Evening Meditations 2011-5-12

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Psa 18:1  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O LORD, my strength.
Psa 18:2  The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psa 18:3  I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
Psa 18:4  The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
Psa 18:5  the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psa 18:6  In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
Psa 18:7  Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
Psa 18:8  Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
Psa 18:9  He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
Psa 18:10  He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
Psa 18:11  He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
Psa 18:12  Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
Psa 18:13  The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
Psa 18:14  And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
Psa 18:15  Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
Psa 18:16  He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
Psa 18:17  He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
Psa 18:18  They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Psa 18:19  He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
Psa 18:20  The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Psa 18:21  For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psa 18:22  For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
Psa 18:23  I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.
Psa 18:24  So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Psa 18:25  With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
Psa 18:26  with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
Psa 18:27  For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
Psa 18:28  For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
Psa 18:29  For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
Psa 18:30  This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
Psa 18:31  For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?--
Psa 18:32  the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.
Psa 18:33  He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
Psa 18:34  He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psa 18:35  You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
Psa 18:36  You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
Psa 18:37  I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.
Psa 18:38  I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
Psa 18:39  For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
Psa 18:40  You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
Psa 18:41  They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
Psa 18:42  I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
Psa 18:43  You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
Psa 18:44  As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
Psa 18:45  Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
Psa 18:46  The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation--
Psa 18:47  the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,
Psa 18:48  who delivered me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you rescued me from the man of violence.
Psa 18:49  For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.
Psa 18:50  Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.  

Pro 24:1  Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,
Pro 24:2  for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.
Pro 24:3  By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
Pro 24:4  by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Pro 24:5  A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
Pro 24:6  for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
Pro 24:7  Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
Pro 24:8  Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer.
Pro 24:9  The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
Pro 24:10  If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
Pro 24:11  Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
Pro 24:12  If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
Pro 24:13  My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Pro 24:14  Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Pro 24:15  Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;
Pro 24:16  for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
Pro 24:17  Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
Pro 24:18  lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.
Pro 24:19  Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked,
Pro 24:20  for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Pro 24:21  My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise,
Pro 24:22  for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
Pro 24:23  These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good.
Pro 24:24  Whoever says to the wicked, "You are in the right," will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
Pro 24:25  but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.
Pro 24:26  Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips.
Pro 24:27  Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
Pro 24:28  Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Pro 24:29  Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done."
Pro 24:30  I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,
Pro 24:31  and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
Pro 24:32  Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.
Pro 24:33  A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Pro 24:34  and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.  

Mat 16:1  And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mat 16:2  He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
Mat 16:3  And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
Mat 16:4  An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.
Mat 16:5  When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.
Mat 16:6  Jesus said to them, "Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Mat 16:7  And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."
Mat 16:8  But Jesus, aware of this, said, "O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
Mat 16:9  Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
Mat 16:10  Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
Mat 16:11  How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Mat 16:12  Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mat 16:13  Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
Mat 16:14  And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
Mat 16:15  He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Mat 16:16  Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Mat 16:17  And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 16:18  And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mat 16:19  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Mat 16:20  Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
Mat 16:21  From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
Mat 16:22  And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you."
Mat 16:23  But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."
Mat 16:24  Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Mat 16:25  For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Mat 16:26  For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
Mat 16:27  For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
Mat 16:28  Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."  

Morning Meditations 2011-5-7

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Psa 9:1  To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
Psa 9:2  I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
Psa 9:3  When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.
Psa 9:4  For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
Psa 9:5  You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Psa 9:6  The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
Psa 9:7  But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,
Psa 9:8  and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
Psa 9:9  The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psa 9:10  And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Psa 9:11  Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
Psa 9:12  For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Psa 9:13  Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
Psa 9:14  that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
Psa 9:15  The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Psa 9:16  The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
Psa 9:17  The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
Psa 9:18  For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
Psa 9:19  Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!
Psa 9:20  Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah




Pro 19:1  Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
Pro 19:2  Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
Pro 19:3  When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD.
Pro 19:4  Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Pro 19:5  A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
Pro 19:6  Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
Pro 19:7  All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
Pro 19:8  Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.
Pro 19:9  A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
Pro 19:10  It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
Pro 19:11  Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Pro 19:12  A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Pro 19:13  A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Pro 19:14  House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Pro 19:15  Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Pro 19:16  Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die.
Pro 19:17  Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.
Pro 19:18  Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
Pro 19:19  A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
Pro 19:20  Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Pro 19:21  Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.
Pro 19:22  What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.
Pro 19:23  The fear of the LORD leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.
Pro 19:24  The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Pro 19:25  Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Pro 19:26  He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach.
Pro 19:27  Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Pro 19:28  A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
Pro 19:29  Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.




Hos 14:1  Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Hos 14:2  Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
Hos 14:3  Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, 'Our God,' to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy."
Hos 14:4  I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
Hos 14:5  I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
Hos 14:6  his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
Hos 14:7  They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow; they shall flourish like the grain; they shall blossom like the vine; their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
Hos 14:8  O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit.
Hos 14:9  Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. 


  

Evening Meditations 5-6-2011

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Luk 18:1  And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Luk 18:2  He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.
Luk 18:3  And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
Luk 18:4  For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
Luk 18:5  yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'"
Luk 18:6  And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
Luk 18:7  And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
Luk 18:8  I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
Luk 18:9  He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
Luk 18:10  "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Luk 18:11  The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Luk 18:12  I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.'
Luk 18:13  But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
Luk 18:14  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Luk 18:15  Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
Luk 18:16  But Jesus called them to him, saying, "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
Luk 18:17  Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."
Luk 18:18  And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Luk 18:19  And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
Luk 18:20  You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'"
Luk 18:21  And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth."
Luk 18:22  When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
Luk 18:23  But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
Luk 18:24  Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, "How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
Luk 18:25  For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
Luk 18:26  Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"
Luk 18:27  But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."
Luk 18:28  And Peter said, "See, we have left our homes and followed you."
Luk 18:29  And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
Luk 18:30  who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."
Luk 18:31  And taking the twelve, he said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.
Luk 18:32  For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.
Luk 18:33  And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise."
Luk 18:34  But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
Luk 18:35  As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
Luk 18:36  And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.
Luk 18:37  They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."
Luk 18:38  And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Luk 18:39  And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Luk 18:40  And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him,
Luk 18:41  "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me recover my sight."
Luk 18:42  And Jesus said to him, "Recover your sight; your faith has made you well."
Luk 18:43  And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.  

 

Morning Meditations 2011-5-6

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Psa 7:1  A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
Psa 7:2  lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
Psa 7:3  O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
Psa 7:4  if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
Psa 7:5  let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
Psa 7:6  Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
Psa 7:7  Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.
Psa 7:8  The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Psa 7:9  Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous-- you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
Psa 7:10  My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Psa 7:11  God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.
Psa 7:12  If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;
Psa 7:13  he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
Psa 7:14  Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.
Psa 7:15  He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.
Psa 7:16  His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
Psa 7:17  I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

Pro 17:1  Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Pro 17:2  A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Pro 17:3  The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.
Pro 17:4  An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
Pro 17:5  Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Pro 17:6  Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
Pro 17:7  Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
Pro 17:8  A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
Pro 17:9  Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Pro 17:10  A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
Pro 17:11  An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Pro 17:12  Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.
Pro 17:13  If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Pro 17:14  The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Pro 17:15  He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Pro 17:16  Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
Pro 17:17  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Pro 17:18  One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
Pro 17:19  Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
Pro 17:20  A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
Pro 17:21  He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
Pro 17:22  A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Pro 17:23  The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
Pro 17:24  The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Pro 17:25  A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Pro 17:26  To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Pro 17:27  Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Pro 17:28  Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. 

Joh 15:1  "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
Joh 15:2  Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Joh 15:3  Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
Joh 15:4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
Joh 15:5  I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Joh 15:6  If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
Joh 15:7  If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Joh 15:8  By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
Joh 15:9  As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
Joh 15:10  If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
Joh 15:11  These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
Joh 15:12  "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Joh 15:13  Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Joh 15:14  You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Joh 15:15  No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
Joh 15:16  You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Joh 15:17  These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
Joh 15:18  "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Joh 15:19  If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Joh 15:20  Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
Joh 15:21  But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
Joh 15:22  If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Joh 15:23  Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
Joh 15:24  If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
Joh 15:25  But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without a cause.'
Joh 15:26  "But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
Joh 15:27  And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning. 

Evening Meditations 5-5-2011

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Psa 82:1  A Psalm of Asaph. God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
Psa 82:2  "How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Psa 82:3  Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Psa 82:4  Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."
Psa 82:5  They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Psa 82:6  I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;
Psa 82:7  nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince."
Psa 82:8  Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations! 

Pro 18:1  Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.
Pro 18:2  A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Pro 18:3  When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace.
Pro 18:4  The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
Pro 18:5  It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.
Pro 18:6  A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
Pro 18:7  A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Pro 18:8  The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Pro 18:9  Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
Pro 18:10  The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Pro 18:11  A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.
Pro 18:12  Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
Pro 18:13  If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
Pro 18:14  A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
Pro 18:15  An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Pro 18:16  A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.
Pro 18:17  The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
Pro 18:18  The lot puts an end to quarrels and decides between powerful contenders.
Pro 18:19  A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
Pro 18:20  From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
Pro 18:21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Pro 18:22  He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Pro 18:23  The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
Pro 18:24  A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.  

Son 5:1  I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!
Son 5:2  I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."
Son 5:3  I had put off my garment; how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?
Son 5:4  My beloved put his hand to the latch, and my heart was thrilled within me.
Son 5:5  I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the bolt.
Son 5:6  I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.
Son 5:7  The watchmen found me as they went about in the city; they beat me, they bruised me, they took away my veil, those watchmen of the walls.
Son 5:8  I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.
Son 5:9  What is your beloved more than another beloved, O most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us?
Son 5:10  My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.
Son 5:11  His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
Son 5:12  His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathed in milk, sitting beside a full pool.
Son 5:13  His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs. His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh.
Son 5:14  His arms are rods of gold, set with jewels. His body is polished ivory, bedecked with sapphires.
Son 5:15  His legs are alabaster columns, set on bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
Son 5:16  His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.  

Zec 2:1  And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
Zec 2:2  Then I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length."
Zec 2:3  And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him
Zec 2:4  and said to him, "Run, say to that young man, 'Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.
Zec 2:5  And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.'"
Zec 2:6  Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the LORD.
Zec 2:7  Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Zec 2:8  For thus said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
Zec 2:9  "Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.
Zec 2:10  Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.
Zec 2:11  And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
Zec 2:12  And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem."
Zec 2:13  Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.  

Gal 5:1  For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Gal 5:2  Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
Gal 5:3  I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.
Gal 5:4  You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
Gal 5:5  For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
Gal 5:6  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
Gal 5:7  You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
Gal 5:8  This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
Gal 5:9  A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Gal 5:10  I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
Gal 5:11  But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
Gal 5:12  I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
Gal 5:13  For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Gal 5:14  For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Gal 5:15  But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
Gal 5:16  But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Gal 5:17  For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
Gal 5:18  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Gal 5:19  Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
Gal 5:20  idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
Gal 5:21  envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal 5:23  gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Gal 5:24  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Gal 5:25  If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Gal 5:26  Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.  

 

Morning Meditations 2011-5-5

ESV

Psa 24:1  A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,
Psa 24:2  for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
Psa 24:3  Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?
Psa 24:4  He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
Psa 24:5  He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psa 24:6  Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
Psa 24:7  Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
Psa 24:8  Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!
Psa 24:9  Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
Psa 24:10  Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah




Pro 18:1  Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.
Pro 18:2  A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Pro 18:3  When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace.
Pro 18:4  The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
Pro 18:5  It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.
Pro 18:6  A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
Pro 18:7  A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Pro 18:8  The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Pro 18:9  Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
Pro 18:10  The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Pro 18:11  A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.
Pro 18:12  Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
Pro 18:13  If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
Pro 18:14  A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
Pro 18:15  An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Pro 18:16  A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.
Pro 18:17  The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
Pro 18:18  The lot puts an end to quarrels and decides between powerful contenders.
Pro 18:19  A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
Pro 18:20  From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
Pro 18:21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Pro 18:22  He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Pro 18:23  The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
Pro 18:24  A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.  








Mat 8:1  When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
Mat 8:2  And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean."
Mat 8:3  And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Mat 8:4  And Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them."
Mat 8:5  When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,
Mat 8:6  "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly."
Mat 8:7  And he said to him, "I will come and heal him."
Mat 8:8  But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.
Mat 8:9  For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Mat 8:10  When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, "Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.
Mat 8:11  I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
Mat 8:12  while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Mat 8:13  And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; let it be done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed at that very moment.
Mat 8:14  And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
Mat 8:15  He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him.
Mat 8:16  That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.
Mat 8:17  This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases."
Mat 8:18  Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.
Mat 8:19  And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
Mat 8:20  And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
Mat 8:21  Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
Mat 8:22  And Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
Mat 8:23  And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.
Mat 8:24  And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.
Mat 8:25  And they went and woke him, saying, "Save us, Lord; we are perishing."
Mat 8:26  And he said to them, "Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Mat 8:27  And the men marveled, saying, "What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?"
Mat 8:28  And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way.
Mat 8:29  And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
Mat 8:30  Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them.
Mat 8:31  And the demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs."
Mat 8:32  And he said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.
Mat 8:33  The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, especially what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
Mat 8:34  And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

Weekend Meditation reprise 2011-2-5

ESV

Psa 91:1  He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psa 91:2  I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
Psa 91:3  For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
Psa 91:4  He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
Psa 91:5  You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
Psa 91:6  nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
Psa 91:7  A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
Psa 91:8  You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.
Psa 91:9  Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place-- the Most High, who is my refuge--
Psa 91:10  no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.
Psa 91:11  For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
Psa 91:12  On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
Psa 91:13  You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
Psa 91:14  "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
Psa 91:15  When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
Psa 91:16  With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."  




Pro 21:1  The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.
Pro 21:2  Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Pro 21:3  To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Pro 21:4  Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
Pro 21:5  The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
Pro 21:6  The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
Pro 21:7  The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
Pro 21:8  The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
Pro 21:9  It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Pro 21:10  The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
Pro 21:11  When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
Pro 21:12  The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
Pro 21:13  Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
Pro 21:14  A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
Pro 21:15  When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
Pro 21:16  One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Pro 21:17  Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Pro 21:18  The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.
Pro 21:19  It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Pro 21:20  Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
Pro 21:21  Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.
Pro 21:22  A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
Pro 21:23  Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
Pro 21:24  "Scoffer" is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
Pro 21:25  The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
Pro 21:26  All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Pro 21:27  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.
Pro 21:28  A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.
Pro 21:29  A wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright gives thought to his ways.
Pro 21:30  No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD.
Pro 21:31  The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.  




Jer 28:1  In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying,
Jer 28:2  "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Jer 28:3  Within two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
Jer 28:4  I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, declares the LORD, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon."
Jer 28:5  Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Hananiah the prophet in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD,
Jer 28:6  and the prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the LORD do so; may the LORD make the words that you have prophesied come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the LORD, and all the exiles.
Jer 28:7  Yet hear now this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
Jer 28:8  The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.
Jer 28:9  As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the LORD has truly sent the prophet."
Jer 28:10  Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them.
Jer 28:11  And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, "Thus says the LORD: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years." But Jeremiah the prophet went his way.
Jer 28:12  Sometime after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke-bars from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Jer 28:13  "Go, tell Hananiah, 'Thus says the LORD: You have broken wooden bars, but you have made in their place bars of iron.
Jer 28:14  For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put upon the neck of all these nations an iron yoke to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they shall serve him, for I have given to him even the beasts of the field.'"
Jer 28:15  And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
Jer 28:16  Therefore thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the LORD.'"
Jer 28:17  In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.  




Mat 7:1  "Judge not, that you be not judged.
Mat 7:2  For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Mat 7:3  Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
Mat 7:4  Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?
Mat 7:5  You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Mat 7:6  "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
Mat 7:7  "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Mat 7:8  For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Mat 7:9  Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Mat 7:10  Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?
Mat 7:11  If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Mat 7:12  "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Mat 7:13  "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
Mat 7:14  For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Mat 7:15  "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Mat 7:16  You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Mat 7:17  So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
Mat 7:18  A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
Mat 7:19  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Mat 7:20  Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
Mat 7:21  "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 7:22  On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'
Mat 7:23  And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
Mat 7:24  "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Mat 7:25  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
Mat 7:26  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Mat 7:27  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."
Mat 7:28  And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
Mat 7:29  for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.  

Sunday Meditation 2011-5-1

ESV

Mat 6:1  "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Mat 6:2  "Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Mat 6:3  But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Mat 6:4  so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mat 6:5  "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Mat 6:6  But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mat 6:7  "And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Mat 6:8  Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Mat 6:9  Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Mat 6:10  Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Mat 6:11  Give us this day our daily bread,
Mat 6:12  and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Mat 6:13  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Mat 6:14  For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
Mat 6:15  but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Mat 6:16  "And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Mat 6:17  But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
Mat 6:18  that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mat 6:19  "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Mat 6:20  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Mat 6:21  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Mat 6:22  "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,
Mat 6:23  but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Mat 6:24  "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Mat 6:25  "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Mat 6:26  Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Mat 6:27  And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
Mat 6:28  And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
Mat 6:29  yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Mat 6:30  But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Mat 6:31  Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
Mat 6:32  For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Mat 6:33  But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Mat 6:34  "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.