Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
FEBRUARY
3
PSALMS: 3, 33, 63, 93,
123
PROVERBS: 3
OLD
TESTAMENT: JUDGES 4:1 - 5:31
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 22:35 - 53
PSALMS:
3
A
psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.
1
O
LORD, how many are my foes!
How
many rise up against me!
2
Many
are saying of me,
"God
will not deliver him."
Selah
A
3
But
you are a shield around me, O LORD;
you
bestow glory on me and lift B up my head.
4
To
the LORD I cry aloud,
and
he answers me from his holy hill.
Selah
5
I
lie down and sleep;
I
wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
6
I
will not fear the tens of thousands
drawn
up against me on every side.
7
Arise,
O LORD!
Deliver
me, O my God!
Strike
all my enemies on the jaw;
break
the teeth of the wicked.
8
From
the LORD comes deliverance.
May
your blessing be on your people.
Selah [1]
PSALMS: 33
1
Sing
joyfully to the LORD, you righteous;
it
is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2
Praise
the LORD with the harp;
make
music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3
Sing
to him a new song;
play
skillfully, and shout for joy.
4
For
the word of the LORD is right and true;
he
is faithful in all he does.
5
The
LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the
earth is full of his unfailing love.
6
By
the word of the LORD were the heavens made,
their
starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7
He
gathers the waters of the sea into jars A;
he
puts the deep into storehouses.
8
Let
all the earth fear the LORD;
let
all the people of the world revere him.
9
For
he spoke, and it came to be;
he
commanded, and it stood firm.
10
The
LORD foils the plans of the nations;
he
thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11
But
the plans of the LORD stand firm forever,
the
purposes of his heart through all generations.
12
Blessed
is the nation whose God is the LORD,
the
people he chose for his inheritance.
13
From
heaven the LORD looks down
and
sees all mankind;
14
from
his dwelling place he watches
all
who live on earth--
15
he
who forms the hearts of all,
who
considers everything they do.
16
No
king is saved by the size of his army;
no
warrior escapes by his great strength. [2]
17
A
horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite
all its great strength it cannot save.
18
But
the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him,
on
those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19
to
deliver them from death
and
keep them alive in famine.
20
We
wait in hope for the LORD;
he
is our help and our shield.
21
In
him our hearts rejoice,
for
we trust in his holy name.
22
May
your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD,
even
as we put our hope in you. [3]
PSALMS: 63
A
psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
1
O
God, you are my God,
earnestly
I seek you;
my
soul thirsts for you,
my
body longs for you,
in
a dry and weary land
where
there is no water.
2
I
have seen you in the sanctuary
and
beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because
your love is better than life,
my
lips will glorify you.
4
I
will praise you as long as I live,
and
in your name I will lift up my hands.
5
My
soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with
singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6
On
my bed I remember you;
I
think of you through the watches of the night.
7
Because
you are my help,
I
sing in the shadow of your wings.
8
My
soul clings to you;
your
right hand upholds me.
9
They
who seek my life will be destroyed;
they
will go down to the depths of the earth.
10
They
will be given over to the sword
and
become food for jackals.[4]
11
But
the king will rejoice in God;
all
who swear by God's name will praise him,
while
the mouths of liars will be silenced. [5]
PSALMS: 93
1
The
LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the
LORD is robed in majesty
and
is armed with strength.
The
world is firmly established;
it
cannot be moved.
2
Your
throne was established long ago;
you
are from all eternity.
3
The
seas have lifted up, O LORD,
the
seas have lifted up their voice;
the
seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
4
Mightier
than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier
than the breakers of the sea--
the
LORD on high is mighty.
5
Your
statutes stand firm;
holiness
adorns your house
for
endless days, O LORD. [6]
PSALMS: 123
A
song of ascents.
1
I
lift up my eyes to you,
to
you whose throne is in heaven.
2
As
the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as
the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress,
so
our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till
he shows us his mercy.
3
Have
mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us,
for
we have endured much contempt.
4
We
have endured much ridicule from the proud,
much
contempt from the arrogant. [7]
PROVERBS: 3
3
1
My son, do not forget my teaching,
but
keep my commands in your heart,
2
for
they will prolong your life many years
and
bring you prosperity.
3
Let
love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind
them around your neck,
write
them on the tablet of your heart.
4
Then
you will win favor and a good name
in
the sight of God and man.
5
Trust
in the LORD with all your heart
and
lean not on your own understanding;
6
in
all your ways acknowledge him,
and
he will make your paths straight. A
7
Do
not be wise in your own eyes;
fear
the LORD and shun evil.
8
This
will bring health to your body
and
nourishment to your bones.
9
Honor
the LORD with your wealth,
with
the firstfruits of all your crops;
10
then
your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and
your vats will brim over with new wine.
11
My
son, do not despise the LORD's discipline
and
do not resent his rebuke,
12
because
the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as
a father B the son he delights in. [8]
13
Blessed
is the man who finds wisdom,
the
man who gains understanding,
14
for
she is more profitable than silver
and
yields better returns than gold.
15
She
is more precious than rubies;
nothing
you desire can compare with her.
16
Long
life is in her right hand;
in
her left hand are riches and honor.
17
Her
ways are pleasant ways,
and
all her paths are peace.
18
She
is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
those
who lay hold of her will be blessed.
19
By
wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations,
by
understanding he set the heavens in place;
20
by
his knowledge the deeps were divided,
and
the clouds let drop the dew.
21
My
son, preserve sound judgment and discernment,
do
not let them out of your sight;
22
they
will be life for you,
an
ornament to grace your neck.
23
Then
you will go on your way in safety,
and
your foot will not stumble;
24
when
you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when
you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
25
Have
no fear of sudden disaster
or
of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26
for
the LORD will be your confidence
and
will keep your foot from being snared.
27
Do
not withhold good from those who deserve it,
when
it is in your power to act. [9]
28
Do
not say to your neighbor,
"Come
back later; I'll give it tomorrow"--
when
you now have it with you.
29
Do
not plot harm against your neighbor,
who
lives trustfully near you.
30
Do
not accuse a man for no reason--
when
he has done you no harm.
31Do
not envy a violent man
or
choose any of his ways,
32
for
the LORD detests a perverse man
but
takes the upright into his confidence.
33
The
LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked,
but
he blesses the home of the righteous.
34
He
mocks proud mockers
but
gives grace to the humble.
35
The
wise inherit honor,
but
fools he holds up to shame.
OLD
TESTAMENT: JUDGES 4:1 - 5:31
4
1
After
Ehud died, the Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the LORD. 2
So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan, who
reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth
Haggoyim. 3 Because he had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly
oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.
4
Deborah,
a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading A Israel at that
time. 5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and
Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to her to have
their disputes decided. 6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from
Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, "The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you:
`Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead the way to
Mount Tabor. 7 I will lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army,
with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your
hands.' "
8
Barak
said to her, "If you go with me, I will go; but if you don't go with me, I won't
go."
9"
Very well," Deborah said, "I will go with you. But because of the way you are
going about this, B the honor will not be yours, for the LORD will
hand Sisera over to a woman." So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh, 10
where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and
Deborah also went with him.
11
Now
Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses'
brother-in-law, C and pitched his tent [10]
by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.
12
When
they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,
13
Sisera
gathered together his nine hundred iron chariots and all the men with him, from
Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
14
Then
Deborah said to Barak, "Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your
hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you?" So Barak went down Mount Tabor,
followed by ten thousand men. 15 At Barak's advance, the LORD routed
Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera abandoned his
chariot and fled on foot. 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and army
as far as Harosheth Haggoyim. All the troops of Sisera fell by the sword; not a
man was left.
17
Sisera,
however, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because
there were friendly relations between Jabin king of Hazor and the clan of Heber
the Kenite.
18
Jael
went out to meet Sisera and said to him, "Come, my lord, come right in. Don't be
afraid." So he entered her tent, and she put a covering over him.
19
"I'm
thirsty," he said. "Please give me some water." She opened a skin of milk, gave
him a drink, and covered him up.
20
"Stand
in the doorway of the tent," he told her. "If someone comes by and asks you, `Is
anyone here?' say `No.'"
21
But
Jael, Heber's wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him
while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into
the ground, and he died. [11]
22 Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him.
"Come," she said, "I will show you the man you're looking for." So he went in
with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple--dead.
23
On
that day God subdued Jabin, the Canaanite king, before the Israelites. 24
And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin,
the Canaanite king, until they destroyed him.
5
1
On
that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2
"When
the princes in Israel take the lead,
when
the people willingly offer themselves--
praise
the LORD!
3
"Hear
this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
I
will sing to A the LORD, I will sing;
I
will make music to B the LORD, the God of Israel.
4
"O
LORD, when you went out from Seir,
when
you marched from the land of Edom,
the
earth shook, the heavens poured,
the
clouds poured down water.
5
The
mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai,
before
the LORD, the God of Israel.
6
"In
the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
in
the days of Jael, the roads were abandoned; [12]
travelers
took to winding paths.
7
Village
life C in Israel ceased,
ceased
until I, D Deborah, arose,
arose
a mother in Israel.
8
When
they chose new gods,
war
came to the city gates,
and
not a shield or spear was seen
among
forty thousand in Israel.
9
My
heart is with Israel's princes,
with
the willing volunteers among the people.
Praise
the LORD!
10
"You
who ride on white donkeys,
sitting
on your saddle blankets,
and
you who walk along the road,
consider
11 the voice of the singers
E at the watering places.
They
recite the righteous acts of the LORD,
the
righteous acts of his warriors F in Israel.
"Then
the people of the LORD
went
down to the city gates.
12
`Wake
up, wake up, Deborah!
Wake
up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise,
O Barak!
Take
captive your captives, O son of Abinoam.' [13]
13
"Then
the men who were left
came
down to the nobles;
the
people of the LORD
came
to me with the mighty.
14
Some
came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek;
Benjamin
was with the people who followed you.
From
Makir captains came down,
from
Zebulun those who bear a commander's staff.
15
The
princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
yes,
Issachar was with Barak,
rushing
after him into the valley.
In
the districts of Reuben
there
was much searching of heart.
16
Why
did you stay among the campfires G
to
hear the whistling for the flocks?
In
the districts of Reuben
there
was much searching of heart.
17
Gilead
stayed beyond the Jordan.
And
Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher
remained on the coast
and
stayed in his coves.
18
The
people of Zebulun risked their very lives;
so
did Naphtali on the heights of the field.
19
"Kings
came, they fought;
the
kings of Canaan fought
at
Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, [14]
but
they carried off no silver, no plunder.
20
From
the heavens the stars fought,
from
their courses they fought against Sisera.
21
The
river Kishon swept them away,
the
age-old river, the river Kishon.
March
on, my soul; be strong!
22
Then
thundered the horses' hoofs--
galloping,
galloping go his mighty steeds.
23
`Curse Meroz,' said the angel of the LORD.
`Curse its people bitterly,
because
they did not come to help the LORD,
to
help the LORD against the mighty.'
24
"Most
blessed of women be Jael,
the
wife of Heber the Kenite,
most
blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25
He
asked for water, and she gave him milk;
in
a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
26
Her
hand reached for the tent peg,
her
right hand for the workman's hammer.
She
struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
she
shattered and pierced his temple.
27
At
her feet he sank,
he
fell; there he lay.
At
her feet he sank, he fell;
where
he sank, there he fell--dead. [15]
28
"Through
the window peered Sisera's mother;
behind
the lattice she cried out,
`Why
is his chariot so long in coming?
Why
is the clatter of his chariots delayed?'
29
The
wisest of her ladies answer her;
indeed,
she keeps saying to herself,
30
`Are
they not finding and dividing the spoils:
a
girl or two for each man,
colorful
garments as plunder for Sisera,
colorful
garments embroidered,
highly
embroidered garments for my neck--
all
this as plunder?'
31
"So
may all your enemies perish, O LORD!
But
may they who love you be like the sun
when
it rises in its strength."
Then
the land had peace forty years. [16]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 22:35 - 53
35
Then
Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag
or sandals, did you lack anything?"
"Nothing,"
they answered.
36
He
said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it,
and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
37 It is written: `And he was
numbered with the transgressors' B;
and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me
is reaching its fulfillment."
38
The
disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords."
"That is enough," he replied.
39
Jesus
went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.
40 On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation." 41
He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my
will, but yours be done." 43 An angel from heaven appeared to
him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more
earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
C
45
When
he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep,
exhausted from sorrow. 46 "Why are you
sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so
that you will not fall into temptation."
47
While
he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of
the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, 48 but
Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of
Man with a kiss?"
49
When
Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they [17]said,
"Lord, should we strike with our swords?" 50 And one of them struck
the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
51
But
Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he
touched the man's ear and healed him.
52
Then
Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the
elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a
rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did
not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour--when darkness reigns." [18]
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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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