Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JANUARY
30
PSALMS: 30, 60, 90, 120,
150
PROVERBS: 30
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 22:21 -
23:16
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 20:27 -
47
PSALMS: 30
A
psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. A Of
David.
1
I
will exalt you, O LORD,
for
you lifted me out of the depths
and
did not let my enemies gloat over me.
2
O
LORD my God, I called to you for help
and
you healed me.
3
O
LORD, you brought me up from the grave B;
you
spared me from going down into the pit.
4
Sing
to the LORD, you saints of his;
praise
his holy name.
5
For
his anger lasts only a moment,
but
his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping
may remain for a night,
but
rejoicing comes in the morning.
6
When
I felt secure, I said,
"I
will never be shaken."
7
O
LORD, when you favored me,
you
made my mountain C stand firm;
but
when you hid your face,
I
was dismayed.
8
To
you, O LORD, I called;
to
the Lord I cried for mercy:
9
"What
gain is there in my destruction, D
in
my going down into the pit?
Will
the dust praise you?
Will
it proclaim your faithfulness? [1]
10
Hear,
O LORD, and be merciful to me;
O
LORD, be my help."
11
You
turned my wailing into dancing;
you
removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12
that
my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O
LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever. [2]
PSALMS: 60
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A miktam
A of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim
B and Aram Zobah, C and when Joab returned and struck down
twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1
You
have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us;
you
have been angry--now restore us!
2
You
have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend
its fractures, for it is quaking.
3
You
have shown your people desperate times;
you
have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4
But
for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
to
be unfurled against the bow.
Selah
5
Save
us and help us with your right hand,
that
those you love may be delivered.
6
God
has spoken from his sanctuary:
"In triumph I will parcel out
Shechem
and
measure off the Valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead
is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim
is my helmet,
Judah
my scepter.
8 Moab
is my washbasin,
upon
Edom I toss my sandal;
over
Philistia I shout in triumph."
9
Who
will bring me to the fortified city?
Who
will lead me to Edom?
10Is
it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and
no longer go out with our armies?
11
Give
us aid against the enemy, [3]
for
the help of man is worthless.
12
With
God we will gain the victory,
and
he will trample down our enemies. [4]
PSALMS: 90
A
prayer of Moses the man of God.
1
Lord,
you have been our dwelling place
throughout
all generations.
2
Before
the mountains were born
or
you brought forth the earth and the world,
from
everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3
You
turn men back to dust,
saying,
"Return to dust, O sons of
men."
4
For
a thousand years in your sight
are
like a day that has just gone by,
or
like a watch in the night.
5
You
sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they
are like the new grass of the morning--
6
though
in the morning it springs up new,
by
evening it is dry and withered.
7
We
are consumed by your anger
and
terrified by your indignation.
8
You
have set our iniquities before you,
our
secret sins in the light of your presence.
9
All
our days pass away under your wrath;
we
finish our years with a moan.
10
The
length of our days is seventy years--
or
eighty, if we have the strength;
yet
their span A is but trouble and sorrow,
for
they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11
Who
knows the power of your anger?
For
your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
12
Teach
us to number our days aright, [5]
PSALMS: 120
A
song of ascents.
A
song of ascents.
1 I call on the LORD in my
distress,
and
he answers me.
2 Save me, O LORD, from
lying lips
and
from deceitful tongues.
3 What will he do to
you,
and
what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with
a warrior's sharp arrows,
with
burning coals of the broom tree.
5 Woe to me that I dwell
in Meshech,
that
I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long have I
lived
among
those who hate peace.
7 I am a man of
peace;
but
when I speak, they are for war. [6]
PSALMS: 150
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
God in his sanctuary;
praise
him in his mighty heavens.
2
Praise
him for his acts of power;
praise
him for his surpassing greatness.
3
Praise
him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise
him with the harp and lyre,
4
praise
him with tambourine and dancing,
praise
him with the strings and flute,
5
praise
him with the clash of cymbals,
praise
him with resounding cymbals.
6
Let
everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise
the LORD. [7]
PROVERBS: 30
30
1
The
sayings of Agur son of Jakeh--an oracle A:
This
man declared to Ithiel,
to
Ithiel and to Ucal: B
2
"I
am the most ignorant of men;
I
do not have a man's understanding.
3
I
have not learned wisdom,
nor
have I knowledge of the Holy One.
4
Who
has gone up to heaven and come down?
Who
has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands?
Who
has wrapped up the waters in his cloak?
Who
has established all the ends of the earth?
What
is his name, and the name of his son?
Tell
me if you know!
5
"Every word of God is
flawless;
he
is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 Do
not add to his words,
or
he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
7
"Two
things I ask of you, O LORD;
do
not refuse me before I die:
8
Keep
falsehood and lies far from me;
give
me neither poverty nor riches,
but
give me only my daily bread.
9
Otherwise,
I may have too much and disown you
and
say, `Who is the LORD?'
Or
I may become poor and steal,
and
so dishonor the name of my God.
10
"Do not slander a servant to his
master,
11 "There
are those who curse their fathers
and
do not bless their mothers;
12 those
who are pure in their own eyes
and
yet are not cleansed of their filth;
13 those
whose eyes are ever so haughty,
whose
glances are so disdainful;
14 those
whose teeth are swords
and
whose jaws are set with knives
to
devour the poor from the earth,
the
needy from among mankind.
15
"The
leech has two daughters.
`Give!
Give!' they cry.
"There are three things that are never
satisfied,
four
that never say, `Enough!':
16 the
grave, C
the barren womb,
land,
which is never satisfied with water,
and
fire, which never says, `Enough!'
17
"The eye that mocks a father,
that
scorns obedience to a mother,
will
be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will
be eaten by the vultures.
18
"There are three things that are too amazing for
me,
four
that I do not understand:
19 the
way of an eagle in the sky,
the
way of a snake on a rock,
20 the way of a ship on the high
seas,
21 "Under
three things the earth trembles,
under
four it cannot bear up:
22 a
servant who becomes king,
a
fool who is full of food,
23 an
unloved woman who is married,
and
a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
24
"Four things on earth are
small,
yet
they are extremely wise:
25 Ants
are creatures of little strength,
yet
they store up their food in the summer;
26 coneys
D
are creatures of little power,
yet
they make their home in the crags;
27 locusts
have no king,
yet
they advance together in ranks;
28 a
lizard can be caught with the hand,
yet
it is found in kings' palaces.
29
"There are three things that are stately in their
stride,
four
that move with stately bearing:
30 a
lion, mighty among beasts,
who
retreats before nothing;
31 a
strutting rooster, a he-goat,
and
a king with his army around him.
E
32
"If you have played the fool and exalted
yourself,
or
if you have planned evil,
clap
your hand over your mouth!
[10]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 22:21 - 23:16
21
Then
Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of
Israel: 22 "The Mighty One, God, the LORD! The Mighty One, God, the
LORD! He knows! And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or
disobedience to the LORD, do not spare us this day. 23 If we have
built our own altar to turn away from the LORD and to offer burnt offerings and
grain offerings, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings B on it, may
the LORD himself call us to account.
24
"No!
We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, `What do
you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel? 25 The LORD has made
the Jordan a boundary between us and you--you Reubenites and Gadites! You have
no share in the LORD.' So your descendants might cause ours to stop fearing the
LORD.
26
"That
is why we said, `Let us get ready and build an altar--but not for burnt
offerings or sacrifices.' 27 On the contrary, it is to be a witness
between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the
LORD at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and fellowship
offerings. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours,
`You have no share in the LORD.'
28
"And
we said, `If they ever say this to us, or to our descendants, we will answer:
Look at the replica of the LORD's altar, which our fathers built, not for burnt
offerings and sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.'
29
"Far
be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from him today by building
an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices, other than the
altar of the LORD our God that stands before his tabernacle." [11]
30 When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community--the
heads of the clans of the Israelites--heard what Reuben, Gad and Manasseh had to
say, they were pleased. 31 And Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest,
said to Reuben, Gad and Manasseh, "Today we know that the LORD is with us,
because you have not acted unfaithfully toward the LORD in this matter. Now you
have rescued the Israelites from the LORD's hand."
32
Then
Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders returned to Canaan from
their meeting with the Reubenites and Gadites in Gilead and reported to the
Israelites. 33 They were glad to hear the report and praised God. And
they talked no more about going to war against them to devastate the country
where the Reubenites and the Gadites lived.
34
And
the Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name: A Witness Between Us
that the LORD is God.
23
1
After
a long time had passed and the LORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies
around them, Joshua, by then old and well advanced in years, 2
summoned all Israel--their elders, leaders, judges and officials--and said
to them: "I am old and well advanced in years. 3 You yourselves have
seen everything the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake;
it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
4
Remember
how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the
nations that remain--the nations I conquered--between the Jordan and the Great
Sea A in the west. 5 The LORD your God himself will drive
them out of your way. [12]
He will push them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as
the LORD your God promised you.
6
"Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in
the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the
left. 7 Do not associate with
these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or
swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them. 8
But you are to hold fast to the LORD your
God, as you have until now.
9
"The LORD has driven out before you great and powerful
nations; to this day no one has been able to withstand you. 10
One of you routs a thousand, because the LORD
your God fights for you, just as he promised. 11 So be very careful to love the LORD your God.
12
"But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the
survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them
and associate with them, 13 then
you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations
before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your
backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the
LORD your God has given you.
14
"Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know
with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your
God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has
failed. 15 But just as every good
promise of the LORD your God has come true, so the LORD will bring on you all
the evil he has threatened, until he has destroyed you from this good land he
has given you. 16 If you violate
the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve
other gods and [13]
bow down to them, the LORD's anger will burn
against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land he has given
you." [14]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 20:27 - 47
27 Some of the Sadducees,
who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. 28
"Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and
leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children
for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one
married a woman and died childless. 30 The second 31 and
then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no
children. 32 Finally, the woman died too. 33 Now then, at
the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?"
34 Jesus replied, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
35 But those who are considered
worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will
neither marry nor be given in marriage, 36 and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels.
They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection.
37 But in the account of the bush,
even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' C
38 He is not the God of the dead, but of
the living, for to him all are alive."
39 Some of the teachers of
the law responded, "Well said, teacher!" 40 And no one dared to ask
him any more questions.
41 Then Jesus said to them,
"How is it that they say the Christ
D is the Son of David?
"`The Lord
said to my Lord:
"Sit at my
right hand
43 until I
make your enemies
a footstool
for your feet."' E
44 David calls him `Lord.' How then
can he be his son?"
45 While all the people
were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, 46 "Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around
in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the most
important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
47 They devour widows' houses and
for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most
severely." [16]
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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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