Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JANUARY
16
PSALMS: 16, 46, 76, 106,
136
PROVERBS:
16
OLD
TESTAMENT: DEUTERONOMY 31:1 -
32:27
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 12:8 - 34
PSALMS: 16
A
miktam A of David.
1
Keep
me safe, O God,
for
in you I take refuge.
2
I
said to the LORD, "You are my Lord;
apart
from you I have no good thing."
3
As
for the saints who are in the land,
they
are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.
B
4
The
sorrows of those will increase
who
run after other gods.
I
will not pour out their libations of blood
or
take up their names on my lips.
5
LORD,
you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you
have made my lot secure.
6
The
boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely
I have a delightful inheritance.
7
I
will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even
at night my heart instructs me.
8
I
have set the LORD always before me.
Because
he is at my right hand,
I
will not be shaken. [1]
9
Therefore
my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my
body also will rest secure,
10
because
you will not abandon me to the grave, C
nor
will you let your Holy One D see decay.
11
You
have made E known to me the path of life;
you
will fill me with joy in your presence,
with
eternal pleasures at your right hand. [2]
PSALMS: 46
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.
A A song.
1
God
is our refuge and strength,
an
ever-present help in trouble.
2
Therefore
we will not fear, though the earth give way
and
the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3
though
its waters roar and foam
and
the mountains quake with their surging.
Selah
4
There
is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the
holy place where the Most High dwells.
5
God
is within her, she will not fall;
God
will help her at break of day.
6
Nations
are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he
lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7
The
LORD Almighty is with us;
the
God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
8
Come
and see the works of the LORD,
the
desolations he has brought on the earth.
9
He
makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
he
breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
he
burns the shields B with fire.
10
"Be still, and know that I am
God;
I
will be exalted among the nations,
I
will be exalted in the earth."
11
The
LORD Almighty is with us;
the
God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
[3]
PSALMS: 76
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A
song.
1
In
Judah God is known;
his
name is great in Israel.
2
His
tent is in Salem,
his
dwelling place in Zion.
3
There
he broke the flashing arrows,
the
shields and the swords, the weapons of war.
Selah
4
You
are resplendent with light,
more
majestic than mountains rich with game.
5
Valiant
men lie plundered,
they
sleep their last sleep;
not
one of the warriors
can
lift his hands.
6
At
your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
both
horse and chariot lie still.
7
You
alone are to be feared.
Who
can stand before you when you are angry?
8
From
heaven you pronounced judgment,
and
the land feared and was quiet--
9
when
you, O God, rose up to judge,
to
save all the afflicted of the land.
Selah
10
Surely
your wrath against men brings you praise,
and
the survivors of your wrath are restrained. A
11
Make
vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them;
let
all the neighboring lands
bring
gifts to the One to be feared.
12
He
breaks the spirit of rulers; [4]
he
is feared by the kings of the earth [5]
PSALMS: 106
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his
love endures forever.
2
Who
can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD
or
fully declare his praise?
3
Blessed
are they who maintain justice,
who
constantly do what is right.
4
Remember
me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people,
come
to my aid when you save them,
5
that
I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that
I may share in the joy of your nation
and
join your inheritance in giving praise.
6
We
have sinned, even as our fathers did;
we
have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7
When
our fathers were in Egypt,
they
gave no thought to your miracles;
they
did not remember your many kindnesses,
and
they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. B
8
Yet
he saved them for his name's sake,
to
make his mighty power known.
9
He
rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he
led them through the depths as through a desert.
10
He
saved them from the hand of the foe;
from
the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
11
The
waters covered their adversaries;
not
one of them survived.
12
Then
they believed his promises
and
sang his praise. [6]
13
But
they soon forgot what he had done
and
did not wait for his counsel.
14
In
the desert they gave in to their craving;
in
the wasteland they put God to the test.
15
So
he gave them what they asked for,
but
sent a wasting disease upon them.
16
In
the camp they grew envious of Moses
and
of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
17
The
earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it
buried the company of Abiram.
18
Fire
blazed among their followers;
a
flame consumed the wicked.
19
At
Horeb they made a calf
and
worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20
They
exchanged their Glory
for
an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21
They
forgot the God who saved them,
who
had done great things in Egypt,
22
miracles
in the land of Ham
and
awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23
So
he said he would destroy them--
had
not Moses, his chosen one,
stood
in the breach before him
to
keep his wrath from destroying them.
24
Then
they despised the pleasant land;
they
did not believe his promise.
25
They
grumbled in their tents
and
did not obey the LORD.
26
So
he swore to them with uplifted hand
that
he would make them fall in the desert,
27
make
their descendants fall among the nations [7]
and
scatter them throughout the lands.
28
They
yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor
and
ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29
they
provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds,
and
a plague broke out among them.
30
But
Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and
the plague was checked.
31
This
was credited to him as righteousness
for
endless generations to come.
32
By
the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD,
and
trouble came to Moses because of them;
33
for
they rebelled against the Spirit of God,
and
rash words came from Moses' lips. C
34
They
did not destroy the peoples
as
the LORD had commanded them,
35
but
they mingled with the nations
and
adopted their customs.
36
They
worshiped their idols,
which
became a snare to them.
37
They
sacrificed their sons
and
their daughters to demons.
38
They
shed innocent blood,
the
blood of their sons and daughters,
whom
they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and
the land was desecrated by their blood.
39
They
defiled themselves by what they did;
by
their deeds they prostituted themselves.
40
Therefore
the LORD was angry with his people
and
abhorred his inheritance.
41
He
handed them over to the nations,
and
their foes ruled over them. [8]
42
Their
enemies oppressed them
and
subjected them to their power.
43
Many
times he delivered them,
but
they were bent on rebellion
and
they wasted away in their sin.
44
But
he took note of their distress
when
he heard their cry;
45
for
their sake he remembered his covenant
and
out of his great love he relented.
46
He
caused them to be pitied
by
all who held them captive.
47
Save
us, O LORD our God,
and
gather us from the nations,
that
we may give thanks to your holy name
and
glory in your praise.
48
Praise
be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
from
everlasting to everlasting.
Let
all the people say, "Amen!"
Praise
the LORD. [9]
PSALMS: 136
1
Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
His
love endures forever.
2
Give
thanks to the God of gods.
His
love endures forever.
3
Give
thanks to the Lord of lords:
His
love endures forever.
4
to
him who alone does great wonders,
His
love endures forever.
5
who
by his understanding made the heavens,
His
love endures forever.
6
who
spread out the earth upon the waters,
His
love endures forever.
7
who
made the great lights--
His
love endures forever.
8
the
sun to govern the day,
His
love endures forever.
9
the
moon and stars to govern the night;
His
love endures forever.
10
to
him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
His
love endures forever.
11
and
brought Israel out from among them
His
love endures forever.
12
with
a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
His
love endures forever.
13
to
him who divided the Red Sea A asunder
His
love endures forever.
14
and
brought Israel through the midst of it,
His
love endures forever.
15
but
swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
His
love endures forever.
16
to
him who led his people through the desert,
His
love endures forever.
17
who
struck down great kings,
His
love endures forever.
18
and
killed mighty kings--
His
love endures forever.
19
Sihon
king of the Amorites
His
love endures forever.
20
and
Og king of Bashan--
His
love endures forever.
21
and
gave their land as an inheritance,
His
love endures forever.
22
an
inheritance to his servant Israel;
His
love endures forever.
23
to
the One who remembered us in our low estate
His
love endures forever.
24
and
freed us from our enemies,
His
love endures forever.
25
and
who gives food to every creature.
His
love endures forever.
26
Give
thanks to the God of heaven.
PROVERBS: 16
16
1
To man belong the plans of the heart,
but
from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue.
2
All
a man's ways seem innocent to him,
but
motives are weighed by the LORD.
3
Commit
to the LORD whatever you do,
and
your plans will succeed.
4
The
LORD works out everything for his own ends--
even
the wicked for a day of disaster.
5
The
LORD detests all the proud of heart.
Be
sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
6
Through
love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
through
the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.
7
When
a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD,
he
makes even his enemies live at peace with him.
8
Better
a little with righteousness
than
much gain with injustice.
9
In
his heart a man plans his course,
but
the LORD determines his steps.
10
The
lips of a king speak as an oracle,
and
his mouth should not betray justice.
11
Honest
scales and balances are from the LORD;
all
the weights in the bag are of his making. [12]
12
Kings
detest wrongdoing,
for
a throne is established through righteousness.
13
Kings
take pleasure in honest lips;
they
value a man who speaks the truth.
14
A
king's wrath is a messenger of death,
but
a wise man will appease it.
15
When
a king's face brightens, it means life;
his
favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
16
How
much better to get wisdom than gold,
to
choose understanding rather than silver!
17
The
highway of the upright avoids evil;
he
who guards his way guards his life.
18
Pride
goes before destruction,
a
haughty spirit before a fall.
19
Better
to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed
than
to share plunder with the proud.
20
Whoever
gives heed to instruction prospers,
and
blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
21
The
wise in heart are called discerning,
and
pleasant words promote instruction. A
22
Understanding
is a fountain of life to those who have it,
but
folly brings punishment to fools. [13]
23
A
wise man's heart guides his mouth,
and
his lips promote instruction. B
24
Pleasant
words are a honeycomb,
sweet
to the soul and healing to the bones.
25
There
is a way that seems right to a man,
but
in the end it leads to death.
26
The
laborer's appetite works for him;
his
hunger drives him on.
27
A
scoundrel plots evil,
and
his speech is like a scorching fire.
28
A
perverse man stirs up dissension,
and
a gossip separates close friends.
29
A
violent man entices his neighbor
and
leads him down a path that is not good.
30
He
who winks with his eye is plotting perversity;
he
who purses his lips is bent on evil.
31
Gray
hair is a crown of splendor;
it
is attained by a righteous life.
32
Better
a patient man than a warrior,
a
man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.
33
The
lot is cast into the lap,
but
its every decision is from the LORD. [14]
OLD
TESTAMENT: DEUTERONOMY 31:1 -
32:27
31
1
Then
Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel: 2 "I am now a
hundred and twenty years old and I am no longer able to lead you. The LORD has
said to me, `You shall not cross the Jordan.'
3 The LORD your God himself will cross over ahead of you. He will
destroy these nations before you, and you will take possession of their land.
Joshua also will cross over ahead of you, as the LORD said. 4 And the
LORD will do to them what he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites,
whom he destroyed along with their land. 5 The LORD will deliver them
to you, and you must do to them all that I have commanded you. 6 Be
strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the
LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
7
Then
Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, "Be strong
and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the LORD
swore to their forefathers to give them, and you must divide it among them as
their inheritance.
8
The
LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor
forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
9
So
Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who
carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
10 Then Moses commanded them: "At the end of every seven years, in
the year for canceling debts, during the Feast of Tabernacles, 11
when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he
will choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing. 12
Assemble the people--men, women and children, and the aliens living in
your towns--so they can listen [15]
and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this
law. 13 Their children, who do not know this law, must hear it and
learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing
the Jordan to possess."
14
The
LORD said to Moses, "Now the day of your death is
near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, where I will
commission him." So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the Tent
of Meeting.
15
Then the LORD appeared at the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood
over the entrance to the Tent. 16
And the LORD said to Moses:
"You are going to rest with your fathers, and these
people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are
entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.
17 On that day I will become angry with
them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be
destroyed. Many disasters and difficulties will come upon them, and on that day
they will ask, `Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not
with us?' 18 And I will certainly hide my face on that day
because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.
19
"Now write down for yourselves this song and teach it to
the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against
them. 20 When I have brought them
into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their
forefathers, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other
gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.
21
And
when many disasters and difficulties come upon them, this song will
[16]
testify against them, because it will not be
forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do, even before
I bring them into the land I promised them on oath." 22 So
Moses wrote down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites.
23
The
LORD gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: "Be
strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I
promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you."
24
After
Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
25 he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the
covenant of the LORD: 26 "Take this Book of the Law and place it
beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. There it will remain as a
witness against you. 27 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked
you are. If you have been rebellious against the LORD while I am still alive and
with you, how much more will you rebel after I die! 28 Assemble
before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can
speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to testify against
them. 29 For I know that after my death you are sure to become
utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come,
disaster will fall upon you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD
and provoke him to anger by what your hands have made."
30
And
Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the
whole assembly of Israel: [17]
32
1
Listen, O heavens, and I will speak;
hear,
O earth, the words of my mouth.
2
Let
my teaching fall like rain
and
my words descend like dew,
like
showers on new grass,
like
abundant rain on tender plants.
3
I
will proclaim the name of the LORD.
Oh,
praise the greatness of our God!
4
He
is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and
all his ways are just.
A
faithful God who does no wrong,
upright
and just is he.
5
They
have acted corruptly toward him;
to
their shame they are no longer his children,
but
a warped and crooked generation. A
6
Is
this the way you repay the LORD,
O
foolish and unwise people?
Is
he not your Father, your Creator, B
who
made you and formed you?
7
Remember
the days of old;
consider
the generations long past.
Ask
your father and he will tell you,
your
elders, and they will explain to you.
8
When
the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, [18]
when
he divided all mankind,
he
set up boundaries for the peoples
according
to the number of the sons of Israel. C
9
For
the LORD's portion is his people,
Jacob
his allotted inheritance.
10
In
a desert land he found him,
in
a barren and howling waste.
He
shielded him and cared for him;
he
guarded him as the apple of his eye,
11
like
an eagle that stirs up its nest
and
hovers over its young,
that
spreads its wings to catch them
and
carries them on its pinions.
12
The
LORD alone led him;
no
foreign god was with him.
13
He
made him ride on the heights of the land
and
fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He
nourished him with honey from the rock,
and
with oil from the flinty crag,
14
with
curds and milk from herd and flock
and
with fattened lambs and goats,
with
choice rams of Bashan
and
the finest kernels of wheat. [19]
You
drank the foaming blood of the grape.
15
Jeshurun
D grew fat and kicked;
filled
with food, he became heavy and sleek.
He
abandoned the God who made him
and
rejected the Rock his Savior.
16
They
made him jealous with their foreign gods
and
angered him with their detestable idols.
17
They
sacrificed to demons, which are not God--
gods
they had not known,
gods
that recently appeared,
gods
your fathers did not fear.
18
You
deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you
forgot the God who gave you birth.
19
The
LORD saw this and rejected them
because
he was angered by his sons and daughters.
20
"I will hide my face from them," he said,
"and see what their end will be;
for
they are a perverse generation,
children
who are unfaithful.
21
They
made me jealous by what is no god
and
angered me with their worthless idols.
I
will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I
will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.
22
For
a fire has been kindled by my wrath, [20]
one
that burns to the realm of death E below.
It
will devour the earth and its harvests
and
set afire the foundations of the mountains.
23
"I will heap calamities upon them
and
spend my arrows against them.
24
I
will send wasting famine against them,
consuming
pestilence and deadly plague;
I
will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,
the
venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
25
In
the street the sword will make them childless;
in
their homes terror will reign.
Young
men and young women will perish,
infants
and gray-haired men.
26
I
said I would scatter them
and
blot out their memory from mankind,
27
but
I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest
the adversary misunderstand
and
say, `Our hand has triumphed;
the
LORD has not done all this.'"
[21]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 12:8 - 34
8
"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of
Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. 9 But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before
the angels of God. 10 And everyone
who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who
blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11
"When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry
about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, 12
for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say."
13
Someone
in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance
with me."
14
Jesus
replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter
between you?" 15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a
man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
16
And
he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain
rich man produced a good crop. 17 He
thought to himself, `What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'
18
"Then he said, `This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger
ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19
And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years.
Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."'
20
"But God said to him, `You fool! This very night your life
will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared [22] for yourself?'
21
"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not
rich toward God."
22
Then
Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do
not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will
wear. 23 Life is more than food, and
the body more than clothes. 24
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn;
yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
25 Who of you by worrying can add a
single hour to his life B?
26 Since you cannot do this very
little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27
"Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not
even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
28
If
that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and
tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of
little faith! 29
And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.
30
For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you
need them.
31 But
seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
32
"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you
the kingdom. 33
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that
will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no
thief comes near and no moth destroys.
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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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