Thursday, February 27, 2031

^2:11For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹²For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down; ¹³and upon every cedar of Libanus, of them that are high and towering, and upon every oak of Basan, ¹⁴and upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, ¹⁵and upon every high tower, and upon every high wall, ¹⁶and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships.

¹⁷And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹⁸And they shall hide all idols made with hands, ¹⁹having carried them into the caves, and into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth. ²⁰For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made in order to worship vanities and bats; ²¹to enter into the caverns of the solid rock, and into the clefts of the rocks, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

^2:4This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth, ⁵and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it. ⁶But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth. ⁷And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.

⁸And God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom he had formed. ⁹And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the knowledge of good and evil. ¹⁰And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads. ¹¹The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, where there is gold.

¹²And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald. ¹³And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia. ¹⁴And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates. ¹⁵And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it. ¹⁶And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat, ¹⁷but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—of it ye shall not eat, but in whatsoever day ye eat of it, ye shall surely die.

¹⁸And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him. ¹⁹And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it.

^3:1My son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words: ²for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee. ³Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck: ⁴so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men. ⁵Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom. ⁶In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths.

⁷Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil. ⁸Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones. ⁹Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness: ¹⁰that thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that thy presses may burst forth with wine. ¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: ¹²for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.

¹³Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence. ¹⁴For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver. ¹⁵And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value. ¹⁶For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory: ¹⁷Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful. ¹⁸She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.

^10:31The mouth of the righteous drops wisdom: but the tongue of the unjust shall perish. ³²The lips of just men drop grace: but the mouth of the ungodly is perverse. ^11:1False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him. ²Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom. ³When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy. ⁵Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.

⁶The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction. ⁷At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes. ⁸A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place. ⁹In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous. ¹⁰In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: ¹¹but by the mouths of ungodly men it is overthrown. ¹²A man void of understanding sneers at his fellow citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.

^4:7But though the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest. ⁸For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. ⁹But wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age. ¹⁰He pleased God, and was beloved of him: so that living among sinners he was translated. ¹¹Yea, speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul. ¹²For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.

¹³He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time: ¹⁴for his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked. ¹⁵This the people saw, and understood not, neither laid they up this in their minds, That his grace and mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect unto his chosen.

^10:1“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber. ²But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”

⁶Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them. ⁷Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door. ⁸All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. ⁹I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.

^13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you. ¹⁸Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things. ¹⁹I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner. ²⁰Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, ²¹make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

^10:9I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture. ¹⁰The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. ¹¹“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹²He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

¹³The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own; ¹⁵even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

^2:11For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹²For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down; ¹³and upon every cedar of Libanus, of them that are high and towering, and upon every oak of Basan, ¹⁴and upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, ¹⁵and upon every high tower, and upon every high wall, ¹⁶and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships.

¹⁷And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹⁸And they shall hide all idols made with hands, ¹⁹having carried them into the caves, and into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth. ²⁰For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made in order to worship vanities and bats; ²¹to enter into the caverns of the solid rock, and into the clefts of the rocks, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

^2:4This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth, ⁵and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it. ⁶But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth. ⁷And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.

⁸And God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom he had formed. ⁹And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the knowledge of good and evil. ¹⁰And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads. ¹¹The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, where there is gold.

¹²And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald. ¹³And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia. ¹⁴And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates. ¹⁵And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it. ¹⁶And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat, ¹⁷but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—of it ye shall not eat, but in whatsoever day ye eat of it, ye shall surely die.

¹⁸And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him. ¹⁹And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it.

^3:1My son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words: ²for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee. ³Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck: ⁴so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men. ⁵Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom. ⁶In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths.

⁷Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil. ⁸Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones. ⁹Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness: ¹⁰that thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that thy presses may burst forth with wine. ¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: ¹²for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.

¹³Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence. ¹⁴For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver. ¹⁵And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value. ¹⁶For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory: ¹⁷Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful. ¹⁸She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.