Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
FEBRUARY
1
PSALMS: 1,
31, 61, 91, 121
PROVERBS: 1
OLD
TESTAMENT: JUDGES 1:1 -
2:9
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 21:29 -
22:13
PSALMS:
1
1
Blessed
is the man
who
does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or
stand in the way of sinners
or
sit in the seat of mockers.
2
But
his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and
on his law he meditates day and night.
3
He
is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which
yields its fruit in season
and
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever
he does prospers.
4
Not
so the wicked!
They
are like chaff
that
the wind blows away.
5
Therefore
the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor
sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6
For
the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but
the way of the wicked will perish. [1]
PSALMS: 31
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
In
you, O LORD, I have taken refuge;
let
me never be put to shame;
deliver
me in your righteousness.
2
Turn
your ear to me,
come
quickly to my rescue;
be
my rock of refuge,
a
strong fortress to save me.
3
Since
you are my rock and my fortress,
for
the sake of your name lead and guide me.
4
Free
me from the trap that is set for me,
for
you are my refuge.
5
Into
your hands I commit my spirit;
redeem
me, O LORD, the God of truth.
6
I
hate those who cling to worthless idols;
I
trust in the LORD.
7
I
will be glad and rejoice in your love,
for
you saw my affliction
and
knew the anguish of my soul.
8
You
have not handed me over to the enemy
but
have set my feet in a spacious place.
9
Be
merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
my
eyes grow weak with sorrow,
my
soul and my body with grief.
10
My
life is consumed by anguish
and
my years by groaning;
my
strength fails because of my affliction, A
and
my bones grow weak. [2]
11
Because
of all my enemies,
I
am the utter contempt of my neighbors;
I
am a dread to my friends--
those
who see me on the street flee from me.
12
I
am forgotten by them as though I were dead;
I
have become like broken pottery.
13
For
I hear the slander of many;
there
is terror on every side;
they
conspire against me
and
plot to take my life.
14
But
I trust in you, O LORD;
I
say, "You are my God."
15
My
times are in your hands;
deliver
me from my enemies
and
from those who pursue me.
16
Let
your face shine on your servant;
save
me in your unfailing love.
17
Let
me not be put to shame, O LORD,
for
I have cried out to you;
but
let the wicked be put to shame
and
lie silent in the grave. B
18
Let
their lying lips be silenced,
for
with pride and contempt
they
speak arrogantly against the righteous.
19
How
great is your goodness,
which
you have stored up for those who fear you,
which
you bestow in the sight of men
on
those who take refuge in you.
20
In
the shelter of your presence you hide them
from
the intrigues of men;
in
your dwelling you keep them safe [3]
from
accusing tongues.
21
Praise
be to the LORD,
for
he showed his wonderful love to me
when
I was in a besieged city.
22
In
my alarm I said,
"I
am cut off from your sight!"
Yet
you heard my cry for mercy
when
I called to you for help.
23
Love
the LORD, all his saints!
The
LORD preserves the faithful,
but
the proud he pays back in full.
24
Be
strong and take heart,
all
you who hope in the LORD. [4]
PSALMS: 61
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of
David.
1
Hear
my cry, O God;
listen
to my prayer.
2
From
the ends of the earth I call to you,
I
call as my heart grows faint;
lead
me to the rock that is higher than I.
3
For
you have been my refuge,
a
strong tower against the foe.
4
I
long to dwell in your tent forever
and
take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
Selah
5
For
you have heard my vows, O God;
you
have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
6
Increase
the days of the king's life,
his
years for many generations.
7
May
he be enthroned in God's presence forever;
appoint
your love and faithfulness to protect him.
8
Then
will I ever sing praise to your name
and
fulfill my vows day after day. [5]
PSALMS: 91
1
He
who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will
rest in the shadow of the Almighty. A
2
I
will say B of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my
fortress,
my
God, in whom I trust."
3
Surely
he will save you from the fowler's snare
and
from the deadly pestilence.
4
He
will cover you with his feathers,
and
under his wings you will find refuge;
his
faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5
You
will not fear the terror of night,
nor
the arrow that flies by day,
6
nor
the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor
the plague that destroys at midday.
7
A
thousand may fall at your side,
ten
thousand at your right hand,
but
it will not come near you.
8
You
will only observe with your eyes
and
see the punishment of the wicked.
9
If
you make the Most High your dwelling--
even
the LORD, who is my refuge--
10
then
no harm will befall you,
no
disaster will come near your tent.
11
For
he will command his angels concerning you
to
guard you in all your ways;
12
they
will lift you up in their hands,
so
that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13
You
will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you
will trample the great lion and the serpent. [6]
14
"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;
I
will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He
will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I
will be with him in trouble,
I
will deliver him and honor him.
16
With long life will I satisfy him
and
show him my salvation."
[7]
PSALMS: 121
A
song of ascents.
1
I
lift up my eyes to the hills--
where
does my help come from?
2
My
help comes from the LORD,
the
Maker of heaven and earth.
3
He
will not let your foot slip--
he
who watches over you will not slumber;
4
indeed,
he who watches over Israel
will
neither slumber nor sleep.
5
The
LORD watches over you--
the
LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6
the
sun will not harm you by day,
nor
the moon by night.
7
The
LORD will keep you from all harm--
he
will watch over your life;
8
the
LORD will watch over your coming and going
both
now and forevermore. [8]
PROVERBS: 1
1
1
The
proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2
for
attaining wisdom and discipline;
for
understanding words of insight;
3
for
acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,
doing
what is right and just and fair;
4
for
giving prudence to the simple,
knowledge
and discretion to the young--
5
let
the wise listen and add to their learning,
and
let the discerning get guidance--
6
for
understanding proverbs and parables,
the
sayings and riddles of the wise.
7
The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
but
foolsA despise wisdom and discipline.
8
Listen,
my son, to your father's instruction
and
do not forsake your mother's teaching.
9
They
will be a garland to grace your head
and
a chain to adorn your neck.
10
My
son, if sinners entice you,
do
not give in to them.
11
If
they say, "Come along with us;
let's
lie in wait for someone's blood,
let's
waylay some harmless soul;
12
let's
swallow them alive, like the grave, B [9]
and
whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13
we
will get all sorts of valuable things
and
fill our houses with plunder;
14
throw
in your lot with us,
and
we will share a common purse"--
15
my
son, do not go along with them,
do
not set foot on their paths;
16
for
their feet rush into sin,
they
are swift to shed blood.
17
How
useless to spread a net
in
full view of all the birds!
18
These
men lie in wait for their own blood;
they
waylay only themselves!
19
Such
is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it
takes away the lives of those who get it.
20
Wisdom
calls aloud in the street,
she
raises her voice in the public squares;
21
at
the head of the noisy streets C she cries out,
in
the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
22
"How
long will you simple ones D love your simple
ways?
How
long will mockers delight in mockery
and
fools hate knowledge?
23
If
you had responded to my rebuke,
I
would have poured out my heart to you
and
made my thoughts known to you.
24
But
since you rejected me when I called
and
no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
2
5since
you ignored all my advice
and
would not accept my rebuke,
26
I
in turn will laugh at your disaster; [10]
I
will mock when calamity overtakes you--
27
when
calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when
disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when
distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28
"Then they will call to me but I will not
answer;
they
will look for me but will not find me.
29
Since they hated knowledge
and
did not choose to fear the LORD,
30
since they would not accept my advice
and
spurned my rebuke,
31
they will eat the fruit of their ways
and
be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and
the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33
but whoever listens to me will live in safety
and
be at ease, without fear of harm."
[11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JUDGES 1:1 - 2:9
1
1
After
the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, "Who will be the first to go
up and fight for us against the Canaanites?"
2
The
LORD answered, "Judah is to go; I have given the land
into their hands."
3
Then
the men of Judah said to the Simeonites their brothers, "Come up with us into
the territory allotted to us, to fight against the Canaanites. We in turn will
go with you into yours." So the Simeonites went with them.
4
When
Judah attacked, the LORD gave the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands and
they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek. 5 It was there that they
found Adoni-Bezek and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and
Perizzites. 6 Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him,
and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
7
Then
Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have
picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to
them." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8
The
men of Judah attacked Jerusalem also and took it. They put the city to the sword
and set it on fire.
9
After
that, the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the
hill country, the Negev and the western foothills. 10 They advanced
against the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath Arba) and
defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai. [12]
11
From
there they advanced against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath
Sepher). 12 And Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Acsah in
marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher." 13
Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so Caleb gave his
daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
14
One
day when she came to Othniel, she urged him A to ask her father for a
field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What can I do for you?"
15
She
replied, "Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give
me also springs of water." Then Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
16
The
descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went up from the City of
Palms
B with the men of Judah to live among the people of the Desert of
Judah in the Negev near Arad.
17
Then
the men of Judah went with the Simeonites their brothers and attacked the
Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed C the city.
Therefore it was called Hormah. D 18 The men of Judah also
tookE Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron--each city with its territory.
19
The
LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but
they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had iron
chariots.
20
As
Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons
of Anak.
21
The
Benjamites, however, failed to dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in
Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there [13]
with the Benjamites.
22
Now
the house of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them. 23
When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz), 24
the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, "Show us
how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well." 25
So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared the man
and his whole family. 26 He then went to the land of the Hittites,
where he built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
27
But
Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam
or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined
to live in that land. 28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the
Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely. 29
Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the
Canaanites continued to live there among them.
30
Neither
did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, who remained
among them; but they did subject them to forced labor.
31
Nor
did Asher drive out those living in Acco or Sidon or Ahlab or Aczib or Helbah or
Aphek or Rehob, 32 and because of this the people of Asher lived
among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land. 33 Neither did Naphtali
drive out those living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath; but the Naphtalites too
lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth
Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them. 34 The
Amorites confined the Danites to the hill country, not allowing them to come
down into [14]
the plain. 35 And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in
Mount Heres, Aijalon and Shaalbim, but when the power of the house of Joseph
increased, they too were pressed into forced labor. 36 The boundary
of the Amorites was from Scorpion F Pass to Sela and
beyond.
2
1
The
angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that
I swore to give to your forefathers. I said, `I will never break my covenant
with you, 2 and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this
land, but you shall break down their altars.' Yet you have disobeyed me. Why
have you done this? 3 Now therefore
I tell you that I will not drive them out before you; they will be thorns in
your sides and their gods will be a snare to you."
4
When
the angel of the LORD had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people
wept aloud, 5 and they called that place Bokim. A There
they offered sacrifices to the LORD.
6
After
Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land,
each to his own inheritance. 7 The people served the LORD throughout
the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all
the great things the LORD had done for Israel.
8
Joshua
son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten.
9
And
they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres B in
the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. [15]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 21:29 -
22:13
29
He
told them this parable: "Look at the fig tree and all
the trees. 30 When they sprout
leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.
31 Even so, when you see these
things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.
32
"I
tell you the truth, this generation B
will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
34
"Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness
and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a
trap. 35
For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth.
36
Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is
about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of
Man."
37
Each
day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the
night on the hill called the Mount of Olives, 38 and all the people
came early in the morning to hear him at the temple.
22
1
Now
the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, 2
and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some
way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the [16]
people. 3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the
Twelve. 4 And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the
temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. 5
They were delighted and agreed to give him money. 6 He
consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no
crowd was present.
7
Then
came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be
sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover."
9
"Where
do you want us to prepare for it?" they asked.
10
He
replied, "As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar
of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, 11and
say to the owner of the house, `The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where
I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 12 He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make
preparations there."
13
They
left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the
Passover. [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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