Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JULY
22
PSALMS:
22, 52, 82, 112, 142
PROVERBS:
22
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JEREMIAH 16:16 - 18:23
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 - 5:3
PSALMS:
22
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Doe of the Morning."
A psalm of David.
1
My
God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why
are you so far from saving me,
so
far from the words of my groaning?
2
O
my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by
night, and am not silent.
3
Yet
you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you
are the praise of Israel. A
4
In
you our fathers put their trust;
they
trusted and you delivered them.
5
They
cried to you and were saved;
in
you they trusted and were not disappointed.
6
But
I am a worm and not a man,
scorned
by men and despised by the people.
7
All
who see me mock me;
they
hurl insults, shaking their heads:
8
"He
trusts in the LORD;
let
the LORD rescue him.
Let
him deliver him,
since
he delights in him."
9
Yet
you brought me out of the womb;
you
made me trust in you
even
at my mother's breast.
10
From
birth I was cast upon you;
from
my mother's womb you have been my God. 1
11
Do
not be far from me,
for
trouble is near
and
there is no one to help.
12
Many
bulls surround me;
strong
bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13
Roaring
lions tearing their prey
open
their mouths wide against me.
14
I
am poured out like water,
and
all my bones are out of joint.
My
heart has turned to wax;
it
has melted away within me.
15
My
strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you
lay me B
in the dust of death.
16
Dogs
have surrounded me;
a
band of evil men has encircled me,
they
have pierced C
my hands and my feet.
17
I
can count all my bones;
people
stare and gloat over me.
18
They
divide my garments among them
and
cast lots for my clothing.
19
But
you, O LORD, be not far off;
O
my Strength, come quickly to help me.
20
Deliver
my life from the sword,
my
precious life from the power of the dogs.
21
Rescue
me from the mouth of the lions;
save
D
me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22
I
will declare your name to my brothers;
in
the congregation I will praise you.
23
You
who fear the LORD, praise him!
All
you descendants of Jacob, honor him! 2
Revere
him, all you descendants of Israel!
24
For
he has not despised or disdained
the
suffering of the afflicted one;
he
has not hidden his face from him
but
has listened to his cry for help.
25
From
you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before
those who fear you E
will I fulfill my vows.
26
The
poor will eat and be satisfied;
they
who seek the LORD will praise him--
may
your hearts live forever!
27
All
the ends of the earth
will
remember and turn to the LORD,
and
all the families of the nations
will
bow down before him,
28
for
dominion belongs to the LORD
and
he rules over the nations.
29
All
the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all
who go down to the dust will kneel before him--
those
who cannot keep themselves alive.
30
Posterity
will serve him;
future
generations will be told about the Lord.
31
They
will proclaim his righteousness
to
a people yet unborn--
for
he has done it. 3
PSALMS:
52
For
the director of music. A maskil
A
of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: "David
has gone to the house of Ahimelech."
1
Why
do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why
do you boast all day long,
you
who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2
Your
tongue plots destruction;
it
is like a sharpened razor,
you
who practice deceit.
3
You
love evil rather than good,
falsehood
rather than speaking the truth.
Selah
4
You
love every harmful word,
O
you deceitful tongue!
5
Surely
God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He
will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he
will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah
6
The
righteous will see and fear;
they
will laugh at him, saying,
7
"Here
now is the man
who
did not make God his stronghold
but
trusted in his great wealth
and
grew strong by destroying others!"
8
But
I am like an olive tree
flourishing
in the house of God;
I
trust in God's unfailing love
for
ever and ever.
9
I
will praise you forever for what you have done; 4
in
your name I will hope, for your name is good.
I
will praise you in the presence of your saints. 5
PSALMS:
82
A
psalm of Asaph.
1
God
presides in the great assembly;
he
gives judgment among the "gods":
2
"How
long will you A
defend the unjust
and
show partiality to the wicked?
Selah
3
Defend
the cause of the weak and fatherless;
maintain
the rights of the poor and oppressed.
4
Rescue
the weak and needy;
deliver
them from the hand of the wicked.
5
"They
know nothing, they understand nothing.
They
walk about in darkness;
all
the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6
"I
said, `You are "gods";
you
are all sons of the Most High.'
7
But
you will die like mere men;
you
will fall like every other ruler."
8
Rise
up, O God, judge the earth,
for
all the nations are your inheritance.
6
PSALMS:
112
1
Praise
A
the LORD. B
Blessed
is the man who fears the LORD,
who
finds great delight in his commands.
2
His
children will be mighty in the land;
the
generation of the upright will be blessed.
3
Wealth
and riches are in his house,
and
his righteousness endures forever.
4
Even
in darkness light dawns for the upright,
for
the gracious and compassionate and righteous man. C
5Good
will come to him who is generous and lends freely,
who
conducts his affairs with justice.
6
Surely
he will never be shaken;
a
righteous man will be remembered forever.
7
He
will have no fear of bad news;
his
heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
8
His
heart is secure, he will have no fear;
in
the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
9
He
has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor,
his
righteousness endures forever;
his
horn D
will be lifted high in honor.
10
The
wicked man will see and be vexed,
he
will gnash his teeth and waste away;
the
longings of the wicked will come to nothing. 7
PSALMS:
142
A
maskil
A
of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.
1
I
cry aloud to the LORD;
I
lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2
I
pour out my complaint before him;
before
him I tell my trouble.
3
When
my spirit grows faint within me,
it
is you who know my way.
In
the path where I walk
men
have hidden a snare for me.
4
Look
to my right and see;
no
one is concerned for me.
I
have no refuge;
no
one cares for my life.
5
I
cry to you, O LORD;
I
say, "You are my refuge,
my
portion in the land of the living."
6
Listen
to my cry,
for
I am in desperate need;
rescue
me from those who pursue me,
for
they are too strong for me.
7
Set
me free from my prison,
that
I may praise your name.
Then
the righteous will gather about me
because
of your goodness to me. 8
PROVERBS:
22
22
1
A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to
be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
2
Rich
and poor have this in common:
The
LORD is the Maker of them all.
3
A
prudent man sees danger and takes refuge,
but
the simple keep going and suffer for it.
4
Humility
and the fear of the LORD
bring
wealth and honor and life.
5
In
the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares,
but
he who guards his soul stays far from them.
6
Train
A
a child in the way he should go,
and
when he is old he will not turn from it.
7
The
rich rule over the poor,
and
the borrower is servant to the lender.
8
He
who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
and
the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9
A
generous man will himself be blessed,
for
he shares his food with the poor.
10
Drive
out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels
and insults are ended.
11
He
who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious
will
have the king for his friend. 9
12
The
eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge,
but
he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13
The
sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!"
or,
"I will be murdered in the streets!"
14
The
mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;
he
who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
15
Folly
is bound up in the heart of a child,
but
the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
16
He
who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and
he who gives gifts to the rich--both come to poverty.
17
Pay
attention and listen to the sayings of the wise;
apply
your heart to what I teach,
18
for
it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and
have all of them ready on your lips.
19
So
that your trust may be in the LORD,
I
teach you today, even you.
20
Have
I not written thirty B
sayings for you,
sayings
of counsel and knowledge,
21
teaching
you true and reliable words,
so
that you can give sound answers
to
him who sent you?
22
Do
not exploit the poor because they are poor
and
do not crush the needy in court,
23
for
the LORD will take up their case
and
will plunder those who plunder them. 10
24
Do
not make friends with a hot-tempered man,
do
not associate with one easily angered,
25
or
you may learn his ways
and
get yourself ensnared.
26
Do
not be a man who strikes hands in pledge
or
puts up security for debts;
27
if
you lack the means to pay,
your
very bed will be snatched from under you.
28
Do
not move an ancient boundary stone
set
up by your forefathers.
29
Do
you see a man skilled in his work?
He
will serve before kings;
he
will not serve before obscure men. 11
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JEREMIAH 16:16 - 18:23
16
"But
now I will send for many fishermen,"
declares the LORD, "and
they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and
they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the
crevices of the rocks. 17
My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is
their sin concealed from my eyes. 18
I will repay them double for their wickedness and their sin, because
they have defiled my land with the lifeless forms of their vile
images and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols."
19
O
LORD, my strength and my fortress,
my
refuge in time of distress,
to
you the nations will come
from
the ends of the earth and say,
"Our
fathers possessed nothing but false gods,
worthless
idols that did them no good.
20
Do
men make their own gods?
Yes,
but they are not gods!"
21
"Therefore
I will teach them--
this
time I will teach them
my
power and might.
Then
they will know
that
my name is the LORD.
17
1
"Judah's sin is engraved with an iron tool,
inscribed
with a flint point,
on
the tablets of their hearts
and
on the horns of their altars.
2
Even
their children remember 12
their
altars and Asherah poles A
beside
the spreading trees
and
on the high hills.
3
My
mountain in the land
and
your B
wealth and all your treasures
I
will give away as plunder,
together
with your high places,
because
of sin throughout your country.
4
Through
your own fault you will lose
the
inheritance I gave you.
I
will enslave you to your enemies
in
a land you do not know,
for
you have kindled my anger,
and
it will burn forever."
5
This
is what the LORD says:
"Cursed
is the one who trusts in man,
who
depends on flesh for his strength
and
whose heart turns away from the LORD.
6
He will be like a bush in the wastelands;
he
will not see prosperity when it comes.
He
will dwell in the parched places of the desert,
in
a salt land where no one lives.
13
7
"But
blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose
confidence is in him.
8
He will be like a tree planted by the water
that
sends out its roots by the stream.
It
does not fear when heat comes;
its
leaves are always green.
It
has no worries in a year of drought
and
never fails to bear fruit."
9
The
heart is deceitful above all things
and
beyond cure.
Who
can understand it?
10
"I
the LORD search the heart
and
examine the mind,
to
reward a man according to his conduct,
according
to what his deeds deserve."
11
Like
a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
is
the man who gains riches by unjust means.
When
his life is half gone, they will desert him,
and
in the end he will prove to be a fool.
12
A
glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,
is
the place of our sanctuary.
13
O
LORD, the hope of Israel, 14
all
who forsake you will be put to shame.
Those
who turn away from you will be written in the dust
because
they have forsaken the LORD,
the
spring of living water.
14
Heal
me, O LORD, and I will be healed;
save
me and I will be saved,
for
you are the one I praise.
15
They
keep saying to me,
"Where
is the word of the LORD?
Let
it now be fulfilled!"
16
I
have not run away from being your shepherd;
you
know I have not desired the day of despair.
What
passes my lips is open before you.
17
Do
not be a terror to me;
you
are my refuge in the day of disaster.
18
Let
my persecutors be put to shame,
but
keep me from shame;
let
them be terrified,
but
keep me from terror.
Bring
on them the day of disaster;
destroy
them with double destruction.
19
This
is what the LORD said to me: "Go
and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah
go in and out; stand also at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
20
Say to them, `Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and all
people of Judah and everyone living in Jerusalem who come through
these gates. 21
This is what the LORD says: Be careful not to carry a load on the
Sabbath day or bring it through the 15
gates of Jerusalem. 22
Do not bring a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath,
but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your forefathers. 23
Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were stiff-necked and
would not listen or respond to discipline. 24
But if you are careful to obey me, declares the LORD, and bring no
load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the
Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it, 25
then kings who sit on David's throne will come through the gates of
this city with their officials. They and their officials will come
riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by the men of Judah and
those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
26
People will come from the towns of Judah and the villages around
Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin and the western foothills,
from the hill country and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and
sacrifices, grain offerings, incense and thank offerings to the house
of the LORD. 27
But if you do not obey me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not
carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the
Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in the gates of
Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.'"
18
1
This
is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2
"Go
down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message."
3
So
I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the
wheel. 4
But
the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the
potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
5
Then
the word of the LORD came to me: 6
"O
house
of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?"
declares the LORD. "Like
clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of
Israel. 7
If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted,
torn down and destroyed, 8
and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent
and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. 9
And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be
built up and planted, 10
and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will
reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
11
"Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in
Jerusalem, `This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a
disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your
evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.'
12
But they will reply, `It's no use. We will continue with our own
plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.'"
16
13
Therefore
this is what the LORD says:
"Inquire
among the nations:
Who
has ever heard anything like this?
A
most horrible thing has been done
by
Virgin Israel.
14
Does the snow of Lebanon
ever
vanish from its rocky slopes?
Do
its cool waters from distant sources
ever
cease to flow? A
15
Yet my people have forgotten me;
they
burn incense to worthless idols,
which
made them stumble in their ways
and
in the ancient paths.
They
made them walk in bypaths
and
on roads not built up.
16
Their land will be laid waste,
an
object of lasting scorn;
all
who pass by will be appalled
and
will shake their heads.
17
Like a wind from the east,
I
will scatter them before their enemies;
I
will show them my back and not my face
in
the day of their disaster."
18
They
said, "Come, let's make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching
of the law by the priest will not be lost, nor will counsel from the
17
wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let's attack him with
our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says."
19
Listen
to me, O LORD;
hear
what my accusers are saying!
20
Should
good be repaid with evil?
Yet
they have dug a pit for me.
Remember
that I stood before you
and
spoke in their behalf
to
turn your wrath away from them.
21
So
give their children over to famine;
hand
them over to the power of the sword.
Let
their wives be made childless and widows;
let
their men be put to death,
their
young men slain by the sword in battle.
22
Let
a cry be heard from their houses
when
you suddenly bring invaders against them,
for
they have dug a pit to capture me
and
have hidden snares for my feet.
23
But
you know, O LORD,
all
their plots to kill me.
Do
not forgive their crimes
or
blot out their sins from your sight.
Let
them be overthrown before you;
deal
with them in the time of your anger. 18
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 - 5:3
4
1
Finally,
brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in
fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to
do this more and more.
2
For
you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord
Jesus.
3
It
is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid
sexual immorality;
4
that
each of you should learn to control his own body A
in a way that is holy and honorable, 5
not
in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; 6
and
that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage
of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have
already told you and warned you. 7
For
God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8
Therefore,
he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who
gives you his Holy Spirit.
9
Now
about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you
yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 10
And
in fact, you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Yet we
urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.
11
Make
it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and
to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12
so
that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you
will not be dependent on anybody.
13
Brothers,
we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to
grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 14
We
believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God
will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
15
According
to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who
are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede
those who have fallen asleep.
16
For
the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command,
with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and
the dead in Christ will rise first.
17
After
that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will
be with the Lord forever. 18
Therefore
encourage each other with these words.
5
1
Now,
brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2
for
you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in
the night. 3
While
people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will
come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they
will not escape. 19
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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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