Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

Read through the Bible in one year by reading 10 chapters a day from 10 different sections of the Bible using the Professor Grant Horner Bible reading plan.

Today, we are reading Luke 6; Genesis 41; Hebrews 7; 2 Peter 1; Job 42; Psalms 78; Proverbs 11; Nehemiah 2; Zephaniah 1; Acts 4.

Luke 6

1	And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
2	And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days
3	And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was hungry, and they which were with him;
4	How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
5	And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
6	And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
7	And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
8	But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
9	Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
10	And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
11	And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
12	And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
13	And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
14	Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15	Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
16	And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
17	And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
18	And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
19	And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
20	And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
21	Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22	Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23	Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
24	But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
25	Woe unto you that are full for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
26	Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
27	But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28	Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
29	And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
30	Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
31	And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
32	For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
33	And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34	And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35	But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
36	Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37	Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38	Give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
39	And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
40	The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
41	And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42	Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
43	For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44	For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45	A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
46	And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47	Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
48	He is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49	But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

Genesis 41

1	And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2	And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
3	And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favored and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
4	And the ill favored and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5	And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
6	And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7	And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8	And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9	Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10	Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
11	And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12	And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
13	And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14	Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
15	And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16	And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17	And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18	And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favored; and they fed in a meadow:
19	And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favored and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20	And the lean and the ill favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21	And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22	And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23	And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24	And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
25	And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26	The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27	And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28	This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh.
29	Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30	And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
31	And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
32	And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33	Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34	Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35	And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36	And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
37	And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38	And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39	And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40	Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41	And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42	And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43	And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44	And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45	And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46	And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47	And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48	And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
49	And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
50	And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bore unto him.
51	And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52	And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53	And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54	And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55	And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56	And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57	And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

Hebrews 7

1	For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
2	To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
3	Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
4	Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
5	And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
6	But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
7	And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
8	And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
9	And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham.
10	For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.
11	If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
12	For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
13	For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
14	For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
15	And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,
16	Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
17	For he testifieth, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
18	For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
19	For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
20	And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
21	(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord swore and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek: )
22	By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
23	And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
24	But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25	Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
26	For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27	Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
28	For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated forevermore.

2 Peter 1

1	Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ:
2	Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3	According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4	Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5	And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6	And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7	And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8	For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9	But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10	Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11	For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
12	Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
13	Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14	Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me.
15	Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
16	For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17	For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
18	And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
19	We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
20	Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.
21	For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Job 42

1	Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
2	I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withheld from thee.
3	Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4	Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5	I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6	Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
7	And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
8	Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
9	So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
10	And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
11	Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
12	So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
13	He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14	And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
15	And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
16	After this lived Job a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
17	So Job died, being old and full of days.

Psalms 78

1	Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2	I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3	Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4	We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5	For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6	That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
7	That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
8	And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
9	The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10	They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11	And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had showed them.
12	Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13	He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap.
14	In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
15	He cleaved the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
16	He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17	And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18	And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19	Yea, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20	Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
21	Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22	Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23	Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24	And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25	Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
26	He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
27	He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28	And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
29	So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30	They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31	The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32	For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
33	Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
34	When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
35	And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36	Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37	For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
38	But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39	For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40	How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41	Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42	They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43	How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
44	And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45	He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46	He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labor unto the locust.
47	He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
48	He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49	He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
50	He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51	And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52	But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53	And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54	And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55	He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56	Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57	But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58	For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59	When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60	So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
61	And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
62	He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
63	The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
64	Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65	Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66	And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67	Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68	But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69	And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established forever.
70	He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71	From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72	So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

Proverbs 11

1	A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
2	When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
3	The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
4	Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
5	The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6	The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
7	When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
8	The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
9	A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
10	When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11	By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
12	He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
13	A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
14	Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
15	He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
16	A gracious woman retaineth honor: and strong men retain riches.
17	The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
18	The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
19	As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
20	They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
21	Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
22	As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
23	The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24	There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
25	The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
26	He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27	He that diligently seeketh good procureth favor: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
28	He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
29	He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
30	The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
31	Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Nehemiah 2

1	And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been formerly sad in his presence.
2	Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
3	And said unto the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
4	Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5	And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it.
6	And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
7	Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
8	And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
9	Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
10	When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11	So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12	And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
13	And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
14	Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
15	Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
16	And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
17	Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
18	Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
19	But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
20	Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

Zephaniah 1

1	The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2	I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3	I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
4	I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
5	And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
6	And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.
7	Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
8	And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
9	In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
10	And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
11	Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
12	And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
13	Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14	The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
15	That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16	A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
17	And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
18	Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Acts 4

1	And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
2	Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3	And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
4	Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
5	And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
6	And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
7	And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
8	Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9	If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
10	Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11	This is the stone which was set at naught of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
12	Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
13	Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
14	And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
15	But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
16	saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
17	But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
18	And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
19	But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
20	For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
21	So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
22	For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed.
23	And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
24	And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
25	Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
26	The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
27	For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
28	For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
29	And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30	By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31	And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
32	And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
33	And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
34	Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35	And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
36	And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
37	Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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