Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
FEBRUARY
16
PSALMS: 16, 46, 76, 106,
136
PROVERBS: 16
OLD
TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 2:22 - 4:22
NEW
TESTAMENT: JOHN 5:24 - 47
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.
16t
o 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: 1 SAMUEL 2:22 - 4:22
22
Now
Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel
and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of
Meeting. 23 So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? I hear
from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours. 24 No, my
sons; it is not a good report that I hear spreading among the LORD's people.
25 If a man sins against another man, God E may mediate
for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?" His
sons, however, did not listen to their father's rebuke, for it was the LORD's
will to put them to death.
26
And
the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with
men.
27
Now
a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "This is
what the LORD says: `Did I not clearly reveal myself to your father's house when
they were in Egypt under Pharaoh? 28
I chose your father out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to
my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your
father's house all the offerings made with fire by the Israelites.
29 Why do you
F scorn my sacrifice and offering
that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by
fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people
Israel?'
30
"Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: `I promised
that your house and your father's house would minister before me forever.' But
now the LORD declares: `Far be it from me! Those who [15] honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be
disdained. 31 The time is coming
when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your father's house, so
that there will not be an old man in your family line 32 and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will
be done to Israel, in your family line there will never be an old man.
33 Every one of you that I do not
cut off from my altar will be spared only to blind your eyes with tears and to
grieve your heart, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.
34 "`And
what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you--they
will both die on the same day. 35
I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is
in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his house, and he will minister
before my anointed one always. 36
Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him for a
piece of silver and a crust of bread and plead, "Appoint me to some priestly
office so I can have food to eat."'"
3
1
The
boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the
LORD was rare; there were not many visions.
2
One
night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying
down in his usual place. 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and
Samuel was lying down in the temple A of the LORD, where the ark of
God was. 4 Then the LORD called Samuel. [16]
Samuel answered, "Here I am." 5 And he ran to Eli and said, "Here I
am; you called me."
But
Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down." So he went and lay down.
6
Again
the LORD called, "Samuel!" And Samuel got up
and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me."
"My son," Eli said, "I did not call; go back and
lie down."
7
Now
Samuel did not yet know the LORD: The word of the LORD had not yet been revealed
to him.
8
The
LORD called Samuel a third time, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said,
"Here I am; you called me."
Then
Eli realized that the LORD was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel,
"Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, `Speak, LORD, for your servant is
listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10
The
LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, "Samuel! Samuel!"
Then
Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening."
11
And
the LORD said to Samuel: "See, I am about to do
something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.
12 At that time I will carry out
against Eli everything I spoke against his family--from beginning to end.
13 For I told him that I would judge
his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons made themselves
contemptible, B and he failed to
restrain them. 14 Therefore, I swore
to the house of Eli, `The guilt of Eli's house will never be atoned for by
sacrifice or offering.'" [17]
15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the
house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, 16 but Eli
called him and said, "Samuel, my son."
Samuel
answered, "Here I am."
17
"What
was it he said to you?" Eli asked. "Do not hide it from me. May God deal with
you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you." 18
So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, "He
is the LORD; let him do what is good in his eyes."
19
The
LORD was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of his words fall to the
ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that
Samuel was attested as a prophet of the LORD. 21 The LORD continued
to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his
word.
4
1
And
Samuel's word came to all Israel.
Now
the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped
at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek. 2 The Philistines deployed
their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by
the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield.
3 When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked,
"Why did the LORD bring defeat upon us today before the Philistines? Let us
bring the ark of the LORD's covenant from Shiloh, so that it A may go
with us and save us from the hand of our enemies." [18]
4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of
the covenant of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim. And
Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of
God.
5
When
the ark of the LORD's covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a
great shout that the ground shook. 6 Hearing the uproar, the
Philistines asked, "What's all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?"
When
they learned that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp, 7 the
Philistines were afraid. "A god has come into the camp," they said. "We're in
trouble! Nothing like this has happened before. 8 Woe to us! Who will
deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck the
Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the desert. 9 Be strong,
Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they have been to
you. Be men, and fight!"
10
So
the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to
his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot
soldiers. 11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni
and Phinehas, died.
12
That
same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh, his clothes
torn and dust on his head. 13 When he arrived, there was Eli sitting
on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the
ark of God. When the man entered [19]
the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.
14
Eli
heard the outcry and asked, "What is the meaning of this uproar?"
The
man hurried over to Eli, 15 who was ninety-eight years old and whose
eyes were set so that he could not see. 16 He told Eli, "I have just
come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day."
Eli
asked, "What happened, my son?"
17
The
man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and the
army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are
dead, and the ark of God has been captured."
18
When
he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the
gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had
led B Israel forty years.
19
His
daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of
delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that
her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth,
but was overcome by her labor pains. 20 As she was dying, the women
attending her said, "Don't despair; you have given birth to a son." But she did
not respond or pay any attention.
21
She
named the boy Ichabod, C saying, "The glory has departed from
Israel"--because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her
father-in-law and her husband.
22
She
said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been
captured." [20]
NEW
TESTAMENT: JOHN 5:24 - 47
24
"I
tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has
eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.
25
I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear
the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26
For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in
himself. 27
And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
28
"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves
will hear his voice 29
and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have
done evil will rise to be condemned. 30
By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for
I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
31
"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not valid. 32
There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about
me is valid.
33
"You
have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. 34
Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved.
35
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy
his light.
36
"I
have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father
has given me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent
me. 37
And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never
heard his voice nor seen his form, 38
nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.
39
You
diligently study C
the Scriptures [21]
because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the
Scriptures that testify about me, 40
yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
41
"I do not accept praise from men, 42
but
I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.
43
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else
comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44
How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to
obtain the praise that comes from the only God D?
45
"But
do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom
your hopes are set. 46
If
you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.
47
But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I
say?"
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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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