FEBRUARY
24
PSALMS:
24, 54, 84, 114, 144
PROVERBS:
24
OLD
TESTAMENT:
1 SAMUEL 18:5 - 19:24
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JOHN 8:31 - 59
PSALMS:
24
1 The
eretz is the LORD's, with its fullness;
The
world, and those who dwell therein.
2 For
he has founded it on the seas,
And
established it on the floods.
3 Who
may ascend to the LORD's hill?
Who
may stand in his holy place?
4 He
who has clean hands and a pure heart;
Who
has not lifted up his soul to falsehood,
And
has not sworn deceitfully.
5 He
shall receive a blessing from the LORD,
Righteousness
from the God of his salvation.
6 This
is the generation of those who seek Him,
Who
seek your face -- even Ya`akov.
Selah.
7 Lift
up your heads, you gates;
Be
lifted up, you everlasting doors:
The
King of glory will come in.
8 Who
is the King of glory?
The
LORD strong and mighty,
The
LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift
up your heads, you gates;
Yes,
lift them up, you everlasting doors:
The
King of glory will come in.
10 Who
is this King of glory?
The
LORD of Hosts,
He
is the King of glory.
Selah.
PSALMS:
54
1 Save
me, God, by your name.
Vindicate
me in your might.
2
Hear
my prayer, God.
Listen
to the words of my mouth.
3 For
strangers have risen up against me.
Violent
men have sought after my soul.
They
haven't set God before them.
Selah.
4 Behold,
God is my helper.
The
Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
5 He
will repay the evil to my enemies.
Destroy
them in your truth.
6 With
a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you.
I
will give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good.
7 For
he has delivered me out of all trouble.
My
eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
PSALMS:
84
1 How
lovely are your dwellings,
LORD
of Hosts!
2 My
soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD.
My
heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Yes,
the sparrow has found a home,
And
the swallow a nest for herself,
where
she may have her young,
Near
your altars, LORD of Hosts,
My
King, and my God.
4
Blessed
are those who dwell in your house.
They
are always praising you. Selah.
5 Blessed
is the man whose strength is in you;
Who
have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
6 Passing
through the valley of Weeping,
they
make it a place of springs.
Yes,
the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
7 They
go from strength to strength.
Everyone
of them appears before God in Tziyon.
8 LORD,
God Tzva'ot, hear my prayer.
Listen,
God of Ya`akov.
Selah.
9 Behold,
God our shield,
Look
at the face of your anointed.
10 For
a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
I
would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
Than
to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11
For
the LORD God is a sun and a shield.
The
LORD will give grace and glory.
He
withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
12 LORD
of Hosts,
Blessed
is the man who trusts in you.
PSALMS:
114
1 When
Yisra'el went forth out of Mitzrayim,
The
house of Ya`akov from a people of foreign language;
2 Yehudah
became his sanctuary,
Yisra'el
his dominion.
3 The
sea saw it, and fled.
The
Yarden was driven back.
4 The
mountains skipped like rams,
The
little hills like lambs.
5 What
was it, you sea, that you fled?
You
Yarden, that you turned back?
6 You
mountains, that you skipped like rams;
You
little hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble,
you eretz, at the presence of the Lord,
At
the presence of the God of Ya`akov,
8 Who
turned the rock into a pool of water,
The
flint into a spring of waters.
PSALMS:
144
1 Blessed
be the LORD, my rock,
Who
teaches my hands to war,
And
my fingers to battle:
2 My
loving kindness, my fortress,
My
high tower, my deliverer,
My
shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
Who
subdues my people under me.
3 LORD,
what is man, that you care for him?
Or
the son of man, that you think of him?
4 Man
is like a breath.
His
days are like a shadow that passes away.
5 Part
your heavens, LORD, and come down.
Touch
the mountains, and they will smoke.
6 Throw
out lightning, and scatter them.
Send
out your arrows, and rout them.
7 Stretch
out your hand from above,
Rescue
me, and deliver me out of great waters,
Out
of the hands of foreigners;
8 Whose
mouths speak deceit,
Whose
right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 I
will sing a new song to you, God.
On
a ten-stringed lyre,
I
will sing praises to you.
10 You
are he who gives salvation to kings,
Who
rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
11 Rescue
me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,
Whose
mouths speak deceit,
Whose
right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12 Then
our sons will be like well-nurtured plants,
Our
daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our
barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
Our
sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
14 Our
oxen will pull heavy loads.
There
is no breaking in, and no going away,
And
no outcry in our streets.
15 Happy
are the people who are in such a situation.
Happy
are the people whose God is the LORD.
PROVERBS:
24
1 Don't
you be envious against evil men;
Neither
desire to be with them:
2 For
their hearts plot violence,
And
their lips talk about mischief.
3 Through
wisdom a house is built;
By
understanding it is established;
4 By
knowledge the rooms are filled
With
all rare and beautiful treasure.
5 A
wise man has great power;
And
a knowledgeable man increases strength;
6 For
by wise guidance you wage your war;
And
victory is in many advisors.
7 Wisdom
is too high for a fool:
He
doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
8 One
who plots to do evil
Will
be called a schemer.
9 The
schemes of folly are sin.
The
mocker is detested by men.
10 If
you falter in the time of trouble,
Your
strength is small.
11 Rescue
those who are being led away to death!
Indeed,
hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
12 If
you say,
"Behold,
we didn't know this;"
Doesn't
he who weighs the hearts consider it?
He
who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it?
Shall
he not render to every man according to his work?
13 My
son, eat honey, for it is good;
The
droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
14 So
you shall know wisdom to be to your soul;
If
you have found it, then will there be a reward,
Your
hope will not be cut off.
15 Don't
lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous.
Don't
destroy his resting-place:
16 For
a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again;
But
the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
17 Don't
rejoice when your enemy falls.
Don't
let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
18 Lest
the LORD see it, and it displease him,
And
he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Don't
fret yourself because of evildoers;
Neither
be envious of the wicked:
20 For
there will be no reward to the evil man;
And
the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
21 My
son, fear the LORD and the king.
Don't
join those who are rebellious:
22
For
their calamity will rise suddenly;
The
destruction from them both -- who knows?
23 These
also are sayings of the wise.
To
show partiality in judgment is not good.
24 He
who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;"
Peoples
shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him --
25 But
it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
And
a rich blessing will come on them.
26 An
honest answer Is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Prepare
your work outside.
Make
it ready for you in the field.
Afterwards,
build your house.
28 Don't
be a witness against your neighbor without cause.
Don't
deceive with your lips.
29 Don't
say, "I will do to him as he has done to me;
I
will render to the man according to his work."
30 I
went by the field of the sluggard,
By
the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31
Behold,
it was all grown over with thorns.
Its
surface was covered with nettles,
And
its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then
I saw, and considered well.
I
saw, and received instruction:
33 A
little sleep, a little slumber,
A
little folding of the hands to sleep;
34 So
shall your poverty come as a robber,
And
your want as an armed man.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
1 SAMUEL 18:5 - 19:24
18:5 David
went out wherever Sha'ul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and
Sha'ul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of
all the people, and also in the sight of Sha'ul's servants. 6
It
happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the
Pelishti, that the women came out of all the cities of Yisra'el,
singing and dancing, to meet king Sha'ul, with timbrels, with joy,
and with instruments of music. 7
The
women sang one to another as they played, and said, Sha'ul has slain
his thousands, David his ten thousands. 8 Sha'ul
was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They
have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed
but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 Sha'ul
eyed David from that day and forward. 10 It
happened on the next day, that an evil spirit from God came mightily
on Sha'ul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David
played with his hand, as he did day by day. Sha'ul had his spear in
his hand; 11 and
Sha'ul cast the spear; for he said, I will strike David even to the
wall. David avoided out of his presence twice. 12 Sha'ul
was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed
from Sha'ul. 13 Therefore
Sha'ul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a
thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 David
behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with
him. 15 When
Sha'ul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of
him. 16 But
all Yisra'el and Yehudah loved David; for he went out and came in
before them. 17 Sha'ul
said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merav, her will I give you
as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For
Sha'ul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the
Pelishtim be on him. 18
David
said to Sha'ul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's
family in Yisra'el, that I should be son-in-law to the king? 19 But
it happened at the time when Merav, Sha'ul's daughter, should have
been given to David, that she was given to `Adri'el the Mecholati as
wife. 20 Mikhal,
Sha'ul's daughter, loved David: and they told Sha'ul, and the thing
pleased him. 21 Sha'ul
said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and
that the hand of the Pelishtim may be against him. Therefore Sha'ul
said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second
time. 22 Sha'ul
commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and
say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love
you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 Sha'ul's
servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, Seems
it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I
am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24 The
servants of Sha'ul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
25 Sha'ul
said, Thus shall you tell David, The king desires no dowry except
one hundred foreskins of the Pelishtim, to be avenged of the king's
enemies. Now Sha'ul thought to make David fall by the hand of the
Pelishtim. 26 When
his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the
king's son-in-law. The days were not expired; 27 and
David arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the Pelishtim
two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave
them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's
son-in-law. Sha'ul gave him Mikhal his daughter as wife. 28 Sha'ul
saw and knew that the LORD was with David; and Mikhal, Sha'ul's
daughter, loved him. 29 Sha'ul
was yet the more afraid of David; and Sha'ul was David's enemy
continually. 30 Then
the princes of the Pelishtim went forth: and it happened, as often
as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all
the servants of Sha'ul; so that his name was much set by.
19:1 Sha'ul
spoke to Yonatan his son, and to all his servants, that they should
kill David. But Yonatan, Sha'ul's son, delighted much in
David. 2 Yonatan
told David, saying, Sha'ul my father seeks to kill you: now
therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in
a secret place, and hide yourself: 3 and
I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are,
and I will commune with my father of you; and if I see anything, I
will tell you. 4
Yonatan
spoke good of David to Sha'ul his father, and said to him, Don't let
the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not
sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward
you: 5 for
he put his life in his hand, and struck the Pelishti, and the LORD
worked a great victory for all Yisra'el: you saw it, and did
rejoice; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David
without a cause? 6 Sha'ul
listened to the voice of Yonatan: and Sha'ul swore, As the LORD
lives, he shall not be put to death. 7 Yonatan
called David, and Yonatan shown him all those things. Yonatan
brought David to Sha'ul, and he was in his presence, as
before. 8 There
was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Pelishtim,
and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him. 9
An
evil spirit from the LORD was on Sha'ul, as he sat in his house with
his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his
hand. 10 Sha'ul
sought to strike David even to the wall with the spear; but he
slipped away out of Sha'ul's presence, and he struck the spear into
the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. 11 Sha'ul
sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in
the morning: and Mikhal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you
don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain. 12
So
Mikhal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and
escaped. 13 Mikhal
took the terafim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats'
[hair] at the head of it, and covered it with the clothes. 14 When
Sha'ul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is
sick. 15 Sha'ul
sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the
bed, that I may kill him. 16 When
the messengers came in, behold, the terafim was in the bed, with the
pillow of goats' [hair] at the head of it.17
Sha'ul said to Mikhal, Why have you deceived me thus, and let my
enemy go, so that he is escaped? Mikhal answered Sha'ul, He said to
me, Let me go; why should I kill you? 18 Now
David fled, and escaped, and came to Shemu'el to Ramah, and told him
all that Sha'ul had done to him. He and Shemu'el went and lived in
Nayot. 19 It
was told Sha'ul, saying, Behold, David is at Nayot in Ramah. 20
Sha'ul
sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the
prophets prophesying, and Shemu'el standing as head over them, the
Spirit of God came on the messengers of Sha'ul, and they also
prophesied. 21 When
it was told Sha'ul, he sent other messengers, and they also
prophesied. Sha'ul sent messengers again the third time, and they
also prophesied. 22 Then
went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Sekhu:
and he asked and said, Where are Shemu'el and David? One said,
Behold, they are at Nayot in Ramah. 23 He
went there to Nayot in Ramah: and the Spirit of God came on him
also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Nayot in
Ramah. 24 He
also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before
Shemu'el, and lay down naked all that day and all that night.
Therefore they say, "Is Sha'ul also among the prophets?"
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JOHN 8:31 - 59
8:31 Yeshua
therefore said to those Yehudim who had believed him, "If you
remain in my word, then you are truly my talmidim.
32 You
will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
33 They
answered him, "We are Avraham's seed, and have never yet been
in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"
34Yeshua
answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, everyone who commits
sin is the bondservant of sin.
35 A
bondservant doesn't live in the house forever. A son remains
forever.
36 If
therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
37
I know that you are Avraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because
my word finds no place in you.
38 I
say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the
things which you have seen with your father."
39 They
answered him, "Our father is Avraham." Yeshua said to
them, "If you were Avraham's children, you would do the works
of Avraham.
40 But
now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I
heard from God. Avraham didn't do this.
41 You
do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were
not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
42 Therefore
Yeshua said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love
me, for I came forth and have come from God. For neither have I come
of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why
don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
44 You
are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of
your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand
in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a
lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 But
because I tell the truth, you don't believe me.
46 Which
of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not
believe me?
47 He
who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear,
because you are not of God."
48 Then
the Yehudim answered him, "Don't we say well that you are a
Shomroni, and have a demon?"
49 Yeshua
answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you
dishonor me.
50 But
I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
51 Most
assuredly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see
death."
52
Then
the Yehudim said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon.
Avraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my
word, he will never taste of death.'
53 Are
you greater than our father, Avraham, who died? The prophets died.
Who do you make yourself out to be?"
54 Yeshua
answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my
Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
55 You
have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I
would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.
56 Your
father Avraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad."
57 The
Yehudim therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years
old, and have you seen Avraham?"
58 Yeshua
said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, before Avraham came
into existence, I AM."
59 They
took up stones therefore to throw at him, but Yeshua was hidden, and
went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so
passed by.
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
