the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading
August 7 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 133,134,135
Psalm 133
Living in Harmony
A Davidic song of ascents.
1 How good and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!(a)
2 It is like fine oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
running down Aaron's beard
onto his robes.(b)
3 It is like the dew of Hermon[a]
falling on the mountains of Zion.(c)
For there the
Lord
has appointed the blessing—
life forevermore.(d)
Psalm 134
Call to Evening Worship
A song of ascents.
1 Now praise the
Lord
,
all you servants of the
Lord
who stand in the
Lord
's house at night!(a)
2 Lift up your hands in the holy place
and praise the
Lord
!(b)
3 May the
Lord
,
Maker of heaven and earth,
bless you from Zion.(c)
Psalm 135
Yahweh Is Great
1 Hallelujah!
Praise the name of Yahweh.
Give praise, you servants of Yahweh(a)
2 who stand in the house of Yahweh,
in the courts of the house of our God.(b)
3 Praise Yahweh, for Yahweh is good;
sing praise to His name, for it is delightful.(c)
4 For Yahweh has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel as His treasured possession.(d)
5 For I know that Yahweh is great;
our Lord is greater than all gods.(e)
6 Yahweh does whatever He pleases
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all the depths.(f)
7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from His storehouses.(g)
8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
both man and beast.(h)
9 He sent signs and wonders against you, Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his officials.(i)
10 He struck down many nations
and slaughtered mighty kings:(j)
11 Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kings of Canaan.(k)
12 He gave their land as an inheritance,
an inheritance to His people Israel.(l)
13 Yahweh, Your name endures forever,
Your reputation, Yahweh,
through all generations.(m)
14 For Yahweh will vindicate His people
and have compassion on His servants.(n)
15 The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.(o)
16 They have mouths but cannot speak,(p)
eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears but cannot hear;
indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.(q)
18 Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.(r)
19 House of Israel, praise Yahweh!(s)
House of Aaron, praise Yahweh!(t)
20 House of Levi, praise Yahweh!
You who revere the
Lord
, praise the
Lord
!(u)
21 May the
Lord
be praised from Zion;(v)
He dwells in Jerusalem.(w)
Hallelujah!
1 Corinthians 2
Chapter 2
Paul's Proclamation
1 When I came to you, brothers, announcing the testimony[a] of God to you, I did not come with brilliance(a) of speech(b) or wisdom. 2 For I didn't think it was a good idea to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.(c) 3 I came to you in weakness,(d) in fear,(e) and in much trembling.(f) 4 My speech(g) and my proclamation were not with persuasive(h) words of wisdom[b] but with a powerful demonstration by the Spirit, 5 so that your faith might not be based on men's wisdom but on God's power.(i)
Spiritual Wisdom
6 However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature,(j) but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers(k) of this age, who are coming to nothing.(l) 7 On the contrary, we speak God's hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined(m) before the ages for our glory.(n) 8 None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(o) 9 But as it is written:
What eye did not see and ear did not hear,
and what never entered the human mind—
God prepared this for those who love Him.
(p)[c]
10 Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything,(q) even the depths of God.(r) 11 For who among men knows the thoughts[d] of a man except the spirit(s) of the man that is in him? In the same way, no one knows(t) the thoughts[e] of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God. 13 We also speak these things, not in words(u) taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.[f] 14 But the unbeliever[g] does not welcome what comes from God's Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated[h] spiritually. 15 The spiritual person, however, can evaluate[i] everything, yet he himself cannot be evaluated[j] by anyone. 16 For
who has known the Lord's mind,
that he may instruct Him?
(v)[k]
But we have the mind of Christ.(w)
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