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 Matthew 2; Exodus 32; 2 Corinthians 3; 1 Timothy 1; Job 21; Psalms 119; Proverbs 21; Joshua 20; Isaiah 19; Acts 17.

Matthew 2

1	Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2	saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
3	When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4	And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
5	And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6	And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
7	Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
8	And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9	When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
10	When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11	And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
12	And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13	And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14	When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
15	And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16	Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
17	Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
18	In Ramah was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
19	But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20	saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
21	And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22	But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
23	And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

Exodus 32

1	And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
2	And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3	And all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4	And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5	And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD.
6	And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7	And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
8	They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9	And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10	Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
11	And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
12	Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
13	Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.
14	And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
15	And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
16	And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
17	And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
18	And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
19	And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.
20	And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
21	And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
22	And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
23	For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
24	And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25	And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies: )
26	Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27	And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
28	And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
29	For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
30	And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
31	And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
32	Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
33	And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
34	Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
35	And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

2 Corinthians 3

1	Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2	Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3	Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4	And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5	Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6	Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7	But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8	How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9	For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10	For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11	For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
12	Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13	And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14	But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.
15	But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
16	Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
17	Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18	But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

1 Timothy 1

1	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
2	Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
3	As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
4	Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
5	Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6	From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7	Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8	But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9	Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10	For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
11	According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
12	And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
13	Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
14	And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
15	This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
16	Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
17	Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
18	This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
19	Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
20	Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Job 21

1	But Job answered and said,
2	Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3	Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4	As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
5	Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6	Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7	Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
8	Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9	Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10	Their bull engendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11	They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12	They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13	They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14	Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15	What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16	Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17	How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
18	They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
19	God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
20	His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21	For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22	Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
23	One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24	His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25	And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
26	They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27	Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28	For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29	Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
30	That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31	Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32	Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
33	The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
34	How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

Psalms 119

1	Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
2	Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
3	They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4	Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5	O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6	Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7	I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8	I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9	Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10	With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11	Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12	Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
13	With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14	I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15	I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
16	I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
17	Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
18	Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19	I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20	My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
21	Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
22	Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
23	Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24	Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
25	My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26	I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
27	Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28	My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29	Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
30	I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
31	I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32	I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33	Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34	Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35	Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36	Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37	Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
38	Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
39	Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
40	Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
41	Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42	So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43	And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44	So shall I keep thy law continually forever and ever.
45	And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46	I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47	And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48	My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49	Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50	This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
51	The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
52	I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
53	Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54	Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55	I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56	This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
57	Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
58	I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
59	I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60	I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
61	The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
62	At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
63	I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
64	The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
65	Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
66	Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67	Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
68	Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69	The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70	Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
71	It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72	The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73	Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74	They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
75	I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76	Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77	Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
78	Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
79	Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80	Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
81	My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
82	Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83	For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
84	How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85	The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
86	All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
87	They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
88	Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
89	Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
90	Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91	They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
92	Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93	I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
94	I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95	The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96	I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97	O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
98	Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
99	I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100	I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101	I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102	I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103	How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104	Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105	Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
106	I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107	I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
108	Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
109	My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
110	The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111	Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112	I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end.
113	I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
114	Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
115	Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116	Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117	Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118	Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119	Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
120	My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
121	I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122	Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123	Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124	Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
125	I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
126	It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
127	Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128	Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
129	Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
130	The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
131	I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
132	Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
133	Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134	Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
135	Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
136	Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
137	Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
138	Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139	My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140	Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
141	I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
142	Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143	Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
144	The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145	I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
146	I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
147	I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
148	Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
149	Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
150	They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
151	Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
152	Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them forever.
153	Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
154	Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
155	Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
156	Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
157	Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
158	I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159	Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
160	Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever.
161	Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162	I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163	I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
164	Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
165	Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
166	LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
167	My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168	I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
169	Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
170	Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
171	My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172	My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173	Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174	I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
175	Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
176	I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Proverbs 21

1	The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
2	Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
3	To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4	A high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
5	The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
6	The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7	The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
8	The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
9	It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
10	The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.
11	When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
12	The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
13	Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
14	A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
15	It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
16	The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
17	He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18	The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
19	It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
20	There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
21	He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
22	A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
23	Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
24	Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
25	The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.
26	He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
27	The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
28	A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
29	A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
30	There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
31	The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

Joshua 20

1	The LORD also spoke unto Joshua, saying,
2	Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spoke unto you by the hand of Moses:
3	That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4	And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5	And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unwittingly, and hated him not formerly.
6	And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
7	And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
8	And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
9	These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

Isaiah 19

1	The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
2	And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
3	And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
4	And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
5	And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
6	And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
7	The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
8	The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
9	Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
10	And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
11	Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
12	Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
13	The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
14	The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
15	Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
16	In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
17	And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
18	In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
19	In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
20	And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a savior, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
21	And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
22	And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them.
23	In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
24	In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
25	Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

Acts 17

1	Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2	And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures,
3	Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
4	And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5	But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6	And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7	Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8	And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9	And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10	And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11	These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12	Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13	But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
14	And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still.
15	And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
16	Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17	Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
18	Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19	And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20	For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21	(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22	Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23	For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24	God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25	Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26	And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27	That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28	For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29	Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30	And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31	Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32	And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33	So Paul departed from among them.
34	Howbeit certain men cleaved unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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