Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
PSALMS:
30, 60, 90, 120, 150
PROVERBS:
30
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JEREMIAH 33:1 - 34:22
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 TIMOTHY 4:1 - 16
PSALMS:
30
A
psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. A
Of David.
1
I
will exalt you, O LORD,
for
you lifted me out of the depths
and
did not let my enemies gloat over me.
2
O
LORD my God, I called to you for help
and
you healed me.
3
O
LORD, you brought me up from the grave B;
you
spared me from going down into the pit.
4
Sing
to the LORD, you saints of his;
praise
his holy name.
5
For
his anger lasts only a moment,
but
his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping
may remain for a night,
but
rejoicing comes in the morning.
6
When
I felt secure, I said,
"I
will never be shaken."
7
O
LORD, when you favored me,
you
made my mountain C
stand firm;
but
when you hid your face,
I
was dismayed.
8
To
you, O LORD, I called;
to
the Lord I cried for mercy:
9
"What
gain is there in my destruction, D
in
my going down into the pit?
Will
the dust praise you?
Will
it proclaim your faithfulness?
10
Hear,
O LORD, and be merciful to me;
O
LORD, be my help."
11
You
turned my wailing into dancing;
you
removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12
that
my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O
LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.
PSALMS:
60
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lily of the
Covenant." A miktam
A
of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim B
and Aram Zobah, C
and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in
the Valley of Salt.
1
You
have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us;
you
have been angry--now restore us!
2
You
have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend
its fractures, for it is quaking.
3
You
have shown your people desperate times;
you
have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4
But
for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
to
be unfurled against the bow.
Selah
5
Save
us and help us with your right hand,
that
those you love may be delivered.
6
God
has spoken from his sanctuary:
"In
triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and
measure off the Valley of Succoth.
7
Gilead
is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim
is my helmet,
Judah
my scepter.
8
Moab
is my washbasin,
upon
Edom I toss my sandal;
over
Philistia I shout in triumph."
9
Who
will bring me to the fortified city?
Who
will lead me to Edom?
10
Is
it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and
no longer go out with our armies?
11
Give
us aid against the enemy,
for
the help of man is worthless.
12
With
God we will gain the victory,
and
he will trample down our enemies.
PSALMS:
90
A
prayer of Moses the man of God.
1
Lord,
you have been our dwelling place
throughout
all generations.
2
Before
the mountains were born
or
you brought forth the earth and the world,
from
everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3
You
turn men back to dust,
saying,
"Return to dust, O sons of men."
4
For
a thousand years in your sight
are
like a day that has just gone by,
or
like a watch in the night.
5
You
sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they
are like the new grass of the morning--
6
though
in the morning it springs up new,
by
evening it is dry and withered.
7
We
are consumed by your anger
and
terrified by your indignation.
8
You
have set our iniquities before you,
our
secret sins in the light of your presence.
9
All
our days pass away under your wrath;
we
finish our years with a moan.
10
The
length of our days is seventy years--
or
eighty, if we have the strength;
yet
their span A
is but trouble and sorrow,
for
they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11
Who
knows the power of your anger?
For
your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
12
Teach
us to number our days aright,
PSALMS:
120
A
song of ascents.
1
I
call on the LORD in my distress,
and
he answers me.
2
Save
me, O LORD, from lying lips
and
from deceitful tongues.
3
What
will he do to you,
and
what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
4
He
will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with
burning coals of the broom tree.
5
Woe
to me that I dwell in Meshech,
that
I live among the tents of Kedar!
6
Too
long have I lived
among
those who hate peace.
7
I
am a man of peace;
but
when I speak, they are for war.
PSALMS:
150
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
God in his sanctuary;
praise
him in his mighty heavens.
2
Praise
him for his acts of power;
praise
him for his surpassing greatness.
3
Praise
him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise
him with the harp and lyre,
4
praise
him with tambourine and dancing,
praise
him with the strings and flute,
5praise
him with the clash of cymbals,
praise
him with resounding cymbals.
6
Let
everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise
the LORD.
PROVERBS:
30
30
1
The
sayings of Agur son of Jakeh--an oracle A:
This
man declared to Ithiel,
to
Ithiel and to Ucal: B
2
"I
am the most ignorant of men;
I
do not have a man's understanding.
3
I
have not learned wisdom,
nor
have I knowledge of the Holy One.
4
Who
has gone up to heaven and come down?
Who
has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands?
Who
has wrapped up the waters in his cloak?
Who
has established all the ends of the earth?
What
is his name, and the name of his son?
Tell
me if you know!
5
"Every
word of God is flawless;
he
is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6
Do
not add to his words,
or
he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
7
"Two
things I ask of you, O LORD;
do
not refuse me before I die:
8
Keep
falsehood and lies far from me;
give
me neither poverty nor riches,
but
give me only my daily bread.
9
Otherwise,
I may have too much and disown you
and
say, `Who is the LORD?'
Or
I may become poor and steal,
and
so dishonor the name of my God.
10
"Do
not slander a servant to his master,
or
he will curse you, and you will pay for it.
11
"There
are those who curse their fathers
and
do not bless their mothers;
12
those
who are pure in their own eyes
and
yet are not cleansed of their filth;
13
those
whose eyes are ever so haughty,
whose
glances are so disdainful;
14
those
whose teeth are swords
and
whose jaws are set with knives
to
devour the poor from the earth,
the
needy from among mankind.
15
"The
leech has two daughters.
`Give!
Give!' they cry.
"There
are three things that are never satisfied,
four
that never say,
`Enough!':
16
the
grave, C
the barren womb,
land,
which is never satisfied with water,
and
fire, which never says,
`Enough!'
17
"The
eye that mocks a father,
that
scorns obedience to a mother,
will
be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will
be eaten by the vultures.
18
"There
are three things that are too amazing for me,
four
that I do not understand:
19
the
way of an eagle in the sky,
the
way of a snake on a rock,
20
the way of a ship on the high seas,
and
the way of a man with a maiden.
21
"Under
three things the earth trembles,
under
four it cannot bear up:
22
a
servant who becomes king,
a
fool who is full of food,
23
an
unloved woman who is married,
and
a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
24
"Four
things on earth are small,
yet
they are extremely wise:
25
Ants
are creatures of little strength,
yet
they store up their food in the summer;
26
coneys
D
are creatures of little power,
yet
they make their home in the crags;
27
locusts
have no king,
yet
they advance together in ranks;
28
a
lizard can be caught with the hand,
yet
it is found in kings' palaces.
29
"There
are three things that are stately in their stride,
four
that move with stately bearing:
30
a
lion, mighty among beasts,
who
retreats before nothing;
31
a
strutting rooster, a he-goat,
and
a king with his army around him.
E
32
"If
you have played the fool and exalted yourself,
or
if you have planned evil,
clap
your hand over your mouth!
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JEREMIAH 33:1 - 34:22
33
1
While
Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word
of the LORD came to him a second time: 2
"This
is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it
and established it--the LORD is his name:
3
`Call
to
me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things
you do not know.'
4
For
this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses in
this city and the royal palaces of Judah that have been torn down to
be used against the siege ramps and the sword 5
in
the fight with the Babylonians A:
`They
will be filled with the dead bodies of the men I will slay in my
anger and wrath.
I will hide my face from this city because of all its wickedness.
6
"`Nevertheless,
I will bring health and healing to it;
I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and
security.
7
I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity B
and will rebuild them as they were before.
8
I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me
and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.
9
Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all
nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it;
and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity
and peace I provide for it.'
10
"This
is what the LORD says:
`You
say about this place,
"It
is a desolate waste, without men or animals."
Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are
deserted, inhabited by neither men nor animals, there will be heard
once more
11
the
sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and
the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the
LORD, saying,
"Give
thanks to the LORD Almighty,
for
the LORD is good;
his
love endures forever."
For
I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,'
says
the LORD.
12
"This
is what the LORD Almighty says: `In
this place, desolate and without men or animals--in all its towns
there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
13
In the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the
Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem
and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand of
the one who counts them,'
says the LORD.
14
"`The
days are coming,'
declares the LORD, `when
I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and
to the house of Judah.
15
"`In
those days and at that time
I
will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line;
he
will do what is just and right in the land.
16
In those days Judah will be saved
and
Jerusalem will live in safety.
This
is the name by which it C
will be called:
The
LORD Our Righteousness.'
17
For
this is what the LORD says:
`David
will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of the house of
Israel,
18
nor will the priests, who are Levites, ever fail to have a man to
stand before me continually to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain
offerings and to present sacrifices.'"
19
The
word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 20
"This
is what the LORD says:
`If
you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the
night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time,
21
then my covenant with David my servant--and my covenant with the
Levites who are priests ministering before me--can be broken and
David will no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne.
22
I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who
minister before me as countless as the stars of the sky and as
measureless as the sand on the seashore.'"
23
The
word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 24
"Have
you not noticed that these people are saying,
`The
LORD has rejected the two kingdoms D
he chose'?
So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation.
25
This is what the LORD says:
`If
I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed
laws of heaven and earth,
26
then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant and
will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
For
I will restore their fortunes E
and have compassion on them.'
“
34
1
While
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms
and peoples in the empire he ruled were fighting against Jerusalem
and all its surrounding towns, this word came to Jeremiah from the
LORD: 2
"This
is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Go to Zedekiah king of
Judah and tell him,
`This
is what the LORD says:
I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will
burn it down.
3
You will not escape from his grasp but will surely be captured and
handed over to him.
You will see the king of Babylon with your own eyes, and he will
speak with you face to face.
And you will go to Babylon.
4
"`Yet
hear the promise of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah.
This is what the LORD says concerning you:
You
will not die by the sword;
5
you will die peacefully.
As people made a funeral fire in honor of your fathers, the former
kings who preceded you, so they will make a fire in your honor and
lament,
"Alas,
O master!"
I myself make this promise, declares the LORD.'
"
6
Then
Jeremiah the prophet told all this to Zedekiah king of Judah, in
Jerusalem,
7
while
the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and
the other cities of Judah that were still holding out--Lachish and
Azekah. These were the only fortified cities left in Judah.
8
The
word came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Zedekiah had made a
covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom for the
slaves. 9
Everyone
was to free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female; no one was to
hold a fellow Jew in bondage. 10
So
all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed
that they would free their male and female slaves and no longer hold
them in bondage. They agreed, and set them free. 11
But
afterward they changed their minds and took back the slaves they had
freed and enslaved them again.
12
Then
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 13
"This
is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with
your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the land of
slavery.
I
said,
14
`Every
seventh year each of you must free any fellow Hebrew who has sold
himself to you.
After he has served you six years, you must let him go free.'
A
Your
fathers, however, did not listen to me or pay attention to me.
15
Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight:
Each of you proclaimed freedom to his countrymen.
You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name.
16
But now you have turned around and profaned my name; each of you has
taken back the male and female slaves you had set free to go where
they wished.
You
have forced them to become your slaves again.
17
"Therefore,
this is what the LORD says:
You
have not obeyed me;
you have not proclaimed freedom for your fellow countrymen.
So
I now proclaim `freedom'
for you,
declares the LORD--`freedom'
to fall by the sword, plague and famine.
I
will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth.
18
The men who have violated my covenant and have not fulfilled the
terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf
they cut in two and then walked between its pieces.
19
The leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests
and all the people of the land who walked between the pieces of the
calf,
20
I will hand over to their enemies who seek their lives.
Their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the
beasts of the earth.
21
"I
will hand Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials over to their
enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon,
which has withdrawn from you.
22
I am going to give the order, declares the LORD, and I will bring
them back to this city.
They will fight against it, take it and burn it down.
And
I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there."
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 TIMOTHY 4:1 - 16
4
1
The
Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith
and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2
Such
teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have
been seared as with a hot iron. 3
They
forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods,
which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who
believe and who know the truth.
4
For
everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it
is received with thanksgiving, 5
because
it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
6
If
you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good
minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and
of the good teaching that you have followed. 7
Have
nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train
yourself to be godly. 8
For
physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all
things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to
come.
9
This
is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance 10
(and
for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the
living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who
believe.
11
Command
and teach these things. 12
Don't
let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example
for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in
purity. 13
Until
I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to
preaching and to teaching. 14
Do
not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic
message when the body of elders laid their hands on you.
15
Be
diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that
everyone may see your progress. 16
Watch
your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do,
you will save both yourself and your hearers.
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
