can share its joy.
11
The
house of the wicked will be destroyed,
but
the tent of the upright will flourish. [11]
12
There
is a way that seems right to a man,
but
in the end it leads to death.
13
Even
in laughter the heart may ache,
and
joy may end in grief.
14
The
faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,
and
the good man rewarded for his.
15
A
simple man believes anything,
but
a prudent man gives thought to his steps.
16
A
wise man fears the LORD and shuns evil,
but
a fool is hotheaded and reckless.
17
A
quick-tempered man does foolish things,
and
a crafty man is hated.
18
The
simple inherit folly,
but
the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19
Evil
men will bow down in the presence of the good,
and
the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20
The
poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
but
the rich have many friends.
21
He
who despises his neighbor sins,
but
blessed is he who is kind to the needy.
22
Do
not those who plot evil go astray?
But
those who plan what is good find A love and faithfulness. [12]
23
All
hard work brings a profit,
but
mere talk leads only to poverty.
24
The
wealth of the wise is their crown,
but
the folly of fools yields folly.
25
A
truthful witness saves lives,
but
a false witness is deceitful.
26
He
who fears the LORD has a secure fortress,
and
for his children it will be a refuge.
27
The
fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
turning
a man from the snares of death.
28
A
large population is a king's glory,
but
without subjects a prince is ruined.
29
A
patient man has great understanding,
but
a quick-tempered man displays folly.
30
A
heart at peace gives life to the body,
but
envy rots the bones.
31
He
who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,
but
whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
32
When
calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,
but
even in death the righteous have a refuge.
33
Wisdom
reposes in the heart of the discerning
and
even among fools she lets herself be known. B [13]
34
Righteousness
exalts a nation,
but
sin is a disgrace to any people.
35
A
king delights in a wise servant,
but
a shameful servant incurs his wrath. [14]
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 17:8 - 19:15
8
The
Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said
to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow
I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands."
10
So
Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went
to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the
Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were
winning. 12 When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put
it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one on one side,
one on the other--so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 13
So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.
14
Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Write this on a scroll as
something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will
completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."
15
Moses
built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner. 16 He said, "For
hands were lifted up to the throne of the LORD. The C LORD will be at
war against the Amalekites from generation to generation."
18
1
Now
Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God
had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the LORD had brought
Israel out of Egypt.
2
After
Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her
3
and
her two sons. One son was named Gershom, A for Moses said, "I have
become an alien in a foreign land"; 4and the other was named Eliezer,
B for he said, "My father's God was my helper; he saved me from the
sword of Pharaoh."
5
Jethro,
Moses' father-in-law, together with Moses' sons and wife, came to him in the
desert, where he was camped near the mountain of God. 6 Jethro had
sent word to him, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife
and her two sons."
7
So
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They
greeted each other and then went into the tent. 8 Moses told his
father-in-law about everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians
for Israel's sake and about all the hardships they had met along the way and how
the LORD had saved them.
9
Jethro
was delighted to hear about all the good things the LORD had done for Israel in
rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. 10 He said, "Praise be
to the LORD, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and
who rescued the people from the hand of the [15]
Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other
gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly." 12
Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other
sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread
with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God.
13
The
next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood
around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw
all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, "What is this you are doing
for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand
around you from morning till evening?"
15
Moses
answered him, "Because the people come to me to seek God's will.
6
Whenever
they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and
inform them of God's decrees and laws."
17
Moses'
father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good. 18 You and
these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too
heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. 19 Listen now to me and I
will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's
representative before God and bring their disputes to him. 20 Teach
them the decrees and laws, and show them the way to live and the duties they are
to perform. 21 But select capable men from all the people--men who
fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain--and appoint them as officials
over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as
judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to
you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load
lighter, because they will share it with you. 23 If you do this and
God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will
go home satisfied."
24
Moses
listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. 25 He chose
capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over
thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 26 They served as judges for
the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the
simple ones they decided themselves.
27
Then
Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own
country.
19
1
In
the third month after the Israelites left Egypt--on the very day--they came to
the Desert of Sinai. 2 After they set out from Rephidim, they entered
the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the
mountain.
3
Then
Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain and said,
"This is what you are to say to the house of Jacob and
what you are to tell the people of Israel: 4 `You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I
carried you on eagles' wings and brought [16] you to myself. 5
Now if you obey me fully and keep my
covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although
the whole earth is mine, 6 you
A will be for me a kingdom of
priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the
Israelites."
7
So
Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all
the words the LORD had commanded him to speak. 8 The people all
responded together, "We will do everything the LORD has said." So Moses brought
their answer back to the LORD.
9
The
LORD said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a
dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always
put their trust in you." Then Moses told the LORD what the people had
said.
10
And
the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and
consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes
11 and be ready by the third day,
because on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all
the people. 12 Put limits for the
people around the mountain and tell them, `Be careful that you do not go up the
mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be
put to death. 13 He shall surely be
stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on him. Whether man or
animal, he shall not be permitted to live.' Only when the ram's horn sounds a
long blast may they go up to the mountain."
14
After
Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they
washed their clothes.
15
Then
he said to the people, "Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from
sexual relations." [17]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 22:34 -
23:12
34
Hearing
that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35
One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36
"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
37
Jesus
replied: “`Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind.' B
38 This is the first and greatest
commandment. 39 And the second is
like it: `Love your neighbor as yourself.' C
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on
these two commandments."
41
While
the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 "What do you think about the Christ D? Whose son is he?"
"The
son of David," they replied.
43
He
said to them, "How is it then that David, speaking by
the Spirit, calls him `Lord'? For he says,
44
"`The Lord said to my Lord:
"Sit
at my right hand
until
I put your enemies
under
your feet."`
E
45
If then David calls him `Lord,' how can he be his son?"
46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one
dared to ask him any more questions.
23
1
Then
Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses'
seat. 3 So you must obey them and do
everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice
what they preach. 4 They tie up
heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing
to lift a finger to move them.
5
"Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their
phylacteries A wide and the tassels
on their garments long; 6 they love
the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
7 they love to be greeted in the
marketplaces and to have men call them `Rabbi.'
8
"But you are not to be called `Rabbi,' for you have only one
Master and you are all brothers. 9
And do not call anyone on earth `father,'
for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called `teacher,' for you have one
Teacher, the Christ. B
11
The greatest among you will be your servant. 12
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be
exalted.
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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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