Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JANUARY
19
PSALMS: 19, 49, 79, 109,
139
PROVERBS: 19
OLD
TESTAMENT: DEUTERONOMY
34:1–JOSHUA 2:24
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE
13:22 – 14:6
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.
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: DEUTERONOMY
34:1–JOSHUA 2:24
34 1 Then Moses climbed Mount
Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There
the LORD showed him the whole land--from Gilead to Dan, 2 all of
Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as
the western sea, A 3 the Negev and the whole region from
the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. 4 Then the
LORD said to him, "This is the land I promised on
oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, `I will give it to your
descendants.' I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over
into it."
5 And Moses the servant of
the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said. 6He buried him
B in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one
knows where his grave is. 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old
when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. 8 The
Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time
of weeping and mourning was over.
9 Now Joshua son of Nun
was filled with the spirit C of wisdom because Moses had laid his
hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the LORD had
commanded Moses.
10 Since then, no prophet
has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, 11
who did all those miraculous signs and wonders the LORD sent him to do in
Egypt--to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land. 12
For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds
that Moses did in the sight of all Israel. [15]
Joshua 1
1
After
the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun,
Moses' aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these
people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to
them--to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set
your foot, as I promised Moses.
4 Your territory will
extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates--all
the Hittite country--to the Great Sea A on the west. 5 No
one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was
with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
6 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these
people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them.
7 Be strong and very courageous. Be
careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to
the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart
from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be
discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
10 So Joshua ordered the
officers of the people: 11 "Go through the camp and tell the people,
`Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to
go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your
[16]
own.’"
12 But to the Reubenites,
the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
13 "Remember the command
that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: `The LORD your God is giving you
rest and has granted you this land.' 14 Your wives, your children and
your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but
all your fighting men, fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers. You
are to help your brothers 15 until the LORD gives them rest, as he
has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land that the
LORD your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own
land, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you east of the Jordan toward the
sunrise."
16 Then they answered
Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we
will go. 17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only
may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Whoever
rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command
them, will be put to death. Only be strong and
courageous!"
2 1 Then Joshua son of Nun
secretly sent two spies from Shittim. "Go, look over the land," he said,
"especially Jericho." So they went and entered the house of a
prostituteA named Rahab and stayed there.
2 The king of Jericho was
told, "Look! Some of the Israelites [17]
have come here tonight to spy out the land." 3 So the king of Jericho
sent this message to Rahab: "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your
house, because they have come to spy out the whole land."
4 But the woman had taken
the two men and hidden them. She said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not
know where they had come from. 5 At dusk, when it was time to close
the city gate, the men left. I don't know which way they went. Go after them
quickly. You may catch up with them." 6 (But she had taken them up to
the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.)
7 So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads
to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate
was shut.
8 Before the spies lay
down for the night, she went up on the roof 9 and said to them, "I
know that the LORD has given this land to you and that a great fear of you has
fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because
of you. 10We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red
Sea B for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon
and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely
destroyed. C 11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted and
everyone's courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven
above and on the earth below. 12 Now then, please swear to me by the
LORD that you will show kindness to my [18]
family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign 13
that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and
sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will save us from death."
14 "Our lives for your
lives!" the men assured her. "If you don't tell what we are doing, we will treat
you kindly and faithfully when the LORD gives us the land."
15 So she let them down by
a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall.
16 Now she had said to them, "Go to the hills so the pursuers will
not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on
your way."
17 The men said to her,
"This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us
18 unless, when we enter
the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us
down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all
your family into your house. 19 If anyone goes outside your house
into the street, his blood will be on his own head; we will not be responsible.
As for anyone who is in the house with you, his blood will be on our head if a
hand is laid on him.
20 But if you tell what we
are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear."
21 "Agreed," she replied.
"Let it be as you say." So she sent them away and they departed. And she tied
the scarlet cord in the window.
22 When they left, they
went into the hills and stayed there three [19]
days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without
finding them. 23 Then the two men started back. They went down out of
the hills, forded the river and came to Joshua son of Nun and told him
everything that had happened to them. 24 They said to Joshua, "The
LORD has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting
in fear because of us." [20]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE
13:22 – 14:6
22 Then Jesus went through
the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23
Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?"
He said to them, 24
"Make every effort to enter through the
narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able
to. 25 Once the owner of the
house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and
pleading, `Sir, open the door for
us.'
"But he will answer, `I don't know you or where you come from.'
26 "Then you will say, `We
ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'
27 "But he will reply,
`I don't know you or where you come from. Away from
me, all you evildoers!'
28 "There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when
you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but
you yourselves thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west and north and south,
and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30
Indeed there are those who are last who will
be first, and first who will be last."
31 At that time some
Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, "Leave this place and go somewhere
else. Herod wants to kill you."
32 He replied, "Go tell that fox, `I
will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I
will reach [21]
my goal.' 33 In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the
next day--for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!
34 "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! 35 Look, your house is
left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you
say, `Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord.' B"
14 1 One Sabbath, when Jesus
went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully
watched. 2 There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.
3 Jesus asked the
Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it lawful to
heal on the Sabbath or not?" 4 But they remained silent. So
taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away.
5 Then he asked them,
"If one of you has a son A or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath
day, will you not immediately pull him
out?" 6 And they had nothing to say. [22]
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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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