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January 15 - Old & New Testament
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Job 17,18,19
Job Says He Has Become a Proverb
1 "My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The (F1)(C1)grave is ready for me.
2 "(C1)Mockers are certainly with me,
And my eye (F1)gazes on their provocation.
3 "Make a pledge (C1)for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will (F1)be my guarantor?
4 "For You have (F1)(C1)kept their hearts away from understanding;
Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 "He who (C1)informs against friends for a share of the spoils,
The (C2)eyes of his children also will perish.
6 "But He has made me a (C1)proverb among the people,
And I am (F1)one at whom people (C2)spit.
7 "My eye has also become (C1)inexpressive because of grief,
And all my (C2)body parts are like a shadow.
8 "The upright will be appalled at this,
And the (C1)innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
9 "Nevertheless (C1)the righteous will hold to his way,
And (C2)the one who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 "But come again all of (F1)you now,
For I (C1)do not find a wise man among you.
11 "My (C1)days are past, my plans are torn apart,
The wishes of my heart.
12 "They make night into day, saying,
'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.
13 "If I hope for (F1)(C1)Sheol as my home,
I (F2)make my bed in the darkness;
14 If I call to the (C1)grave, 'You are my father';
To the (C2)maggot, 'my mother and my sister';
15 Where then is (C1)my hope?
And who looks at my hope?
16 "(F1)Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together (C1)go down into the dust?"
Bildad Speaks of the Wicked
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
2 "How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding, and then we can talk.
3 "Why are we (C1)regarded as animals,
As stupid in your eyes?
4 "(F1)You who tear yourself in your anger—
Should the earth be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock moved from its place?
5 "Indeed, the (C1)light of the wicked goes out,
And the spark from his fire does not shine.
6 "The light in his tent is (C1)darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.
7 "His (F1)vigorous stride is shortened,
And his (C1)own plan brings him down.
8 "For he is (C1)thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.
9 "A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.
10 "A noose for him is hidden in the ground,
And a trap for him on the pathway.
11 "All around (C1)sudden terrors frighten him,
And (C2)harass him at every step.
12 "His strength is (C1)famished,
And disaster is ready at his side.
13 "(F1)It devours parts of his skin,
The firstborn of death (C1)devours his (F2)limbs.
14 "He is (C1)torn from (F1)the security of his tent,
And (F2)they march him before the king of (C2)terrors.
15 "(F1)Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
(C1)Brimstone is scattered on his home.
16 "His (C1)roots are dried below,
And his (C2)branch withers above.
17 "(C1)The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.
18 "(F1)He is driven from light (C1)into darkness,
And (C2)chased from the inhabited world.
19 "He has no (C1)offspring or descendants among his people,
Nor any survivor where he resided.
20 "Those in the west are appalled at (C1)his (F1)fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.
21 "Certainly these are the (C1)dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who does not know God."
Job Feels Insulted
1 Then Job responded,
2 "How long will you torment (F1)me
And crush me with words?
3 "These ten times you have insulted me;
You are not ashamed to wrong me.
4 "Even if I have truly done wrong,
My error stays with me.
5 "If indeed you (C1)exalt yourselves against me
And prove my disgrace to me,
6 Know then that (C1)God has wronged me
And has surrounded me with (C2)His net.
Everything Is Against Him
7 "Behold, (C1)I cry, 'Violence!' but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.
8 "He has (C1)blocked my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put (C2)darkness on my paths.
9 "He has (C1)stripped my honor from me
And removed the (C2)crown from my head.
10 "He (C1)breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
And He has uprooted my (C2)hope (C3)like a tree.
11 "He has also (C1)kindled His anger against me
And (C2)considered me as His enemy.
12 "His (C1)troops come together
And (C2)build up their (F1)way against me
And camp around my tent.
13 "He has (C1)removed my brothers far from me,
And my (C2)acquaintances have completely turned away from me.
14 "My relatives have failed,
And my (C1)close friends have forgotten me.
15 "Those who live in my house and my servant women consider me a stranger.
I am a foreigner in their sight.
16 "I call to my servant, but he does not answer;
I have to implore his favor with my mouth.
17 "My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
18 "Even young children despise me;
I stand up and they speak against me.
19 "All (F1)my (C1)associates loathe me,
And those I love have turned against me.
20 "My (C1)bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21 "Pity me, pity me, you friends of mine,
For the (C1)hand of God has struck me.
22 "Why do you (C1)persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Job Says My Redeemer Lives
23 "Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were (C1)recorded in a book!
24 "That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
25 "Yet as for me, I know that (C1)my Redeemer lives,
And at the last, He will take His stand on the (F1)earth.
26 "Even after my skin (F1)is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I will (C1)see God,
27 Whom I, on my part, shall behold for myself,
And whom my eyes will see, and not another.
My (F1)heart (C1)faints (F2)within me!
28 "If you say, 'How shall we (C1)persecute him?'
And '(F1)What pretext for a case against him can we find?'
29 "Then be afraid of (C1)the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know (C2)there is judgment."
Matthew 10:21-42
Chapter 10
21 "Now (C1)brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and (C2)children will rise up against parents and (F1)cause them to be put to death.22 "And (C1)you will be hated by all because of My name, but (C2)it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
23 "But whenever they (C1)persecute you in (F1)one city, flee to the (F2)next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel (C2)until the Son of Man comes.
The Meaning of Discipleship
24 "(C1)A (F1)disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.25 "It is enough for the disciple that he may become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. (C1)If they have called the head of the house (F1)(C2)Beelzebul, how much more will they insult the members of his household!
26 "So do not (C1)fear them, (C2)for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.27 "(C1)What I tell you in the darkness, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim (C2)on the housetops.28 "And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather (C1)fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in (F1)(C2)hell.29 "(C1)Are two sparrows not sold for an (F1)assarion? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.30 "But (C1)even the hairs of your head are all counted.31 "So do not fear; (C1)you are more valuable than a great number of sparrows.
32 "Therefore, (C1)everyone who (F1)confesses Me before people, I will also confess (F2)him before My Father who is in heaven.33 "But (C1)whoever denies Me before people, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
34 "(C1)Do not think that I came to (F1)bring peace on the earth; I did not come to (F1)bring peace, but a sword.35 "For I came to (C1)TURN A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW;36 and (C1)A PERSON'S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.
37 "(C1)The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.38 "And (C1)the one who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.39 "(C1)The one who has found his (F1)life will lose it, and the one who has lost his (F1)life on My account will find it.
The Reward for Service
40 "(C1)The one who (F1)receives you (F1)receives Me, and (C2)the one who (F1)receives Me (F1)receives Him who sent Me.41 "(C1)The one who (F1)receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and the one who (F1)receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person shall receive a righteous person's reward.42 "And (C1)whoever gives one of these (F1)little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward."
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