Daily Bible Reading Guide (Protestant)

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New City Catechism

Everywhere I Go: Learning to See Jesus

Fear Not! A Guide to Living a Fearless Life

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Healthy Living and the Bible - God in 60 Seconds

The Promise of Heaven by Dr. David Jeremiah

Giving Challenge Kids

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      <div class="chapter ch119" data-usfm="PSA.119.1+PSA.119.2+PSA.119.3+PSA.119.4+PSA.119.5+PSA.119.6+PSA.119.7+PSA.119.8+PSA.119.9+PSA.119.10+PSA.119.11+PSA.119.12+PSA.119.13+PSA.119.14+PSA.119.15+PSA.119.16+PSA.119.17+PSA.119.18+PSA.119.19+PSA.119.20+PSA.119.21+PSA.119.22+PSA.119.23+PSA.119.24">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.119.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.119.1"><span class="content">who walk according to the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.119.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.119.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who keep his statutes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.119.2"><span class="content">and seek him with all their heart&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.119.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.119.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">they do no wrong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.119.3"><span class="content">but follow his ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.119.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.119.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You have laid down precepts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.119.4"><span class="content">that are to be fully obeyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.119.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.119.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Oh, that my ways were steadfast</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.119.5"><span class="content">in obeying your decrees!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.119.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.119.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then I would not be put to shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.119.6"><span class="content">when I consider all your commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.119.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.119.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will praise you with an upright heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.119.7"><span class="content">as I learn your righteous laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.119.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.119.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will obey your decrees;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.119.8"><span class="content">do not utterly forsake me.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1489; Beth</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.119.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.119.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">How can a young person stay on the path of purity?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.119.9"><span class="content">By living according to your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.119.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.119.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I seek you with all my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.119.10"><span class="content">do not let me stray from your commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.119.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.119.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I have hidden your word in my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.119.11"><span class="content">that I might not sin against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.119.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.119.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Praise be to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.119.12"><span class="content">teach me your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.119.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.119.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">With my lips I recount</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.119.13"><span class="content">all the laws that come from your mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.119.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.119.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I rejoice in following your statutes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.119.14"><span class="content">as one rejoices in great riches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.119.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.119.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I meditate on your precepts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.119.15"><span class="content">and consider your ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.119.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.119.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I delight in your decrees;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.119.16"><span class="content">I will not neglect your word.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1490; Gimel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.119.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.119.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Be good to your servant while I live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.119.17"><span class="content">that I may obey your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.119.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.119.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Open my eyes that I may see</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.119.18"><span class="content">wonderful things in your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.119.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.119.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I am a stranger on earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.119.19"><span class="content">do not hide your commands from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.119.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.119.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My soul is consumed with longing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.119.20"><span class="content">for your laws at all times.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.119.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.119.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.119.21"><span class="content">those who stray from your commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.119.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.119.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Remove from me their scorn and contempt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.119.22"><span class="content">for I keep your statutes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.119.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.119.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Though rulers sit together and slander me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.119.23"><span class="content">your servant will meditate on your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.119.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.119.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Your statutes are my delight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.119.24"><span class="content">they are my counselors.</span></span></div>
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The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

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Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 12</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">sheminith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Help, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for no one is faithful anymore;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Everyone lies to their neighbor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">they flatter with their lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">but harbor deception in their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> silence all flattering lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">and every boastful tongue&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">those who say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">&#8220;By our tongues we will prevail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">our own lips will defend us&#8212;who is lord over us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">I will now arise,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will protect them from those who malign them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the words of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are flawless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like silver purified in a crucible,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like gold</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">earth</span></span></span><span class="content"> refined seven times.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will keep the needy safe</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">and will protect us forever from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">who freely strut about</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="content">when what is vile is honored by the human race.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 13</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Will you forget me forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">How long will you hide your face from me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long must I wrestle with my thoughts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">and day after day have sorrow in my heart?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">How long will my enemy triumph over me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Look on me and answer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and my enemy will say, &#8220;I have overcome him,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">and my foes will rejoice when I fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But I trust in your unfailing love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">my heart rejoices in your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will sing the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="content">for he has been good to me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 14</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fool</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> says in his heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">there is no one who does good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looks down from heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">on all mankind</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">to see if there are any who understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">any who seek God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All have turned away, all have become corrupt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">there is no one who does good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">not even one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do all these evildoers know nothing?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">They devour my people as though eating bread;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">they never call on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="content">for God is present in the company of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is their refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> restores his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="content">let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In the last days</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple will be established</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">as the highest of the mountains;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">it will be exalted above the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">and all nations will stream to it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Many peoples will come and say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Come, let us go up to the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">to the temple of the God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">He will teach us his ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">so that we may walk in his paths.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">The law will go out from Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will judge between the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">and will settle disputes for many peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">They will beat their swords into plowshares</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">and their spears into pruning hooks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">Nation will not take up sword against nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">nor will they train for war anymore.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Come, descendants of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="content">let us walk in the light of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have abandoned your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">They are full of superstitions from the East;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">they practice divination like the Philistines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">and embrace pagan customs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their land is full of silver and gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">there is no end to their treasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">Their land is full of horses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">there is no end to their chariots.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their land is full of idols;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">they bow down to the work of their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">to what their fingers have made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So people will be brought low</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">and everyone humbled&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">do not forgive them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">not raise them up</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Go into the rocks, hide in the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">from the fearful presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">and the splendor of his majesty!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">and human pride brought low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> alone will be exalted in that day.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TH.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TH.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God&#8217;s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TH.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TH.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">them fully</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Longing to See the Thessalonians</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TH.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TH.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1TH.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For we wanted to come to you&#8212;certainly I, Paul, did, again and again&#8212;but Satan blocked our way. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1TH.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1TH.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Indeed, you are our glory and joy.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paying Taxes to Caesar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said, so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So the spies questioned him: &#8220;Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He saw through their duplicity and said to them, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.20.24"><span class="content">&#8220;Caesar&#8217;s,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.20.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar&#8217;s, and to God what is God&#8217;s.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.20.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.</span></span></div>
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