Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
OCTOBER
16
PSALMS:
16, 46, 76, 106, 136
PROVERBS:
16
OLD
TESTAMENT:
GENESIS 11:1 - 13:4
NEW
TESTAMENT:
MATTHEW 5:1 - 26
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.
16
to
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: GENESIS 11:1 - 13:4
11
1
Now
the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2
As
men moved eastward, A
they found a plain in Shinar B
and settled there.
3
They
said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them
thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for
mortar. 4
Then
they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower
that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves
and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
5
But
the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were
building.
6
The
LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they
have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be
impossible for them. 7
Come,
let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand
each other."
8
So
the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they
stopped building the city. 9
That
is why it was called Babel C--because
there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there
the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
10
This
is the account of Shem.
Two
years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the
father D
of Arphaxad. 11
And
after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had
other sons and daughters.
12
When
Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. 13
And
after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and
had other sons and daughters. E
14
When
Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. 15
And
after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had
other sons and daughters.
16
When
Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. 17
And
after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had
other sons and daughters.
18
When
Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. 19
And
after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had
other sons and daughters.
20
When
Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. 21
And
after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had
other sons and daughters.
22
When
Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. 23
And
after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had 15
other sons and daughters.
24
When
Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. 25
And
after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had
other sons and daughters.
26
After
Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and
Haran.
27
This
is the account of Terah.
Terah
became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the
father of Lot. 28
While
his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans,
in the land of his birth. 29
Abram
and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the
name of Nahor's wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the
father of both Milcah and Iscah. 30
Now
Sarai was barren; she had no children.
31
Terah
took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his
daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they
set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came
to Haran, they settled there.
32
Terah
lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
12
1
The
LORD had said to Abram, "Leave
your country, your people and your father's household and go to the
land I will show you.
2
"I
will make you into a great nation
and
I will bless you;
I
will make your name great,
and
you will be a blessing.
3
I
will bless those who bless you,
and
whoever curses you I will curse;
and
all peoples on earth
will
be blessed through you."
16
4
So
Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram
was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran. 5
He
took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had
accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set
out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
6
Abram
traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of
Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7
The
LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To
your offspring A
I will give this land."
So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
8
From
there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his
tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an
altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. 9
Then
Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.
10
Now
there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live
there for a while because the famine was severe. 11
As
he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know
what a beautiful woman you are. 12
When
the Egyptians see you, they will say, `This is his wife.' Then they
will kill me but will let you live. 13
Say
you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and
my life will be spared because of you."
14
When
Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that she was a very beautiful
woman. 15
And
when Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and
she was taken into his palace. 16
He
treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle,
male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
17
But
the LORD inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household
because of Abram's wife Sarai. 18
So
Pharaoh summoned Abram. "What have you done to me?" he
said. "Why didn't you tell me she was your wife? 19
Why
did you say, `She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife?
Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!"
20
Then
Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his
way, with his wife and everything he had.
13
1
So
Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything
he had, and Lot went with him. 2
Abram
had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold. 17
3
From
the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the
place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier 4
and
where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of
the LORD. 18
NEW
TESTAMENT:
MATTHEW 5:1 - 26
5
1
Now
when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down.
His disciples came to him, 2
and
he began to teach them, saying:
3
"Blessed
are the poor in spirit,
for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4
Blessed
are those who mourn,
for
they will be comforted.
5
Blessed
are the meek,
for
they will inherit the earth.
6
Blessed
are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for
they will be filled.
7
Blessed
are the merciful,
for
they will be shown mercy.
8
Blessed
are the pure in heart,
for
they will see God.
9
Blessed
are the peacemakers,
for
they will be called sons of God.
10
Blessed
are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11
"Blessed
are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all
kinds of evil against you because of me.
12
Rejoice
and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same
way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
13
"You
are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how
can it be made salty again?
It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and
trampled by men.
14
"You
are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
15
Neither
do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.
Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in
the house.
16
In
the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your
good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
19
17
"Do
not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets;
I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
18
I
tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the
smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means
disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
19
Anyone
who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others
to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but
whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in
the kingdom of heaven.
20
For
I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the
Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter
the kingdom of heaven.
21
"You
have heard that it was said to the people long ago,
`Do
not murder, A
and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.'
22
But
I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother B
will be subject to judgment.
Again, anyone who says to his brother,
`Raca,
C'
is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says,
`You
fool!'
will be in danger of the fire of hell.
23
"Therefore,
if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that
your brother has something against you,
24
leave
your gift there in front of the altar.
First go and be reconciled to your brother;
then come and offer your gift.
25
"Settle
matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court.
Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you
over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer,
and you may be thrown into prison.
26
I
tell you the truth, you will not get out until you have paid the last
penny.
D
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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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