Wednesday, March 26, 2031

^41:4Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to all futurity, I AM. ⁵The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together, ⁶every one judging for his neighbour and that to assist his brother: and one will say, ⁷The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, and forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

⁸But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved: ⁹whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and I have not forsaken thee. ¹⁰Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.

¹¹Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish. ¹²Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be. ¹³For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee, ¹⁴Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel.

^17:1And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless. ²And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly. ³And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying, ⁴And I, behold! my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations. ⁵And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.

⁶And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. ⁷And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee. ⁸And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God. ⁹And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations.

^15:20A wise son gladdens his father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother. ²¹The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright. ²²They that honour not councils put off deliberation; but counsel abides in the hearts of counsellors. ²³A bad man will by no means attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common weal. ²⁴The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell. ²⁵The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow.

²⁶An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honour. ²⁷A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe. ²⁸The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. ²⁹God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. ³⁰The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart; and a good report fattens the bones. ³²He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that minds reproofs loves his soul.

³³The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honour will correspond therewith. ^16:2All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day. ⁵Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, and he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless. ⁷The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices. ⁸He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace. ⁹All the works of the Lord are done with righteousness; and the ungodly man is kept for the evil day.

^2:11For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹²saying, “I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the congregation I will sing your praise.” ¹³Again, “I will put my trust in him.” Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.” ¹⁴Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

¹⁶For most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives help to the offspring of Abraham. ¹⁷Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. ¹⁸For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

^1:24After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying, ²⁵“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.” ²⁶Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, ²⁷to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

²⁹But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be. ³⁰The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. ³¹Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’ ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, ³³and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

³⁴Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?” ³⁵The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God. ³⁶Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. ³⁷For nothing spoken by God is impossible.” ³⁸Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

^41:4Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to all futurity, I AM. ⁵The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together, ⁶every one judging for his neighbour and that to assist his brother: and one will say, ⁷The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, and forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

⁸But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved: ⁹whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and I have not forsaken thee. ¹⁰Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.

¹¹Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish. ¹²Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be. ¹³For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee, ¹⁴Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel.

^17:1And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless. ²And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly. ³And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying, ⁴And I, behold! my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations. ⁵And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.

⁶And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. ⁷And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee. ⁸And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God. ⁹And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations.

^15:20A wise son gladdens his father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother. ²¹The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright. ²²They that honour not councils put off deliberation; but counsel abides in the hearts of counsellors. ²³A bad man will by no means attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common weal. ²⁴The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell. ²⁵The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow.

²⁶An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honour. ²⁷A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe. ²⁸The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. ²⁹God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. ³⁰The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart; and a good report fattens the bones. ³²He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that minds reproofs loves his soul.

³³The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honour will correspond therewith. ^16:2All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day. ⁵Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, and he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless. ⁷The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices. ⁸He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace. ⁹All the works of the Lord are done with righteousness; and the ungodly man is kept for the evil day.