Weekend Meditation reprise 2011-2-5

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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.