Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JULY
27
PSALMS:
27, 57, 87, 117, 147
PROVERBS:
27
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JEREMIAH 28:1 - 29:32
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 TIMOTHY 1:1 - 20
Psalms
27
1 The
LORD is my light and my salvation.
Whom
shall I fear?
The
LORD is the strength of my life.
Of
whom shall I be afraid?
2
When
evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh,
Even
my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though
a host should encamp against me,
My
heart shall not fear.
Though
war should rise against me,
Even
then I will be confident.
4 One
thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after,
That
I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
To
see the beauty of the LORD,
And
to inquire in his temple.
5 For
in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion.
In
the covert of his tent will he hide me.
He
will lift me up on a rock.
6 Now
shall my head be lifted up above my enemies around me.
I
will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent.
I
will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
7 Hear,
LORD, when I cry with my voice.
Have
mercy also on me, and answer me.
8 When
you said, "Seek my face,"
My
heart said to you,
"I
will seek your face, LORD."
9 Don't
hide your face from me.
Don't
put your servant away in anger.
You
have been my help.
Don't
abandon me, neither forsake me,
God
of my salvation.
10 When
my father and my mother forsake me,
Then
the LORD will take me up.
11 Teach
me your way, LORD.
Lead
me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
12 Don't
deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
For
false witnesses have risen up against me,
Such
as breathe out cruelty.
13
I
am still confident of this:
I
will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait
for the LORD.
Be
strong, and let your heart take courage.
Yes,
wait for the LORD.
PSALMS:
57
1 Be
merciful to me, God, be merciful to me,
For
my soul takes refuge in you.
Yes,
in the shadow of your wings,
I
will take refuge,
Until
disaster has passed.
He
rebukes the one who is pursuing me.
Selah.
God
will send out his loving kindness and his truth.
I
lie among those who are set on fire,
Even
the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And
their tongue a sharp sword.
My
soul is bowed down.
They
dig a pit before me.
They
fall into the midst of it themselves.
Selah.
Behold,
Peleshet, Tzor, and also Kush:
"This
one was born there."
"This
one and that one was born in her;"
The
Elyon himself will establish her.
PSALMS:
117
1 Praise
the LORD, all you nations!
Extol
him, all you peoples!
The
LORD's faithfulness endures forever.
Praise
the LORD!
PSALMS:
147
1 Praise
the LORD,
For
it is good to sing praises to our God;
For
it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
Who
prepares rain for the eretz,
Who
makes grass grow on the mountains.
15 He
sends out his mitzvah on eretz.
His
word runs very swiftly.
16 He
gives snow like wool,
And
scatters frost like ashes.
17
He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who
can stand before his cold?
18 He
sends out his word, and melts them.
He
causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He
shows his word to Ya`akov;
His
statutes and his ordinances to Yisra'el.
20 He
has not done this for any nation;
They
don't know his ordinances.
Praise
the LORD!
PROVERBS:
27
1 Don't
boast about tomorrow;
For
you don't know what a day may bring forth.
Don't
go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster:
Better
is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
It
will be taken as a curse by him.
21 The
crucible is for silver,
And
the furnace for gold;
But
man is refined by his praise.
22 Though
you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
Yet
his foolishness will not be removed from him.
23 Know
well the state of your flocks,
And
pay attention to your herds:
24 For
riches are not forever,
Nor
does even the crown endure to all generations.
25 The
hay is removed, and the new growth appears,
The
grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26 The
lambs are for your clothing,
And
the goats are the price of a field.
27
There
will be plenty of goats' milk for your food,
For
your family's food,
And
for the nourishment of your servant girls.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JEREMIAH 28:1 - 29:32
28:1
In
the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, early in the
reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur,
who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the
presence of the priests and all the people: 2 “This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will break
the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 Within
two years I will bring back to this place all the articles of the
LORD’s house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here
and took to Babylon. 4 I
will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king
of Judah and all the other exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’
declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of
Babylon.’ ” 5 Then
the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah before the
priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the
LORD. 6 He
said, “Amen! May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words
you have prophesied by bringing the articles of the LORD’s house
and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon. 7
Nevertheless,
listen to what I have to say in your hearing and in the hearing of
all the people: 8 From
early times the prophets who preceded you and me have prophesied
war, disaster and plague against many countries and great
kingdoms. 9 But
the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly
sent by the LORD only if his prediction comes true.” 10 Then
the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet
Jeremiah and broke it, 11
and he said before all the people, “This is what the LORD says:
‘In the same way I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon off the neck of all the nations within two years.’ ” At
this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way. 12 After
the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet
Jeremiah, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 13 “Go
and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the LORD says: You have broken a
wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron. 14 This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will put an
iron yoke on the necks of all these nations to make them serve
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will even
give him control over the wild animals.’ ” 15 Then
the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen,
Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this
nation to trust in lies. 16 Therefore
this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the
face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you
have preached rebellion against the LORD.’ ” 17 In
the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.
29:1 This
is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from
Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the
priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had
carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2
(This
was after King Jehoiachin and the queen mother, the court officials
and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the skilled workers and the
artisans had gone into exile from Jerusalem.) 3 He
entrusted the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of
Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in
Babylon. It said: 4 This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I
carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 “Build
houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6
Marry
and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your
daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters.
Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also,
seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried
you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you
too will prosper.” 8 Yes,
this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Do not
let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen
to the dreams you encourage them to have. 9 They
are prophesying lies to you in my name. I have not sent them,”
declares the LORD. 10 This
is what the LORD says: “When seventy years are completed for
Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you
back to this place. 11 For
I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future. 12 Then
you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to
you. 13 You
will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I
will be found by you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you
back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and
places where I have banished you,” declares the LORD, “and will
bring you back to the place from which I carried you into
exile.”15 You
may say, “The LORD has raised up prophets for us in
Babylon,” 16 but
this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s
throne and all the people who remain in this city, your fellow
citizens who did not go with you into exile— 17 yes,
this is what the LORD Almighty says: “I will send the sword,
famine and plague against them and I will make them like figs that
are so bad they cannot be eaten. 18 I
will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make
them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and an
object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where
I drive them. 19 For
they have not listened to my words,” declares the LORD, “words
that I sent to them again and again by my servants the prophets. And
you exiles have not listened either,” declares the
LORD. 20 Therefore,
hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles whom I have sent away from
Jerusalem to Babylon. 21 This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of
Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to
you in my name: “I will deliver them into the hands of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before
your very eyes. 22 Because
of them, all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon will use this
curse: ‘May the LORD treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the
king of Babylon burned in the fire.’ 23 For
they have done outrageous things in Israel; they have committed
adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and in my name they have
uttered lies—which I did not authorize. I know it and am a witness
to it,” declares the LORD. 24 Tell
Shemaiah the Nehelamite, 25 “This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You sent letters
in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to the priest
Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the other priests. You said to
Zephaniah, 26 ‘The
LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada to be in charge
of the house of the LORD; you should put any maniac who acts like a
prophet into the stocks and neck-irons. 27
So why have you not reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth, who poses as
a prophet among you? 28 He
has sent this message to us in Babylon: It will be a long time.
Therefore build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what
they produce.’ ” 29 Zephaniah
the priest, however, read the letter to Jeremiah the
prophet. 30 Then
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 31 “Send
this message to all the exiles: ‘This is what the LORD says about
Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you,
even though I did not send him, and has persuaded you to trust in
lies, 32 this
is what the LORD says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite
and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor
will he see the good things I will do for my people, declares the
LORD, because he has preached rebellion against me.’ ”
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 TIMOTHY 1:1 - 20
1:1 Paul,
an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of
Christ Jesus our hope,
2 To
Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God
the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 As
I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so
that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any
longer
4 or
to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things
promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s
work—which is by faith.
5 The
goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a
good conscience and a sincere faith.
6 Some
have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk.
7 They
want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are
talking about or what they so confidently affirm.
8 We
know that the law is good if one uses it properly.
9 We
also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for
lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and
irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for
murderers,
10 for
the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave
traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary
to the sound doctrine
11 that
conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God,
which he entrusted to me.
12 I
thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he
considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.
13Even
though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I
was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.
14 The
grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the
faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
15 Here
is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.
16 But
for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of
sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an
example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
17 Now
to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and
glory for ever and ever. Amen.
18 Timothy,
my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies
once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the
battle well,
19 holding
on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so
have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.
20 Among
them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to
be taught not to blaspheme.
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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