Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JULY
31
PSALMS:
31, 61, 91, 121
PROVERBS:
31
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JEREMIAH 35:1 - 36:32
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 TIMOTHY 5:1 - 25
PSALMS:
31
1 In
you, LORD, do I take refuge.
Let
me never be put to shame:
Deliver
me in your righteousness.
2 Bow
down your ear to me.
Deliver
me speedily.
Be
to me a strong rock,
A
house of defense to save me.
3 For
you are my rock and my fortress,
Therefore
for your name's sake lead me and guide me.
4 Pluck
me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me,
For
you are my stronghold.
5 Into
your hand I commend my spirit.
You
redeem me, LORD, God of truth.
6 I
hate those who regard lying vanities,
But
I trust in the LORD.
7
I
will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness,
For
you have seen my affliction.
You
have known my soul in adversities.
8 You
have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy.
You
have set my feet in a large place.
9 Have
mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress.
My
eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
10 For
my life is spent with sorrow,
My
years with sighing.
My
strength fails because of my iniquity.
My
bones are wasted away.
11 Because
of all my adversaries
I
have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors,
A
fear to my acquaintances.
Those
who saw me on the street fled from me.
12 I
am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man.
I
am like broken pottery.
13 For
I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side,
While
they conspire together against me,
They
plot to take away my life.
14 But
I trust in you, LORD.
I
said, You are my God.
15 My
times are in your hand.
Deliver
me from the hand of my enemies,
and
from those who persecute me.
16 Make
your face to shine on your servant.
Save
me in your loving kindness.
17 Let
me not be put to shame, LORD,
for
I have called on you.
Let
the wicked be put to shame.
Let
them be silent in She'ol.
18 Let
the lying lips be mute,
Which
speak against the righteous insolently,
with
pride and contempt.
19 Oh
how great is your goodness,
Which
you have laid up for those who fear you,
‘Which
you have worked for those who take refuge in you,
Before
the sons of men!
20 In
the covert of your presence will you hide them from the plotting of
man.
You
will keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Praise
be to the LORD,
For
he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
22 As
for me, I said in my haste,
"I
am cut off from before your eyes."
Nevertheless
you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
23 Oh
love the LORD, all you his holy ones!
The
LORD preserves the faithful,
And
pays back him who deals proudly in full.
24 Be
strong, and let your heart take courage,
All
you who hope in the LORD.
PSALMS:
61
1 Hear
my cry, God.
Listen
to my prayer.
I
will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed.
Lead
me to the rock that is higher than I.
Appoint
your loving kindness and truth,
that
they may preserve him.
PSALMS:
91
1 He
who dwells in the secret place of Ha`Elyon
Will
rest in the shadow of Shaddai.
Under
his wings you will take refuge.
His
truth is a shield and a buckler.
And
ten thousand at your right hand;
But
it will not come near you.
I
will set him on high, because he has known my name.
I
will be with him in trouble.
I
will deliver him, and honor him.
PSALMS:
121
1 I
will lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where
does my help come from?
PROVERBS:
31
1 The
words of king Lemo'el;
the
oracle which his mother taught him.
it
is not for kings to drink wine;
Nor
for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'
Gives
food to her household,
And
portions for her servant girls.
25 Strength
and dignity are her clothing.
She
laughs at the time to come.
26 She
opens her mouth with wisdom.
Faithful
instruction is on her tongue.
27 She
looks well to the ways of her household,
And
doesn't eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her
children rise up and call her blessed.
Her
husband also praises her:
29 "Many
women do noble things,
But
you excel them all."
30 Charm
is deceitful, and beauty is vain;
But
a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give
her of the fruit of her hands;
Let
her works praise her in the gates.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
JEREMIAH 35:1 - 36:32
35:1 This
is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD during the reign of
Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: 2 “Go
to the Rekabite family and invite them to come to one of the side
rooms of the house of the LORD and give them wine to drink.”
3
So
I went to get Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and
his brothers and all his sons—the whole family of the
Rekabites. 4 I
brought them into the house of the LORD, into the room of the sons
of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God. It was next to the room of
the officials, which was over that of Maaseiah son of Shallum the
doorkeeper. 5 Then
I set bowls full of wine and some cups before the Rekabites and said
to them, “Drink some wine.” 6
But
they replied, “We do not drink wine, because our forefather
Jehonadab son of Rekab gave us this command: ‘Neither you nor your
descendants must ever drink wine. 7 Also
you must never build houses, sow seed or plant vineyards; you must
never have any of these things, but must always live in tents. Then
you will live a long time in the land where you are nomads.’ 8 We
have obeyed everything our forefather Jehonadab son of Rekab
commanded us. Neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters
have ever drunk wine 9 or
built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields or crops. 10 We
have lived in tents and have fully obeyed everything our forefather
Jehonadab commanded us. 11 But
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded this land, we said,
‘Come, we must go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian and
Aramean armies.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.” 12 Then
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying: 13 “This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the
people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘Will you not learn
a lesson and obey my words?’ declares the LORD. 14 ‘Jehonadab
son of Rekab ordered his descendants not to drink wine and this
command has been kept. To this day they do not drink wine, because
they obey their forefather’s command. But I have spoken to you
again and again, yet you have not obeyed me. 15
Again
and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said,
“Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your
actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live
in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you have
not paid attention or listened to me. 16 The
descendants of Jehonadab son of Rekab have carried out the command
their forefather gave them, but these people have not obeyed me.’
17
“Therefore
this is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
‘Listen! I am going to bring on Judah and on everyone living in
Jerusalem every disaster I pronounced against them. I spoke to them,
but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer.’
” 18 Then
Jeremiah said to the family of the Rekabites, “This is what the
LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have obeyed the
command of your forefather Jehonadab and have followed all his
instructions and have done everything he ordered.’ 19 Therefore
this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Jehonadab
son of Rekab will never fail to have a descendant to serve me.’ ”
36:1 In
the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word
came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 “Take
a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you
concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I
began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah till now. 3 Perhaps
when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict
on them, they will each turn from their wicked ways; then I will
forgive their wickedness and their sin.” 4 So
Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and while Jeremiah dictated
all the words the LORD had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the
scroll. 5 Then
Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to
the LORD’s temple. 6 So
you go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting and read to the
people from the scroll the words of the LORD that you wrote as I
dictated. Read them to all the people of Judah who come in from
their towns. 7 Perhaps
they will bring their petition before the LORD and will each turn
from their wicked ways, for the anger and wrath pronounced against
this people by the LORD are great.” 8 Baruch
son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do; at
the LORD’s temple he read the words of the LORD from the
scroll. 9 In
the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of
Judah, a time of fasting before the LORD was proclaimed for all the
people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of
Judah. 10 From
the room of Gemariah son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the
upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple,
Baruch read to all the people at the LORD’s temple the words of
Jeremiah from the scroll. 11 When
Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of
the LORD from the scroll, 12 he
went down to the secretary’s room in the royal palace, where all
the officials were sitting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of
Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Akbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah
son of Hananiah, and all the other officials. 13 After
Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read to the people
from the scroll, 14 all
the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah,
the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, “Bring the scroll from which
you have read to the people and come.” So Baruch son of Neriah
went to them with the scroll in his hand.
15
They
said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it to us.” So Baruch
read it to them. 16 When
they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear and
said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.” 17
Then
they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you come to write all this?
Did Jeremiah dictate it?” 18 “Yes,”
Baruch replied, “he dictated all these words to me, and I wrote
them in ink on the scroll.”19 Then
the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah, go and hide.
Don’t let anyone know where you are.” 20 After
they put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary, they went
to the king in the courtyard and reported everything to him. 21 The
king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and Jehudi brought it from the
room of Elishama the secretary and read it to the king and all the
officials standing beside him. 22 It
was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter
apartment, with a fire burning in the firepot in front of
him. 23 Whenever
Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king cut
them off with a scribe’s knife and threw them into the firepot,
until the entire scroll was burned in the fire. 24 The
king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no
fear, nor did they tear their clothes. 25 Even
though Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the
scroll, he would not listen to them. 26 Instead,
the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of
Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the scribe and
Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them. 27 After
the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had
written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to
Jeremiah: 28 “Take
another scroll and write on it all the words that were on the first
scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up. 29 Also
tell Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘This is what the LORD says: You
burned that scroll and said, “Why did you write on it that the
king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land and wipe
from it both man and beast?” 30 Therefore
this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will
have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown
out and exposed to the heat by day and the frost by night. 31 I
will punish him and his children and his attendants for their
wickedness; I will bring on them and those living in Jerusalem and
the people of Judah every disaster I pronounced against them,
because they have not listened.’ ” 32
So
Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of
Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on it all the words
of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire.
And many similar words were added to them.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 TIMOTHY 5:1 - 25
Widows, Elders and Slaves
1 Do
not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your
father. Treat younger men as brothers,
2 older
women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute
purity.
3
Give
proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.
4
But
if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first
of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own
family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is
pleasing to God.
5 The
widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God
and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.
6 But
the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
7
Give
the people these instructions, so that no one may be open to blame.
8 Anyone
who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their
own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an
unbeliever.
9 No
widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has
been faithful to her husband,
10 and
is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children,
showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people,
helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good
deeds.
11 As
for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their
sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to
marry.
12 Thus
they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their
first pledge.
13 Besides,
they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to
house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who
talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.
14 So
I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their
homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.
15 Some
have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.
16 If
any woman who is a believer has widows in her care, she should
continue to help them and not let the church be burdened with them,
so that the church can help those widows who are really in need.
17 The
elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of
double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and
teaching.
18 For
Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the
grain,” and “The worker deserves his wages.”
19 Do
not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by
two or three witnesses.
20 But
those elders who are sinning you are to reprove before everyone, so
that the others may take warning.
21 I
charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect
angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do
nothing out of favoritism.
22 Do
not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins
of others. Keep yourself pure.
23 Stop
drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach
and your frequent illnesses.
24 The
sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of
them; the sins of others trail behind them.
25 In
the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not
obvious cannot remain hidden forever.
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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