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Tuesday, June 17th, 2025
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Passage Lookup: Job 24-28
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Job 24:1
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Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?(a) Why do those who know Him never see His days?
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Job 24:2
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The wicked displace boundary markers. They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
Job 24:3
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They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless(b) and take the widow's ox as collateral.
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Job 24:4
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They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding.(c)
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Job 24:5
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Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.
Job 24:6
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They gather their fodder in the field and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
Job 24:7
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Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against the cold.(d)
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Job 24:8
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Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against[a] the rocks, shelterless.
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Job 24:9
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The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.[b]
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Job 24:10
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Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry sheaves but go hungry.(e)
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Job 24:11
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They crush olives in their presses;[c] they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
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Job 24:12
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From the city, men[d] groan; the mortally wounded cry for help, yet God pays no attention to this crime.(f)
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Job 24:13
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The wicked are those who rebel against the light. They do not recognize its ways or stay on its paths.
Job 24:14
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The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.
Job 24:15
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The adulterer's eye watches for twilight, thinking: No eye will see me; he covers his face.
Job 24:16
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In the dark they break[e] into houses; by day they lock themselves in,[f] never experiencing the light.
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Job 24:17
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For the morning is like darkness to them. Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness!
Job 24:18
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They float[g] on the surface of the water. Their section of the land is cursed, so that they never go to their vineyards.
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Job 24:19
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As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol(g) steals those who have sinned.
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Job 24:20
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The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered(h) no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
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Job 24:21
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They prey on[h] the childless woman who is unable to conceive, and do not deal kindly with the widow.
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Job 24:22
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Yet God drags away[i] the mighty by His power; when He rises up, they have no assurance of life.
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Job 24:23
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He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,(i) but His eyes(j) watch over their ways.
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Job 24:24
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They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else.[j] They wither like heads of grain.(k)
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Job 24:25
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If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar(l) and show that my speech is worthless?
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Job 25:1
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Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Job 25:2
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Dominion and dread(a) belong to Him, the One who establishes harmony in the heavens.[a]
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Job 25:3
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Can His troops be numbered? Does His light not shine on everyone?
Job 25:4
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How can a person be justified before God?(b) How can one born of woman be pure?(c)
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Job 25:5
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If even the moon does not shine and the stars are not pure in His sight,(d)
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Job 25:6
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how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!(e)
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Job 26:1
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Then Job answered:
Job 26:2
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How you have helped(a) the powerless and delivered the arm that is weak!
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Job 26:3
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How you have counseled the unwise(b) and thoroughly explained the path to success!
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Job 26:4
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Who did you speak these words to? Whose breath came out of your mouth?
Job 26:5
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The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit them.(c)
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Job 26:6
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Sheol(d) is naked before God, and Abaddon(e) has no covering.(f)
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Job 26:7
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He stretches the northern skies over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 26:8
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He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.(g)
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Job 26:9
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He obscures the view of His throne, spreading His cloud over it.
Job 26:10
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He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters(h) at the boundary between light and darkness.
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Job 26:11
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The pillars that hold up the sky tremble, astounded at His rebuke.(i)
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Job 26:12
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By His power He stirred(j) the sea, and by His understanding He crushed Rahab.(k)
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Job 26:13
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By His breath the heavens gained their beauty; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.[a](l)
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Job 26:14
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These are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the word we hear of Him! Who can understand His mighty thunder?
Job 27:1
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Job continued his discourse, saying:
Job 27:2
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As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,(a) and the Almighty who has made me bitter,(b)
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Job 27:3
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as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,(c)
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Job 27:4
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my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Job 27:5
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I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity[a](d) until I die.
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Job 27:6
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I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience(e) will not accuse me as long as I live!
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Job 27:7
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May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
Job 27:8
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For what hope does the godless man(f) have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?(g)
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Job 27:9
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Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?
Job 27:10
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Will he delight(h) in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
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Job 27:11
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I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.[b]
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Job 27:12
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All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk?(i)
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Job 27:13
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This is a wicked man's lot(j) from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
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Job 27:14
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Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.
Job 27:15
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Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them.(k)
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Job 27:16
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Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—
Job 27:17
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he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver.(l)
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Job 27:18
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The house he built is like a moth's cocoon or a booth set up by a watchman.(m)
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Job 27:19
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
Job 27:20
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Terrors overtake him like a flood;(n) a storm(o) wind sweeps him away at night.
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Job 27:21
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An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place.
Job 27:22
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It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its grasp.
Job 27:23
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It claps(p) its hands at him and scorns him from its place.
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Job 28:1
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Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
Job 28:2
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Iron is taken from the ground, and copper is smelted from ore.
Job 28:3
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A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes[a] the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness.
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Job 28:4
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He cuts a shaft far from human habitation, in places unknown to those who walk above ground.[b] Suspended far away from people, the miners swing back and forth.
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Job 28:5
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Food may come from the earth, but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.
Job 28:6
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Its rocks are a source of sapphire,[c](a) containing flecks of gold.
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Job 28:7
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No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon's eye has seen it.
Job 28:8
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Proud beasts have never walked on it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
Job 28:9
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The miner strikes the flint and transforms the mountains at their foundations.
Job 28:10
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He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
Job 28:11
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He dams up the streams from flowing[d] so that he may bring to light what is hidden.
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Job 28:12
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But where can wisdom(b) be found, and where is understanding located?
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Job 28:13
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No man can know its value,[e] since it cannot be found in the land of the living.
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Job 28:14
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The ocean depths say, "It's not in me," while the sea declares, "I don't have it."(c)
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Job 28:15
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Gold cannot be exchanged for it, and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.
Job 28:16
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Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,(d) in precious onyx or sapphire.[f](e)
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Job 28:17
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Gold and glass do not compare with it, and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.(f)
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Job 28:18
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Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning. The price of wisdom is beyond pearls.
Job 28:19
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Topaz from Cush cannot compare with it, and it cannot be valued in pure gold.
Job 28:20
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Where then does wisdom come from, and where is understanding located?
Job 28:21
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It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the sky.
Job 28:22
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Abaddon and Death(g) say, "We have heard news of it with our ears."
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Job 28:23
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But God understands the way to wisdom, and He knows its location.
Job 28:24
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For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
Job 28:25
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When God fixed the weight of the wind and limited the water by measure,(h)
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Job 28:26
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when He established a limit[g] for the rain(i) and a path for the lightning,
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Job 28:27
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He considered wisdom and evaluated it; He established it and examined it.
Job 28:28
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He said to mankind, "The fear of the Lord is this: wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding."(j)
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