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Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Christian Standard Bible®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xixCSB Bible Book Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Day 1Genesis 1:1–2:25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Psalm 1:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Proverbs 1:1–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Matthew 1:1–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Day 2Genesis 3:1–4:26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Psalm 2:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Proverbs 1:5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Matthew 2:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Day 3Genesis 5:1–6:22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Psalm 2:7–12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Proverbs 1:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Matthew 3:1–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Day 4Genesis 7:1–9:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Psalm 3:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Proverbs 1:8–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Matthew 4:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Day 5Genesis 9:8–10:32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Psalm 4:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Proverbs 1:10–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Matthew 4:21–5:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Day 6Genesis 11:1–12:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Psalm 5:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Proverbs 1:15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Matthew 5:13–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Day 7Genesis 13:1–15:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Psalm 5:7–12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Proverbs 1:17–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Matthew 5:33–6:4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Day 8Genesis 15:7–17:27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Psalm 6:1–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Proverbs 1:20–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Matthew 6:5–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Day 9Genesis 18:1–19:22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Psalm 6:6–10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Proverbs 1:24–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Matthew 6:25–7:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Day 10Genesis 19:23–21:21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Psalm 7:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Proverbs 1:28–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Matthew 7:13–8:4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Day 11Genesis 21:22–23:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Psalm 7:9–17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Proverbs 1:32–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Matthew 8:5–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Day 12Genesis 24:1–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Psalm 8:1–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Proverbs 2:1–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Matthew 8:28–9:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Day 13Genesis 24:55–26:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Psalm 9:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Proverbs 2:6–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Matthew 9:18–38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Day 14Genesis 26:12–27:29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Psalm 9:7–12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Proverbs 2:9–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Matthew 10:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Day 15Genesis 27:30–29:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Psalm 9:13–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Proverbs 2:11–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Matthew 10:21–42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Day 16Genesis 29:13–30:43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Psalm 10:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Proverbs 2:16–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Matthew 11:1–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Day 17Genesis 31:1–55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Psalm 10:7–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Proverbs 2:20–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Matthew 11:20–12:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Day 18Genesis 32:1–33:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Psalm 10:13–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Proverbs 3:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Matthew 12:9–37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Day 19Genesis 34:1–35:29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Psalm 11:1–3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Proverbs 3:3–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Matthew 12:38–13:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Day 20Genesis 36:1–43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Psalm 11:4–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Proverbs 3:5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Matthew 13:10–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Day 21Genesis 37:1–38:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Psalm 12:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Proverbs 3:7–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Matthew 13:36–58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Day 22Genesis 39:1–41:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Psalm 12:6–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Proverbs 3:9–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Matthew 14:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Day 23Genesis 41:8–42:4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Psalm 13:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Proverbs 3:11–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Matthew 14:22–15:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Day 24Genesis 42:5–43:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Psalm 14:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Proverbs 3:13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Matthew 15:10–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79


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Day 25Genesis 43:15–44:34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Psalm 15:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Proverbs 3:15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Matthew 16:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Day 26Genesis 45:1–46:27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Psalm 16:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Proverbs 3:17–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Matthew 16:21–17:13 . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Day 27Genesis 46:28–48:22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Psalm 16:7–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Proverbs 3:19–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Matthew 17:14–18:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Day 28Genesis 49:1–50:26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Psalm 17:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Proverbs 3:21–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Matthew 18:10–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Day 29Exodus 1:1–2:25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Psalm 17:6–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Proverbs 3:25–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Matthew 19:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Day 30Exodus 3:1–4:31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Psalm 17:13–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100Proverbs 3:27–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100Matthew 19:23–20:19 . . . . . . . . . .100

Day 31Exodus 5:1–6:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Psalm 18:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104Proverbs 3:29–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104Matthew 20:20–21:11 . . . . . . . . . .104

Day 32Exodus 7:1–8:32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106Psalm 18:7–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107Proverbs 3:33–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107Matthew 21:12–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Day 33Exodus 9:1–10:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109Psalm 18:13–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111Proverbs 4:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111Matthew 21:28–46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Day 34Exodus 10:21–12:36. . . . . . . . . . . . .112Psalm 18:20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114Proverbs 4:3–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114Matthew 22:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Day 35Exodus 12:37–14:20. . . . . . . . . . . . .116Psalm 18:25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118Proverbs 4:5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118Matthew 22:23–46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Day 36Exodus 14:21–16:20. . . . . . . . . . . . .119Psalm 18:30–36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121Proverbs 4:7–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121Matthew 23:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Day 37Exodus 16:21–18:27. . . . . . . . . . . . .123Psalm 18:37–42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125Proverbs 4:10–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125Matthew 23:23–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Day 38Exodus 19:1–20:26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Psalm 18:43–50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128Proverbs 4:14–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128Matthew 24:1–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Day 39Exodus 21:1–22:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130Psalm 19:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131Proverbs 4:18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132Matthew 24:15–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Day 40Exodus 22:21–24:18. . . . . . . . . . . . .133Psalm 19:7–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135Proverbs 4:20–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135Matthew 24:36–51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Day 41Exodus 25:1–26:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137Psalm 20:1–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138Proverbs 4:23–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138Matthew 25:1–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Day 42 Exodus 26:15–28:14. . . . . . . . . . . . .139Psalm 21:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141Proverbs 4:25–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141Matthew 25:14–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Day 43Exodus 28:15–29:25. . . . . . . . . . . . .143Psalm 21:8–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144Proverbs 5:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144Matthew 25:31–26:5 . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Day 44Exodus 29:26–30:38. . . . . . . . . . . . .146Psalm 22:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147Proverbs 5:3–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148Matthew 26:6–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Day 45Exodus 31:1–32:35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149Psalm 22:6–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151Proverbs 5:7–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151Matthew 26:26–51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Day 46Exodus 33:1–34:35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153Psalm 22:11–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154Proverbs 5:9–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155Matthew 26:52–75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Day 47Exodus 35:1–36:19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156Psalm 22:16–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158Proverbs 5:11–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158Matthew 27:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Day 48 Exodus 36:20–37:29. . . . . . . . . . . . .160Psalm 22:22–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161Proverbs 5:15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161Matthew 27:24–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Day 49 Exodus 38:1–39:31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162Psalm 22:27–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164Proverbs 5:18–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164Matthew 27:45–66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Day 50 Exodus 39:32–40:38. . . . . . . . . . . . .166Psalm 23:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167Proverbs 5:21–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167Matthew 28:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Day 51 Leviticus 1:1–3:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169Psalm 24:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170Proverbs 6:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171Mark 1:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171


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Day 52 Leviticus 4:1–5:19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172Psalm 25:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174Proverbs 6:4–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174Mark 1:21–45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Day 53Leviticus 6:1–7:21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176Psalm 25:8–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177Proverbs 6:6–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178Mark 2:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Day 54 Leviticus 7:22–8:36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179Psalm 25:16–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181Proverbs 6:9–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181Mark 2:23–3:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Day 55 Leviticus 9:1–11:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182Psalm 26:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184Proverbs 6:12–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184Mark 3:13–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Day 56 Leviticus 11:13–13:17 . . . . . . . . . .186Psalm 26:8–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188Proverbs 6:16–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188Mark 4:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Day 57 Leviticus 13:18–14:14 . . . . . . . . . .189Psalm 27:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191Proverbs 6:20–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191Mark 4:21–41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Day 58 Leviticus 14:15–15:12 . . . . . . . . . .193Psalm 27:7–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194Proverbs 6:23–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195Mark 5:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Day 59 Leviticus 15:13–16:34 . . . . . . . . . .196Psalm 28:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198Proverbs 6:27–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198Mark 5:21– 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Day 60Leviticus 17:1–19:10 . . . . . . . . . . . .200Psalm 28:6–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201Proverbs 6:30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202Mark 6:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Day 61Leviticus 19:11–20:27 . . . . . . . . . .203Psalm 29:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Proverbs 6:32–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Mark 6:21–46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Day 62Leviticus 21:1–22:33 . . . . . . . . . . . .207Psalm 29:7–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208Proverbs 6:34–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208Mark 6:47–7:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Day 63Leviticus 23:1–24:23 . . . . . . . . . . . .210Psalm 30:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212Proverbs 7:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212Mark 7:17–37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Day 64Leviticus 25:1–55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213Psalm 30:7–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215Proverbs 7:4–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215Mark 8:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Day 65Leviticus 26:1–46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217Psalm 31:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218Proverbs 7:6–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218Mark 8:22–9:1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Day 66Leviticus 27:1–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220Psalm 31:9–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221Proverbs 7:9–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221Mark 9:2–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Day 67Numbers 1:1–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223Psalm 31:19–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224Proverbs 7:13–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224Mark 9:30–50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Day 68Numbers 2:1–3:16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226Psalm 32:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227Proverbs 7:18–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228Mark 10:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Day 69Numbers 3:17–4:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . .229Psalm 32:8–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231Proverbs 7:22–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231Mark 10:23–45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Day 70Numbers 4:21–5:31 . . . . . . . . . . . . .233Psalm 33:1–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234Proverbs 7:24–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235Mark 10:46–11:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Day 71Numbers 6:1–7:29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236Psalm 33:10–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238Proverbs 8:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238Mark 11:12–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Day 72Numbers 7:30–89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240Psalm 33:18–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241Proverbs 8:4–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241Mark 12:1–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

Day 73Numbers 8:1–10:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . .243Psalm 34:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245Proverbs 8:6–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245Mark 12:28–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Day 74Numbers 10:11–11:35 . . . . . . . . . .246Psalm 34:8–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248Proverbs 8:8–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248Mark 13:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Day 75Numbers 12:1–14:4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .250Psalm 34:15–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251Proverbs 8:10–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252Mark 13:21–37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Day 76Numbers 14:5–45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253Psalm 35:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254Proverbs 8:14–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255Mark 14:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

Day 77Numbers 15:1–41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256Psalm 35:11–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257Proverbs 8:18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258Mark 14:22–42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

Day 78Numbers 16:1–50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259Psalm 35:17–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260Proverbs 8:20–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261Mark 14:43–72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261


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Day 79Numbers 17:1–19:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . .262Psalm 35:22–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264Proverbs 8:22–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264Mark 15:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264

Day 80Numbers 19:9–21:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .266Psalm 36:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268Proverbs 8:25–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268Mark 15:22–47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268

Day 81Numbers 21:10–22:41 . . . . . . . . . .269Psalm 36:7–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271Proverbs 8:27–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272Mark 16:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

Day 82Numbers 23:1–24:25. . . . . . . . . . . .273Psalm 37:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275Proverbs 8:30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275Luke 1:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

Day 83Numbers 25:1–26:22. . . . . . . . . . . .277Psalm 37:7–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278Proverbs 8:32–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278Luke 1:24–56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Day 84Numbers 26:23–65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280Psalm 37:14–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282Proverbs 8:34–36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282Luke 1:57–80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Day 85Numbers 27:1–28:31. . . . . . . . . . . .283Psalm 37:21–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285Proverbs 9:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285Luke 2:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Day 86Numbers 29:1–30:16. . . . . . . . . . . .286Psalm 37:27–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288Proverbs 9:3–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288Luke 2:21–38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288

Day 87Numbers 31:1–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290Psalm 37:34–40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291Proverbs 9:7–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291Luke 2:39–52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

Day 88Numbers 32:1–42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293Psalm 38:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294Proverbs 9:10–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294Luke 3:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

Day 89Numbers 33:1–56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296Psalm 38:9–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297Proverbs 9:13–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297Luke 3:21–38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297

Day 90Numbers 34:1–35:34. . . . . . . . . . . .299Psalm 38:15–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300Proverbs 9:16–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301Luke 4:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Day 91Nm 36:1–Dt 1:46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302Psalm 39:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304Proverbs 10:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304Luke 4:22–44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

Day 92Deuteronomy 2:1–3:29 . . . . . . . .306Psalm 39:7–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308Proverbs 10:3–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308Luke 5:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

Day 93Deuteronomy 4:1–49 . . . . . . . . . . .310Psalm 40:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311Proverbs 10:6–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311Luke 5:21–6:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Day 94Deuteronomy 5:1–6:25 . . . . . . . .313Psalm 40:6–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315Proverbs 10:9–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315Luke 6:12–36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

Day 95Deuteronomy 7:1–8:20 . . . . . . . .317Psalm 40:11–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318Proverbs 10:12–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318Luke 6:37–7:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Day 96Deuteronomy 9:1–10:22 . . . . . .320Psalm 41:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322Proverbs 10:15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322Luke 7:11–35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Day 97Deuteronomy 11:1–12:19 . . . . .324Psalm 41:7–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325Proverbs 10:18–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325Luke 7:36–8:3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

Day 98Deuteronomy 12:20 –14:21 . .327Psalm 42:1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328Proverbs 10:22–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329Luke 8:4–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Day 99Deuteronomy 14:22 –16:22 . .331Psalm 43:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332Proverbs 10:26–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332Luke 8:26–56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Day 100Deuteronomy 17:1–19:13 . . . . .334Psalm 44:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336Proverbs 10:28–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336Luke 9:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336

Day 101Deuteronomy 19:14–21:23 . . .338Psalm 44:9–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339Proverbs 10:31–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340Luke 9:23–45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Day 102Deuteronomy 22:1–23:25 . . . . .341Psalm 44:17–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343Proverbs 11:1–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343Luke 9:46–62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Day 103 Deuteronomy 24:1–26:19 . . . . .345Psalm 45:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347Proverbs 11:5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347Luke 10:1–24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Day 104Deuteronomy 27:1–28:14 . . . . .349Psalm 45:6–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350Proverbs 11:7–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350Luke 10:25–11:4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Day 105Deuteronomy 28:15–68 . . . . . . .352Psalm 45:13–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353Proverbs 11:9–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353Luke 11:5–28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354


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Day 106Deuteronomy 29:1–30:20 . . . .355Psalm 46:1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357Proverbs 11:12–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357Luke 11:29–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Day 107Deuteronomy 31:1–29 . . . . . . . . .359Psalm 47:1–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360Proverbs 11:14–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360Luke 12:1–21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

Day 108Deuteronomy 31:30–32:52 . . .361Psalm 48:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364Proverbs 11:16–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364Luke 12:22–40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364

Day 109Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12 . . . . .365Psalm 48:8–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367Proverbs 11:19–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367Luke 12:41–59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

Day 110Joshua 1:1–3:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369Psalm 49:1–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370Proverbs 11:22–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371Luke 13:1–21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371

Day 111Joshua 4:1–6:27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372Psalm 49:10–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374Proverbs 11:24–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375Luke 13:22–14:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Day 112Joshua 7:1–8:35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376Psalm 49:16–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378Proverbs 11:27–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379Luke 14:7–24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

Day 113Joshua 9:1–10:28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380Psalm 50:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382Proverbs 11:30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382Luke 14:25–15:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382

Day 114Joshua 10:29–12:24 . . . . . . . . . . . . .384Psalm 50:7–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385Proverbs 12:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386Luke 15:11–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386

Day 115Joshua 13:1–14:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387Psalm 50:16–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389Proverbs 12:4–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389Luke 16:1–18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389

Day 116Joshua 15:1–63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391Psalm 51:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392Proverbs 12:6–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392Luke 16:19–17:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Day 117Joshua 16:1–18:28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394Psalm 51:6–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396Proverbs 12:8–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396Luke 17:11–37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396

Day 118Joshua 19:1–51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397Psalm 51:10–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398Proverbs 12:11–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399Luke 18:1–23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

Day 119Joshua 20:1–21:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400Psalm 51:14–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402Proverbs 12:13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402Luke 18:24–43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402

Day 120Joshua 22:1–23:16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404Psalm 52:1–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405Proverbs 12:15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406Luke 19:1–27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

Day 121Joshua 24:1–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408Psalm 53:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409Proverbs 12:17–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409Luke 19:28–48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409

Day 122Judges 1:1–2:23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411Psalm 54:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412Proverbs 12:19–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413Luke 20:1–19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413

Day 123Judges 3:1–4:24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414Psalm 55:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416Proverbs 12:23–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416Luke 20:20–40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416

Day 124Judges 5:1–6:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418Psalm 55:9–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419Proverbs 12:25–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420Luke 20:41–21:19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420

Day 125Judges 6:11–7:25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421Psalm 55:15–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423Proverbs 12:27–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423Luke 21:20–38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .424

Day 126Judges 8:1–9:21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425Psalm 56:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427Proverbs 13:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427Luke 22:1–23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

Day 127Judges 9:22–10:18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428Psalm 56:8–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430Proverbs 13:3–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430Luke 22:24–46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430

Day 128Judges 11:1–12:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432Psalm 57:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434Proverbs 13:5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434Luke 22:47–71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434

Day 129Judges 13:1–15:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435Psalm 57:7–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437Proverbs 13:7–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437Luke 23:1–19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437

Day 130Judges 15:9–17:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439Psalm 58:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441Proverbs 13:9–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441Luke 23:20–38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441

Day 131Judges 18:1–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442Psalm 58:6–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443Proverbs 13:11–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444Luke 23:39–56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444

Day 132Judges 19:1–20:25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445Psalm 59:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447Proverbs 13:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447Luke 24:1–24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447


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Day 133Judges 20:26–21:25 . . . . . . . . . . . . .449Psalm 59:11–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450Proverbs 13:14–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451Luke 24:25–53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451

Day 134Ruth 1:1–2:23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452Psalm 60:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454Proverbs 13:16–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454John 1:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454

Day 135Ruth 3:1–4:22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456Psalm 60:6–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457Proverbs 13:18–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457John 1:24–51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457

Day 1361 Samuel 1:1–2:36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459Psalm 61:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461Proverbs 13:21–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461John 2:1–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461

Day 1371 Samuel 3:1–5:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463Psalm 62:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465Proverbs 13:23–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465John 3:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465

Day 1381 Samuel 6:1–8:22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466Psalm 62:9–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468Proverbs 14:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468John 3:22–4:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468

Day 1391 Samuel 9:1–10:27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .470Psalm 63:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472Proverbs 14:3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472John 4:7–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472

Day 1401 Samuel 11:1–13:22 . . . . . . . . . . . .474Psalm 63:6–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .476Proverbs 14:4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .476John 4:27–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .476

Day 1411 Samuel 13:23–14:52 . . . . . . . . . .478Psalm 64:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .479Proverbs 14:5–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480John 5:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480

Day 1421 Samuel 15:1–16:23 . . . . . . . . . . . .481Psalm 64:7–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483Proverbs 14:8–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483John 5:24–47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483

Day 1431 Samuel 17:1–58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485Psalm 65:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487Proverbs 14:10–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487John 6:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487

Day 1441 Samuel 18:1–19:24 . . . . . . . . . . . .489Psalm 65:9–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490Proverbs 14:13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490John 6:22–40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491

Day 1451 Samuel 20:1–21:15 . . . . . . . . . . . .492Psalm 66:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494Proverbs 14:15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494John 6:41–59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494

Day 1461 Samuel 22:1–23:29 . . . . . . . . . . . .495Psalm 66:8–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497Proverbs 14:17–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497John 6:60–7:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497

Day 1471 Samuel 24:1–25:44 . . . . . . . . . . . .499Psalm 66:16–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501Proverbs 14:20–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501John 7:10–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501

Day 1481 Samuel 26:1–28:25 . . . . . . . . . . . .503Psalm 67:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505Proverbs 14:23–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505John 7:30–52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505

DAY 1491 Samuel 29:1–31:13 . . . . . . . . . . . .507Psalm 68:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508Proverbs 14:26–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509John 7:53–8:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509

Day 1502 Samuel 1:1–2:32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510Psalm 68:7–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512Proverbs 14:29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512John 8:21–41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513

Day 1512 Samuel 3:1–4:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .514Psalm 68:15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516Proverbs 14:31–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516John 8:42–9:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516

Day 152 2 Samuel 5:1–6:23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518Psalm 68:20–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .519Proverbs 14:33–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .519John 9:8–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .519

Day 1532 Samuel 7:1–9:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .521Psalm 68:28–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523Proverbs 15:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523John 9:28–10:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523

Day 1542 Samuel 10:1–11:27 . . . . . . . . . . . .525Psalm 68:32–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526Proverbs 15:4–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526John 10:7–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526

Day 1552 Samuel 12:1–13:39 . . . . . . . . . . . .528Psalm 69:1–4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530Proverbs 15:6–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530John 10:31–11:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530

Day 1562 Samuel 14:1–15:37 . . . . . . . . . . . .531Psalm 69:5–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534Proverbs 15:8–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534John 11:7–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534

Day 1572 Samuel 16:1–17:29 . . . . . . . . . . . .535Psalm 69:13–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537Proverbs 15:10–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537John 11:21–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .538

Day 1582 Samuel 18:1–19:23 . . . . . . . . . . . .539Psalm 69:19–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541Proverbs 15:12–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541John 11:45–12:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541

Day 1592 Samuel 19:24–21:22 . . . . . . . . . .543Psalm 69:29–36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .545Proverbs 15:14–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546John 12:12–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546


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Day 1602 Samuel 22:1–23:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547Psalm 70:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549Proverbs 15:16–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549John 12:34–13:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549

Day 1612 Samuel 23:8–24:25 . . . . . . . . . . . .551Psalm 71:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553Proverbs 15:18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553John 13:12–38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

Day 1621 Kings 1:1–53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555Psalm 71:9–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557Proverbs 15:20–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557John 14:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557

Day 1631 Kings 2:1–46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558Psalm 71:17–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560Proverbs 15:22–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560John 14:22–15:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560

Day 1641 Kings 3:1–4:34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562Psalm 72:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .564Proverbs 15:24–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .564John 15:11–16:4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .564

Day 1651 Kings 5:1–6:38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .565Psalm 72:8–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567Proverbs 15:26–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567John 16:5–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567

Day 1661 Kings 7:1–51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .569Psalm 72:15–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .570Proverbs 15:28–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571John 17:1–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571

Day 1671 Kings 8:1–66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .572Psalm 73:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576Proverbs 15:30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576John 18:1–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576

Day 1681 Kings 9:1–10:29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578Psalm 73:7–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579Proverbs 15:32–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580John 18:25–19:4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580

Day 1691 Kings 11:1–12:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581Psalm 73:13–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .583Proverbs 16:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .583John 19:5–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .583

Day 1701 Kings 12:12–13:34 . . . . . . . . . . . . .585Psalm 73:21–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587Proverbs 16:3–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587John 19:25–42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587

Day 1711 Kings 14:1–15:34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .589Psalm 74:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .591Proverbs 16:5–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .591John 20:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .591

Day 1721 Kings 16:1–17:24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .593Psalm 74:7–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .594Proverbs 16:8–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .595John 20:21–21:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .595

Day 1731 Kings 18:1–46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .596Psalm 74:12–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .598Proverbs 16:11–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .598John 21:10–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .598

Day 1741 Kings 19:1–20:43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600Psalm 74:18–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602Proverbs 16:13–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602Acts 1:1–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602

Day 1751 Kings 21:1–22:23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604Psalm 75:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606Proverbs 16:16–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606Acts 2:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606

Day 1761 Kings 22:24–2 Kings 1:18 . . .608Psalm 76:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .609Proverbs 16:18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .609Acts 2:22–47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .609

Day 1772 Kings 2:1–3:27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .611Psalm 76:7–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .613Proverbs 16:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .613Acts 3:1–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .613

Day 1782 Kings 4:1–5:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615Psalm 77:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .617Proverbs 16:21–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .617Acts 4:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .617

Day 1792 Kings 5:15–7:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .619Psalm 77:7–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621Proverbs 16:23–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621Acts 4:23–5:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621

Day 1802 Kings 7:10–9:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623Psalm 77:13–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624Proverbs 16:25–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625Acts 5:12–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625

Day 1812 Kings 9:14–10:36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .626Psalm 78:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .628Proverbs 16:27–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .629Acts 5:33–6:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .629

Day 1822 Kings 11:1–13:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .630Psalm 78:9–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632Proverbs 16:29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632Acts 7:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632

Day 1832 Kings 13:10–15:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . .634Psalm 78:17–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .636Proverbs 16:31–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .636Acts 7:23–43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .636

Day 1842 Kings 15:16–16:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . .638Psalm 78:23–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .639Proverbs 17:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .639Acts 7:44–8:3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .639

Day 1852 Kings 17:1–41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .641Psalm 78:32–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .642Proverbs 17:3–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .643Acts 8:4–40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .643

Day 1862 Kings 18:1–19:19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645Psalm 78:40–47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .646Proverbs 17:5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .647Acts 9:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .647


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Day 1872 Kings 19:20–21:26 . . . . . . . . . . . .648Psalm 78:48–55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651Proverbs 17:7–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651Acts 9:23–43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651

Day 1882 Kings 22:1–23:37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .653Psalm 78:56–64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .655Proverbs 17:9–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .655Acts 10:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .655

Day 1892 Kings 24:1–25:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .657Psalm 78:65–72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .659Proverbs 17:11–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .659Acts 10:24–48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .659

Day 1901 Chronicles 1:1–2:2 . . . . . . . . . . . .660Psalm 79:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .662Proverbs 17:13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .662Acts 11:1–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .662

Day 1911 Chronicles 2:3–55 . . . . . . . . . . . .664Psalm 79:9–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .665Proverbs 17:15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .665Acts 12:1–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .665

Day 1921 Chronicles 3:1–4:43 . . . . . . . . . .667Psalm 80:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .669Proverbs 17:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .669Acts 13:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .669

Day 1931 Chronicles 5:1–6:32 . . . . . . . . . .670Psalm 80:8–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .672Proverbs 17:18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .672Acts 13:23–41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .672

Day 1941 Chronicles 6:33–81 . . . . . . . . . . .674Psalm 80:14–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .675Proverbs 17:20–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .675Acts 13:42–14:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .675

Day 1951 Chronicles 7:1–8:28 . . . . . . . . . .677Psalm 81:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .678Proverbs 17:22–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .678Acts 14:8–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .678

Day 1961 Chronicles 8:29–9:44 . . . . . . . .680Psalm 81:8–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .682Proverbs 17:24–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .682Acts 15:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .682

Day 1971 Chronicles 10:1–11:47 . . . . . . .683Psalm 82:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685Proverbs 17:26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685Acts 15:22–41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685

Day 1981 Chronicles 12:1–13:14 . . . . . . .687Psalm 83:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .689Proverbs 17:27–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .689Acts 16:1–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .689

Day 1991 Chronicles 14:1–16:6 . . . . . . . .691Psalm 83:9–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .692Proverbs 18:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .692Acts 16:25–17:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .692

Day 2001 Chronicles 16:7–17:15 . . . . . . .694Psalm 84:1–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .696Proverbs 18:4–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .696Acts 17:10–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .696

Day 2011 Chronicles 17:16–20:8 . . . . . . .698Psalm 85:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700Proverbs 18:6–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700Acts 18:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700

Day 2021 Chronicles 21:1–23:13 . . . . . . .702Psalm 85:8–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704Proverbs 18:9–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704Acts 18:24–19:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704

Day 2031 Chronicles 23:14–24:31 . . . . .706Psalm 86:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .707Proverbs 18:12–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .707Acts 19:21–41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .707

Day 2041 Chronicles 25:1–26:32 . . . . . . .709Psalm 86:11–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .711Proverbs 18:14–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .711Acts 20:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .711

Day 2051 Chronicles 27:1–28:21 . . . . . . .713Psalm 87:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715Proverbs 18:16–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715Acts 20:22–21:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715

Day 2061Ch 29:1–2Ch 1:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716Psalm 88:1–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .718Proverbs 18:18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .718Acts 21:7–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .718

Day 2072 Chronicles 2:1–4:22 . . . . . . . . . .720Psalm 88:10–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722Proverbs 18:20–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722Acts 21:30–22:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722

Day 2082 Chronicles 5:1–6:42 . . . . . . . . . .724Psalm 89:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .727Proverbs 18:22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .727Acts 22:11–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .727

Day 2092 Chronicles 7:1–8:18 . . . . . . . . . .729Psalm 89:11–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730Proverbs 18:23–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730Acts 23:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .730

Day 2102 Chronicles 9:1–10:19 . . . . . . . .732Psalm 89:19–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .734Proverbs 19:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .734Acts 23:23–24:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .734

Day 2112 Chronicles 11:1–13:22 . . . . . . .736Psalm 89:30–37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .737Proverbs 19:4–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .738Acts 24:10–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .738

Day 2122 Chronicles 14:1–16:14 . . . . . . .739Psalm 89:38–45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .741Proverbs 19:6–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .741Acts 25:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .741

Day 213 2 Chronicles 17:1–18:34 . . . . . . .743Psalm 89:46–52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .744Proverbs 19:8–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .745Acts 25:23–26:18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .745


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Day 2142 Chronicles 19:1–21:11 . . . . . . .746Psalm 90:1–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .748Proverbs 19:10–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .749Acts 26:19–27:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .749

Day 2152 Chronicles 21:12–24:16 . . . . .751Psalm 90:13–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .753Proverbs 19:13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .753Acts 27:9–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .753

Day 2162 Chronicles 24:17–26:23 . . . . .755Psalm 91:1–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .757Proverbs 19:15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .757Acts 27:30–28:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .757

Day 2172 Chronicles 27:1–29:17 . . . . . . .759Psalm 91:9–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .761Proverbs 19:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .761Acts 28:11–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .761

Day 2182 Chronicles 29:18–31:10 . . . . .763Psalm 92:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .765Proverbs 19:18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .765Romans 1:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .765

Day 2192 Chronicles 31:11–33:13 . . . . .767Psalm 92:8–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .769Proverbs 19:20–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .769Romans 1:24–2:16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .769

Day 2202 Chronicles 33:14–35:15 . . . . .771Psalm 93:1–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .773Proverbs 19:22–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .773Romans 2:17–3:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .773

Day 2212Ch 35:16–Ezra 1:11 . . . . . . . . . . . .775Psalm 94:1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .776Proverbs 19:24–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .777Romans 3:9–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .777

Day 222Ezra 2:1–70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .778Psalm 94:12–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .780Proverbs 19:26–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .780Romans 4:1–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .780

Day 223Ezra 3:1–5:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .782Psalm 95:1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .784Proverbs 19:28–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .784Romans 5:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .784

Day 224Ezra 6:1–7:28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .786Psalm 96:1–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .788Proverbs 20:1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .788Romans 6:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .788

Day 225Ezra 8:1–9:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .790Psalm 96:10–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .791Proverbs 20:2–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .792Romans 7:1–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .792

Day 226Ezra 10:1–Nehemiah 1:11 . . . .793Psalm 97:1–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .795Proverbs 20:4–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .795Romans 8:1–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .795

Day 227Nehemiah 2:1–3:32 . . . . . . . . . . . . .797Psalm 97:7–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .799Proverbs 20:7–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .799Romans 8:26–9:5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .799

Day 228Nehemiah 4:1–6:19 . . . . . . . . . . . . .800Psalm 98:1–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .802Proverbs 20:10 -12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803Romans 9:6 -26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803

Day 229Nehemiah 7:1–60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804Psalm 99:1–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .806Proverbs 20:13–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .806Romans 9:27–10:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . .806

Day 230Nehemiah 7:61–9:38 . . . . . . . . . . . .808Psalm 100:1–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811Proverbs 20:16–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811Romans 10:16–11:10 . . . . . . . . . . .811

Day 231Nehemiah 10:1–11:19 . . . . . . . . . .813Psalm 101:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .815Proverbs 20:19–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .815Romans 11:11–36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .815

Day 232Nehemiah 11:20–12:47 . . . . . . . .817Psalm 102:1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .818Proverbs 20:22–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .819Romans 12:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .819

Day 233Neh 13:1–Esther 1:22 . . . . . . . . . . .820Psalm 102:12–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .822Proverbs 20:24–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .822Romans 13:1–14:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . .822

Day 234Esther 2:1–4:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .824Psalm 102:18–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .826Proverbs 20:26–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .826Romans 14:13–15:13 . . . . . . . . . . .826

Day 235Esther 5:1–7:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .828Psalm 102:23–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .829Proverbs 20:28–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .829Romans 15:14–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .830

Day 236Esther 8:1–10:3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .831Psalm 103:1–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .833Proverbs 21:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .833Romans 16:1–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .833

Day 237Job 1:1–3:26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .835Psalm 103:6–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .837Proverbs 21:4–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8371 Corinthians 1:1–19 . . . . . . . . . . .837

Day 238Job 4:1–6:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .838Psalm 103:15–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .840Proverbs 21:6–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8401 Corinthians 1:20–2:9 . . . . . . . . .840

Day 239Job 6:11–8:22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .842Psalm 104:1–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .844Proverbs 21:8–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8441 Corinthians 2:10–3:15 . . . . . . .844

Day 240Job 9:1–10:22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .845Psalm 104:10–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .847Proverbs 21:10–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8471 Corinthians 3:16–4:13 . . . . . . .847


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Day 241Job 11:1–13:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .849Psalm 104:16–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .850Proverbs 21:12–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8511 Corinthians 4:14–5:13 . . . . . . .851

Day 242Job 13:13–15:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .852Psalm 104:24–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .854Proverbs 21:15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8541 Corinthians 6:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . .854

Day 243Job 15:14–17:16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .855Psalm 104:31–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .857Proverbs 21:17–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8571 Corinthians 7:1–24 . . . . . . . . . . .857

Day 244Job 18:1–20:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .859Psalm 105:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .860Proverbs 21:20–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8611 Corinthians 7:25–40 . . . . . . . . .861

Day 245Job 20:12–21:34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .862Psalm 105:7–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .864Proverbs 21:22–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8641 Corinthians 8:1–9:12 . . . . . . . . .864

Day 246Job 22:1–24:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .865Psalm 105:16–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .867Proverbs 21:25–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8671 Corinthians 9:13–10:5 . . . . . . .867

Day 247Job 24:13–27:23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .869Psalm 105:28–36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .870Proverbs 21:27–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8711 Corinthians 10:6–24 . . . . . . . . .871

Day 248Job 28:1–30:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .872Psalm 105:37–45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .874Proverbs 21:29–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8741 Corinthians 10:25–11:16 . . .874

Day 249Job 30:9–31:40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .876Psalm 106:1–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .877Proverbs 22:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8781 Corinthians 11:17–34 . . . . . . . .878

Day 250Job 32:1–33:33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .879Psalm 106:13–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .881Proverbs 22:3–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8811 Corinthians 12:1–20 . . . . . . . . .881

Day 251Job 34:1–35:16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .883Psalm 106:24–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .884Proverbs 22:5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8841 Corinthians 12:21–13:13 . . .884

Day 252Job 36:1–37:24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .886Psalm 106:32–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .887Proverbs 22:7–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8881 Corinthians 14:1–25 . . . . . . . . .888

Day 253Job 38:1–39:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .889Psalm 106:40–48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .891Proverbs 22:9–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8911 Corinthians 14:26–15:11 . . .891

Day 254Job 39:13–40:24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .893Psalm 107:1–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .894Proverbs 22:11–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8941 Corinthians 15:12–34 . . . . . . . .894

Day 255Job 41:1–42:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .896Psalm 107:10–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .897Proverbs 22:13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8971 Corinthians 15:35–58 . . . . . . . .897

Day 256Ecclesiastes 1:1–3:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . .899Psalm 107:17–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .900Proverbs 22:15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9011 Corinthians 16:1–24 . . . . . . . . .901

Day 257Ecclesiastes 3:9–6:12 . . . . . . . . . . .902Psalm 107:23–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .904Proverbs 22:17–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9042 Corinthians 1:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . .904

Day 258Ecclesiastes 7:1–9:10 . . . . . . . . . . .906Psalm 107:33–38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .908Proverbs 22:20–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9082 Corinthians 1:23–3:3 . . . . . . . . .908

Day 259Ecclesiastes 9:11–12:14 . . . . . . .909Psalm 107:39–43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .911Proverbs 22:22–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9122 Corinthians 3:4–4:6 . . . . . . . . . .912

Day 260Song of Songs 1:1–4:16 . . . . . . . .913Psalm 108:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .916Proverbs 22:24–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9162 Corinthians 4:7–5:10 . . . . . . . . .916

Day 261Song of Songs 5:1–8:14 . . . . . . . .917Psalm 108:7–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .920Proverbs 22:26–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9202 Corinthians 5:11–6:13 . . . . . . .920

Day 262Isaiah 1:1–2:22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .922Psalm 109:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .924Proverbs 22:28–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9242 Corinthians 6:14–7:16 . . . . . . .924

Day 263Isaiah 3:1–5:23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .926Psalm 109:8–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .928Proverbs 23:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9282 Corinthians 8:1–24 . . . . . . . . . . .928

Day 264Isaiah 5:24–7:25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .930Psalm 109:16–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .932Proverbs 23:4–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9322 Corinthians 9:1–10:11 . . . . . . .932

Day 265Isaiah 8:1–10:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .934Psalm 109:26–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .936Proverbs 23:6–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9362 Corinthians 10:12–11:15 . . .936

Day 266Isaiah 10:12–12:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .938Psalm 110:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .940Proverbs 23:9–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9402 Corinthians 11:16–12:10 . . .940

Day 267Isaiah 13:1–14:32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .942Psalm 111:1–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .944Proverbs 23:12–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9442 Corinthians 12:11–13:13 . . .944


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Day 268Isaiah 15:1–18:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .946Psalm 111:6–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .948Proverbs 23:15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .948Galatians 1:1–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .948

Day 269Isaiah 19:1–22:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .950Psalm 112:1–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952Proverbs 23:17–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952Galatians 2:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .952

Day 270Isaiah 22:9–24:23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .954Psalm 112:6–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .956Proverbs 23:19–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .956Galatians 3:1–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .956

Day 271Isaiah 25:1–27:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .958Psalm 113:1–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .960Proverbs 23:22–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .960Galatians 3:19–4:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . .960

Day 272Isaiah 28:1–29:24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .962Psalm 114:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .964Proverbs 23:24–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .965Galatians 4:12–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .965

Day 273Isaiah 30:1–32:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .966Psalm 115:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .969Proverbs 23:26–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .969Galatians 5:1–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .969

Day 274Isaiah 32:11–34:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .971Psalm 115:9–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .973Proverbs 23:29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .973Galatians 5:19–6:18 . . . . . . . . . . . . .973

Day 275Isaiah 35:1–37:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .974Psalm 115:14–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .976Proverbs 23:31–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .976Ephesians 1:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .976

Day 276Isaiah 37:21–39:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .978Psalm 116:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .980Proverbs 23:33–35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .980Ephesians 2:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .980

Day 277Isaiah 40:1–41:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .982Psalm 116:8–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .984Proverbs 24:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .984Ephesians 3:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .984

Day 278Isaiah 41:21–43:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .986Psalm 116:15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .988Proverbs 24:3–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .988Ephesians 4:1–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .988

Day 279Isaiah 43:14–45:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .990Psalms 117:1–118:4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .992Proverbs 24:5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .993Ephesians 4:25–5:14 . . . . . . . . . . . .993

Day 280Isaiah 45:11–48:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .994Psalm 118:5–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .997Proverbs 24:7–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .997Ephesians 5:15–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .997

Day 281Isaiah 48:12–50:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .998Psalm 118:10–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1001Proverbs 24:10–12 . . . . . . . . . . . .1001Ephesians 6:1–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1001

Day 282Isaiah 51:1–54:3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003Psalm 118:15–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1005Proverbs 24:13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . .1006Philippians 1:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . .1006

Day 283Isaiah 54:4–57:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1007Psalm 118:22–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010Proverbs 24:15–16 . . . . . . . . . . . .1010Philippians 1:21–2:11 . . . . . . . .1010

Day 284Isaiah 57:14–60:16 . . . . . . . . . . . .1012Psalm 119:1–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014Proverbs 24:17–18 . . . . . . . . . . . .1015Philippians 2:12–30 . . . . . . . . . . .1015

Day 285Isaiah 60:17–63:19 . . . . . . . . . . . .1016Psalm 119:5–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1018Proverbs 24:19–20 . . . . . . . . . . . .1019Philippians 3:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . .1019

Day 286Isaiah 64:1–66:24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1020Psalm 119:9–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1023Proverbs 24:21–22 . . . . . . . . . . . .1023Philippians 4:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . .1023

Day 287Jeremiah 1:1–2:37 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1025Psalm 119:12–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1027Proverbs 24:23–25 . . . . . . . . . . . .1027Colossians 1:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1028

Day 288Jeremiah 3:1–4:31 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1029Psalm 119:17–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1032Proverbs 24:26–27 . . . . . . . . . . . .1032Colossians 1:21–2:15 . . . . . . . . .1032

Day 289Jeremiah 5:1–6:21 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1034Psalm 119:21–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1036Proverbs 24:28–29 . . . . . . . . . . . .1036Colossians 2:16–3:17 . . . . . . . . .1036

Day 290Jeremiah 6:22–8:13 . . . . . . . . . . .1038Psalm 119:25–27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1040Proverbs 24:30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . .1040Colossians 3:18–4:18 . . . . . . . . .1040

Day 291Jeremiah 8:14–10:17 . . . . . . . . .1042Psalm 119:28–32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1044Proverbs 25:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10451 Thessalonians 1:1–2:12 . . .1045

Day 292Jeremiah 10:18–12:17 . . . . . . . .1046Psalm 119:33–36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1048Proverbs 25:4–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10481 Thessalonians 2:13–3:13 . . . 1049

Day 293Jeremiah 13:1–15:4 . . . . . . . . . . .1050Psalm 119:37–40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1052Proverbs 25:8–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10531 Thessalonians 4:1–5:7 . . . . .1053

Day 294Jeremiah 15:5–17:18 . . . . . . . . .1054Psalm 119:41–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1057Proverbs 25:11–12 . . . . . . . . . . . .10571 Thessalonians 5:8–28 . . . . . .1057


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Day 295Jeremiah 17:19–20:6 . . . . . . . . .1058Psalm 119:45–48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1060Proverbs 25:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10602 Thessalonians 1:1–2:12 . . .1060

Day 296Jeremiah 20:7–22:30 . . . . . . . . .1062Psalm 119:49–52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1064Proverbs 25:14–15 . . . . . . . . . . . .10642 Thessalonians 2:13–3:18 . . . 1065

Day 297Jeremiah 23:1–24:10 . . . . . . . . .1066Psalm 119:53–56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1068Proverbs 25:16–17 . . . . . . . . . . . .10681 Timothy 1:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1068

Day 298Jeremiah 25:1–26:24 . . . . . . . . .1070Psalm 119:57–60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1072Proverbs 25:18–20 . . . . . . . . . . . .10721 Timothy 2:1–3:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1072

Day 299Jeremiah 27:1–29:14 . . . . . . . . .1073Psalm 119:61–64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1075Proverbs 25:21–22 . . . . . . . . . . . .10751 Timothy 3:8–4:16 . . . . . . . . . . . .1075

Day 300Jeremiah 29:15–31:14 . . . . . . . .1077Psalm 119:65–68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1080Proverbs 25:23–24 . . . . . . . . . . . .10801 Timothy 5:1–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1080



Day 303Jeremiah 34:12–36:26 . . . . . . . .1089Psalm 119:78–81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1091Proverbs 26:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10912 Timothy 2:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1091

Day 304Jeremiah 36:27–38:28 . . . . . . . .1093Psalm 119:82–88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1095Proverbs 26:4–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10952 Timothy 2:22–3:17 . . . . . . . . . .1095

Day 305Jeremiah 39:1–41:18 . . . . . . . . .1097Psalm 119:89–95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1099Proverbs 26:7–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10992 Timothy 4:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1099

Day 306Jeremiah 42:1–44:14 . . . . . . . . .1100Psalm 119:96–100 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1102Proverbs 26:10–12 . . . . . . . . . . . .1102Titus 1:1–2:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1102

Day 307Jeremiah 44:15–47:7 . . . . . . . . .1104Psalm 119:101–104 . . . . . . . . . . .1107Proverbs 26:13–16 . . . . . . . . . . . .1107Titus 2:9–3:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1107

Day 308Jeremiah 48:1–49:6 . . . . . . . . . . .1108Psalm 119:105–108 . . . . . . . . . . .1111Proverbs 26:17–19 . . . . . . . . . . . .1111Philemon 1–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1111

Day 309Jeremiah 49:7–50:23 . . . . . . . . .1112Psalm 119:109–112 . . . . . . . . . . .1115Proverbs 26:20–23 . . . . . . . . . . . .1115Hebrews 1:1–2:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1115

Day 310Jeremiah 50:24–51:32 . . . . . . . .1117Psalm 119:113–120 . . . . . . . . . . .1120Proverbs 26:24–26 . . . . . . . . . . . .1120Hebrews 2:10–3:11 . . . . . . . . . . . .1120

Day 311Jeremiah 51:33–52:16 . . . . . . . .1122Psalm 119:121–128 . . . . . . . . . . .1124Proverbs 26:27–28 . . . . . . . . . . . .1124Hebrews 3:12–4:13 . . . . . . . . . . . .1124

Day 312Jeremiah 52:17–34 . . . . . . . . . . . .1126Psalm 119:129–136 . . . . . . . . . . .1126Proverbs 27:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1126Hebrews 4:14–6:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1126

Day 313Lamentations 1:1–3:12 . . . . . .1128Psalm 119:137–140 . . . . . . . . . . .1132Proverbs 27:3–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1132Hebrews 6:9–7:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1132

Day 314Lamentations 3:13–66 . . . . . . .1134Psalm 119:141–144 . . . . . . . . . . .1135Proverbs 27:5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1135Hebrews 7:11–8:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1135

Day 315Lamentations 4:1–5:22 . . . . . .1137Psalm 119:145–152 . . . . . . . . . . .1138Proverbs 27:7–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1139Hebrews 8:7–9:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1139

Day 316Ezekiel 1:1–3:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1141Psalm 119:153–160 . . . . . . . . . . .1142Proverbs 27:9–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1142Hebrews 9:15–10:10 . . . . . . . . . .1142

Day 317Ezekiel 3:16–6:14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1144Psalm 119:161–168 . . . . . . . . . . .1146Proverbs 27:11–13 . . . . . . . . . . . .1146Hebrews 10:11–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1146

Day 318Ezekiel 7:1–9:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1148Psalm 119:169–176 . . . . . . . . . . .1150Proverbs 27:14–16 . . . . . . . . . . . .1151Hebrews 10:32–11:12 . . . . . . . .1151

Day 319Ezekiel 10:1–12:7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1152Psalm 120:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1154Proverbs 27:17–18 . . . . . . . . . . . .1154Hebrews 11:13–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1154

Day 320Ezekiel 12:8–14:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1156Psalm 121:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1157Proverbs 27:19–20 . . . . . . . . . . . .1158Hebrews 11:32–12:11 . . . . . . . .1158

Day 321Ezekiel 14:12–16:34 . . . . . . . . . . .1159Psalms 122:1–123:4 . . . . . . . . . . .1161Proverbs 27:21–22 . . . . . . . . . . . .1161Hebrews 12:12–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1161


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Day 322Ezekiel 16:35–17:24 . . . . . . . . . . .1163Psalm 124:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1165Proverbs 27:23–24 . . . . . . . . . . . .1165Hebrews 13:1–25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1165

Day 323Ezekiel 18:1–19:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1167Psalm 125:1–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1168Proverbs 27:25–27 . . . . . . . . . . . .1168James 1:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1169

Day 324Ezekiel 20:1–21:7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1170Psalm 126:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1172Proverbs 28:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1172James 1:22–2:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1172

Day 325Ezekiel 21:8–22:31 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1174Psalm 127:1–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1176Proverbs 28:4–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1176James 2:18–3:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1176

Day 326Ezekiel 23:1–24:5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1177Psalm 128:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1179Proverbs 28:6–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1179James 3:13–4:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1179

Day 327Ezekiel 24:6–26:6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1181Psalm 129:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1182Proverbs 28:9–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1183James 5:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1183

Day 328Ezekiel 26:7–27:36 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1184Psalm 130:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1186Proverbs 28:12–14 . . . . . . . . . . . .11871 Peter 1:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1187

Day 329Ezekiel 28:1–30:8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1188Psalms 131:1–132:5 . . . . . . . . . . .1190Proverbs 28:15–18 . . . . . . . . . . . .11911 Peter 1:22–2:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1191

Day 330Ezekiel 30:9–32:16 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1193Psalm 132:6–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1195Proverbs 28:19–22 . . . . . . . . . . . .11951 Peter 2:18–3:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1195

Day 331Ezekiel 32:17–33:33 . . . . . . . . . . .1197Psalm 132:13–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1199Proverbs 28:23–25 . . . . . . . . . . . .11991 Peter 3:13–4:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1199

Day 332Ezekiel 34:1–36:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1201Psalms 133:1–134:3 . . . . . . . . . . .1203Proverbs 28:26–28 . . . . . . . . . . . .12031 Peter 4:12–5:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1203

Day 333Ezekiel 36:13–37:28 . . . . . . . . . . .1205Psalm 135:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1206Proverbs 29:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12062 Peter 1:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1207

Day 334Ezekiel 38:1–39:29 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1208Psalm 135:8–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1210Proverbs 29:4–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12102 Peter 2:1–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1210

Day 335Ezekiel 40:1–41:7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1212Psalm 135:13–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1213Proverbs 29:7–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12142 Peter 3:1–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1214

Day 336Ezekiel 41:8–43:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1215Psalm 136:1–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1217Proverbs 29:10–12 . . . . . . . . . . . .12171 John 1:1–2:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1217

Day 337Ezekiel 43:13–44:31 . . . . . . . . . . .1219Psalm 136:10–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1220Proverbs 29:13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . .12201 John 2:12–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1220

Day 338Ezekiel 45:1–47:5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1222Psalm 136:17–26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224Proverbs 29:15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . .12241 John 3:1–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1224

Day 339Ezekiel 47:6–48:35 . . . . . . . . . . . . .1226Psalm 137:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1228Proverbs 29:18–21 . . . . . . . . . . . .12281 John 4:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1228

Day 340Daniel 1:1–2:35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1230Psalms 137:7–138:3 . . . . . . . . . . .1231Proverbs 29:22–23 . . . . . . . . . . . .12321 John 5:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1232

Day 341Daniel 2:36–3:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1233Psalm 138:4–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1235Proverbs 29:24–25 . . . . . . . . . . . .12352 John 1–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1235

Day 342Daniel 4:1–5:31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1237Psalm 139:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1239Proverbs 29:26–27 . . . . . . . . . . . .12393 John 1–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1240

Day 343Daniel 6:1–7:28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1241Psalm 139:7–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1243Proverbs 30:1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1243Jude 1–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1243

Day 344Daniel 8:1–9:27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1245Psalm 139:13–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1247Proverbs 30:3–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1247Jude 14–25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1247

Day 345Daniel 10:1–11:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1249Psalm 139:19–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1251Proverbs 30:5–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1251Revelation 1:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1251

Day 346Daniel 12:1–Hosea 3:5 . . . . . . .1253Psalm 140:1–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1255Proverbs 30:7–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1255Revelation 2:1–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1255

Day 347Hosea 4:1–7:16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1257Psalm 140:6–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1259Proverbs 30:10–12 . . . . . . . . . . . .1259Revelation 2:18–3:6 . . . . . . . . . . .1259

Day 348Hosea 8:1–10:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1261Psalm 141:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1263Proverbs 30:13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . .1263Revelation 3:7–22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1264


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Day 349Hosea 11:1–14:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1265Psalm 141:7–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1267Proverbs 30:15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . .1267Revelation 4:1–5:14 . . . . . . . . . . .1267

Day 350Joel 1:1–2:32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1270Psalm 142:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1272Proverbs 30:18–20 . . . . . . . . . . . .1272Revelation 6:1–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1273

Day 351Joel 3:1–Amos 2:16 . . . . . . . . . . . .1274Psalm 143:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1276Proverbs 30:21–23 . . . . . . . . . . . .1277Revelation 7:1–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1277

Day 352Amos 3:1–5:27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1278Psalm 143:7–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1281Proverbs 30:24–28 . . . . . . . . . . . .1281Revelation 8:1–9:12 . . . . . . . . . . .1281

Day 353Amos 6:1–8:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1283Psalm 144:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1285Proverbs 30:29–33 . . . . . . . . . . . .1285Revelation 9:13–10:11 . . . . . . .1285

Day 354Amos 9:1–Obadiah 21 . . . . . . . .1287Psalm 144:9–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1289Proverbs 31:1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1289Revelation 11:1–19 . . . . . . . . . . . .1289

Day 355Jonah 1:1–4:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1291Psalm 145:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1292Proverbs 31:4–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1293Revelation 12:1–18 . . . . . . . . . . . .1293

Day 356Micah 1:1–4:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1295Psalm 145:8–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1297Proverbs 31:8–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1298Revelation 13:1–18 . . . . . . . . . . . .1298

Day 357Micah 5:1–7:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1299Psalm 145:14–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1302Proverbs 31:10–12 . . . . . . . . . . . .1302Revelation 14:1–20 . . . . . . . . . . . .1302

Day 358Nahum 1:1–3:19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1304Psalm 146:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1306Proverbs 31:13–14 . . . . . . . . . . . .1306Revelation 15:1–16:11 . . . . . . .1306

Day 359Habakkuk 1:1–3:19 . . . . . . . . . . .1308Psalm 147:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1310Proverbs 31:15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . .1310Revelation 16:12–17:8 . . . . . . .1311

Day 360Zephaniah 1:1–3:20 . . . . . . . . . . .1312Psalm 147:7–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1315Proverbs 31:18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . .1315Revelation 17:9–18:8 . . . . . . . . .1315

Day 361Haggai 1:1–Zechariah 1:21 . .1317Psalm 147:15–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1319Proverbs 31:20–22 . . . . . . . . . . . .1319Revelation 18:9–24 . . . . . . . . . . . .1319

Day 362Zechariah 2:1–6:15 . . . . . . . . . . . .1321Psalm 148:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1323Proverbs 31:23–25 . . . . . . . . . . . .1323Revelation 19:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . .1323

Day 363Zechariah 7:1–10:12 . . . . . . . . . .1325Psalm 148:7–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1327Proverbs 31:26–27 . . . . . . . . . . . .1328Revelation 20:1–21:4 . . . . . . . . .1328

Day 364Zechariah 11:1–14:21 . . . . . . . .1329Psalm 149:1–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1331Proverbs 31:28–29 . . . . . . . . . . . .1332Revelation 21:5–27 . . . . . . . . . . . .1332

Day 365Malachi 1:1–4:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1333Psalm 150:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1335Proverbs 31:30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . .1335Revelation 22:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . .1336


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Introduction to the Christian Standard Bible®

The Bible is God’s revelation to humanity. It is our only source for completely reliable information about God, what happens when we die, and where history is headed. The Bible does these things be-cause it is God’s inspired Word, inerrant in the original manuscripts. Bible translation brings God’s Word from the ancient languages (Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic) into today’s world. In dependence on God’s Spirit to accomplish this sacred task, the CSB Translation Oversight Committee and Holman Bible Publishers present the Christian Standard Bible.

Textual Base of the CSBThe textual base for the New Testament (NT) is the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th

edition, and the United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament, 5th corrected edition. The text for the Old Testament (OT) is the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, 4th edition.

Goals of This Translation• Provide English-speaking people worldwide with an accurate translation in contemporary

English.• Provide an accurate translation for personal study, sermon preparation, private devotions, and

memorization.• Provide a text that is clear and understandable, suitable for public reading, and shareable so

that all may access its life-giving message.• Affirm the authority of Scripture and champion its absolute truth against skeptical viewpoints.

Translation Philosophy of the Christian Standard BibleMost discussions of Bible translations speak of two opposite approaches: formal equivalence

and dynamic equivalence. However, Bible translations cannot be neatly sorted into these categories. Optimal equivalence capitalizes on the strengths of both approaches.

Optimal equivalence balances contemporary English readability with linguistic precision to the original languages. In the many places throughout the Bible where a word-for-word rendering is understandable, a literal translation is used. When a word-for-word rendering might obscure the meaning for a modern audience, a more dynamic translation is used. This process assures that both the words and the thoughts contained in the original text are conveyed accurately for today’s read-ers. The Christian Standard Bible places equal value on fidelity to the original and readability for a modern audience, resulting in a translation that achieves both goals.

History of the CSBHolman Bible Publishers assembled an interdenominational team of one hundred scholars, ed-

itors, stylists, and proofreaders, all of whom were committed to biblical inerrancy. Working from the original languages, the translation team edited and polished the manuscript, which was first published as the Holman Christian Standard Bible in 2004.

A standing committee maintained the translation, while also seeking ways to improve both read-ability and accuracy. As with the original translation, the committee that prepared this revision, renamed the Christian Standard Bible, is international and interdenominational, comprising evan-gelical scholars who honor the inspiration and authority of God’s written Word.


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CSB Bible Book AbbreviationsOld Testament

Gn GenesisEx ExodusLv LeviticusNm NumbersDt DeuteronomyJos JoshuaJdg JudgesRu Ruth1Sm 1 Samuel2Sm 2 Samuel

1Kg 1 Kings2Kg 2 Kings1Ch 1 Chronicles2Ch 2 ChroniclesEzr EzraNeh NehemiahEst EstherJb JobPs PsalmsPr Proverbs

Ec EcclesiastesSg Song of SongsIs IsaiahJr JeremiahLm LamentationsEzk EzekielDn DanielHs HoseaJl JoelAm Amos

Ob ObadiahJnh JonahMc MicahNah NahumHab HabakkukZph ZephaniahHg HaggaiZch ZechariahMal Malachi

New TestamentMt MatthewMk MarkLk LukeJn JohnAc ActsRm Romans1Co 1 Corinthians

2Co 2 CorinthiansGl GalatiansEph EphesiansPhp PhilippiansCol Colossians1Th 1 Thessalonians2Th 2 Thessalonians

1Tm 1 Timothy2Tm 2 TimothyTi TitusPhm PhilemonHeb HebrewsJms James1Pt 1 Peter

2Pt 2 Peter1Jn 1 John2Jn 2 John3Jn 3 JohnJd JudeRv Revelation


DAY 1Genesis 1:1–2:25

1 In the be gin ning God cre at ed the heav ens and the earth.² Now the earth was form less and emp ty, dark-

ness cov ered the sur face of the wa tery depths, and the Spir it of God was hov er ing over the sur-face of the wa ters. ³ Then God said, “ Let there be light,” and there was light. ⁴ God saw that the light was good, and God sep a rat ed the light from the dark ness. ⁵ God called the light “ day,” and the dark ness he called “ night.” There was an eve-ning, and there was a morn ing: one day.

⁶ Then God said, “ Let there be an ex panse be tween the wa ters, separating wa ter from wa ter.” ⁷ So God made the ex panse and sep-a rat ed the wa ter un der the ex panse from the wa ter above the ex panse. And it was so. ⁸ God called the ex panse “ sky.” Eve ning came and then morn ing: the sec ond day.

⁹ Then God said, “ Let the wa ter un der the sky be gath ered into one place, and let the dry land ap pear.” And it was so. ¹⁰ God called the dry land “ earth,” and the gath er ing of the wa ter he called “ seas.” And God saw that it was good. ¹¹ Then God said, “ Let the earth pro duce veg e ta tion: seed-bear-ing plants and fruit trees on the earth bear ing fruit with seed in it ac cord ing to their kinds.” And it was so. ¹² The earth pro duced veg e ta tion: seed-bearing plants ac cord ing to their kinds and trees bear ing fruit with seed in it ac cord ing to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. ¹³ Eve ning came and then morn ing: the third day.

¹⁴ Then God said, “ Let there be lights in the ex-panse of the sky to sep a rate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for sea sons and for days and years. ¹⁵ They will be lights in the ex panse of the sky to pro vide light on the earth.” And it was so. ¹⁶ God made the two great lights — the great er light to rule over the day and the less er light to rule over the night — as well as the stars. ¹⁷ God placed them in the ex panse of the sky to pro vide light on the earth, ¹⁸ to rule the day and the night, and to sep a rate light from dark ness. And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ Eve ning came and then morn ing: the fourth day.

²⁰ Then God said, “ Let the wa ter swarm with liv ing crea tures, and let birds fly above the earth across the ex panse of the sky.” ²¹ So God cre at ed

the large sea-creatures and ev ery liv ing crea ture that moves and swarms in the wa ter, ac cord ing to their kinds. He also cre at ed ev ery winged crea-ture ac cord ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²² God blessed them: “ Be fruit ful, mul ti ply, and fill the wa ters of the seas, and let the birds mul ti ply on the earth.” ²³ Eve ning came and then morn ing: the fifth day.

²⁴ Then God said, “ Let the earth pro duce liv-ing crea tures ac cord ing to their kinds: live stock, crea tures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth ac cord ing to their kinds.” And it was so. ²⁵ So God made the wildlife of the earth ac cord ing to their kinds, the live stock ac cord ing to their kinds, and all the crea tures that crawl on the ground ac cord-ing to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

²⁶ Then God said, “ Let us make man in our im-age, ac cord ing to our like ness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the live stock, the whole earth, and the crea tures that crawl on the earth.” ²⁷ So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.²⁸ God blessed them, and God said to them, “ Be fruit ful, mul ti ply, fill the earth, and sub due it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and ev ery crea ture that crawls on the earth.” ²⁹ God also said, “ Look, I have giv en you ev ery seed-bearing plant on the sur face of the en tire earth and ev ery tree whose fruit con tains seed. This will be food for you, ³⁰ for all the wildlife of the earth, for ev ery bird of the sky, and for ev ery crea ture that crawls on the earth — ev ery thing hav ing the breath of life in it — I have giv en ev ery green plant for food.” And it was so. ³¹ God saw all that he had made, and it was very good in deed. Eve ning came and then morn ing: the sixth day.

2 So the heav ens and the earth and ev ery thing in them were com plet ed. ² On the sev enth day

God had com plet ed his work that he had done, and he rest ed on the sev enth day from all his work that he had done. ³ God blessed the sev enth day and de clared it holy, for on it he rest ed from all his work of cre a tion.

⁴ These are the rec ords of the heav ens and the earth, con cern ing their cre a tion. At the time that the L ORD God made the earth and the heav ens, ⁵ no shrub of the field had yet grown on the land,


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and no plant of the field had yet sprout ed, for the L ORD God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground. ⁶ But mist would come up from the earth and wa ter all the ground. ⁷ Then the L ORD God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nos trils, and the man be-came a liv ing be ing.

⁸ The L ORD God plant ed a gar den in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed. ⁹ The L ORD God caused to grow out of the ground ev ery tree pleas ing in ap pear ance and good for food, in clud ing the tree of life in the mid dle of the gar den, as well as the tree of the knowl edge of good and evil.

¹⁰ A riv er went out from Eden to wa ter the gar-den. From there it di vid ed and be came the source of four riv ers. ¹¹ The name of the first is Pi shon, which flows through the en tire land of Hav i lah, where there is gold. ¹² Gold from that land is pure; bdel li um and onyx are also there. ¹³ The name of the sec ond riv er is Gi hon, which flows through the en tire land of Cush. ¹⁴ The name of the third riv er is Ti gris, which runs east of As syr ia. And the fourth riv er is the Eu phra tes.

¹⁵ The L ORD God took the man and placed him in the gar den of Eden to work it and watch over it. ¹⁶ And the L ORD God com mand ed the man, “ You are free to eat from any tree of the gar-den, ¹⁷ but you must not eat from the tree of the knowl edge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will cer tain ly die.” ¹⁸ Then the L ORD God said, “ It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a help er cor re spond-ing to him.” ¹⁹ The L ORD God formed out of the ground ev ery wild an i mal and ev ery bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And what ev er the man called a liv ing crea ture, that was its name. ²⁰ The man gave names to all the live stock, to the birds of the sky, and to ev ery wild an i mal; but for the man no help er was found cor re spond ing to him. ²¹ So the L ORD God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. ²² Then the L ORD God made the rib he had tak en from the man into a wom an and brought her to the man. ²³ And the man said: This one, at last, is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called “woman,” for she was taken from man.

²⁴ This is why a man leaves his fa ther and moth-er and bonds with his wife, and they be come one flesh. ²⁵ Both the man and his wife were na ked, yet felt no shame.

Psalm 1:1–6

1 How happy is the one who does not walk in the advice of the wicked

or stand in the pathway with sinners or sit in the company of mockers! ² Instead, his delight is in the

LORD’s instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. ³ He is like a tree planted beside flowing

streams that bears its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

⁴ The wicked are not like this; instead, they are like chaff that the wind

blows away. ⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand up in

the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly

of the righteous.

⁶ For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.

Proverbs 1:1–4

1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

² For learning wisdom and discipline; for understanding

insightful sayings; ³ for receiving prudent instruction in righteousness, justice, and integrity; ⁴ for teaching shrewdness

to the inexperienced, knowledge and discretion

to a young man —

Matthew 1:1–25

1 An ac count of the ge ne al o gy of Jesus Christ, the Son of Da vid, the Son of Abra ham:

² Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob,


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Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers, ³ Judah fathered Perez and Zerah

by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Aram, ⁴ Aram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, ⁵ Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse fathered King David.

David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

⁷ Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asa, ⁸ Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah, ⁹ Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah, ¹⁰ Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon, Amon fathered Josiah, ¹¹ and Josiah fathered Jeconiah

and his brothers at the time of the exile

to Babylon.

¹² After the exile to Babylon Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel, Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel, ¹³ Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor, ¹⁴ Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim,

Achim fathered Eliud, ¹⁵ Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, Matthan fathered Jacob, ¹⁶ and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband

of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus who is called

the Messiah.

¹⁷ So all the gen er a tions from Abra ham to Da-vid were four teen gen er a tions; and from Da vid un til the ex ile to Bab ylon, four teen gen er a tions; and from the ex ile to Bab ylon un til the Messiah, four teen gen er a tions.

¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: Af ter his moth er Mary had been en gaged to Jo-seph, it was dis cov ered be fore they came to geth er that she was preg nant from the Holy Spir it. ¹⁹ So her hus band, Jo seph, be ing a righ teous man, and not want ing to dis grace her pub lic ly, de cid ed to di vorce her se cret ly.

²⁰ But af ter he had con sid ered these things, an an gel of the Lord ap peared to him in a dream, say ing, “Jo seph, son of Da vid, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, be cause what has been con ceived in her is from the Holy Spir it. ²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, be cause he will save his peo ple from their sins.”

²² Now all this took place to ful fill what was spo ken by the Lord through the proph et: ²³ See, the virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel, which is trans lat ed “ God is with us.”

²⁴ When Jo seph woke up, he did as the Lord’s an gel had com mand ed him. He mar ried her ²⁵ but did not have sex u al re la tions with her un til she gave birth to a son. And he named him Jesus.

THE PRIMARY FOCUSIn the beginning God.—Genesis 1:1

We focus on what is without doubt the most noble and lo!iest of themes: the nature and character of God. I have noticed that Christians, generally speaking, seem to be preoccu-pied with knowing more about themselves rather than knowing more about God. Ask any Christian bookshop manager: “What are the best-selling books?” Not those that unfold for us the nature of God, but those that direct us toward such things as how to get a be"er


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self-image, how to manage money, how to find inner healing, how to get more excitement out of life, and so on. Not that these subjects are unimportant, but they are explored in a self-absorbed way that gives the idea that the most important thing in life is knowing ourselves be"er. It isn’t. The most important thing in life is knowing God be"er. John Lancaster, a minister in Cardiff, South Wales, in an article entitled “Where on Earth Is God?” asks the question: “Given a choice between a"ending a seminar, say, on the ‘Glory of God in Isaiah’ and one on ‘The Christian and Sex,’ to which would you go?” He makes the point also that although the church o!en answers the questions that people are asking, the real problem may be that people are not asking the right questions. In today’s church we are far too man-centered and not God-centered. It is not by accident, I believe, that the Bible opens with the thunderous acclaim: “In the beginning God.” I tell you with all the conviction of which I am capable: if God is not our primary focus, then everything else will soon get out of focus.

PRAYERO God, help me to be like Jesus, to pass on to others not just the things that come into my head, but the things that flow out of my heart. Bring my heart in closer contact with your heart, dear Father. In Jesus’s name I pray. Amen.

FURTHER STUDYJn 1:1-5; Col 1:15-20; Heb 12:2; Rv 1:8What did the Lord declare to John the revelator?What did the apostle John declare?

Day 1 | ❏ Genesis 1:1–2:25 | ❏ Psalm 1:1–6 | ❏ Proverbs 1:1–4 | ❏ Matthew 1:1–25


3 Now the ser pent was the most cun ning of all the wild an i mals that the L ORD God had

made. He said to the wom an, “ Did God real ly say, ‘ You can’t eat from any tree in the gar den’? ”

² The wom an said to the ser pent, “ We may eat the fruit from the trees in the gar den. ³ But about the fruit of the tree in the mid dle of the gar den, God said, ‘ You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’ ”

⁴ “ No! You will certainly not die,” the ser-pent said to the wom an. ⁵ “ In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, know ing good and evil.” ⁶ The wom an saw that the tree was good

for food and de light ful to look at, and that it was de sir able for obtaining wis dom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her hus band, who was with her, and he ate it. ⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were na ked; so they sewed fig leaves to geth er and made cov-er ings for them selves.

⁸ Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the L ORD God walk ing in the gar den at the time of the eve ning breeze, and they hid from the L ORD God among the trees of the gar den. ⁹ So the L ORD God called out to the man and said to him, “ Where are you? ”

¹⁰ And he said, “ I heard you in the gar den, and I was afraid be cause I was na ked, so I hid.”


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¹¹ Then he asked, “ Who told you that you were na ked? Did you eat from the tree that I com-mand ed you not to eat from? ”

¹² The man re plied, “ The wom an you gave to be with me — she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”

¹³ So the L ORD God asked the wom an, “ What have you done? ”

And the wom an said, “ The ser pent de ceived me, and I ate.”

¹⁴ So the L ORD God said to the ser pent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than

any livestock and more than any wild animal. You will move on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life. ¹⁵ I will put hostility between you

and the woman, and between your offspring

and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.

¹⁶ He said to the wom an: I will intensify your labor pains; you will bear children

with painful effort. Your desire will be for your husband, yet he will rule over you.

¹⁷ And he said to the man, “Be cause you lis tened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I com mand ed you, ‘ Do not eat from it’: The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of

painful labor all the days of your life. ¹⁸ It will produce thorns and thistles

for you, and you will eat the plants

of the field. ¹⁹ You will eat bread by the sweat

of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust.”

²⁰ The man named his wife Eve be cause she was the moth er of all the liv ing. ²¹ The L ORD God made cloth ing from skins for the man and his wife, and he clothed them.

²² The L ORD God said, “ Since the man has be-come like one of us, know ing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live for ev er.” ²³ So the L ORD God sent him away from the gar den of Eden to work the ground from which he was tak en. ²⁴ He drove the man out and sta tioned the cher u bim and the flam-ing, whirl ing sword east of the gar den of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.

4 The man was in ti mate with his wife Eve, and she con ceived and gave birth to Cain.

She said, “ I have had a male child with the L ORD’ s help.” ² She also gave birth to his broth er Abel. Now Abel be came a shep herd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground. ³ In the course of time Cain pre sent ed some of the land’s pro duce as an offer-ing to the L ORD. ⁴ And Abel also pre sent ed an of-fer ing — some of the first born of his flock and their fat por tions. The L ORD had re gard for Abel and his offer ing, ⁵ but he did not have re gard for Cain and his offer ing. Cain was fu ri ous, and he looked de spon dent.

⁶ Then the L ORD said to Cain, “ Why are you fu-ri ous? And why do you look de spon dent? ⁷ If you do what is right, won’t you be ac cept ed? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouch ing at the door. Its de sire is for you, but you must rule over it.”

⁸ Cain said to his broth er Abel, “ Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain at tacked his broth er Abel and killed him.

⁹ Then the L ORD said to Cain, “ Where is your broth er Abel? ”

“ I don’t know,” he re plied. “ Am I my broth er’s guard ian? ”

¹⁰ Then he said, “ What have you done? Your broth er’s blood cries out to me from the ground! ¹¹ So now you are cursed, alien at ed from the ground that opened its mouth to re ceive your broth er’s blood you have shed. ¹² If you work the ground, it will nev er again give you its yield. You will be a rest less wan der er on the earth.”

¹³ But Cain an swered the L ORD, “ My pun ish ment is too great to bear! ¹⁴ Since you are banishing me to day from the face of the earth, and I must hide from your pres ence and be come a rest less wan-der er on the earth, who ev er finds me will kill me.”

¹⁵ Then the L ORD re plied to him, “ In that case, who ev er kills Cain will suffer ven geance sev en times over.” And he placed a mark on Cain so that who ev er found him would not kill him. ¹⁶ Then Cain went out from the L ORD’ s pres ence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.


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¹⁷ Cain was in ti mate with his wife, and she con-ceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain be came the build er of a city, and he named the city Enoch af ter his son. ¹⁸ Irad was born to Enoch, Irad fa-thered Me hu ja el, Me hu ja el fa thered Me thu sha el, and Me thu sha el fa thered La mech. ¹⁹ La mech took two wives for him self, one named Adah and the oth er named Zil lah. ²⁰ Adah bore Ja bal; he was the first of the nomadic herds men. ²¹ His broth er was named Ju bal; he was the first of all who play the lyre and the flute. ²² Zil lah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. Tubal-cain’s sis ter was Na a mah.

²³ La mech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, pay attention

to my words. For I killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me. ²⁴ If Cain is to be avenged

seven times over, then for Lamech it will be

seventy-seven times!

²⁵ Adam was in ti mate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “ God has giv en me an oth er offspring in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” ²⁶ A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time peo ple be gan to call on the name of the L ORD.

Psalm 2:1–6

2 Why do the nations rageand the peoples plot in vain?

² The kings of the earth take their stand,

and the rulers conspire together

against the LORD and his Anointed One:

³ “Let’s tear off their chains and throw their ropes

off of us.”

⁴ The one enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord ridicules them. ⁵ Then he speaks to them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath: ⁶ “I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

Proverbs 1:5–6 ⁵ let a wise person listen

and increase learning, and let a discerning person

obtain guidance — ⁶ for understanding a proverb

or a parable, the words of the wise,

and their riddles.

Matthew 2:1–23

2 Af ter Jesus was born in Beth le hem of Ju dea in the days of King Her od, wise men from the

east ar rived in Je ru sa lem, ² say ing, “ Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its ris ing and have come to wor ship him.”

³ When King Her od heard this, he was deep ly dis-turbed, and all Je ru sa lem with him. ⁴ So he as sem-bled all the chief priests and scribes of the peo ple and asked them where the Messiah would be born.

⁵ “ In Beth le hem of Ju dea,” they told him, “be-cause this is what was writ ten by the proph et: ⁶ And you, Bethlehem, in the land

of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers

of Judah: Because out of you will come

a ruler who will shepherd my people

Israel.”

⁷ Then Her od se cret ly sum moned the wise men and asked them the ex act time the star ap peared. ⁸ He sent them to Beth le hem and said, “ Go and search care ful ly for the child. When you find him, re port back to me so that I too can go and wor-ship him.”

⁹ Af ter hear ing the king, they went on their way. And there it was — the star they had seen at its ris ing. It led them un til it came and stopped above the place where the child was. ¹⁰ When they saw the star, they were over whelmed with joy. ¹¹ En-ter ing the house, they saw the child with Mary his moth er, and fall ing to their knees, they wor-shiped him. Then they opened their trea sures and pre sent ed him with gifts: gold, frank in cense, and myrrh. ¹² And be ing warned in a dream not to go back to Her od, they re turned to their own coun try by an oth er route.


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¹³ Af ter they were gone, an an gel of the Lord ap peared to Jo seph in a dream, say ing, “ Get up! Take the child and his moth er, flee to Egypt, and stay there un til I tell you. For Her od is about to search for the child to kill him.” ¹⁴ So he got up, took the child and his moth er dur ing the night, and es caped to Egypt. ¹⁵ He stayed there un til Her-od’s death, so that what was spo ken by the Lord through the proph et might be ful filled: Out of Egypt I called my Son.

¹⁶ Then Her od, when he re al ized that he had been out wit ted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave or ders to mas sa cre all the boys in and around Beth le hem who were two years old and un der, in keep ing with the time he had learned from the wise men. ¹⁷ Then what was spo ken through Jer e mi ah the proph et was ful filled: ¹⁸ A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping, and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children; and she refused

to be consoled, because they are no more.

¹⁹ Af ter Her od died, an an gel of the Lord ap-peared in a dream to Jo seph in Egypt, ²⁰ say-ing, “ Get up, take the child and his moth er, and go to the land of Is ra el, be cause those who in-tend ed to kill the child are dead.” ²¹ So he got up, took the child and his moth er, and en tered the land of Is ra el. ²² But when he heard that Ar-che la us was rul ing over Ju dea in place of his fa ther Her od, he was afraid to go there. And be ing warned in a dream, he with drew to the re gion of Gal i lee. ²³ Then he went and set tled in a town called Naz a reth to ful fill what was spo ken through the proph ets, that he would be called a Naz a rene.

GOD’S GREAT INTOLERANCEThen he speaks to them in his anger

and terrifies them in his wrath.—Psalm 2:5

Wrath is not a defect in the divine character; rather, it would be a defect if wrath were absent from him. Those who see God’s wrath as petulance or retaliation, inflicting punishment just for the sake of it or in return for some injury received, do not really understand it. Divine wrath is not vindictiveness; it is divine perfection, issuing forth from God because it is right. Human beings tend to make God in our own image. He made us in his image, but we want to return the compliment, and it is there that so o!en we go wrong. Instead of reasoning from the divine down to the human, recognizing that sin has marred the divine image within us, we reason from our fallen condition and project our own feelings and ideas onto God. Thus, when thinking of the wrath of God, we tend to look at what happens in our own hearts when we get angry, and we imagine God to be the same. But divine anger must never be confused with human anger. Most of what goes on in our hearts whenever we are angry is a mixture of unpredictable petulance, retaliation, hostility, and self-concern. God’s anger is always predictable, always steadfast, and always set against sin. We must never forget that God’s nature is uncompromisingly set against sin. We may tolerate it; he never does. Sin has been defined as “God’s one great intolerance,” and for that we ought to be eternally grateful. As his children we ought to rejoice that he will not tolerate anything that is harmful to us.

PRAYERO Father, what a change comes over me when I realize that your wrath is not so much dir ected at persons as at the sin that demeans and destroys them. You are not against me for my sin, but for me against my sin. I am deeply, deeply grateful. Amen.


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FURTHER STUDY

Pss 5:1-6; 11:5; Hab 1:12-13; Zch 8:16-17How did the psalmist express God’s great intolerance?What does the Lord hate?



5 This is the doc u ment con tain ing the fam i ly rec ords of Adam. On the day that God cre at ed

man, he made him in the like ness of God; ² he cre-at ed them male and fe male. When they were cre-at ed, he blessed them and called them man kind.

³ Adam was 130 years old when he fa thered a son in his like ness, ac cord ing to his im age, and named him Seth. ⁴ Adam lived 800 years af ter he fa thered Seth, and he fa thered oth er sons and daugh ters. ⁵ So Adam’s life last ed 930 years; then he died.

⁶ Seth was 105 years old when he fa thered Enosh. ⁷ Seth lived 807 years af ter he fa thered Enosh, and he fa thered oth er sons and daugh-ters. ⁸ So Seth’s life last ed 912 years; then he died.

⁹ Enosh was 90 years old when he fa thered Ke-nan. ¹⁰ Enosh lived 815 years af ter he fa thered Ke nan, and he fa thered oth er sons and daugh-ters. ¹¹ So Enosh’s life last ed 905 years; then he died.

¹² Ke nan was 70 years old when he fa thered Ma ha la lel. ¹³ Ke nan lived 840 years af ter he fa-thered Ma ha la lel, and he fa thered oth er sons and daugh ters. ¹⁴ So Ke nan’s life last ed 910 years; then he died.

¹⁵ Ma ha la lel was 65 years old when he fa-thered Ja red. ¹⁶ Ma ha la lel lived 830 years af ter he fa thered Ja red, and he fa thered oth er sons and daugh ters. ¹⁷ So Ma ha la lel’s life last ed 895 years; then he died.

¹⁸ Ja red was 162 years old when he fa thered Enoch. ¹⁹ Ja red lived 800 years af ter he fa thered

Enoch, and he fa thered oth er sons and daugh ters. ²⁰ So Ja red’s life last ed 962 years; then he died.

²¹ Enoch was 65 years old when he fa thered Me-thu se lah. ²² And af ter he fa thered Me thu se lah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and fa thered oth er sons and daugh ters. ²³ So Enoch’s life last-ed 365 years. ²⁴ Enoch walked with God; then he was not there be cause God took him.

²⁵ Me thu se lah was 187 years old when he fa-thered La mech. ²⁶ Me thu se lah lived 782 years af-ter he fa thered La mech, and he fa thered oth er sons and daugh ters. ²⁷ So Me thu se lah’s life last-ed 969 years; then he died.

²⁸ La mech was 182 years old when he fa thered a son. ²⁹ And he named him Noah, say ing, “ This one will bring us re lief from the ag o niz ing la-bor of our hands, caused by the ground the L ORD has cursed.” ³⁰ La mech lived 595 years af ter he fa thered Noah, and he fa thered oth er sons and daugh ters. ³¹ So La mech’s life last ed 777 years; then he died.

³² Noah was 500 years old, and he fa thered Shem, Ham, and Ja pheth.

6 When man kind be gan to mul ti ply on the earth and daugh ters were born to them, ² the sons

of God saw that the daugh ters of man kind were beau ti ful, and they took any they chose as wives for them selves. ³ And the L ORD said, “ My Spir it will not re main with man kind for ev er, be cause they are cor rupt. Their days will be 120 years.” ⁴ The Neph i lim were on the earth both in those days and af ter ward, when the sons of God came to the daugh ters of man kind, who bore chil dren to them. They were the pow er ful men of old, the fa mous men.


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⁵ When the L ORD saw that hu man wick ed-ness was wide spread on the earth and that ev-ery in cli na tion of the hu man mind was noth ing but evil all the time, ⁶ the L ORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he was deep ly grieved. ⁷ Then the L ORD said, “ I will wipe man-kind, whom I cre at ed, off the face of the earth, to-geth er with the an i mals, crea tures that crawl, and birds of the sky — for I re gret that I made them.” ⁸ Noah, how ev er, found fa vor with the L ORD.

⁹ These are the fam i ly rec ords of Noah. Noah was a righ teous man, blame less among his con-temporaries; Noah walked with God. ¹⁰ And Noah fa thered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Ja pheth.

¹¹ Now the earth was cor rupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wick ed ness. ¹² God saw how cor rupt the earth was, for ev ery crea ture had cor rupt ed its way on the earth. ¹³ Then God said to Noah, “ I have de cid ed to put an end to ev ery crea ture, for the earth is filled with wick ed ness be cause of them; there fore I am go ing to de stroy them along with the earth.

¹⁴ “ Make your self an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cov er it with pitch in side and out side. ¹⁵ This is how you are to make it: The ark will be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. ¹⁶ You are to make a roof, fin ish ing the sides of the ark to with in eigh teen inch es of the roof. You are to put a door in the side of the ark. Make it with low er, mid dle, and up per decks.

¹⁷ “Un der stand that I am bring ing a flood — flood wa ters on the earth to de stroy ev ery crea-ture un der heav en with the breath of life in it. Ev ery thing on earth will per ish. ¹⁸ But I will es-tab lish my cov enant with you, and you will en-ter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives. ¹⁹ You are also to bring into the ark two of all the liv ing crea tures, male and fe male, to keep them alive with you. ²⁰ Two of ev ery thing — from the birds ac cord ing to their kinds, from the live stock ac cord ing to their kinds, and from the an i mals that crawl on the ground ac cord ing to their kinds — will come to you so that you can keep them alive. ²¹ Take with you ev ery kind of food that is eat en; gath er it as food for you and for them.” ²² And Noah did this. He did ev ery thing that God had com mand ed him.

Psalm 2:7–12

⁷ I will declare the LORD’s decree. He said to me, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father.

⁸ Ask of me, and I will make the nations

your inheritance and the ends of the earth

your possession. ⁹ You will break them

with an iron scepter; you will shatter them like pottery.”

¹⁰ So now, kings, be wise; receive instruction, you judges

of the earth. ¹¹ Serve the LORD

with reverential awe and rejoice with trembling. ¹² Pay homage to the Son or he

will be angry and you will perish in your rebellion, for his anger may ignite

at any moment. All who take refuge in him are happy.

Proverbs 1:7

⁷ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Matthew 3:1–17

3 In those days John the Bap tist came, preach ing in the wil der ness of Ju dea ² and say ing, “Re-

pent, be cause the king dom of heav en has come near! ” ³ For he is the one spo ken of through the proph et Isa iah, who said: A voice of one crying out

in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight!

⁴ Now John had a camel-hair gar ment with a leath er belt around his waist, and his food was lo custs and wild hon ey. ⁵ Then peo ple from Je-ru sa lem, all Ju dea, and all the vi cin i ty of the Jor dan were go ing out to him, ⁶ and they were bap tized by him in the Jor dan Riv er, con fess-ing their sins.

⁷ When he saw many of the Phar i sees and Sad-du cees com ing to his bap tism, he said to them, “ Brood of vi pers! Who warned you to flee from the com ing wrath? ⁸ There fore pro duce fruit con-sistent with re pen tance. ⁹ And don’t pre sume to say to your selves, ‘ We have Abra ham as our


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fa ther.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up chil dren for Abra ham from these stones. ¹⁰ The ax is al ready at the root of the trees. There fore, ev ery tree that doesn’t pro duce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

¹¹ “ I bap tize you with wa ter for re pen tance, but the one who is com ing af ter me is more pow er ful than I. I am not wor thy to re move his san dals. He him self will bap tize you with the Holy Spir it and fire. ¹² His win now ing shov el is in his hand, and he will clear his thresh ing floor and gath er his wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with fire that nev er goes out.”

¹³ Then Jesus came from Gal i lee to John at the Jor dan, to be bap tized by him. ¹⁴ But John tried to stop him, say ing, “ I need to be bap tized by you, and yet you come to me? ”

¹⁵ Jesus an swered him, “Al low it for now, be-cause this is the way for us to ful fill all righ teous-ness.” Then John al lowed him to be bap tized.

¹⁶ When Jesus was bap tized, he went up im-me di ate ly from the wa ter. The heav ens sud den-ly opened for him, and he saw the Spir it of God de scend ing like a dove and com ing down on him. ¹⁷ And a voice from heav en said, “ This is my be-loved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”

ON THIS TRUTH WE STANDJesus . . . saw the Spirit of God descending. . . . And

a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son.” —Matthew 3:16-17

Those who accept Scripture’s teaching concerning God must be prepared to say that he is not only personal, but that he is a plurality of persons—a Trinity. The doctrine of the Trinity, that God is one yet three separate persons, is not easy to understand, but it is clear in Scripture. The term “Trinity” appears nowhere in the Bible (it was first used by Tertullian around AD 210), but its roots are deeply embedded in the Word of God. It is mainly a revelation of the New Testament, but there are glimpses of the truth to be seen in the Old Testament also. “Let us make man in our image” (Gn 1:26). To whom was God speaking? Some say the angels, but nowhere in Scripture are angels seen as being involved in the act of creation or as being on the same level as God. Read Colossians 1:16 and it will become clear to whom God was speaking. Other examples of the Trinity being mentioned in the Old Testament include these: “Man has become like one of us” (Gn 3:22); and in Isaiah 6:8 God says: “Who will I send? Who will go for us?” “Go to the Jordan,” wrote Augustine, “and you find the Trinity. There at the baptism of Jesus, the three Persons in the Godhead are simultaneously in evidence. The Father is heard speaking directly from heaven, the Son is seen being immersed in the river, and John the Baptist beholds the Spirit descending upon the Christ.” Three in One and One in Three. On this truth we must stand, though we may not fully understand it.

PRAYERBlessed Trinity, Three in One and One in Three, my spirit joins with your Spirit this day to worship you in spirit and in truth. Though sometimes darkness to my intellect, your truth is nevertheless sunshine to my heart. Amen.

FURTHER STUDYMt 28:16-20; Jn 14:26-27; 15:26-27How were the disciples to baptize new converts?How did Jesus confirm the truth of the Trinity?

Day 3 | ❏ Genesis 5:1–6:22 | ❏ Psalm 2:7–12 | ❏ Proverbs 1:7 | ❏ Matthew 3:1–17


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7 Then the L ORD said to Noah, “En ter the ark, you and all your house hold, for I have seen that

you alone are righ teous be fore me in this gen-er a tion. ² You are to take with you sev en pairs, a male and its fe male, of all the clean an i mals, and two of the an i mals that are not clean, a male and its fe male, ³ and sev en pairs, male and fe male, of the birds of the sky — in or der to keep off spring alive through out the earth. ⁴ Sev en days from now I will make it rain on the earth for ty days and for-ty nights, and ev ery liv ing thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth.” ⁵ And Noah did ev-ery thing that the L ORD com mand ed him.

⁶ Noah was six hun dred years old when the flood came and wa ter cov ered the earth. ⁷ So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives en-tered the ark be cause of the flood wa ters. ⁸ From the animals that are clean, and from the animals that are not clean, and from the birds and every creature that crawls on the ground, ⁹ two of each, male and fe male, came to Noah and en tered the ark, just as God had com mand ed him. ¹⁰ Sev en days lat er the flood wa ters came on the earth.

¹¹ In the six hun dredth year of Noah’s life, in the sec ond month, on the sev en teenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the vast wa-tery depths burst open, the flood gates of the sky were opened, ¹² and the rain fell on the earth for-ty days and for ty nights. ¹³ On that same day Noah and his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, en-tered the ark, along with Noah’s wife and his three sons’ wives. ¹⁴ They en tered it with all the wildlife ac cord ing to their kinds, all live stock ac-cord ing to their kinds, all the crea tures that crawl on the earth ac cord ing to their kinds, ev ery fly ing crea ture — all the birds and ev ery winged crea-ture — ac cord ing to their kinds. ¹⁵ Two of ev ery crea ture that has the breath of life in it came to Noah and en tered the ark. ¹⁶ Those that en tered, male and fe male of ev ery crea ture, en tered just as God had com mand ed him. Then the L ORD shut him in.

¹⁷ The flood con tin ued for for ty days on the earth; the wa ter in creased and lift ed up the ark so that it rose above the earth. ¹⁸ The wa ter surged and in creased great ly on the earth, and the ark float ed on the sur face of the wa ter. ¹⁹ Then the

wa ter surged even high er on the earth, and all the high moun tains un der the whole sky were cov ered. ²⁰ The moun tains were cov ered as the wa ter surged above them more than twen ty feet. ²¹ Ev ery crea ture per ished — those that crawl on the earth, birds, live stock, wildlife, and those that swarm on the earth, as well as all man kind. ²² Ev-ery thing with the breath of the spir it of life in its nos trils — ev ery thing on dry land died. ²³ He wiped out ev ery liv ing thing that was on the face of the earth, from man kind to live stock, to crea-tures that crawl, to the birds of the sky, and they were wiped off the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark. ²⁴ And the wa ter surged on the earth 150 days.

8 God re mem bered Noah, as well as all the wild-life and all the live stock that were with him in

the ark. God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the wa ter be gan to sub side. ² The sources of the wa tery depths and the flood gates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped. ³ The wa ter steadi ly re ced ed from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the wa ter had de creased significantly. ⁴ The ark came to rest in the sev enth month, on the sev en teenth day of the month, on the moun tains of Ar a rat.

⁵ The wa ter con tin ued to re cede un til the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the moun tains were vis i ble. ⁶ Af ter for ty days Noah opened the win dow of the ark that he had made, ⁷ and he sent out a ra-ven. It went back and forth un til the wa ter had dried up from the earth. ⁸ Then he sent out a dove to see wheth er the wa ter on the earth’s sur face had gone down, ⁹ but the dove found no rest ing place for its foot. It re turned to him in the ark be cause wa ter cov ered the sur face of the whole earth. He reached out and brought it into the ark to him self. ¹⁰ So Noah wait ed sev en more days and sent out the dove from the ark again. ¹¹ When the dove came to him at eve ning, there was a plucked ol ive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the wa-ter on the earth’s sur face had gone down. ¹² Af-ter he had wait ed an oth er sev en days, he sent out the dove, but it did not re turn to him again. ¹³ In the six hun dred first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the wa ter that had cov ered the earth was dried up. Then Noah re-moved the ark’s cov er and saw that the sur face


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of the ground was dry ing. ¹⁴ By the twenty-sev-enth day of the sec ond month, the earth was dry.

¹⁵ Then God spoke to Noah, ¹⁶ “ Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁷ Bring out all the liv ing crea-tures that are with you — birds, live stock, those that crawl on the earth — and they will spread over the earth and be fruit ful and mul ti ply on the earth.” ¹⁸ So Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, came out. ¹⁹ All the an i mals, all the crea tures that crawl, and all the fly ing crea-tures — ev ery thing that moves on the earth — came out of the ark by their fam i lies.

²⁰ Then Noah built an al tar to the L ORD. He took some of ev ery kind of clean an i mal and ev ery kind of clean bird and offered burnt offer ings on the al tar. ²¹ When the L ORD smelled the pleas-ing aro ma, he said to him self, “ I will nev er again curse the ground be cause of hu man be ings, even though the in cli na tion of the hu man heart is evil from youth onward. And I will nev er again strike down ev ery liv ing thing as I have done. ²² As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

9 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “ Be fruit ful and mul ti ply and fill the

earth. ² The fear and ter ror of you will be in ev-ery liv ing crea ture on the earth, ev ery bird of the sky, ev ery crea ture that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed un der your au thor i ty. ³ Ev ery crea ture that lives and moves will be food for you; as I gave the green plants, I have giv en you ev ery thing. ⁴ How ev er, you must not eat meat with its life blood in it. ⁵ And I will re-quire a pen al ty for your life blood; I will re quire it from any an i mal and from any hu man; if some-one mur ders a fel low hu man, I will re quire that per son’s life. ⁶ Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, for God made humans in his image.⁷ But you, be fruit ful and mul ti ply; spread out over the earth and mul ti ply on it.”

Psalm 3:1–8

3 A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.

¹ LORD, how my foes increase! There are many who attack me.

² Many say about me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah

³ But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up

my head. ⁴ I cry aloud to the LORD, and he answers me

from his holy mountain. Selah

⁵ I lie down and sleep; I wake again because the LORD

sustains me. ⁶ I will not be afraid of thousands of people who have taken their stand against me

on every side.

⁷ Rise up, LORD! Save me, my God! You strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked. ⁸ Salvation belongs to the LORD; may your blessing be on your people.

Selah

Proverbs 1:8–9

⁸ Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,

and don’t reject your mother’s teaching, ⁹ for they will be a garland of favor

on your head and pendants around your neck.

Matthew 4:1–20

4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spir it into the wil der ness to be tempt ed by the dev il. ² Af ter

he had fast ed for ty days and for ty nights, he was hun gry. ³ Then the tempt er ap proached him and said, “ If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to be come bread.”

⁴ He an swered, “ It is writ ten: Man must not live on bread alone but on ev ery word that comes from the mouth of God.”

⁵ Then the dev il took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the tem ple, ⁶ and said to him, “ If you are the Son of God, throw your self down. For it is writ ten: He will give his angels orders

concerning you, and they will support you

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so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”

⁷ Jesus told him, “ It is also writ ten: Do not test the Lord your God.”

⁸ Again, the dev il took him to a very high moun-tain and showed him all the king doms of the world and their splen dor. ⁹ And he said to him, “ I will give you all these things if you will fall down and wor ship me.”

¹⁰ Then Jesus told him, “ Go away, Sa tan! For it is writ ten: Wor ship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”

¹¹ Then the dev il left him, and an gels came and be gan to serve him.

¹² When he heard that John had been ar rest ed, he with drew into Gal i lee. ¹³ He left Naz a reth and went to live in Ca per na um by the sea, in the re-gion of Zeb u lun and Naph ta li. ¹⁴ This was to ful fill what was spo ken through the proph et Isa iah:

¹⁵ Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,

along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan,

Galilee of the Gentiles. ¹⁶ The people who live

in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land

of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.¹⁷ From then on Jesus be gan to preach, “Re pent, be cause the king dom of heav en has come near.”

¹⁸ As he was walk ing along the Sea of Gal i lee, he saw two broth ers, Si mon ( who is called Pe ter), and his broth er An drew. They were cast ing a net into the sea — for they were fish er men. ¹⁹ “Fol-low me,” he told them, “ and I will make you fish for peo ple.” ²⁰ Im me di ate ly they left their nets and fol lowed him.

INFLUENCE OR INTELLIGENCE?Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written . . .”—Matthew 4:10

Some of the names given to the devil in Scripture show him to be a real personality. In the passage that is before us today, Jesus is seen in direct confrontation with the devil, even engaging in conversation with him. Some liberal theologians explain this in these terms: Christ was having a conversation with the dark thoughts that arose within his nature, so any “devil” that was present was subjective, not objective. If we allow the notion that Christ had dark thoughts within his nature, then the whole scheme of redemption tumbles like a pack of cards, for a Savior who is not perfect could never fully atone for our sins. As Dr. Handley Moule puts it: “A Savior who is not perfect is like a bridge broken at one end and is not a reliable passage of access.” Once we try to get around Scripture, we create endless difficulties for ourselves and end up looking foolish. Far be"er to accept the Bible as it stands and believe its testimony on everything. It is actually to Satan’s advantage to get us to believe that he is not a personal being, for if there is no personal devil, there can be no personal resistance. Don’t allow yourself to be deceived into thinking that the term devil is a synonym for the evil influence that is in the world. The devil is more than an evil influence; he is an evil intelligence. Only when we recognize this fact will we be motivated to take effective steps to resist him.

PRAYERFather, help me see that the first step in spiritual warfare is to “know the enemy.” For until I know and understand my enemy, I will not be able to defeat him. Deepen my knowledge of these important truths, I pray. In Jesus’s name. Amen.


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FURTHER STUDY

1Jn 3:1-8; Heb 2:14; Jn 12:30-31Why was Jesus made manifest?What did he declare?



⁸ Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, ⁹ “Un der stand that I am es tab lish ing my cov enant with you and your de scen dants af ter you, ¹⁰ and with ev ery liv ing crea ture that is with you — birds, live stock, and all wildlife of the earth that are with you — all the an i mals of the earth that came out of the ark. ¹¹ I es tab lish my cov enant with you that nev er again will ev ery crea ture be wiped out by flood wa ters; there will nev er again be a flood to de stroy the earth.”

¹² And God said, “ This is the sign of the cov enant I am mak ing be tween me and you and ev ery liv ing crea ture with you, a cov enant for all fu ture gen er-a tions: ¹³ I have placed my bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the cov enant be tween me and the earth. ¹⁴ When ev er I form clouds over the earth and the bow ap pears in the clouds, ¹⁵ I will re mem-ber my cov enant be tween me and you and all the liv ing crea tures: wa ter will nev er again be come a flood to de stroy ev ery crea ture. ¹⁶ The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and re mem-ber the per ma nent cov enant be tween God and all the liv ing crea tures on earth.” ¹⁷ God said to Noah, “ This is the sign of the cov enant that I have es tab-lished be tween me and ev ery crea ture on earth.”

¹⁸ Noah’s sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Ja pheth. Ham was the fa ther of Ca naan. ¹⁹ These three were Noah’s sons, and from them the whole earth was populated.

²⁰ Noah, as a man of the soil, be gan by plant ing a vine yard. ²¹ He drank some of the wine, be came drunk, and un cov ered him self in side his tent.

²² Ham, the fa ther of Ca naan, saw his fa ther na ked and told his two broth ers out side. ²³ Then Shem and Ja pheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoul ders, and walk ing back ward, they cov-ered their fa ther’s na ked ness. Their fac es were turned away, and they did not see their fa ther na ked.

²⁴ When Noah awoke from his drink ing and learned what his youn gest son had done to him, ²⁵ he said: Canaan is cursed. He will be the lowest of slaves

to his brothers.²⁶ He also said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be Shem’s slave. ²⁷ Let God extend Japheth; let Japheth dwell in the tents

of Shem; let Canaan be Shem’s slave.

²⁸ Now Noah lived 350 years af ter the flood. ²⁹ So Noah’s life last ed 950 years; then he died.

10 These are the fam i ly rec ords of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Ja pheth. They also had sons

af ter the flood.² Ja pheth’s sons: Go mer, Ma gog, Mad ai, Ja van,

Tu bal, Me shech, and Ti ras. ³ Go mer’s sons: Ash ke-naz, Ri phath, and To gar mah. ⁴ And Ja van’s sons: Eli shah, Tar shish, Kit tim, and Dodanim. ⁵ From these de scen dants, the peo ples of the coasts and is lands spread out into their lands ac cord ing to their clans in their na tions, each with its own lan guage.


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