Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER
15
PSALMS:
15, 45, 75, 105,
135
PROVERBS: 15
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 19:16 - 21:21
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 23:13 -
39
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.
27They
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 Destruction A 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: EXODUS 19:16 - 21:21
16
On
the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud
over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.
17
Then
Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the
foot of the mountain. 18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because
the LORD descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from
a furnace, the whole mountain B trembled violently, 19and
the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder. Then Moses spoke and the voice
of God answered him. C
20
The
LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the
mountain. So Moses went up 21 and the LORD said to him, "Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way
through to see the LORD and many of them perish. 22 Even the priests,
who approach the LORD, must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out
against them."
23
Moses
said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, because you yourself
warned us, `Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.'"
24
The
LORD replied, "Go down and bring Aaron up with you.
But the priests and the people must not force their way through to come up to
the LORD, or he will break out against them."
25
So
Moses went down to the people and told them.
20
1
And
God spoke all these words:
2
"I am the LORD
your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3
"You shall have no
other gods before A me.
4
"You shall not
make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the
earth beneath or in the waters below.
5 You shall not bow down to them or worship
them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the
fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 but showing love to a thousand generations
of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7
"You shall not
misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless
who misuses his name.
8
"Remember the
Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
9 Six days you shall labor and do all your
work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the
LORD your God. On it you shall not
do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor [15] the alien within
your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens
and the earth, the sea, and all that
is in them, but he rested on the
seventh day. Therefore the LORD
blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12
"Honor your father
and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the
LORD your God is giving you.
13" You shall not
murder.
14
"You shall not
commit adultery.
15
"You shall not
steal.
16
"You shall not
give false testimony against your neighbor.
17
"You shall not
covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's
wife, or his manservant or
maidservant, his ox or donkey, or
anything that belongs to your neighbor."
18
When
the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the
mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance 19
and said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not
have God speak to us or we will die."
20
Moses
said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the
fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning."
21
The
people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where
God was.
22
Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites this:
`You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven:
23 Do not make any gods to be
alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.
24
"`Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt
offerings and fellowship offerings, B your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my
name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with
dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.
26 And do not go up to my altar on
steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.'
21
1
"These are the laws you are to set before them:
2
"If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six
years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything.
3 If he comes alone, he is to go
free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him.
4 If his master gives him a wife and
she bears him [16] sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong
to her master, and only the man shall go free.
5
"But if the servant declares, `I love my master and my wife
and children and do not want to go free,' 6 then his master must
take him before the judges. A He
shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then
he will be his servant for life.
7
"If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go
free as menservants do. 8 If she
does not please the master who has selected her for himself,
B he must let her be redeemed. He
has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.
9 If he selects her for his son, he
must grant her the rights of a daughter. 10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first
one of her food, clothing and marital rights. 11 If he does not provide her with these three things, she is
to go free, without any payment of money.
12
"Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put
to death. 13 However, if he does not
do it intentionally, but God lets it happen, he is to flee to a place I will
designate. 14 But if a man schemes
and kills another man deliberately, take him away from my altar and put him to
death.
15
"Anyone who attacks C his father or his mother must be put to death.
16
"Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has
him when he is caught must be put to death.
17
"Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.
18
"If men quarrel and one hits the other with a stone or with
his fist D and he does not die but
is confined to bed, 19 the one who
struck the blow will not be held responsible if the other gets up and walks
around outside with his staff; however, he must pay the injured man for the loss
of his time and see that he is completely healed.
20
"If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the
slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, 21 but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a
day or two, since the slave is his property. [17]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 23:13 -
39
13
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not
enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. C
15
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he
becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
16
"Woe to you, blind guides! You say, `If anyone swears by the
temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is
bound by his oath.' 17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple
that makes the gold sacred? 18
You also say, `If anyone swears by the
altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by
his oath.' 19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that
makes the gift sacred? 20
Therefore, he who swears by the altar
swears by it and by everything on it. 21
And he who swears by the temple swears by
it and by the one who dwells in it. 22
And he who swears by heaven swears by
God's throne and by the one who sits on it.
23
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cummin. But you have
neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and
faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the
former. 24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full
of greed and self-indulgence. 26
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of
the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
27
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside
but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean.
28 In the
same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you
are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the
righteous. 30 And you say, `If we had lived in the days of our
forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the
prophets.' 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the
descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the
measure of the sin of your forefathers!
33
"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being
condemned to hell?
34
Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you
will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from
town to town. 35
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth,
from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom
you murdered between the temple and the altar.
37
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone
those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as
a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.
38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39 For I tell you, you will not see
me again until you say, `Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'
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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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