Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
APRIL
15
PSALMS:
15, 45, 75,105, 135
PROVERBS:
15
OLD
TESTAMENT:
1 CHRONICLES 1:1 - 2:17
NEW
TESTAMENT:
ACTS 23:11 - 25
PSALMS:
15
A
psalm of David.
1
LORD,
who may dwell in your sanctuary?
Who
may live on your holy hill?
2
He
whose walk is blameless
and
who does what is righteous,
who
speaks the truth from his heart
3
and
has no slander on his tongue,
who
does his neighbor no wrong
and
casts no slur on his fellowman,
4
who
despises a vile man
but
honors those who fear the LORD,
who
keeps his oath
even
when it hurts,
5
who
lends his money without usury
and
does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
He
who does these things
will
never be shaken. 1
PSALMS:
45
For
the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of the Sons
of Korah. A maskil.
A
A wedding song.
1
My
heart is stirred by a noble theme
as
I recite my verses for the king;
my
tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
2
You
are the most excellent of men
and
your lips have been anointed with grace,
since
God has blessed you forever.
3
Gird
your sword upon your side, O mighty one;
clothe
yourself with splendor and majesty.
4
In
your majesty ride forth victoriously
in
behalf of truth, humility and righteousness;
let
your right hand display awesome deeds.
5
Let
your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king's enemies;
let
the nations fall beneath your feet.
6
Your
throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a
scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
7
You
love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore
God, your God, has set you above your companions
by
anointing you with the oil of joy.
8
All
your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
from
palaces adorned with ivory
the
music of the strings makes you glad.
9
Daughters
of kings are among your honored women;
at
your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.
10
Listen,
O daughter, consider and give ear:
Forget
your people and your father's house. 2
11
The
king is enthralled by your beauty;
honor
him, for he is your lord.
12
The
Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift, B
men
of wealth will seek your favor.
13
All
glorious is the princess within her chamber;
her
gown is interwoven with gold.
14
In
embroidered garments she is led to the king;
her
virgin companions follow her
and
are brought to you.
15
They
are led in with joy and gladness;
they
enter the palace of the king.
16
Your
sons will take the place of your fathers;
you
will make them princes throughout the land.
17
I
will perpetuate your memory through all generations;
therefore
the nations will praise you for ever and ever. 3
PSALMS:
75
For
the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A
psalm of Asaph. A song.
1
We
give thanks to you, O God,
we
give thanks, for your Name is near;
men
tell of your wonderful deeds.
2
You
say, "I
choose the appointed time;
it
is I who judge uprightly.
3
When
the earth and all its people quake,
it
is I who hold its pillars firm.
Selah
4
To
the arrogant I say,
`Boast
no more,'
and
to the wicked,
`Do
not lift up your horns.
5
Do
not lift your horns against heaven;
do
not speak with outstretched neck.'"
6
No
one from the east or the west
or
from the desert can exalt a man.
7
But
it is God who judges:
He
brings one down, he exalts another.
8
In
the hand of the LORD is a cup
full
of foaming wine mixed with spices;
he
pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth
drink
it down to its very dregs.
9
As
for me, I will declare this forever;
I
will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10
I
will cut off the horns of all the wicked,
but
the horns of the righteous will be lifted up. 4
PSALMS:
105
1
Give
thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make
known among the nations what he has done.
2
Sing
to him, sing praise to him;
tell
of all his wonderful acts.
3
Glory
in his holy name;
let
the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4
Look
to the LORD and his strength;
seek
his face always.
5
Remember
the wonders he has done,
his
miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6
O
descendants of Abraham his servant,
O
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7
He
is the LORD our God;
his
judgments are in all the earth.
8
He
remembers his covenant forever,
the
word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
9
the
covenant he made with Abraham,
the
oath he swore to Isaac.
10
He
confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
to
Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11
"To
you I will give the land of Canaan
as
the portion you will inherit."
12
When
they were but few in number,
few
indeed, and strangers in it,
13
they
wandered from nation to nation,
from
one kingdom to another.
14
He
allowed no one to oppress them;
for
their sake he rebuked kings:
15
"Do
not touch my anointed ones;
16
He
called down famine on the land
and
destroyed all their supplies of food;
17
and
he sent a man before them--
Joseph,
sold as a slave.
18
They
bruised his feet with shackles,
his
neck was put in irons,
19
till
what he foretold came to pass,
till
the word of the LORD proved him true.
20
The
king sent and released him,
the
ruler of peoples set him free.
21
He
made him master of his household,
ruler
over all he possessed,
22
to
instruct his princes as he pleased
and
teach his elders wisdom.
23
Then
Israel entered Egypt;
Jacob
lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
24
The
LORD made his people very fruitful;
he
made them too numerous for their foes,
25
whose
hearts he turned to hate his people,
to
conspire against his servants.
26
He
sent Moses his servant,
and
Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27They
performed his miraculous signs among them,
his
wonders in the land of Ham.
28
He
sent darkness and made the land dark--
for
had they not rebelled against his words?
29
He
turned their waters into blood,
causing
their fish to die.
30
Their
land teemed with frogs,
which
went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31
He
spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
and
gnats throughout their country.
32
He
turned their rain into hail,
with
lightning throughout their land; 6
33
he
struck down their vines and fig trees
and
shattered the trees of their country.
34
He
spoke, and the locusts came,
grasshoppers
without number;
35
they
ate up every green thing in their land,
ate
up the produce of their soil.
36
Then
he struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the
firstfruits of all their manhood.
37
He
brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,
and
from among their tribes no one faltered.
38
Egypt
was glad when they left,
because
dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39
He
spread out a cloud as a covering,
and
a fire to give light at night.
40
They
asked, and he brought them quail
and
satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41
He
opened the rock, and water gushed out;
like
a river it flowed in the desert.
42
For
he remembered his holy promise
given
to his servant Abraham.
43
He
brought out his people with rejoicing,
his
chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44
he
gave them the lands of the nations,
and
they fell heir to what others had toiled for--
45
that
they might keep his precepts
and
observe his laws.
PSALMS:
135
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
the name of the LORD;
praise
him, you servants of the LORD,
2
you
who minister in the house of the LORD,
in
the courts of the house of our God.
3
Praise
the LORD, for the LORD is good;
sing
praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
4
For
the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own,
Israel
to be his treasured possession.
5
I
know that the LORD is great,
that
our Lord is greater than all gods.
6
The
LORD does whatever pleases him,
in
the heavens and on the earth,
in
the seas and all their depths.
7
He
makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
he
sends lightning with the rain
and
brings out the wind from his storehouses.
8
He
struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
the
firstborn of men and animals.
9
He
sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,
against
Pharaoh and all his servants.
10
He
struck down many nations
and
killed mighty kings--
11
Sihon
king of the Amorites,
Og
king of Bashan
and
all the kings of Canaan--
12
and
he gave their land as an inheritance,
an
inheritance to his people Israel. 8
13
Your
name, O LORD, endures forever,
your
renown, O LORD, through all generations.
14
For
the LORD will vindicate his people
and
have compassion on his servants.
15
The
idols of the nations are silver and gold,
made
by the hands of men.
16
They
have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes,
but they cannot see;
17
they
have ears, but cannot hear,
nor
is there breath in their mouths.
18
Those
who make them will be like them,
and
so will all who trust in them.
19
O
house of Israel, praise the LORD;
O
house of Aaron, praise the LORD;
20
O
house of Levi, praise the LORD;
you
who fear him, praise the LORD.
21
Praise
be to the LORD from Zion,
to
him who dwells in Jerusalem.
Praise
the LORD. 9
OLD
TESTAMENT:
1 CHRONICLES 1:1 - 2:17
1
1
Adam,
Seth, Enosh, 2
Kenan,
Mahalalel, Jared, 3
Enoch,
Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.
4
The
sons of Noah: A
Shem,
Ham and Japheth.
5
The
sons B
of Japheth:
Gomer,
Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.
6
The
sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz,
Riphath C
and Togarmah.
7
The
sons of Javan:
Elishah,
Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanim.
8
The
sons of Ham:
Cush,
Mizraim, D
Put and Canaan.
9
The
sons of Cush:
Seba,
Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca.
The
sons of Raamah:
Sheba
and Dedan.
10
Cush
was the father E
of
Nimrod,
who grew to be a mighty warrior on earth.
11
Mizraim
was the father of
the
Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12
Pathrusites,
Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
13
Canaan
was the father of
Sidon
his firstborn, F
and of the Hittites,
14
Jebusites,
Amorites, Girgashites, 15
Hivites,
Arkites, Sinites, 16
Arvadites,
Zemarites 10
and Hamathites.
17
The
sons of Shem:
Elam,
Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
The
sons of Aram G:
Uz,
Hul, Gether and Meshech.
18
Arphaxad
was the father of Shelah,
and
Shelah the father of Eber.
19
Two
sons were born to Eber:
One
was named Peleg, H
because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named
Joktan.
20
Joktan
was the father of
Almodad,
Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21
Hadoram,
Uzal, Diklah, 22
Obal,
I
Abimael, Sheba, 23
Ophir,
Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
24
Shem,
Arphaxad, J
Shelah,
25
Eber,
Peleg, Reu,
26
Serug,
Nahor, Terah
27
and
Abram (that is, Abraham).
28
The
sons of Abraham:
Isaac
and Ishmael.
Nebaioth
the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30
Mishma,
Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31
Jetur,
Naphish and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.
32
The
sons born to Keturah, Abraham's concubine:
Zimran,
Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
The
sons of Jokshan:
Sheba
and Dedan.
33
The
sons of Midian:
Ephah,
Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah.
All
these were descendants of Keturah.
34
Abraham
was the father of Isaac.
The
sons of Isaac:
Esau
and Israel.
35
The
sons of Esau:
Eliphaz,
Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah.
36
The
sons of Eliphaz:
Teman,
Omar, Zepho, K
Gatam and Kenaz;
by
Timna: Amalek. L
37
The
sons of Reuel:
Nahath,
Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.
38
The
sons of Seir:
Lotan,
Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.
Hori
and Homam. Timna was Lotan's sister.
40
The
sons of Shobal:
Alvan,
M
Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
The
sons of Zibeon:
Aiah
and Anah.
41
The
son of Anah:
Dishon.
The
sons of Dishon:
Hemdan,
N
Eshban, Ithran and Keran.
42
The
sons of Ezer:
Bilhan,
Zaavan and Akan. O
The
sons of Dishan P:
Uz
and Aran.
43
These
were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned
Q:
Bela
son of Beor, whose city was named Dinhabah.
44
When
Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.
45
When
Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as
king.
46
When
Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country
of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.
47
When
Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.
49
When
Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Acbor succeeded him as king.
50
When
Baal-Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau,
S
and his wife's name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of
Me-Zahab.
51
Hadad
also died.
The
chiefs of Edom were:
Timna,
Alvah, Jetheth, 52
Oholibamah,
Elah, Pinon, 53
Kenaz,
Teman, Mibzar,
54
Magdiel
and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.
2
1
These
were the sons of Israel:
Reuben,
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2
Dan,
Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
3
The
sons of Judah:
Er,
Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman,
the daughter of Shua. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD's
sight; so the LORD put him to death. 4
Tamar,
Judah's daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five
sons in all.
5
The
sons of Perez:
Hezron
and Hamul.
6
The
sons of Zerah:
7The
son of Carmi:
Achar,
B
who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted
things. C
8
The
son of Ethan:
Azariah.
9
The
sons born to Hezron were:
Jerahmeel,
Ram and Caleb. D
10
Ram
was the father of
Amminadab,
and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of
Judah. 11
Nahshon
was the father of Salmon, E
Salmon the father of Boaz, 12
Boaz
the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse.
13
Jesse
was the father of
Eliab
his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea, 14
the
fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai, 15
the
sixth Ozem and the seventh David. 16
Their
sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai,
Joab and Asahel.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
ACTS 23:11 - 35
11
The
following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take
courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must
also testify in Rome."
12
The
next morning the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with
an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. 13
More
than forty men were involved in this plot. 14
They
went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have taken a
solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. 15
Now
then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him
before you on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about
his case. We are ready to kill him before he gets here."
16
But
when the son of Paul's sister heard of this plot, he went into the
barracks and told Paul.
17
Then
Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man
to the commander; he has something to tell him." 18
So
he took him to the commander.
The
centurion said, "Paul, the prisoner, sent for me and asked me to
bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you."
19
The
commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside and asked,
"What is it you want to tell me?"
20
He
said: "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul before the
Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of wanting more accurate
information about him. 21
Don't
give in to them, because 16
more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have
taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They
are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request."
22
The
commander dismissed the young man and cautioned him, "Don't tell
anyone that you have reported this to me."
23
Then
he called two of his centurions and ordered them, "Get ready a
detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred
spearmen B
to go to Caesarea at nine tonight. 24
Provide
mounts for Paul so that he may be taken safely to Governor Felix."
26
Claudius
Lysias,
To
His Excellency, Governor Felix:
Greetings.
27
This
man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, but I
came with my troops and rescued him, for I had learned that he is a
Roman citizen. 28
I
wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their
Sanhedrin. 29
I
found that the accusation had to do with questions about their law,
but there was no charge against him that deserved death or
imprisonment. 30
When
I was informed of a plot to be carried out against the man, I sent
him to you at once. I also ordered his accusers to present to you
their case against him.
31
So
the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul with them during
the night and brought him as far as Antipatris. 32
The
next day they let the cavalry go on with him, while they returned to
the barracks. 33
When
the cavalry arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the
governor and handed Paul over to him. 34
The
governor read the letter and asked what province he was from.
Learning that he was from Cilicia, 35
he
said, "I will hear your case when your accusers get here."
Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod's palace. 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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