Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
DECEMBER
19
PSALMS:
19, 49, 79, 109,
139
PROVERBS: 19
OLD
TESTAMENT: NUMBERS 14:1 -
15:16
NEW
TESTAMENT: MARK 14:53 -
72
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 drivenD 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 be F 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.
1
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: NUMBERS 14:1 -
15:16
14
1
That
night all the people of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. 2
All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole
assembly said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert! 3
Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword?
Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to
go back to Egypt?" 4 And they said to each other, "We should choose a
leader and go back to Egypt."
5
Then
Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered
there. 6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among
those who had explored the land, tore their clothes 7 and said to the
entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is
exceedingly good. 8 If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us
into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
9 Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the
people of the land, because we will swallow them up. Their protection is gone,
but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them."
10
But
the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD
appeared at the Tent of Meeting to all the Israelites. 11 The LORD
said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me
with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the
miraculous signs I have performed among them? 12 I will strike them
down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater
and stronger than they."
13
Moses
said to the LORD, "Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you
brought these people up from among them. 14 And they will tell the
inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, O LORD, are
with these people and that you, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that your
cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day
and a pillar of fire by night. 15 If you put these people to death
all at one time, the nations who have heard this report about you will say,
16 `The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he
promised them on oath; so he slaughtered them in the desert.'
17
"Now
may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 18
`The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and
rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children
for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.' 19 In
accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you
have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now."
20
The
LORD replied, "I have forgiven them, as you
asked. 21 Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory
of the LORD fills the whole earth, 22
not one of the men who saw my glory and
the miraculous signs I performed in Egypt and in the desert but who disobeyed me
and tested me ten times—23
not one of them will ever see the land I
promised on oath to their forefathers. No one who has treated me with contempt
will ever see it. 24 But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and
follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his
descendants will inherit it. 25
Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are
living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along
the route to the Red Sea. A" [15]
26
The
LORD said to Moses and Aaron: 27 "How long
will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of
these grumbling Israelites. 28
So tell them, `As surely as I live,
declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say:
29 In this
desert your bodies will fall--every one of you twenty years old or more who was
counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will
enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of
Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31
As for your children that you said would
be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have
rejected. 32 But you--your bodies will fall in this desert.
33 Your
children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your
unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the desert.
34 For
forty years--one year for each of the forty days you explored the land--you will
suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.'
35 I, the
LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked
community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in
this desert; here they will die."
36
So
the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole
community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it—37
these men responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were
struck down and died of a plague before the LORD. 38 Of the men who
went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh
survived.
39
When
Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly. 40
Early the next morning they went up toward the high hill country. "We have
sinned," they said. "We will go up to the place the LORD promised."
41
But
Moses said, "Why are you disobeying the LORD's command? This will not succeed!
42 Do not go up, because the LORD is not with you. You will be
defeated by your enemies, 43 for the Amalekites and Canaanites will
face you there. Because you have turned away from the LORD, he will not be with
you and you will fall by the sword."
44
Nevertheless,
in their presumption they went up toward the high hill country, though neither
Moses nor the ark of the LORD's covenant moved from the camp. 45 Then
the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and
attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.
15
1
The
LORD said to Moses, 2 "Speak to the
Israelites and say to them: `After you enter the land I am giving you as a home
3 and you present to the LORD offerings made by fire, from the
herd or the flock, as an aroma pleasing to the LORD--whether burnt offerings or
sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings or festival
offerings—4 then the one who brings his offering shall present to the
LORD a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah A of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin
B of oil. 5 With each lamb for
the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of [16] wine as a drink offering.
6
"`With a ram prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an
ephah C of fine flour mixed with a
third of a hin D of oil,
7 and a
third of a hin of wine as a drink offering. Offer it as an aroma pleasing to the
LORD.
8
"`When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or
sacrifice, for a special vow or a fellowship offering E to the LORD, 9
bring with the bull a grain offering of
three-tenths of an ephah F of fine
flour mixed with half a hin G of oil. 10 Also bring half a
hin of wine as a drink offering. It will be an offering made by fire, an aroma
pleasing to the LORD.
11 Each
bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this
manner.
12 Do this
for each one, for as many as you prepare.
13
"`Everyone who is native-born must do these things in this way
when he brings an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
14 For the
generations to come, whenever an alien or anyone else living among you presents
an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, he must do exactly as
you do. 15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the
alien living among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.
You and the alien shall be the same before the LORD: 16 The same laws and
regulations will apply both to you and to the alien living among you.'"
[17]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MARK 14:53 -
72
53
They
took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, elders and teachers of
the law came together. 54 Peter followed him at a distance, right
into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed
himself at the fire.
55
The
chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so
that they could put him to death, but they did not find any. 56 Many
testified falsely against him, but their statements did not agree.
57
Then
some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: 58 "We heard
him say, `I will destroy this man-made temple and in
three days will build another, not made by man.'“ 59 Yet even
then their testimony did not agree.
60
Then
the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Are you not going to
answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?" 61
But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.
Again
the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, F the Son of the
Blessed One?"
62
"I am," said Jesus. "And you
will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming
on the clouds of heaven."
63
The
high priest tore his clothes. "Why do we need any more witnesses?" he asked.
64
"You
have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?"
They
all condemned him as worthy of death. 65 Then some began to spit at
him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!"
And the guards took him and beat him.
66
While
Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest
came by. 67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at
him.
"You
also were with that Nazarene, Jesus," she said.
68
But
he denied it. "I don't know or understand what you're talking about," he said,
and went out into the entryway. G
69
When
the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, "This
fellow is one of them." 70 Again he denied it.
After
a little while, those standing near said to Peter, "Surely you are one of them,
for you are a Galilean."
71
He
began to call down curses on himself, and he swore to them, "I don't know this
man you're talking about."
72
Immediately
the rooster crowed the second time. H Then Peter remembered the word
Jesus had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows
twice I you will disown me three
times." And he broke down and wept. [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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