Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
MARCH
2
PSALMS:
2, 32, 62, 92, 122
PROVERBS:
2
OLD
TESTAMENT:
2 SAMUEL 1:1 - 2:11
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JOHN 12:20 - 50
PSALMS:
2
1
Why
do the nations conspire A
and
the peoples plot in vain?
2
The
kings of the earth take their stand
and
the rulers gather together
against
the LORD
and
against his Anointed One. B
3
"Let
us break their chains," they say,
"and
throw off their fetters."
4
The
One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the
Lord scoffs at them.
5
Then
he rebukes them in his anger
and
terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6
"I
have installed my King C
on
Zion, my holy hill."
7
I
will proclaim the decree of the LORD:
He
said to me, "You
are my Son D;
today
I have become your Father.
E
8
Ask
of me,
and
I will make the nations your inheritance,
the
ends of the earth your possession.
9
You
will rule them with an iron scepter F;
you
will dash them to pieces like pottery."
10
Therefore,
you kings, be wise;
be
warned, you rulers of the earth.
11
Serve
the LORD with fear
and
rejoice with trembling.
12
Kiss
the Son, lest he be angry
and
you be destroyed in your way,
for
his wrath can flare up in a moment.
Blessed
are all who take refuge in him. 1
PSALMS:
32
Of
David. A maskil.
A
1
Blessed
is he
whose
transgressions are forgiven,
whose
sins are covered.
2
Blessed
is the man
whose
sin the LORD does not count against him
and
in whose spirit is no deceit.
3
When
I kept silent,
my
bones wasted away
through
my groaning all day long.
4
For
day and night
your
hand was heavy upon me;
my
strength was sapped
as
in the heat of summer.
Selah
5
Then
I acknowledged my sin to you
and
did not cover up my iniquity.
I
said, "I will confess
my
transgressions to the LORD"--
and
you forgave
the
guilt of my sin.
Selah
6
Therefore
let everyone who is godly pray to you
while
you may be found;
surely
when the mighty waters rise,
they
will not reach him.
you
will protect me from trouble
and
surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah
8
I
will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I
will counsel you and watch over you.
9
Do
not be like the horse or the mule,
which
have no understanding
but
must be controlled by bit and bridle
or
they will not come to you.
10
Many
are the woes of the wicked,
but
the LORD's unfailing love
surrounds
the man who trusts in him.
11
Rejoice
in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
sing,
all you who are upright in heart! 3
PSALMS:
62
For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1
My
soul finds rest in God alone;
my
salvation comes from him.
2
He
alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3
How
long will you assault a man?
Would
all of you throw him down--
this
leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4
They
fully intend to topple him
from
his lofty place;
they
take delight in lies.
With
their mouths they bless,
but
in their hearts they curse.
Selah
5
Find
rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my
hope comes from him.
6
He
alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7
My
salvation and my honor depend on God A;
he
is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8
Trust
in him at all times, O people;
pour
out your hearts to him,
for
God is our refuge.
Selah
the
highborn are but a lie;
if
weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together
they are only a breath.
10
Do
not trust in extortion
or
take pride in stolen goods;
though
your riches increase,
do
not set your heart on them.
11
One
thing God has spoken,
two
things have I heard:
that
you, O God, are strong,
12
and
that you, O Lord, are loving.
Surely
you will reward each person
according
to what he has done. 5
PSALMS:
92
A
psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1
It
is good to praise the LORD
and
make music to your name, O Most High,
2
to
proclaim your love in the morning
and
your faithfulness at night,
3
to
the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and
the melody of the harp.
4
For
you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;
I
sing for joy at the works of your hands.
5
How
great are your works, O LORD,
how
profound your thoughts!
6
The
senseless man does not know,
fools
do not understand,
7
that
though the wicked spring up like grass
and
all evildoers flourish,
they
will be forever destroyed.
8
But
you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
9
For
surely your enemies, O LORD,
surely
your enemies will perish;
all
evildoers will be scattered.
10
You
have exalted my horn A
like that of a wild ox;
fine
oils have been poured upon me.
11
My
eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my
ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
12
The
righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they
will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
14
They
will still bear fruit in old age,
they
will stay fresh and green,
15
proclaiming,
"The LORD is upright;
he
is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." 7
PSALMS:
122
A
song of ascents. Of David.
1
I
rejoiced with those who said to me,
"Let
us go to the house of the LORD."
2
Our
feet are standing
in
your gates, O Jerusalem.
3
Jerusalem
is built like a city
that
is closely compacted together.
4
That
is where the tribes go up,
the
tribes of the LORD,
to
praise the name of the LORD
according
to the statute given to Israel.
5
There
the thrones for judgment stand,
the
thrones of the house of David.
6
Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May
those who love you be secure.
7
May
there be peace within your walls
and
security within your citadels."
8
For
the sake of my brothers and friends,
I
will say,
"Peace
be within you."
9
For
the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I
will seek your prosperity. 8
PROVERBS:
2
2
1
My son, if you accept my words
and
store up my commands within you,
2
turning
your ear to wisdom
and
applying your heart to understanding,
3
and
if you call out for insight
and
cry aloud for understanding,
4
and
if you look for it as for silver
and
search for it as for hidden treasure,
5
then
you will understand the fear of the LORD
and
find the knowledge of God.
6
For
the LORD gives wisdom,
and
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7
He
holds victory in store for the upright,
he
is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8
for
he guards the course of the just
and
protects the way of his faithful ones.
9
Then
you will understand what is right and just
and
fair--every good path.
10
For
wisdom will enter your heart,
and
knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11
Discretion
will protect you,
and
understanding will guard you.
12
Wisdom
will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from
men whose words are perverse,
13
who
leave the straight paths
to
walk in dark ways,
14
who
delight in doing wrong
and
rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15
whose
paths are crooked
and
who are devious in their ways.
16
It
will save you also from the adulteress,
from
the wayward wife with her seductive words 9
17
who
has left the partner of her youth
and
ignored the covenant she made before God. A
18
For
her house leads down to death
and
her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19
None
who go to her return
or
attain the paths of life.
20
Thus
you will walk in the ways of good men
and
keep to the paths of the righteous.
21
For
the upright will live in the land,
and
the blameless will remain in it;
22
but
the wicked will be cut off from the land,
OLD
TESTAMENT:
2 SAMUEL 1:1 - 2:11
1
1
After
the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and
stayed in Ziklag two days. 2
On
the third day a man arrived from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn
and with dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the
ground to pay him honor.
3
"Where
have you come from?" David asked him.
He
answered, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp."
4
"What
happened?" David asked. "Tell me."
He
said, "The men fled from the battle. Many of them fell and died.
And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."
5
Then
David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do
you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
6
"I
happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and
there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and riders
almost upon him. 7
When
he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, `What
can I do?'
8
"He
asked me, `Who are you?'
"`An
Amalekite,' I answered.
9
"Then
he said to me, `Stand over me and kill me! I am in the throes of
death, but I'm still alive.'
10
"So
I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had
fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his
head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord."
11
Then
David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore
them.
12
They
mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son
Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and the 11
house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13
David
said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you
from?"
"I
am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered.
14
David
asked him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy
the LORD's anointed?"
15
Then
David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!"
So he struck him down, and he died. 16
For
David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own
mouth testified against you when you said, `I killed the LORD's
anointed.' "
17
David
took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, 18
and
ordered that the men of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is
written in the Book of Jashar):
19
"Your
glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights.
How
the mighty have fallen!
20
"Tell
it not in Gath,
proclaim
it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
lest
the daughters of the Philistines be glad,
lest
the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.
21
"O
mountains of Gilboa,
may
you have neither dew nor rain,
nor
fields that yield offerings of grain.
For
there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
the
shield of Saul--no longer rubbed with oil. 12
22
From
the blood of the slain,
from
the flesh of the mighty,
the
bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
the
sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.
23
"Saul
and Jonathan--
in
life they were loved and gracious,
and
in death they were not parted.
They
were swifter than eagles,
they
were stronger than lions.
24
"O
daughters of Israel,
weep
for Saul,
who
clothed you in scarlet and finery,
who
adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.
25
"How
the mighty have fallen in battle!
Jonathan
lies slain on your heights.
26
I
grieve for you, Jonathan my brother;
you
were very dear to me.
Your
love for me was wonderful,
more
wonderful than that of women.
27
"How
the mighty have fallen!
The
weapons of war have perished!" 13
2
1
In
the course of time, David inquired of the LORD. "Shall I go up
to one of the towns of Judah?" he asked.
The
LORD said, "Go
up."
David
asked, "Where shall I go?"
"To
Hebron,"
the LORD answered.
2
So
David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and
Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 3
David
also took the men who were with him, each with his family, and they
settled in Hebron and its towns. 4
Then
the men of Judah came to Hebron and there they anointed David king
over the house of Judah.
When
David was told that it was the men of Jabesh Gilead who had buried
Saul, 5
he
sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead to say to them, "The
LORD bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by
burying him. 6
May
the LORD now show you kindness and faithfulness, and I too will show
you the same favor because you have done this. 7
Now
then, be strong and brave, for Saul your master is dead, and the
house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
8
Meanwhile,
Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-Bosheth
son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim. 9
He
made him king over Gilead, Ashuri A
and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.
10
Ish-Bosheth
son of Saul was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and
he reigned two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David. 11
The
length of time David was king in 14Hebron
over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. 15
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JOHN 12:20 - 50
20
Now
there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the
Feast.
21
They
came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request.
"Sir," they said, "we would like to see Jesus."
22
Philip
went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.
23
Jesus
replied, "The
hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
24
I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground
and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces
many seeds.
25
The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his
life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26
Whoever serves me must follow me;
and where I am, my servant also will be.
My Father will honor the one who serves me.
27
"Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say?
`Father,
save me from this hour'?
No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
28
Father, glorify your name!"
Then
a voice came from heaven, "I
have
glorified it, and will glorify it again."
29
The
crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said
an angel had spoken to him.
30
Jesus
said, "This
voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31
Now is the time for judgment on this world;
now the prince of this world will be driven out.
32
But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to
myself."
33
He
said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.
34
The
crowd spoke up, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ F
will remain forever, so how can you say, `The Son of Man must be
lifted up'? Who is this `Son of Man'?" 16
35
Then
Jesus told them, "You
are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while
you have the light, before darkness overtakes you.
The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
36
Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become
sons of light."
When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
37
Even
after Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in their presence,
they still would not believe in him. 38
This
was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:
"Lord,
who has believed our message
and
to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
G
39
For
this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says
elsewhere:
40
"He
has blinded their eyes
and
deadened their hearts,
so
they can neither see with their eyes,
nor
understand with their hearts,
nor
turn--and I would heal them."
H
41
Isaiah
said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him.
42
Yet
at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But
because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear
they would be put out of the synagogue; 43
for
they loved praise from men more than praise from God. 17
44
Then
Jesus cried out, "When
a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one
who sent me.
45
When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me.
46
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in
me should stay in darkness.
47
"As
for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not
judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it.
48
There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my
words;
that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.
49
For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me
commanded me what to say and how to say it.
50
I know that his command leads to eternal life.
So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to 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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