Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
FEBRUARY
6
PSALMS: 6, 37, 67, 97,
127
PROVERBS: 6
OLD
TESTAMENT: JUDGES 8:18 - 9:21
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 23:44 -
24:12
PSALMS:
6
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.
A A psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or
discipline me in your wrath.
2
Be
merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;
O
LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
3
My
soul is in anguish.
How
long, O LORD, how long?
4
Turn,
O LORD, and deliver me;
save
me because of your unfailing love.
5
No
one remembers you when he is dead.
Who
praises you from the grave B?
6
I
am worn out from groaning;
all
night long I flood my bed with weeping
and
drench my couch with tears.
7
My
eyes grow weak with sorrow;
they
fail because of all my foes.
8
Away
from me, all you who do evil,
for
the LORD has heard my weeping.
9
The
LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
the
LORD accepts my prayer.
10
All
my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
they
will turn back in sudden disgrace. [1]
PSALMS: 36
For
the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD.
1
An
oracle is within my heart
concerning
the sinfulness of the wicked: A
There
is no fear of God
before
his eyes.
2
For
in his own eyes he flatters himself
too
much to detect or hate his sin.
3
The
words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
he
has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4
Even
on his bed he plots evil;
he
commits himself to a sinful course
and
does not reject what is wrong.
5
Your
love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your
faithfulness to the skies.
6
Your
righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your
justice like the great deep.
O
LORD, you preserve both man and beast.
7
How
priceless is your unfailing love!
Both
high and low among men
find
B refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8
They
feast on the abundance of your house;
you
give them drink from your river of delights.
9
For
with you is the fountain of life;
in
your light we see light.
10
Continue
your love to those who know you,
your
righteousness to the upright in heart.
11
May
the foot of the proud not come against me, [2]
nor
the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12
See
how the evildoers lie fallen--
thrown
down, not able to rise! [3]
PSALMS: 66
For
the director of music. A song. A psalm.
1
Shout
with joy to God, all the earth!
2
Sing
the glory of his name;
make
his praise glorious!
3
Say
to God, "How awesome are your deeds!
So
great is your power
that
your enemies cringe before you.
4
All
the earth bows down to you;
they
sing praise to you,
they
sing praise to your name."
Selah
5
Come
and see what God has done,
how
awesome his works in man's behalf!
6
He
turned the sea into dry land,
they
passed through the waters on foot--
come,
let us rejoice in him.
7
He
rules forever by his power,
his
eyes watch the nations--
let
not the rebellious rise up against him.
Selah
8
Praise
our God, O peoples,
let
the sound of his praise be heard;
9
he
has preserved our lives
and
kept our feet from slipping.
10
For
you, O God, tested us;
you
refined us like silver.
11
You
brought us into prison
and
laid burdens on our backs.
12
You
let men ride over our heads; [4]
we
went through fire and water,
but
you brought us to a place of abundance.
13
I
will come to your temple with burnt offerings
and
fulfill my vows to you--
14
vows
my lips promised and my mouth spoke
when
I was in trouble.
15
I
will sacrifice fat animals to you
and
an offering of rams;
I
will offer bulls and goats.
Selah
16
Come
and listen, all you who fear God;
let
me tell you what he has done for me.
17
I
cried out to him with my mouth;
his
praise was on my tongue.
18
If
I had cherished sin in my heart,
the
Lord would not have listened;
19
but
God has surely listened
and
heard my voice in prayer.
20
Praise
be to God,
who
has not rejected my prayer
or
withheld his love from me! [5]
PSALMS: 96
1
Sing
to the LORD a new song;
sing
to the LORD, all the earth.
2
Sing
to the LORD, praise his name;
proclaim
his salvation day after day.
3
Declare
his glory among the nations,
his
marvelous deeds among all peoples.
4
For
great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he
is to be feared above all gods.
5
For
all the gods of the nations are idols,
but
the LORD made the heavens.
6
Splendor
and majesty are before him;
strength
and glory are in his sanctuary.
7
Ascribe
to the LORD, O families of nations,
ascribe
to the LORD glory and strength.
8
Ascribe
to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring
an offering and come into his courts.
9
Worship
the LORD in the splendor of his A holiness;
tremble
before him, all the earth.
10
Say
among the nations, "The LORD
reigns."
The
world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
he
will judge the peoples with equity.
11
Let
the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let
the sea resound, and all that is in it;
12
let
the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then
all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
13
they
will sing before the LORD, for he comes,
he
comes to judge the earth.
He
will judge the world in righteousness
and
the peoples in his truth. [6]
PSALMS: 126
A
song of ascents.
1
When
the LORD brought back the captives to A Zion,
we
were like men who dreamed. B
2
Our
mouths were filled with laughter,
our
tongues with songs of joy.
Then
it was said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for
them."
3
The
LORD has done great things for us,
and
we are filled with joy.
4
Restore
our fortunes, C O LORD,
like
streams in the Negev.
5
Those
who sow in tears
will
reap with songs of joy.
6
He
who goes out weeping,
carrying
seed to sow,
will
return with songs of joy,
carrying
sheaves with him. [7]
PROVERBS: 6
6
1
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if
you have struck hands in pledge for another,
2
if
you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared
by the words of your mouth,
3
then
do this, my son, to free yourself,
since
you have fallen into your neighbor's hands:
Go
and humble yourself;
press
your plea with your neighbor!
4
Allow
no sleep to your eyes,
no
slumber to your eyelids.
5
Free
yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like
a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6
Go
to the ant, you sluggard;
consider
its ways and be wise!
7
It
has no commander,
no
overseer or ruler,
8
yet
it stores its provisions in summer
and
gathers its food at harvest.
9
How
long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When
will you get up from your sleep?
10
A
little sleep, a little slumber,
a
little folding of the hands to rest--
11
and
poverty will come on you like a bandit
and
scarcity like an armed man. A
12
A
scoundrel and villain,
who
goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13
who winks with his eye,
signals
with his feet
and
motions with his fingers,
14
who plots evil with deceit in his heart--
he
always stirs up dissension.
15
Therefore
disaster will overtake him in an instant; [8]
he
will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.
16
There
are six things the LORD hates,
seven
that are detestable to him:
17
haughty
eyes,
a
lying tongue,
hands
that shed innocent blood,
18
a
heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet
that are quick to rush into evil,
19
a
false witness who pours out lies
and
a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
20
My
son, keep your father's commands
and
do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21
Bind
them upon your heart forever;
fasten
them around your neck.
22
When
you walk, they will guide you;
when
you sleep, they will watch over you;
when
you awake, they will speak to you.
23
For
these commands are a lamp,
this
teaching is a light,
and
the corrections of discipline
are
the way to life,
24
keeping
you from the immoral woman,
from
the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
25
Do
not lust in your heart after her beauty
or
let her captivate you with her eyes,
26
for
the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and
the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27
Can
a man scoop fire into his lap
without
his clothes being burned?
28
Can
a man walk on hot coals
without
his feet being scorched?
29
So
is he who sleeps with another man's wife; [9]
no
one who touches her will go unpunished.
30
Men
do not despise a thief if he steals
to
satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31
Yet
if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though
it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32
But
a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever
does so destroys himself.
33
Blows
and disgrace are his lot,
and
his shame will never be wiped away;
34
for
jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and
he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35
He
will not accept any compensation;
he
will refuse the bribe, however great it is. [10]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JUDGES 8:18 - 9:21
18
Then
he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?"
"Men
like you," they answered, "each one with the bearing of a prince."
19
Gideon
replied, "Those were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. As surely as the
LORD lives, if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you." 20
Turning to Jether, his oldest son, he said, "Kill them!" But Jether did
not draw his sword, because he was only a boy and was afraid.
21
Zebah
and Zalmunna said, "Come, do it yourself. `As is the man, so is his strength.' "
So Gideon stepped forward and killed them, and took the ornaments off their
camels' necks.
22
The
Israelites said to Gideon, "Rule over us--you, your son and your
grandson--because you have saved us out of the hand of Midian."
23
But
Gideon told them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The
LORD will rule over you." 24 And he said, "I do have one request,
that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder." (It was the
custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)
25
They
answered, "We'll be glad to give them." So they spread out a garment, and each
man threw a ring from his plunder onto it. 26 The weight of the gold
rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels, B not counting
the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian
or the chains that were [11]purple
garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains that were on their camels'
necks.
27
Gideon
made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel
prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon
and his family.
28
Thus
Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again.
During Gideon's lifetime, the land enjoyed peace forty years.
29
Jerub-Baal
son of Joash went back home to live. 30 He had seventy sons of his
own, for he had many wives. 31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem,
also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech. 32 Gideon son of Joash
died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah
of the Abiezrites.
33
No
sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the
Baals. They set up Baal-Berith as their god and 34 did not remember
the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on
every side. 35 They also failed to show kindness to the family of
Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for
them.
9
1
Abimelech
son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother's brothers in Shechem and said to them and
to all his mother's clan, 2 "Ask all the citizens of Shechem, `Which
is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal's sons rule over you, or
just one man?' Remember, I am your flesh and blood."
3
When
the brothers repeated all this to the citizens of Shechem, [12]
they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, "He is our brother."
4 They gave him seventy shekelsA of silver from the temple
of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech used it to hire reckless adventurers, who became
his followers. 5 He went to his father's home in Ophrah and on one
stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham, the
youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding. 6 Then all the
citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered beside the great tree at the pillar
in Shechem to crown Abimelech king.
7
When
Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and
shouted to them, "Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to
you.
8
One
day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive
tree, `Be our king.'
9
"But
the olive tree answered, `Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and men
are honored, to hold sway over the trees?'
10
"Next,
the trees said to the fig tree, `Come and be our king.'
11
"But
the fig tree replied, `Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold
sway over the trees?'
12
"Then
the trees said to the vine, `Come and be our king.'
13
"But
the vine answered, `Should I give up my wine, which cheers both gods and men, to
hold sway over the trees?'
14
"Finally
all the trees said to the thornbush, `Come and be our king.'
15
"The
thornbush said to the trees, `If you really want to anoint me king over you,
come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then [13]let
fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'
16
"Now
if you have acted honorably and in good faith when you made Abimelech king, and
if you have been fair to Jerub-Baal and his family, and if you have treated him
as he deserves—17 and to think that my father fought for you, risked
his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian 18 (but today you have
revolted against my father's family, murdered his seventy sons on a single
stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his slave girl, king over the citizens of
Shechem because he is your brother)—19 if then you have acted
honorably and in good faith toward Jerub-Baal and his family today, may
Abimelech be your joy, and may you be his, too! 20 But if you have
not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume you, citizens of Shechem and
Beth Millo, and let fire come out from you, citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo,
and consume Abimelech!"
21
Then
Jotham fled, escaping to Beer, and he lived there because he was afraid of his
brother Abimelech. [14]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 23:44 -
24:12
44
It
was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the
ninth hour, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the
temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he
had said this, he breathed his last.
47
The
centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a
righteous man." 48 When all the people who had gathered to witness
this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49
But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from
Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
50
Now
there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,
51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from
the Judean town of Arimathea and he was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52
Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body. 53 Then he took it
down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in
which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was Preparation Day, and the
Sabbath was about to begin.
55
The
women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and
how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared
spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the
commandment. [15]
24
1
On
the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices
they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled
away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the
body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this,
suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the
ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the
dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while
he was still with you in Galilee: 7 `The
Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on
the third day be raised again.'" 8 Then they remembered his
words.
9
When
they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to
all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of
James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But
they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like
nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending
over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away,
wondering to himself what had happened. [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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