Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JANUARY
26
PSALMS: 26, 56, 86, 116,
146
PROVERBS: 26
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 15:1 - 63
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 18:18 - 43
PSALMS: 26
Of
David.
1
Vindicate
me, O LORD,
for
I have led a blameless life;
I
have trusted in the LORD
without
wavering.
2
Test
me, O LORD, and try me,
examine
my heart and my mind;
3
for
your love is ever before me,
and
I walk continually in your truth.
4
I
do not sit with deceitful men,
nor
do I consort with hypocrites;
5
I
abhor the assembly of evildoers
and
refuse to sit with the wicked.
6
I
wash my hands in innocence,
and
go about your altar, O LORD,
7
proclaiming
aloud your praise
and
telling of all your wonderful deeds.
8
I
love the house where you live, O LORD,
the
place where your glory dwells.
9
Do
not take away my soul along with sinners,
my
life with bloodthirsty men,
10
in
whose hands are wicked schemes,
whose
right hands are full of bribes.
11
But
I lead a blameless life;
redeem
me and be merciful to me.
12
My
feet stand on level ground;
in
the great assembly I will praise the LORD. [1]
PSALMS: 56
For
the director of music. To the tune of "A Dove on Distant Oaks." Of David. A
miktam. A When the Philistines had seized him in
Gath.
1
Be
merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me;
all
day long they press their attack.
2
My
slanderers pursue me all day long;
many
are attacking me in their pride.
3
When
I am afraid,
I
will trust in you.
4
In
God, whose word I praise,
in
God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What
can mortal man do to me?
5
All
day long they twist my words;
they
are always plotting to harm me.
6
They
conspire, they lurk,
they
watch my steps,
eager
to take my life.
7
On
no account let them escape;
in
your anger, O God, bring down the nations.
8
Record
my lament;
list
my tears on your scroll B--
are
they not in your record?
9
Then
my enemies will turn back
when
I call for help.
By
this I will know that God is for me.
10
In
God, whose word I praise,
in
the LORD, whose word I praise--
11
in
God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What
can man do to me? [2]
12
I
am under vows to you, O God;
I
will present my thank offerings to you.
13
For
you have delivered me C from death
and
my feet from stumbling,
that
I may walk before God
in
the light of life. D [3]
PSALMS: 86
A
prayer of David.
1
Hear,
O LORD, and answer me,
for
I am poor and needy.
2
Guard
my life, for I am devoted to you.
You
are my God; save your servant
who
trusts in you.
3
Have
mercy on me, O Lord,
for
I call to you all day long.
4
Bring
joy to your servant,
for
to you, O Lord,
I
lift up my soul.
5
You
are forgiving and good, O Lord,
abounding
in love to all who call to you.
6
Hear
my prayer, O LORD;
listen
to my cry for mercy.
7
In
the day of my trouble I will call to you,
for
you will answer me.
8
Among
the gods there is none like you, O Lord;
no
deeds can compare with yours.
9
All
the nations you have made
will
come and worship before you, O Lord;
they
will bring glory to your name.
10
For
you are great and do marvelous deeds;
you
alone are God. [4]
11
Teach
me your way, O LORD,
and
I will walk in your truth;
give
me an undivided heart,
that
I may fear your name.
12
I
will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
I
will glorify your name forever.
13
For
great is your love toward me;
you
have delivered me from the depths of the grave.
A
14
The
arrogant are attacking me, O God;
a
band of ruthless men seeks my life--
men
without regard for you.
15
But
you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow
to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
16
Turn
to me and have mercy on me;
grant
your strength to your servant
and
save the son of your maidservant. B
17
Give
me a sign of your goodness,
that
my enemies may see it and be put to shame,
for
you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me. [5]
PSALMS: 116
1
I
love the LORD, for he heard my voice;
he
heard my cry for mercy.
2
Because
he turned his ear to me,
I
will call on him as long as I live.
3
The
cords of death entangled me,
the
anguish of the grave A came upon me;
I
was overcome by trouble and sorrow.
4
Then
I called on the name of the LORD:
"O
LORD, save me!"
5
The
LORD is gracious and righteous;
our
God is full of compassion.
6
The
LORD protects the simplehearted;
when
I was in great need, he saved me.
7
Be
at rest once more, O my soul,
for
the LORD has been good to you.
8
For
you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death,
my
eyes from tears,
my
feet from stumbling,
9
that
I may walk before the LORD
in
the land of the living.
10
I
believed; therefore B I said,
"I
am greatly afflicted."
11
And
in my dismay I said,
"All
men are liars."
12
How
can I repay the LORD
for
all his goodness to me?
13
I
will lift up the cup of salvation
and
call on the name of the LORD.
14
I
will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in
the presence of all his people. [6]
15
Precious
in the sight of the LORD
is
the death of his saints.
16
O
LORD, truly I am your servant;
I
am your servant, the son of your maidservant C;
you
have freed me from my chains.
17
I
will sacrifice a thank offering to you
and
call on the name of the LORD.
18
I
will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in
the presence of all his people,
19
in
the courts of the house of the LORD--
in
your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise
the LORD. D [7]
PSALMS: 146
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
the LORD, O my soul.
2
I
will praise the LORD all my life;
I
will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
3
Do
not put your trust in princes,
in
mortal men, who cannot save.
4
When
their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
on
that very day their plans come to nothing.
5
Blessed
is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose
hope is in the LORD his God,
6the
Maker of heaven and earth,
the
sea, and everything in them--
the
LORD, who remains faithful forever.
7
He
upholds the cause of the oppressed
and
gives food to the hungry.
The
LORD sets prisoners free,
8
the
LORD gives sight to the blind,
the
LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,
the
LORD loves the righteous.
9
The
LORD watches over the alien
and
sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but
he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10
The
LORD reigns forever,
your
God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise
the LORD. [8]
PROVERBS:
26
26
1
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
honor
is not fitting for a fool.
2
Like
a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
an
undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3
A
whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey,
and
a rod for the backs of fools!
4
Do
not answer a fool according to his folly,
or
you will be like him yourself.
5
Answer
a fool according to his folly,
or
he will be wise in his own eyes.
6
Like
cutting off one's feet or drinking violence
is
the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
7
Like
a lame man's legs that hang limp
is
a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8
Like
tying a stone in a sling
is
the giving of honor to a fool.
9
Like
a thornbush in a drunkard's hand
is
a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10
Like
an archer who wounds at random
is
he who hires a fool or any passer-by.
11
As
a dog returns to its vomit,
so
a fool repeats his folly.
There
is more hope for a fool than for him.
13
The
sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road,
a
fierce lion roaming the streets!"
14
As
a door turns on its hinges,
so
a sluggard turns on his bed.
15
The
sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he
is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16
The
sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than
seven men who answer discreetly.
17
Like
one who seizes a dog by the ears
is
a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18
Like
a madman shooting
firebrands
or deadly arrows
19
is
a man who deceives his neighbor
and
says, "I was only joking!"
20
Without
wood a fire goes out;
without
gossip a quarrel dies down.
21
As
charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
so
is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. [10]
22
The
words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they
go down to a man's inmost parts.
23
Like
a coating of glaze A over earthenware
are
fervent lips with an evil heart.
24
A
malicious man disguises himself with his lips,
but
in his heart he harbors deceit.
25
Though
his speech is charming, do not believe him,
for
seven abominations fill his heart.
26
His
malice may be concealed by deception,
but
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27
If
a man digs a pit, he will fall into it;
if
a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
28
A
lying tongue hates those it hurts,
and
a flattering mouth works ruin. [11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 15:1 - 63
15
1
The
allotment for the tribe of Judah, clan by clan, extended down to the territory
of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south.
2
Their
southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Salt Sea,
A
3
crossed
south of Scorpion B Pass, continued on to Zin and went over to the
south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it ran past Hezron up to Addar and curved around to
Karka. 4 It then passed along to Azmon and joined the Wadi of Egypt,
ending at the sea. This is their C southern boundary.
5
The
eastern boundary is the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.
The
northern boundary started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan,
6
went
up to Beth Hoglah and continued north of Beth Arabah to the Stone of Bohan son
of Reuben. 7 The boundary then went up to Debir from the Valley of
Achor and turned north to Gilgal, which faces the Pass of Adummim south of the
gorge. It continued along to the waters of En Shemesh and came out at En Rogel.
8 Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom along the southern slope of
the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem). From there it climbed to the top of the
hill west of the Hinnom Valley at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
9 From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the
waters of Nephtoah, came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward
Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim). 10 Then it curved westward from
Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is,
Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh and crossed to Timnah. 11 It
went to the northern slope of Ekron, turned toward Shikkeron, passed [12]
along to Mount Baalah and reached Jabneel. The boundary ended at the sea.
12
The
western boundary is the coastline of the Great Sea. D
These
are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.
13
In
accordance with the LORD's command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh
a portion in Judah--Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of
Anak.) 14 From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites--Sheshai,
Ahiman and Talmai--descendants of Anak. 15 From there he marched
against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher). 16
And Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the man who
attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher." 17 Othniel son of Kenaz,
Caleb's brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
18
One
day when she came to Othniel, she urged him E to ask her father for a
field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What can I do for you?"
19
She
replied, "Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give
me also springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
20
This
is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, clan by clan:
21
The
southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the boundary of
Edom were:
Kabzeel,
Eder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh, [13]
Hazor, Ithnan,
24
Ziph,
Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (that is, Hazor),
26 Amam, Shema, Moladah, 27 Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth
Pelet, 28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, 29 Baalah,
Iim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, 31 Ziklag,
Madmannah, Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon--a total of
twenty-nine towns and their villages.
33
In
the western foothills:
Eshtaol,
Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 35
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim and
Gederah (or Gederothaim) F--fourteen towns and their villages.
37
Zenan,
Hadashah, Migdal Gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, 39
Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, 40 Cabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish, 41
Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah and Makkedah--sixteen towns and their
villages.
42
Libnah,
Ether, Ashan, 43Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 44Keilah, Aczib and
Mareshah--nine towns and their villages.
45
Ekron,
with its surrounding settlements and villages; 46 west of Ekron, all
that were in the vicinity of Ashdod, together with their villages; 47
Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its
settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the
Great Sea.
48
In
the hill country:
Shamir,
Jattir, Socoh, 49 Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir), 50
Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 51Goshen, Holon and Giloh--eleven towns
and their villages.
52
Arab,
Dumah, Eshan, 53 Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, 54 Humtah,
Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) and Zior--nine towns and [14]
their villages.
55
Maon,
Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 57
Kain, Gibeah and Timnah--ten towns and their villages.
58
Halhul,
Beth Zur, Gedor, 59 Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon--six towns and
their villages.
60
Kiriath
Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah--two towns and their villages.
61
In
the desert:
Beth
Arabah, Middin, Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt and En
Gedi--six towns and their villages.
63
Judah
could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the
Jebusites live there with the people of Judah. [15]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 18:18 - 43
18
A
certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
19
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone.
20 You
know the commandments: `Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do
not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.' B"
21
"All
these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.
22
When
Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one
thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure
in heaven. Then come, follow me."
23
When
he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth.
24
Jesus
looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich
to enter the kingdom of God! 25
Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a
rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
26
Those
who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?"
27
Jesus
replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with
God."
28
Peter
said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!"
29
"I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or
children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30 will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in
the age to come, eternal life."
31
Jesus
took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up
to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of
Man will be fulfilled. 32 He will be
handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog
him and [16] kill him. 33 On
the third day he will rise again."
34
The
disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and
they did not know what he was talking about.
35
As
Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
36
When
he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37 They
told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."
38
He
called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
39
Those
who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the
more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
40
Jesus
stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked
him, 41 "What do you want me to do for
you?"
"Lord,
I want to see," he replied.
42
Jesus
said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has
healed you." 43 Immediately he received his sight and followed
Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God. [17]
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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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