Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
AUGUST
18
PSALMS:
18, 48, 78, 108, 138
PROVERBS:
18
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 16:42 – 17:24
NEW
TESTAMENT:
HEBREWS 8:1 – 13
PSALMS:
18
1 I
love you, LORD, my strength.
2 The
LORD is my rock,
and
my fortress, and my deliverer;
My
God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge;
My
shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
3 I
will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised;
So
shall I be saved from my enemies.
4 The
cords of death surrounded me.
The
floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
5 The
cords of She'ol were round about me;
The
snares of death came on me.
6 In
my distress I called on the LORD,
And
cried to my God.
He
heard my voice out of his temple,
My
cry before him came into his ears.
7 Then
the eretz shook and trembled.
The
foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken,
Because
he was angry.
8 There
went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
Fire
out of his mouth devoured;
Coals
were kindled by it.
9 He
bowed the heavens also, and came down.
Thick
darkness was under his feet.
10 He
rode on a Keruv, and flew.
Yes,
he soared on the wings of the wind.
11 He
made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him,
Darkness
of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 At
the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,
Hailstones
and coals of fire.
13 The
LORD also thundered in the sky,
The
Elyon uttered his voice,
Hailstones
and coals of fire.
14 He
sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
Yes,
lightnings manifold, and routed them.
15 Then
the channels of waters appeared,
The
foundations of the world were laid bare,
At
your rebuke, LORD,
At
the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
16 He
sent from on high.
He
took me.
He
drew me out of many waters.
17 He
delivered me from my strong enemy,
From
those who hated me;
for
they were too mighty for me.
18 They
came on me in the day of my calamity,
But
the LORD was my support.
19 He
brought me forth also into a large place.
He
delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 The
LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness.
According
to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
21 For
I have kept the ways of the LORD,
And
have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For
all his ordinances were before me.
I
didn't put away his statutes from me.
23 I
was also blameless with him.
I
kept myself from my iniquity.
24 Therefore
has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, According
to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 With
the merciful you will show yourself merciful.
With
the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
26 With
the pure, you will show yourself pure.
With
the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
27 For
you will save the afflicted people,
But
the haughty eyes you will bring down.
28 For
you will light my lamp.
The
LORD, my God, will light up my darkness.
29 For
by you, I advance through a troop.
By
my God, I leap over a wall.
30 As
for God, his way is perfect.
The
word of the LORD is tried.
He
is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
31 For
who is God, except the LORD?
Who
is a rock, besides our God,
32 The
God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
33 He
makes my feet like hinds' feet,
And
sets me on my high places.
34
He
teaches my hands to war;
So
that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
35 You
have also given me the shield of your salvation.
Your
right hand sustains me.
Your
gentleness has made me great.
36 You
have enlarged my steps under me,
My
feet have not slipped.
37 I
will pursue my enemies, and overtake them.
Neither
will I turn again until they are consumed.
38 I
will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise.
They
shall fall under my feet.
39 For
you have girded me with strength to the battle.
You
have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 You
have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
That
I might cut off those who hate me.
41 They
cried, but there was none to save;
Even
to the LORD, but he didn't answer them.
42 Then
I beat them small as the dust before the wind.
I
cast them out as the mire of the streets.
43 You
have delivered me from the strivings of the people.
You
have made me the head of the nations.
A
people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 As
soon as they hear of me they shall obey me.
The
foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
45 The
foreigners shall fade away,
And
shall come trembling out of their close places.
46
The
LORD lives;
and
blessed be my rock.
Exalted
be the God of my salvation,
47 Even
the God who executes vengeance for me,
And
subdues peoples under me.
48 He
rescues me from my enemies.
Yes,
you lift me up above those who rise up against me.
You
deliver me from the violent man.
49 Therefore
I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations,
And
will sing praises to your name.
50
He
gives great deliverance to his king,
And
shows loving kindness to his anointed,
To
David and to his seed, forevermore.
PSALMS:
48
1 Great
is the LORD, and greatly to be praised,
In
the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Is
Mount Tziyon, on the north sides,
The
city of the great King.
In
the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God.
God
will establish it forever.
Selah.
So
is your praise to the ends of the eretz.
Your
right hand is full of righteousness.
PSALMS:
78
1 Hear
my law, my people.
Turn
your ears to the words of my mouth.
Telling
to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
His
strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
And
appointed a law in Yisra'el,
Which
he commanded our fathers,
That
they should make them known to their children;
even
the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their
children,
A
stubborn and rebellious generation,
A
generation that didn't make their hearts loyal,
Whose
spirit was not steadfast with God.
In
the land of Mitzrayim, in the field of Tzo`an.
Streams
overflowed.
Can
he give bread also?
Will
he provide flesh for his people?"
A
fire was kindled against Ya`akov,
Anger
also went up against Yisra'el,
And
killed some of the fattest of them,
And
struck down the young men of Yisra'el.
and
didn't destroy them.
Yes,
many times he turned his anger away,
And
didn't stir up all his wrath.
Wrath,
indignation, and trouble,
And
a band of angels of evil.
He
didn't spare their soul from death,
But
gave their life over to the pestilence,
51 And
struck all the firstborn in Mitzrayim,
The
chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 But
he led forth his own people like sheep,
And
guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 He
led them safely, so that they weren't afraid,
But
the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 He
brought them to the border of his sanctuary,
To
this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
55 He
also drove out the nations before them,
Allotted
them for an inheritance by line,
And
made the tribes of Yisra'el to dwell in their tents.
56 Yet
they tempted and rebelled against
Ha`Elyon
God, And didn't keep his testimonies;
57 But
turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers.
They
were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 For
they provoked him to anger with their high places,
And
moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
59
When
God heard this, he was angry,
And
greatly abhorred Yisra'el;
60 So
that he forsook the tent of Shiloh,
The
tent which he placed among men;
61 And
delivered his strength into captivity,
His
glory into the adversary's hand.
62 He
also gave his people over to the sword,
And
was angry with his inheritance.
63 Fire
devoured their young men;
Their
virgins had no wedding song.
64 Their
Kohanim fell by the sword;
Their
widows made no lamentation.
65 Then
the Lord awakened as one out of sleep,
Like
a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
66 He
struck his adversaries backward.
He
put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Moreover
he rejected the tent of Yosef,
And
didn't choose the tribe of Efrayim,
68 But
chose the tribe of Yehudah,
Mount
Tziyon which he loved.
69 He
built his sanctuary like the heights,
Like
the eretz which he has established forever.
70
He
also chose David his servant,
And
took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From
following the ewes that have their young he brought him
To
be the shepherd of Ya`akov, his people, and Yisra'el, his
inheritance.
72 So
he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart,
And
guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
PSALMS:
108
1 My
heart is steadfast, God.
I
will sing and I will make music with my soul.
"In
triumph, I will divide Shekhem, and measure out the valley of
Sukkot.
PROVERBS:
18
1 An
unfriendly man pursues selfishness,
And
defies all sound judgment.
2 A
fool has no delight in understanding,
But
only in broadcasting his own opinion.
3 When
wickedness comes, contempt also comes,
And
with shame comes disgrace.
4 The
words of a man's mouth are like deep waters.
The
fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
5 To
be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good,
Nor
to deprive the innocent of justice.
6 A
fool's lips come into strife,
And
his mouth invites beatings.
7 A
fool's mouth is his destruction,
And
his lips are a snare to his soul.
8 The
words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:
They
go down into a person's innermost parts.
9 One
who is slack in his work
Is
brother to him who is a master of destruction.
10 The
name of the LORD is a strong tower:
The
righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 The
rich man's wealth is his strong city,
Like
an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
12 Before
destruction the heart of man is proud,
But
before honor is humility.
13 He
who gives answer before he hears,
That
is folly and shame to him.
14 A
man's spirit will sustain him in sickness,
But
a crushed spirit who can bear?
15 The
heart of the discerning gets knowledge.
The
ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 A
man's gift makes room for him,
And
brings him before great men.
17
He who pleads his cause first seems right;
Until
another comes and questions him.
18 The
lot settles disputes,
And
keeps strong ones apart.
19 A
brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city;
And
disputes are like the bars of a castle.
20 A
man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.
With
the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
21 Death
and life are in the power of the tongue;
Those
who love it will eat its fruit.
22 Whoever
finds a wife finds a good thing,
And
obtains favor of the LORD.
23 The
poor pleads for mercy,
But
the rich answers harshly.
24 A
man of many companions may be ruined,
But
there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 16:42 - 17:24
16:42 So
will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall
depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more
angry. 43 Because
you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged
against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring
your way on your head, says the Lord GOD: and you shall not commit
this lewdness with all your abominations. 44 Behold,
everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb against you,
saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. 45 You
are the daughter of your mother, who loathes her husband and her
children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their
husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your
father an Amori. 46 Your
elder sister is Shomron, who dwells at your left hand, she and her
daughters; and your younger sister, who dwells at your right hand,
is Sedom and her daughters. 47 Yet
have you not walked in their ways, nor done after their
abominations; but, as [if that were] a very little [thing], you were
more corrupt than they in all your ways. 48 As
I live, says the Lord GOD, Sedom your sister has not done, she nor
her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters. 49 Behold,
this was the iniquity of your sister Sedom: pride, fullness of
bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither
did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 They
were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took
them away as I saw [good]. 51 Neither
has Shomron committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied
your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by
all your abominations which you have done. 52 You
also, bear you your own shame, in that you have given judgment for
your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more
abominable than they, they are more righteous that you: yes, be also
confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your
sisters. 53 I
will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sedom and her
daughters, and the captivity of Shomron and her daughters, and the
captivity of your captives in the midst of them; 54 that
you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that
you have done, in that you are a comfort to them. 55Your
sisters, Sedom and her daughters, shall return to their former
estate; and Shomron and her daughters shall return to their former
estate; and you and your daughters shall return to your former
estate. 56 For
your sister Sedom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your
pride, 57 before
your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the
daughters of Aram, and of all who are round about her, the daughters
of the Pelishtim, who do despite to you round about. 58 You
have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says the
LORD. 59 For
thus says the Lord GOD: I will also deal with you as you have done,
who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 60 Nevertheless
I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and
I will establish to you an everlasting covenant. 61
Then
shall you remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall receive
your sisters, your elder [sisters] and your younger; and I will give
them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant. 62 I
will establish my covenant with you; and you shall know that I am
the LORD; 63 that
you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any
more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you
have done, says the Lord GOD.
17:1 The
word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 Son
of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of
Yisra'el; 3 and
say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long
pinions, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to
Levanon, and took the top of the cedar: 4
he
cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to
a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. 5 He
took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful
soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow
tree. 6 It
grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches
turned toward him, and the roots of it were under him: so it became
a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 7 There
was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers:
and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth
its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he
might water it. 8 It
was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth
branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly
vine. 9 Say
you, Thus says the Lord GOD: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up
the roots of it, and cut off the fruit of it, that it may wither;
that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong
arm or much people can it be raised from the roots of it. 10 Yes,
behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly
wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds
where it grew. 11 Moreover
the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 12 Say
now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean?
tell them, Behold, the king of Bavel came to Yerushalayim, and took
the king of it, and the princes of it, and brought them to him to
Bavel: 13 and
he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also
brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the
land; 14 that
the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but
that by keeping his covenant it might stand. 15 But
he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Mitzrayim,
that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper?
shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant,
and yet escape? 16 As
I live, says the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells
who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he
broke, even with him in the midst of Bavel he shall die. 17
Neither shall Par`oh with his mighty army and great company help him
in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off
many persons. 18 For
he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he
had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not
escape. 19 Therefore
thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, surely my oath that he has
despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it
on his own head. 20 I
will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I
will bring him to Bavel, and will enter into judgment with him there
for his trespass that he has trespassed against me. 21
All
his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those
who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know
that I, the LORD, have spoken it. 22 Thus
says the Lord GOD: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar,
and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs
a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty
mountain: 23 in
the mountain of the height of Yisra'el will I plant it; and it shall
bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under
it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches
of it shall they dwell. 24 All
the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, have brought
down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the
green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, the LORD,
have spoken and have done it.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
HEBREWS 8:1 - 13
8:1 Now
in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have
such a Kohen Gadol, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of
the Majesty in the heavens,
2 a
minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tent, which the Lord
pitched, not man.
3 For
every Kohen Gadol is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices.
Therefore it is necessary that this Kohen Gadol also have something
to offer.
4
For
if he were on eretz, he would not be a Kohen at all, seeing there
are Kohanim who offer the gifts according to the law;
5 who
serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moshe was
warned by God when he was about to make the tent, for, "See,"
he said, "that you make all things according to the pattern
that was shown you on the mountain."
6 But
now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is
also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on
better promises.
7 For
if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have
been sought for a second.
8 For
finding fault with them, he said, "Behold, the days come,"
says the Lord, "That I will make a new covenant with the house
of Yisra'el and with the house of Yehudah;
9 Not
according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day
that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of
Mitzrayim; For they didn't continue in my covenant, And I
disregarded them," says the Lord.
10 "For
this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Yisra'el.
After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into
their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be to them
a God, And they will be to me a people.
11 They
will not teach every man his fellow citizen, Every man his brother,
saying, 'Know the Lord,' For all will know me, From the least of
them to the greatest of them.
12 For
I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their
sins and lawless deeds no more."
13 In
that he says, "A new covenant," he has made the first old.
But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing
away.
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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