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Daily Bible Reading
June 12 - Old & New Testament
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Proverbs 5,6,7
Pitfalls of Immorality
1 My son, (C1)pay attention to my wisdom,
(C2)Incline your ear to my understanding,
2 So that you may (C1)maintain discretion
And your (C2)lips may comply with knowledge.
3 For the lips of an (F1)(C1)adulteress (C2)drip honey,
And her (F2)speech is (C3)smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is (C1)bitter as wormwood,
(C2)Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet (C1)go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.
6 (F1)She does not ponder the (C1)path of life;
Her ways are (C2)unstable, she (C3)does not know it.
7 (C1)Now then, my sons, listen to me
And (C2)do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
8 (C1)Keep your way far from her,
And do not go near the (C2)door of her house,
9 Otherwise you will give your vigor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
10 And strangers will be filled with your strength,
And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;
11 And you will groan (F1)in (F2)the end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12 And you say, "How I (C1)hated instruction!
And my heart (C2)disdainfully rejected rebuke!
13 "I did not listen to the voice of my (C1)teachers,
Nor incline my ear to my instructors!
14 "I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
And (F1)fresh water from your own well.
16 Should your (C1)springs overflow into the street,
Streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
And not for strangers with you.
18 Let your (C1)fountain be blessed,
And (C2)rejoice in the (C3)wife of your youth.
19 Like a loving (C1)doe and a graceful mountain goat,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be (F1)exhilarated always with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an (F1)(C1)adulteress,
And embrace the breasts of a (C2)foreigner?
21 For the (C1)ways of everyone are before the eyes of the LORD,
And He (C2)observes all his paths.
22 His (C1)own wrongdoings will trap the wicked,
And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.
23 He will (C1)die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray.
Parental Counsel
1 My son, if you have become a (C1)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,
2 If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Or caught by the words of your mouth,
3 Then do this, my son, and save yourself:
Since you have come into the (F1)hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.
4 Give no (C1)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5 Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand,
And like a (C1)bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the (C1)ant, you (F1)(C2)lazy one,
Observe its ways and be wise,
7 Which, having (C1)no chief,
Officer, or ruler,
8 Prepares its food (C1)in the summer
And gathers its provision in the harvest.
9 How long will you lie down, you (F1)lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 "(C1)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to (F1)rest,"
11 (C1)Then your poverty will come in like a (F1)drifter,
And your need like (F2)an armed man.
12 A (C1)worthless person, a wicked man,
Is one who walks with a (C2)perverse mouth,
13 Who (C1)winks with his eyes, who (F1)signals with his feet,
Who (F2)points with his fingers;
14 Who, with (C1)perversion in his heart, continually (C2)devises evil,
Who (F1)(C3)spreads strife.
15 Therefore (C1)his disaster will come suddenly;
(C2)Instantly he will be broken and there will be (C3)no healing.
16 There are six things that the LORD hates,
Seven that are an abomination (F1)to Him:
17 (C1)Haughty eyes, a (C2)lying tongue,
And hands that (C3)shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that devises (C1)wicked plans,
(C2)Feet that run rapidly to evil,
19 A (C1)false witness who declares lies,
And one who (F1)(C2)spreads strife among brothers.
20 (C1)My son, comply with the commandment of your father,
And do not ignore the (F1)teaching of your mother;
21 (C1)Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
22 When you (C1)walk, (F1)they will guide you;
When you sleep, (F1)they will watch over you;
And when you awake, (F1)they will talk to you.
23 For (C1)the commandment is a lamp and the (F1)teaching is light;
And rebukes for discipline are the way of life
24 To (C1)keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
25 (C1)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her (C2)eyelids.
26 For (C1)the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread,
And (F1)an adulteress (C2)hunts for a precious life.
27 Can anyone take fire in his lap
And his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can a person walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
29 So is the one who (C1)goes in to his neighbor's wife;
Whoever touches her (C2)will not (F1)go unpunished.
30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
To (C1)satisfy (F1)himself when he is hungry;
31 But when he is found, he must (C1)repay seven times as much;
He must give up all the property of his house.
32 One who commits adultery with a woman is (C1)lacking (F1)sense;
He who would (C2)destroy (F2)himself commits it.
33 He will find wounds and disgrace,
And his shame will not be removed.
34 For (C1)jealousy (F1)enrages a man,
And he will not have compassion on the (C2)day of vengeance.
35 He will not (F1)accept any settlement,
Nor will he be (F2)satisfied though you make it a large gift.
The Lures of the Prostitute
1 My son, (C1)keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
2 (C1)Keep my commandments and live,
And my (F1)teaching (C2)as the (F2)apple of your eye.
3 (C1)Bind them on your fingers;
(C2)Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"
And call understanding your intimate friend,
5 So that they may keep you from an (F1)adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6 For (C1)at the window of my house
I looked out (C2)through my lattice,
7 And I saw among the (C1)naive,
And discerned among the (F1)youths
A young man (C2)lacking (F2)sense,
8 Passing through the street near (C1)her corner;
And he walks along the way to (C2)her house,
9 In the (C1)twilight, in the (F1)evening,
In the (F2)middle of the night and the darkness.
10 And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
(C1)Dressed as a prostitute and cunning of heart.
11 She is (C1)boisterous and rebellious,
Her (C2)feet do not remain at home;
12 She is now in the streets, now (C1)in the public squares,
And (C2)lurks by every corner.
13 So she seizes him and kisses him,
(F1)And with a (C1)brazen face she says to him:
14 "(F1)I was due to offer (C1)peace offerings;
Today I have (C2)paid my vows.
15 "Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence diligently, and I have found you.
16 "I have spread my couch with (C1)coverings,
With colored (C2)linens of Egypt.
17 "I have sprinkled my bed
With (C1)myrrh, aloes, and (C2)cinnamon.
18 "Come, let's drink our fill of love until morning;
Let's delight ourselves with caresses.
19 "For (F1)my husband is not at home;
He has gone on a long journey.
20 "He has taken a (C1)bag of money (F1)with him.
At the full moon he will come home."
21 With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her (F1)(C1)flattering lips she seduces him.
22 Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as (F1)one walks in ankle bracelets to the discipline of a fool,
23 Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a (C1)bird hurries to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 Now therefore, my sons, (C1)listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25 Do not let your heart (C1)turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.
26 For many are the (F1)victims she has brought to ruin,
And (C1)numerous are all those slaughtered by her.
27 Her (C1)house is the way to Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death.
John 20
Chapter 20
The Empty Tomb
1 (C1)Now on the first day of the week (C2)Mary Magdalene (*)came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and (*)saw (C3)the stone already removed from the tomb.2 So she (*)ran and (*)came to Simon Peter and to the other (C1)disciple whom Jesus loved, and (*)said to them, "(C2)They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him."3 (C1)So Peter and the other disciple left, and they were going to the tomb.4 The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first;5 and he (C1)stooped to look in, and (*)saw the (C2)linen wrappings lying there; however he did not go in.6 So Simon Peter also (*)came, following him, and he entered the tomb; and he (*)looked at the linen wrappings lying there,7 and (C1)the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the (C2)linen wrappings but folded up in a place by itself.8 So the other disciple who (C1)had first come to the tomb also entered then, and he saw and believed.9 For (C1)they did not yet understand the Scripture, (C2)that He must rise from the dead.10 So the disciples went away again (C1)to their own homes.
11 (C1)But Mary was standing outside the tomb, weeping; so as she wept, she (C2)stooped to look into the tomb;12 and she (*)saw (C1)two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.13 And they (*)said to her, "(C1)Woman, why are you weeping?" She (*)said to them, "Because (C2)they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they put Him."14 When she had said this, she turned around and (*)(C1)saw Jesus standing there, and yet she (C2)did not know that it was Jesus.15 Jesus (*)said to her, "(C1)Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" Thinking that He was the gardener, she (*)said to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you put Him, and I will take Him away."16 Jesus (*)said to her, "Mary!" She turned and (*)said to Him (C1)in (F1)Hebrew, "(C2)Rabboni!" (which means, Teacher).17 Jesus (*)said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to (C1)My brothers and say to them, 'I am (C2)ascending to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'"18 (C1)Mary Magdalene (*)came and (C2)announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and that He had said these things to her.
Jesus among His Disciples
19 Now when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were (F1)shut where the disciples were together due to (C1)fear of the (F2)Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and (*)said to them, "(C2)Peace be to you."20 And when He had said this, (C1)He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then (C2)rejoiced when they saw the Lord.21 So Jesus said to them again, "(C1)Peace be to you; (C2)just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and (*)said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.23 "(C1)If you forgive the sins of any, their sins (F1)have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."
24 But (C1)Thomas, one of (C2)the twelve, who was called (F1)(C1)Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.25 So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in (C1)His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, (C2)I will not believe."
26 (F1)Eight days later His disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus (*)came, the doors having been (F2)shut, and stood in their midst and said, "(C1)Peace be to you."27 Then He (*)said to Thomas, "(C1)Place your finger here, and see My hands; and take your hand and put it into My side; and do not continue in disbelief, but be a believer."28 Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"29 Jesus (*)said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you now believed? (C1)Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."
Why This Gospel Was Written
30 (C1)So then, many other (F1)(C2)signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;31 but these have been written (C1)so that you may believe that Jesus is the (F1)Christ, (C2)the Son of God; and that by (C3)believing you may have life in His name.
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