Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER
19
PSALMS:
19, 49, 79, 109,
139
PROVERBS: 19
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 28:1 - 43
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 25:31 -
26:13
PSALMS: 19
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
The
heavens declare the glory of God;
the
skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2
Day
after day they pour forth speech;
night
after night they display knowledge.
3
There
is no speech or language
where
their voice is not heard. A
4
Their
voice B goes out into all the earth,
their
words to the ends of the world.
In
the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
5
which
is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,
like
a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6
It
rises at one end of the heavens
and
makes its circuit to the other;
nothing
is hidden from its heat.
7
The
law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving
the soul.
The
statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making
wise the simple.
8
The
precepts of the LORD are right,
giving
joy to the heart.
The
commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving
light to the eyes.
9
The
fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring
forever.
The
ordinances of the LORD are sure
and
altogether righteous. [1]
10
They
are more precious than gold,
than
much pure gold;
they
are sweeter than honey,
than
honey from the comb.
11
By
them is your servant warned;
in
keeping them there is great reward.
12
Who
can discern his errors?
Forgive
my hidden faults.
13
Keep
your servant also from willful sins;
may
they not rule over me.
Then
will I be blameless,
innocent
of great transgression.
14
May
the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be
pleasing in your sight,
O
LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. [2]
PSALMS: 49
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1
Hear
this, all you peoples;
listen,
all who live in this world,
2
both
low and high,
rich
and poor alike:
3
My
mouth will speak words of wisdom;
the
utterance from my heart will give understanding.
4
I
will turn my ear to a proverb;
with
the harp I will expound my riddle:
5
Why
should I fear when evil days come,
when
wicked deceivers surround me--
6
those
who trust in their wealth
and
boast of their great riches?
7
No
man can redeem the life of another
or
give to God a ransom for him--
8
the
ransom for a life is costly,
no
payment is ever enough--
9
that
he should live on forever
and
not see decay.
10
For
all can see that wise men die;
the
foolish and the senseless alike perish
and
leave their wealth to others.
11
Their
tombs will remain their houses A forever,
their
dwellings for endless generations,
though
they had B named lands after themselves. [3]
12
But
man, despite his riches, does not endure;
he
is C like the beasts that perish.
13
This
is the fate of those who trust in themselves,
and
of their followers, who approve their sayings.
Selah
14
Like
sheep they are destined for the grave, D
and
death will feed on them.
The
upright will rule over them in the morning;
their
forms will decay in the grave, E
far
from their princely mansions.
15
But
God will redeem my life F from the grave;
he
will surely take me to himself.
Selah
16
Do
not be overawed when a man grows rich,
when
the splendor of his house increases;
17
for
he will take nothing with him when he dies,
his
splendor will not descend with him.
18
Though
while he lived he counted himself blessed--
and
men praise you when you prosper--
19
he
will join the generation of his fathers,
who
will never see the light of life.
20
A
man who has riches without understanding
is
like the beasts that perish. [4]
PSALMS: 79
A
psalm of Asaph.
1
O
God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
they
have defiled your holy temple,
they
have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2
They
have given the dead bodies of your servants
as
food to the birds of the air,
the
flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3
They
have poured out blood like water
all
around Jerusalem,
and
there is no one to bury the dead.
4
We
are objects of reproach to our neighbors,
of
scorn and derision to those around us.
5
How
long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever?
How
long will your jealousy burn like fire?
6
Pour
out your wrath on the nations
that
do not acknowledge you,
on
the kingdoms
that
do not call on your name;
7
for
they have devoured Jacob
and
destroyed his homeland.
8
Do
not hold against us the sins of the fathers;
may
your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for
we are in desperate need.
9
Help
us, O God our Savior,
for
the glory of your name;
deliver
us and forgive our sins
for
your name's sake.
10
Why
should the nations say,
"Where
is their God?" [5]
Before
our eyes, make known among the nations
that
you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
11
May
the groans of the prisoners come before you;
by
the strength of your arm
preserve
those condemned to die.
12
Pay
back into the laps of our neighbors seven times
the
reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.
13
Then
we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will
praise you forever;
from
generation to generation
we
will recount your praise. [6]
PSALMS: 109
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1
O
God, whom I praise,
do
not remain silent,
2
for
wicked and deceitful men
have
opened their mouths against me;
they
have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3
With
words of hatred they surround me;
they
attack me without cause.
4
In
return for my friendship they accuse me,
but
I am a man of prayer.
5
They
repay me evil for good,
and
hatred for my friendship.
6
Appoint
A an evil man B to oppose him;
let
an accuser C stand at his right hand.
7
When
he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and
may his prayers condemn him.
8
May
his days be few;
may
another take his place of leadership.
9
May
his children be fatherless
and
his wife a widow.
10
May
his children be wandering beggars;
may
they be driven D from their ruined homes.
11
May
a creditor seize all he has;
may
strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12
May
no one extend kindness to him
or
take pity on his fatherless children.
13
May
his descendants be cut off, [7]
their
names blotted out from the next generation.
14
May
the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD;
may
the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15
May
their sins always remain before the LORD,
that
he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16
For
he never thought of doing a kindness,
but
hounded to death the poor
and
the needy and the brokenhearted.
17
He
loved to pronounce a curse--
may
it E come on him;
he
found no pleasure in blessing--
may
it beF far from him.
18
He
wore cursing as his garment;
it
entered into his body like water,
into
his bones like oil.
19
May
it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
like
a belt tied forever around him.
20
May
this be the LORD's payment to my accusers,
to
those who speak evil of me.
21
But
you, O Sovereign LORD,
deal
well with me for your name's sake;
out
of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22
For
I am poor and needy,
and
my heart is wounded within me.
23
I
fade away like an evening shadow;
I
am shaken off like a locust.
24
My
knees give way from fasting;
my
body is thin and gaunt.
25
I
am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when
they see me, they shake their heads. [8]
26
Help
me, O LORD my God;
save
me in accordance with your love.
27
Let
them know that it is your hand,
that
you, O LORD, have done it.
28
They
may curse, but you will bless;
when
they attack they will be put to shame,
but
your servant will rejoice.
29
My
accusers will be clothed with disgrace
and
wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30
With
my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD;
in
the great throng I will praise him.
31
For
he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to
save his life from those who condemn him. [9]
PSALMS: 139
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1
O
LORD, you have searched me
and
you know me.
2
You
know when I sit and when I rise;
you
perceive my thoughts from afar.
3
You
discern my going out and my lying down;
you
are familiar with all my ways.
4
Before
a word is on my tongue
you
know it completely, O LORD.
5
You
hem me in--behind and before;
you
have laid your hand upon me.
6
Such
knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too
lofty for me to attain.
7
Where
can I go from your Spirit?
Where
can I flee from your presence?
8
If
I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if
I make my bed in the depths, A you are there.
9
If
I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if
I settle on the far side of the sea,
10
even
there your hand will guide me,
your
right hand will hold me fast.
11
If
I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and
the light become night around me,"
12
even
the darkness will not be dark to you;
the
night will shine like the day,
for
darkness is as light to you. [10]
13
For
you created my inmost being;
you
knit me together in my mother's womb.
14
I
praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your
works are wonderful,
I
know that full well.
15
My
frame was not hidden from you
when
I was made in the secret place.
When
I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16
your
eyes saw my unformed body.
All
the days ordained for me
were
written in your book
before
one of them came to be.
17
How
precious to B me are your thoughts, O God!
How
vast is the sum of them!
18
Were
I to count them,
they
would outnumber the grains of sand.
When
I awake,
I
am still with you.
19
If
only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away
from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20
They
speak of you with evil intent;
your
adversaries misuse your name.
21
Do
I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and
abhor those who rise up against you?
22
I
have nothing but hatred for them;
I
count them my enemies.
23
Search
me, O God, and know my heart;
test
me and know my anxious thoughts.
24
See
if there is any offensive way in me,
and
lead me in the way everlasting. [11]
PROVERBS: 19
19
1
Better a poor man whose walk is blameless
than
a fool whose lips are perverse.
2
It
is not good to have zeal without knowledge,
nor
to be hasty and miss the way.
3
A
man's own folly ruins his life,
yet
his heart rages against the LORD.
4
Wealth
brings many friends,
but
a poor man's friend deserts him.
5
A
false witness will not go unpunished,
and
he who pours out lies will not go free.
6
Many
curry favor with a ruler,
and
everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.
7
A
poor man is shunned by all his relatives--
how
much more do his friends avoid him!
Though
he pursues them with pleading,
they
are nowhere to be found. A
8
He
who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
he
who cherishes understanding prospers.
9
A
false witness will not go unpunished,
and
he who pours out lies will perish.
10
It
is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury--
how
much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11
A
man's wisdom gives him patience;
it
is to his glory to overlook an offense. [12]
12
A
king's rage is like the roar of a lion,
but
his favor is like dew on the grass.
13
A
foolish son is his father's ruin,
and
a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
14
Houses
and wealth are inherited from parents,
but
a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15
Laziness
brings on deep sleep,
and
the shiftless man goes hungry.
16
He
who obeys instructions guards his life,
but
he who is contemptuous of his ways will die.
17
He
who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD,
and
he will reward him for what he has done.
18
Discipline
your son, for in that there is hope;
do
not be a willing party to his death.
19
A
hot-tempered man must pay the penalty;
if
you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
20
Listen
to advice and accept instruction,
and
in the end you will be wise.
21
Many
are the plans in a man's heart,
but
it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.
22
What
a man desires is unfailing love B;
better
to be poor than a liar. [13]
23
The
fear of the LORD leads to life:
Then
one rests content, untouched by trouble.
24
The
sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he
will not even bring it back to his mouth!
25
Flog
a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
rebuke
a discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
26
He
who robs his father and drives out his mother
is
a son who brings shame and disgrace.
27
Stop
listening to instruction, my son,
and
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28
A
corrupt witness mocks at justice,
and
the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
29
Penalties
are prepared for mockers,
and
beatings for the backs of fools. [14]
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 28:1 - 43
28
1
"Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the
Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they
may serve me as priests. 2 Make
sacred garments for your brother Aaron, to give him dignity and honor.
3 Tell all the skilled men to whom I have
given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his
consecration, so he may serve me as priest. 4 These are the garments they are to make: a breastpiece, an
ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban and a sash. They are to make these sacred
garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so they may serve me as
priests. 5 Have them use gold, and
blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
6
"Make the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet
yarn, and of finely twisted linen--the work of a skilled craftsman.
7 It is to
have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be
fastened. 8 Its skillfully woven waistband is to be like it--of one
piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn,
and with finely twisted linen.
9
"Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the
sons of Israel 10 in the order of
their birth--six names on one stone and the remaining six on the other.
11
Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter
engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings
12
and fasten them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the
sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear the names on his shoulders as a memorial before
the LORD.
13 Make gold filigree settings
14 and two braided chains of pure
gold, like a rope, and attach the chains to the settings.
15
"Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions--the work of a
skilled craftsman. Make it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and
scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. 16 It is to be square--a span A long and a span wide--and folded double.
17 Then mount four rows of precious stones
on it. In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz and a beryl;
18 in the second row a turquoise, a
sapphire B and an emerald;
19 in the third row a jacinth, an agate and
an amethyst; 20 in the fourth row a
chrysolite, an onyx and a jasper. C
Mount them in gold filigree settings. 21 There are to be twelve stones, one for each of the names of
the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve
tribes.
22
"For the breastpiece make braided chains of pure gold, like a
rope. 23 Make two gold rings for it
and fasten them to two corners of the breastpiece. 24 Fasten the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of
the breastpiece, 25 and the other
ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of
the ephod at the front.
26
Make two gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece
on the inside edge next to the ephod.
27 Make two more gold rings and attach them
to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the
seam just above the waistband of the ephod. 28 The rings of the breastpiece are to be tied to the rings of
the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband, so that the
breastpiece will not swing out from the ephod.
29
"Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear the names
of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision as a
continuing memorial before the LORD. 30 Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so
they may be over Aaron's heart whenever he [15]enters
the presence of the LORD. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making
decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the LORD.
31
"Make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth,
32 with an opening for the head in its
center. There shall be a woven edge like a collar D around this opening, so that it will not tear.
33 Make pomegranates of blue, purple and
scarlet yarn around the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them.
34 The gold bells and the pomegranates are
to alternate around the hem of the robe. 35 Aaron must wear it when he ministers. The sound of the
bells will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he
comes out, so that he will not die.
36
"Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal:
HOLY TO THE LORD.
37
Fasten a blue cord to it to
attach it to the turban; it is to be on the front of
the turban. 38 It will be on Aaron's
forehead, and he will bear the guilt involved in the sacred gifts the Israelites
consecrate, whatever their gifts may be. It will be on Aaron's forehead
continually so that they will be acceptable to the LORD.
39
"Weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine
linen. The sash is to be the work of an embroiderer. 40 Make tunics, sashes and headbands for Aaron's sons, to give
them dignity and honor. 41 After you
put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint and ordain them.
Consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
42
"Make linen undergarments as a covering for the body,
reaching from the waist to the thigh. 43 Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the
Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that
they will not incur guilt and die.
"This
is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants.
[16]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 25:31 -
26:13
31
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels
with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will
separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the
goats. 33 He will put the sheep on
his right and the goats on his left.
34
"Then the King will say to those on his right, `Come, you who
are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you
since the creation of the world. 35
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me
something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I
was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
37
"Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see
you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and
invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40
"The King will reply, `I tell you the truth, whatever you did
for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
41
"Then he will say to those on his left, `Depart from me, you
who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his
angels. 42 For I was hungry and you
gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
43 I was a stranger and you did not invite
me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and
you did not look after me.'
44" They also will answer, `Lord, when did we see you hungry or
thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help
you?'
45" He will reply, `I tell you the truth, whatever you did not
do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
46" Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the
righteous to eternal life."
26
1
When
Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples, 2
"As you know, the Passover is two days away--and
the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified." [17]
3
Then
the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the
high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, 4 and they plotted to arrest
Jesus in some sly way and kill him. 5 "But not during the Feast,"
they said, "or there may be a riot among the people."
6
While
Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, 7
a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which
she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
8
When
the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked.
9
"This
perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor."
10
Aware
of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering
this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not
always have me. 12 When she poured
this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
13 I tell you the truth, wherever this
gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in
memory of her." [18]
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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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