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Daily Bible Reading
June 13 - Old & New Testament
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Proverbs 8,9
Wisdom's Appeal
1 Doesn't Wisdom(a) call out?
Doesn't Understanding make her voice heard?
2 At the heights overlooking the road,
at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
3 Beside the gates(b) at the entry to[a] the city,
at the main entrance, she cries out:
4 "People, I call out to you;
my cry is to mankind.
5 Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.
6 Listen, for I speak of noble things,
and what my lips say is right.
7 For my mouth tells the truth,(c)
and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are righteous;
none of them are deceptive or perverse.(d)
9 All of them are clear to the perceptive,(e)
and right to those who discover knowledge.
10 Accept my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than pure gold.(f)
11 For wisdom is better than jewels,(g)
and nothing desirable can compare with it.(h)
12 I, Wisdom, share a home with shrewdness
and have knowledge and discretion.(i)
13 To fear the
Lord
is to hate evil.(j)
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.
14 I possess good advice and competence;[b]
I have understanding and strength.(k)
15 It is by me that kings reign(l)
and rulers enact just law;
16 by me, princes lead,
as do nobles and all righteous judges.[c]
17 I love those who love me,(m)
and those who search for me find me.(n)
18 With me are riches and honor,(o)
lasting wealth and righteousness.(p)
19 My fruit is better than solid gold,
and my harvest than pure silver.(q)
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
along the paths of justice,
21 giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me,
and filling their treasuries.
22 "The
Lord
made[d] me
at the beginning of His creation,[e]
before His works of long ago.(r)
23 I was formed before ancient times,
from the beginning, before the earth began.(s)
24 I was born
when there were no watery depths(t)
and no springs filled with water.
25 I was delivered
before the mountains and hills were established,(u)
26 before He made the land, the fields,
or the first soil on earth.
27 I was there when He established the heavens,(v)
when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,(w)
28 when He placed the skies above,
when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,
29 when He set a limit for the sea
so that the waters would not violate His command,(x)
when He laid out the foundations of the earth.(y)
30 I was a skilled craftsman[f] beside Him.(z)
I was His[g] delight every day,
always rejoicing before Him.
31 I was rejoicing in His inhabited world,(aa)
delighting in the human race.(ab)
32 "And now, my sons, listen to me;
those who keep my ways are happy.(ac)
33 Listen to instruction and be wise;(ad)
don't ignore it.
34 Anyone who listens to me is happy,(ae)
watching at my doors every day,
waiting by the posts of my doorway.
35 For the one who finds me finds life(af)
and obtains favor from the
Lord
,(ag)
36 but the one who misses me[h] harms himself;(ah)
all who hate me love death."(ai)
Wisdom versus Foolishness
1 Wisdom has built her house;(a)
she has carved out her seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat;(b) she has mixed her wine;(c)
she has also set her table.(d)
3 She has sent out her female servants;(e)
she calls out from the highest points of the city:(f)
4 "Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!"
To the one who lacks sense,(g) she says,
5 "Come, eat my bread,(h)
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;
pursue the way of understanding.
7 The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.[a]
8 Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;(i)
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.(j)
9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.(k)
10 "The fear of the
Lord
is the beginning of wisdom,(l)
and the knowledge of the Holy One(m) is understanding.
11 For by Wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
12 If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;(n)
if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences."
13 The woman Folly is rowdy;(o)
she is gullible and knows nothing.(p)
14 She sits by the doorway of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 calling to those who pass by,
who go straight ahead on their paths:(q)
16 "Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!"
To the one who lacks sense, she says,
17 "Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten secretly is tasty!"(r)
18 But he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there,(s)
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.(t)
John 21
Chapter 21
Jesus' Third Appearance to the Disciples
1 After this, Jesus revealed(a) Himself again to His disciples by the Sea of Tiberias.[a](b) He revealed Himself in this way:
2 Simon Peter,(c) Thomas(d) (called "Twin"), Nathanael(e) from Cana of Galilee,(f) Zebedee's(g) sons, and two others of His disciples were together.
3 "I'm going fishing," Simon Peter said to them.
"We're coming with you," they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.(h)
4 When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore. However, the disciples did not know it was Jesus.(i)
5 "Men," [b] Jesus called to them, "you don't have any fish, do you?"
"No," they answered.
6 "Cast the net on the right side of the boat," He told them, "and you'll find some." So they did,[c] and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish. 7 Therefore the disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, "It is the Lord!"(j)
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around him[d] (for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea. 8 But since they were not far from land (about 100 yards[e](k) away), the other disciples came in the boat,(l) dragging the net full of fish. 9 When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread.
10 "Bring some of the fish you've just caught," Jesus told them. 11 So Simon Peter got up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish—153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.(m)
12 "Come and have breakfast," Jesus told them. None of the disciples dared ask Him, "Who are You?" because they knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish.
14 This was now the third time[f](n) Jesus appeared[g](o) to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.
Jesus' Threefold Restoration of Peter
15 When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John,[h] do you love[i] Me more than these?"
"Yes, Lord," he said to Him, "You know that I love You."
"Feed(p) My lambs," (q) He told him.
16 A second time He asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love(r) Me?" (s)
"Yes, Lord," he said to Him, "You know that I love You."
"Shepherd(t) My sheep," (u) He told him.
17 He asked him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love(v) Me?"
Peter was grieved(w) that He asked him the third time, "Do you love Me?" He said, "Lord, You know everything!(x) You know that I love You."
"Feed(y) My sheep," Jesus said. 18 "I assure you:(z) When you were young, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don't want to go." 19 He said this to signify by what kind of death(aa) he would glorify God.[j](ab) After saying this, He told him, "Follow Me!" (ac)
Correcting a False Report
20 So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved(ad) following them. That disciple was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is the one that's going to betray You?"(ae) 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord—what about him?"
22 "If I want him to remain until I come," (af) Jesus answered, "what is that to you? As for you, follow Me."
23 So this report[k] spread to the brothers[l](ag) that this disciple would not die.(ah) Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?"
Epilogue
24 This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.
25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books[m] that would be written.(ai)
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