I would also like you to read along with me and family as we dive into different parts of the Bible. Everyday, I am going to give the passage from the Bible that we read or are going to read and I would like you to simply read it with us. I started this morning and I am going to invite my family tomorrow morning. I started in the middle of the Bible with Psalms and Proverbs. This is a way to help you as well as me.
If you have a set schedule, book or reading plan that you follow GREAT keep on going. If you don't have a set reading schedule, I encourage you to read the following Scripture verses and see what God says today and the days to follow. This is just my way of helping you as well as myself and family.
Proverbs 1
New Living Translation (NLT)
The Purpose of Proverbs
1 These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of
Israel.
2 Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline,
to help them
understand the insights of the wise.
3 Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and
successful lives,
to help them do
what is right, just, and fair.
4 These proverbs will give insight to the simple,
knowledge and
discernment to the young.
5 Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even
wiser.
Let those with
understanding receive guidance
6 by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,
the words of the
wise and their riddles.
7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge,
but fools despise
wisdom and discipline.
A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom
8 My child, listen when your father corrects you.
Don’t neglect your
mother’s instruction.
9 What you learn from them will crown you with grace
and be a chain of
honor around your neck.
10 My child, if sinners entice you,
turn your back on
them!
11 They may say, “Come and join us.
Let’s hide and kill
someone!
Just for fun,
let’s ambush the innocent!
12 Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave;
let’s swallow them
whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.
13 Think of the great things we’ll get!
We’ll fill our
houses with all the stuff we take.
14 Come, throw in your lot with us;
we’ll all share
the loot.”
15 My child, don’t go along with them!
Stay far away from
their paths.
16 They rush to commit evil deeds.
They hurry to
commit murder.
17 If a bird sees a trap being set,
it knows to stay
away.
18 But these people set an ambush for themselves;
they are trying to
get themselves killed.
19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;
it robs them of
life.
Wisdom Shouts in the Streets
20 Wisdom shouts in the streets.
She cries out in
the public square.
21 She calls to the crowds along the main street,
to those gathered
in front of the city gate:
22 “How long, you simpletons,
will you insist on
being simpleminded?
How long will you mockers relish your mocking?
How long will you
fools hate knowledge?
23 Come and listen to my counsel.
I’ll share my heart with you
and make you wise.
24 “I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come.
I reached out to
you, but you paid no attention.
25 You ignored my advice
and rejected the
correction I offered.
26 So I will laugh when you are in trouble!
I will mock you
when disaster overtakes you—
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster
engulfs you like a cyclone,
and anguish and
distress overwhelm you.
28 “When they cry for help, I will not answer.
Though they
anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
29 For they hated knowledge
and chose not to
fear the Lord.
30 They rejected my advice
and paid no
attention when I corrected them.
31 Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their
own way,
choking on their
own schemes.
32 For simpletons turn away from me—to death.
Fools are destroyed
by their own complacency.
33 But all who listen to me will live in peace,
untroubled by fear
of harm.”
Psalm 1-2
New Living Translation (NLT)
Book One (Psalms 1–41)
Psalm 1
1 Oh, the joys of those who do not
follow the advice
of the wicked,
or stand around
with sinners,
or join in with
mockers.
2 But they delight in the law of the Lord,
meditating on it
day and night.
3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank,
bearing fruit each
season.
Their leaves never wither,
and they prosper
in all they do.
4 But not the wicked!
They are like
worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.
5 They will be condemned at the time of judgment.
Sinners will have
no place among the godly.
6 For the Lord watches over the path of the godly,
but the path of
the wicked leads to destruction.
Psalm 2
1 Why are the nations so angry?
Why do they waste
their time with futile plans?
2 The kings of the earth prepare for battle;
the rulers plot
together
against the Lord
and against his
anointed one.
3 “Let us break their chains,” they cry,
“and free
ourselves from slavery to God.”
4 But the one who rules in heaven laughs.
The Lord scoffs at them.
5 Then in anger he rebukes them,
terrifying them
with his fierce fury.
6 For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on
the throne
in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.”
7 The king proclaims the Lord’s decree:
“The Lord said to me, ‘You are my son.
Today I have
become your Father.
8 Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your
inheritance,
the whole earth as
your possession.
9 You will break them with an iron rod
and smash them
like clay pots.’”
10 Now then, you kings, act wisely!
Be warned, you
rulers of the earth!
11 Serve the Lord with reverent fear,
and rejoice with
trembling.
12 Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry,
and you will be
destroyed in the midst of all your activities—
for his anger flares up in an instant.
But what joy for
all who take refuge in him!
I hope this helps you get into the Word of God.
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