Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JUNE
26
PSALMS:
26, 56, 86, 116, 146
PROVERBS:
26
OLD
TESTAMENT:
ISAIAH 19:1 – 21:17
NEW
TESTAMENT:
GALATIANS 2:1 - 16
PSALMS:
26
Of
David.
1
Vindicate
me, O LORD,
for
I have led a blameless life;
I
have trusted in the LORD
without
wavering.
2
Test
me, O LORD, and try me,
examine
my heart and my mind;
3
for
your love is ever before me,
and
I walk continually in your truth.
4
I
do not sit with deceitful men,
nor
do I consort with hypocrites;
5
I
abhor the assembly of evildoers
and
refuse to sit with the wicked.
6
I
wash my hands in innocence,
and
go about your altar, O LORD,
7
proclaiming
aloud your praise
and
telling of all your wonderful deeds.
8
I
love the house where you live, O LORD,
the
place where your glory dwells.
9
Do
not take away my soul along with sinners,
my
life with bloodthirsty men,
10
in
whose hands are wicked schemes,
whose
right hands are full of bribes.
11
But
I lead a blameless life;
redeem
me and be merciful to me.
12
My
feet stand on level ground;
in
the great assembly I will praise the LORD. 1
PSALMS:
56
For
the director of music. To the tune of "A Dove on Distant Oaks."
Of David. A miktam.
A
When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.
1
Be
merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me;
all
day long they press their attack.
2
My
slanderers pursue me all day long;
many
are attacking me in their pride.
3
When
I am afraid,
I
will trust in you.
4
In
God, whose word I praise,
in
God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What
can mortal man do to me?
5
All
day long they twist my words;
they
are always plotting to harm me.
6
They
conspire, they lurk,
they
watch my steps,
eager
to take my life.
7
On
no account let them escape;
in
your anger, O God, bring down the nations.
8
Record
my lament;
list
my tears on your scroll B--
are
they not in your record?
9
Then
my enemies will turn back
when
I call for help.
By
this I will know that God is for me.
10
In
God, whose word I praise,
in
the LORD, whose word I praise--
11
in
God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What
can man do to me? 2
12
I
am under vows to you, O God;
I
will present my thank offerings to you.
13
For
you have delivered me C
from death
and
my feet from stumbling,
that
I may walk before God
PSALMS:
86
A
prayer of David.
1
Hear,
O LORD, and answer me,
for
I am poor and needy.
2
Guard
my life, for I am devoted to you.
You
are my God; save your servant
who
trusts in you.
3
Have
mercy on me, O Lord,
for
I call to you all day long.
4
Bring
joy to your servant,
for
to you, O Lord,
I
lift up my soul.
5
You
are forgiving and good, O Lord,
abounding
in love to all who call to you.
6
Hear
my prayer, O LORD;
listen
to my cry for mercy.
7
In
the day of my trouble I will call to you,
for
you will answer me.
8
Among
the gods there is none like you, O Lord;
no
deeds can compare with yours.
9
All
the nations you have made
will
come and worship before you, O Lord;
they
will bring glory to your name.
10
For
you are great and do marvelous deeds;
you
alone are God. 4
11
Teach
me your way, O LORD,
and
I will walk in your truth;
give
me an undivided heart,
that
I may fear your name.
12
I
will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
I
will glorify your name forever.
13
For
great is your love toward me;
you
have delivered me from the depths of the grave. A
14
The
arrogant are attacking me, O God;
a
band of ruthless men seeks my life--
men
without regard for you.
15
But
you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow
to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
16
Turn
to me and have mercy on me;
grant
your strength to your servant
and
save the son of your maidservant. B
17
Give
me a sign of your goodness,
that
my enemies may see it and be put to shame,
for
you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me. 5
PSALMS:
116
1
I
love the LORD, for he heard my voice;
he
heard my cry for mercy.
2
Because
he turned his ear to me,
I
will call on him as long as I live.
the
anguish of the grave A
came upon me;
I
was overcome by trouble and sorrow.
4
Then
I called on the name of the LORD:
"O
LORD, save me!"
5
The
LORD is gracious and righteous;
our
God is full of compassion.
6
The
LORD protects the simplehearted;
when
I was in great need, he saved me.
7
Be
at rest once more, O my soul,
for
the LORD has been good to you.
8
For
you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death,
my
eyes from tears,
my
feet from stumbling,
9
that
I may walk before the LORD
in
the land of the living.
10
I
believed; therefore B
I said,
"I
am greatly afflicted."
11
And
in my dismay I said,
"All
men are liars."
12
How
can I repay the LORD
for
all his goodness to me?
13
I
will lift up the cup of salvation
and
call on the name of the LORD.
14
I
will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in
the presence of all his people. 6
15
Precious
in the sight of the LORD
is
the death of his saints.
16
O
LORD, truly I am your servant;
I
am your servant, the son of your maidservant C;
you
have freed me from my chains.
17
I
will sacrifice a thank offering to you
and
call on the name of the LORD.
18
I
will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in
the presence of all his people,
19
in
the courts of the house of the LORD--
in
your midst, O Jerusalem.
PSALMS:
146
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
the LORD, O my soul.
2
I
will praise the LORD all my life;
I
will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
3
Do
not put your trust in princes,
in
mortal men, who cannot save.
4
When
their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
on
that very day their plans come to nothing.
5
Blessed
is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose
hope is in the LORD his God,
6the
Maker of heaven and earth,
the
sea, and everything in them--
the
LORD, who remains faithful forever.
7
He
upholds the cause of the oppressed
and
gives food to the hungry.
The
LORD sets prisoners free,
8
the
LORD gives sight to the blind,
the
LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,
the
LORD loves the righteous.
9
The
LORD watches over the alien
and
sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but
he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10
The
LORD reigns forever,
your
God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise
the LORD. 8
PROVERBS:
26
26
1
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
honor
is not fitting for a fool.
2
Like
a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
an
undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3
A
whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey,
and
a rod for the backs of fools!
4
Do
not answer a fool according to his folly,
or
you will be like him yourself.
5
Answer
a fool according to his folly,
or
he will be wise in his own eyes.
6
Like
cutting off one's feet or drinking violence
is
the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
7
Like
a lame man's legs that hang limp
is
a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8
Like
tying a stone in a sling
is
the giving of honor to a fool.
9
Like
a thornbush in a drunkard's hand
is
a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10
Like
an archer who wounds at random
is
he who hires a fool or any passer-by.
11
As
a dog returns to its vomit,
so
a fool repeats his folly.
There
is more hope for a fool than for him.
13
The
sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road,
a
fierce lion roaming the streets!"
14
As
a door turns on its hinges,
so
a sluggard turns on his bed.
15
The
sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he
is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16
The
sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than
seven men who answer discreetly.
17
Like
one who seizes a dog by the ears
is
a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18
Like
a madman shooting
firebrands
or deadly arrows
19
is
a man who deceives his neighbor
and
says, "I was only joking!"
20
Without
wood a fire goes out;
without
gossip a quarrel dies down.
21
As
charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
so
is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. 10
22
The
words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they
go down to a man's inmost parts.
23
Like
a coating of glaze A
over earthenware
are
fervent lips with an evil heart.
24
A
malicious man disguises himself with his lips,
but
in his heart he harbors deceit.
25
Though
his speech is charming, do not believe him,
for
seven abominations fill his heart.
26
His
malice may be concealed by deception,
but
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27
If
a man digs a pit, he will fall into it;
if
a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
28
A
lying tongue hates those it hurts,
and
a flattering mouth works ruin. 11
OLD
TESTAMENT:
ISAIAH 19:1 – 21:17
19
1
An
oracle concerning Egypt:
See,
the LORD rides on a swift cloud
and
is coming to Egypt.
The
idols of Egypt tremble before him,
and
the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.
2
"I
will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian--
brother
will fight against brother,
neighbor
against neighbor,
city
against city,
kingdom
against kingdom.
3
The Egyptians will lose heart,
and
I will bring their plans to nothing;
they
will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
the
mediums and the spiritists.
4
I will hand the Egyptians over
to
the power of a cruel master,
and
a fierce king will rule over them,"
declares
the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
5
The
waters of the river will dry up,
and
the riverbed will be parched and dry.
6
The
canals will stink;
the
streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.
The
reeds and rushes will wither,
at
the mouth of the river.
Every
sown field along the Nile
will
become parched, will blow away and be no more.
8
The
fishermen will groan and lament,
all
who cast hooks into the Nile;
those
who throw nets on the water
will
pine away.
9
Those
who work with combed flax will despair,
the
weavers of fine linen will lose hope.
10
The
workers in cloth will be dejected,
and
all the wage earners will be sick at heart.
11
The
officials of Zoan are nothing but fools;
the
wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice.
How
can you say to Pharaoh,
"I
am one of the wise men,
a
disciple of the ancient kings"?
12
Where
are your wise men now?
Let
them show you and make known
what
the LORD Almighty
has
planned against Egypt.
13
The
officials of Zoan have become fools,
the
leaders of Memphis A
are deceived;
the
cornerstones of her peoples
have
led Egypt astray. 13
14
The
LORD has poured into them
a
spirit of dizziness;
they
make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
as
a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.
15
There
is nothing Egypt can do--
head
or tail, palm branch or reed.
16
In
that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will shudder with
fear at the uplifted hand that the LORD Almighty raises against them.
17
And
the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to
whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the LORD
Almighty is planning against them.
18
In
that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and
swear allegiance to the LORD Almighty. One of them will be called the
City of Destruction. B
19
In
that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt,
and a monument to the LORD at its border. 20
It
will be a sign and witness to the LORD Almighty in the land of Egypt.
When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will
send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. 21
So
the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day
they will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and
grain offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and keep them. 22
The
LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal
them. They will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas
and heal them.
23
In
that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians
will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and
Assyrians will worship together. 24
In
that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a
blessing on the earth. 25
The
LORD Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed
be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance."
20
1
In
the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria,
came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it—2
at
that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him,
"Take
off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet."
And
he did so, going around stripped and barefoot.
14
3
Then
the LORD said, "Just
as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years,
as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,
A
4
so
the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian
captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared--to
Egypt's shame.
5
Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put
to shame.
6
In that day the people who live on this coast will say,
`See
what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help
and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?'"
21
1
An
oracle concerning the Desert by the Sea:
Like
whirlwinds sweeping through the southland,
an
invader comes from the desert,
from
a land of terror.
2
A
dire vision has been shown to me:
The
traitor betrays, the looter takes loot.
Elam,
attack! Media, lay siege!
I
will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.
3
At
this my body is racked with pain,
pangs
seize me, like those of a woman in labor;
I
am staggered by what I hear,
I
am bewildered by what I see.
4
My
heart falters,
fear
makes me tremble;
the
twilight I longed for 15
has
become a horror to me.
5
They
set the tables,
they
spread the rugs,
they
eat, they drink!
Get
up, you officers,
oil
the shields!
6
This
is what the Lord says to me:
"Go,
post a lookout
and
have him report what he sees.
7
When he sees chariots
with
teams of horses,
riders
on donkeys
or
riders on camels,
let
him be alert,
fully
alert."
8
And
the lookout A
shouted,
"Day
after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;
every
night I stay at my post.
9
Look,
here comes a man in a chariot
with
a team of horses.
And
he gives back the answer:
`Babylon
has fallen, has fallen!
All
the images of its gods
lie
shattered on the ground!'"
10
O
my people, crushed on the threshing floor,
I
tell you what I have heard
from
the LORD Almighty,
from
the God of Israel.
11
An
oracle concerning Dumah B:
Someone
calls to me from Seir,
"Watchman,
what is left of the night?
Watchman,
what is left of the night?"
12
The
watchman replies,
"Morning
is coming, but also the night.
If
you would ask, then ask;
and
come back yet again."
13
An
oracle concerning Arabia:
You
caravans of Dedanites,
who
camp in the thickets of Arabia,
14
bring
water for the thirsty;
you
who live in Tema,
bring
food for the fugitives.
15
They
flee from the sword,
from
the drawn sword,
from
the bent bow
and
from the heat of battle.
16
This
is what the Lord says to me: "Within
one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp
of Kedar will come to an end. 17
The survivors of the bowmen, the warriors of Kedar, will be few."
The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken. 16
NEW
TESTAMENT:
GALATIANS 2:1 - 16
2
1
Fourteen
years later I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I
took Titus along also. 2
I
went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that
I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who
seemed to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race
in vain. 3
Yet
not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised,
even though he was a Greek. 4
This
matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to
spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. 5
We
did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel
might remain with you.
6
As
for those who seemed to be important--whatever they were makes no
difference to me; God does not judge by external appearance--those
men added nothing to my message. 7
On
the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the task of
preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, A
just as Peter had been to the Jews. B
8
For
God, who was at work in the ministry of Peter as an apostle to the
Jews, was also at work in my ministry as an apostle to the Gentiles.
9
James,
Peter C
and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right
hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They
agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews. 10
All
they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very
thing I was eager to do.
11
When
Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was
clearly in the wrong. 12
Before
certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But
when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from
the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the
circumcision group. 13
The
other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy
even Barnabas was led astray.
14
When
I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,
I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you
live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you
force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
15
"We
who are Jews by birth and not `Gentile sinners' 16
know
that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in
Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we
may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law,
because by observing the law no one will be justified. 17
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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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