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ESV: The One Year Bible http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/ A daily reading from the ESV Bible. webmaster@crossway.org The Holy Bible, English Standard Version copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 1304 July 31: 2 Chronicles 29, Romans 14, Psalm 24, Proverbs 20:12 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-31 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-31 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:00 -0500 <div class="esv"><h2>2 Chronicles 29 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/14029001-14029036">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p14029001.01-1">Hezekiah Reigns in Judah</h3> 29:1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah <a href="#f1" id="b1" title="Spelled 'Abi' in 2 Kings 18:2">[1]</a> the daughter of Zechariah. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. <h3 id="p14029003.01-1">Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple</h3> 3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them. 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east 5 and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place. 6 For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They have forsaken him and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD and turned their backs. 7 They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel. 8 Therefore the wrath of the LORD came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes. 9 For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not now be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him and to be his ministers and make offerings to him.” 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah; 13 and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; 14 and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. 15 They gathered their brothers and consecrated themselves and went in as the king had commanded, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. 16 The priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it and carried it out to the brook Kidron. 17 They began to consecrate on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the LORD. Then for eight days they consecrated the house of the LORD, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished. 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king and said, “We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the showbread and all its utensils. 19 All the utensils that King Ahaz discarded in his reign when he was faithless, we have made ready and consecrated, and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.” <h3 id="p14029020.01-1">Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship</h3> 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the LORD. 21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD. 22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood and threw it against the altar. And they slaughtered the rams, and their blood was thrown against the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs, and their blood was thrown against the altar. 23 Then the goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them, 24 and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel. 25 And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king's seer and of Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the LORD through his prophets. 26 The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song to the LORD began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 29 When the offering was finished, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped. 30 And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped. 31 Then Hezekiah said, “You have now consecrated yourselves to <a href="#f2" id="b2" title="Hebrew 'filled your hand for'">[2]</a> the LORD. Come near; bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all who were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. 32 The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. 33 And the consecrated offerings were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep. 34 But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished—for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves. 35 Besides the great number of burnt offerings, there was the fat of the peace offerings, and there were the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the LORD was restored. 36 And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had prepared for the people, for the thing came about suddenly. </div><h2>Romans 14 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/45014001-45014023">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p45014001.01-2">Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another</h3> 14:1 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master <a href="#f3" id="b3" title="Or 'lord'">[3]</a> that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. 5 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. 10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written, <div class="block-indent"> “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,   and every tongue shall confess <a href="#f4" id="b4" title="Or 'shall give praise'">[4]</a> to God.” </div> 12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. <h3 id="p45014013.01-2">Do Not Cause Another to Stumble</h3> 13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. 16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding. 20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. <a href="#f5" id="b5" title="Some manuscripts add 'or be hindered or be weakened'">[5]</a> 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. <a href="#f6" id="b6" title="Some manuscripts insert here 16:25-27">[6]</a> </div><h2>Psalm 24 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/19024001-19024010">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p19024001.01-3">The King of Glory</h3> <h4 class="psalm-title" id="p19024001.05-3">A Psalm of David.</h4> <div class="block-indent"> 24:1 The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, <a href="#f7" id="b7" title="Or 'and all that fills it'">[7]</a>   the world and those who dwell therein, 2 for he has founded it upon the seas   and established it upon the rivers. 3 Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD?   And who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,   who does not lift up his soul to what is false   and does not swear deceitfully. 5 He will receive blessing from the LORD   and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,   who seek the face of the God of Jacob. <a href="#f8" id="b8" title="Septuagint, Syriac, and two Hebrew manuscripts; Masoretic Text 'Jacob, who seek your face'">[8]</a>     Selah 7 Lift up your heads, O gates!   And be lifted up, O ancient doors,   that the King of glory may come in. 8 Who is this King of glory?   The LORD, strong and mighty,   the LORD, mighty in battle! 9 Lift up your heads, O gates!   And lift them up, O ancient doors,   that the King of glory may come in. 10 Who is this King of glory?   The LORD of hosts,   he is the King of glory!     Selah </div> </div><h2>Proverbs 20:12 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/20020012">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye,   the LORD has made them both. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>) </div> </div> <div class="footnotes"> <h3>Footnotes</h3> <a href="#b1" id="f1">[1]</a> 29:1 Spelled Abi in 2 Kings 18:2 <a href="#b2" id="f2">[2]</a> 29:31 Hebrew filled your hand for <a href="#b3" id="f3">[3]</a> 14:4 Or lord <a href="#b4" id="f4">[4]</a> 14:11 Or shall give praise <a href="#b5" id="f5">[5]</a> 14:21 Some manuscripts add or be hindered or be weakened <a href="#b6" id="f6">[6]</a> 14:23 Some manuscripts insert here 16:25-27 <a href="#b7" id="f7">[7]</a> 24:1 Or and all that fills it <a href="#b8" id="f8">[8]</a> 24:6 Septuagint, Syriac, and two Hebrew manuscripts; Masoretic Text Jacob, who seek your face </div> </div>This reading plan is from <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/home/bibles/#one-year">The One Year Bible</a> ©1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. The One Year® is a registered trademark of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. July 30: 2 Chronicles 26-28, Romans 13, Psalm 23, Proverbs 20:11 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-30 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-30 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:01:00 -0500 <div class="esv"><h2>2 Chronicles 26-28 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/14026001-14028027">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p14026001.01-1">Uzziah Reigns in Judah</h3> 26:1 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 2 He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. 3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 4 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper. 6 He went out and made war against the Philistines and broke through the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines. 7 God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who lived in Gurbaal and against the Meunites. 8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread even to the border of Egypt, for he became very strong. 9 Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them. 10 And he built towers in the wilderness and cut out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil. 11 Moreover, Uzziah had an army of soldiers, fit for war, in divisions according to the numbers in the muster made by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's commanders. 12 The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses of mighty men of valor was 2,600. 13 Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14 And Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging. 15 In Jerusalem he made engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. <h3 id="p14026016.01-1">Uzziah's Pride and Punishment</h3> 16 But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the LORD his God and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17 But Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty priests of the LORD who were men of valor, 18 and they withstood King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have done wrong, and it will bring you no honor from the LORD God.” 19 Then Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and when he became angry with the priests, leprosy <a href="#f1" id="b1" title="'Leprosy' was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13">[1]</a> broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, by the altar of incense. 20 And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead! And they rushed him out quickly, and he himself hurried to go out, because the LORD had struck him. 21 And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper lived in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was over the king's household, governing the people of the land. 22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz wrote. 23 And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son reigned in his place. <h3 id="p14027001.01-1">Jotham Reigns in Judah</h3> 27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD according to all that his father Uzziah had done, except he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still followed corrupt practices. 3 He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD and did much building on the wall of Ophel. 4 Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills. 5 He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. And the Ammonites gave him that year 100 talents <a href="#f2" id="b2" title="A 'talent' was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms">[2]</a> of silver, and 10,000 cors <a href="#f3" id="b3" title="A 'cor' was about 6 bushels or 220 liters">[3]</a> of wheat and 10,000 of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years. 6 So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. 7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place. <h3 id="p14028001.01-1">Ahaz Reigns in Judah</h3> 28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done, 2 but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made metal images for the Baals, 3 and he made offerings in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom and burned his sons as an offering, <a href="#f4" id="b4" title="Hebrew 'made his sons pass through the fire'">[4]</a> according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree. <h3 id="p14028005.01-1">Judah Defeated</h3> 5 Therefore the LORD his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria, who defeated him and took captive a great number of his people and brought them to Damascus. He was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force. 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed 120,000 from Judah in one day, all of them men of valor, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son and Azrikam the commander of the palace and Elkanah the next in authority to the king. 8 The men of Israel took captive 200,000 of their relatives, women, sons, and daughters. They also took much spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand, but you have killed them in a rage that has reached up to heaven. 10 And now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem, male and female, as your slaves. Have you not sins of your own against the LORD your God? 11 Now hear me, and send back the captives from your relatives whom you have taken, for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.” 12 Certain chiefs also of the men of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who were coming from the war 13 and said to them, “You shall not bring the captives in here, for you propose to bring upon us guilt against the LORD in addition to our present sins and guilt. For our guilt is already great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.” 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly. 15 And the men who have been mentioned by name rose and took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them. They clothed them, gave them sandals, provided them with food and drink, and anointed them, and carrying all the feeble among them on donkeys, they brought them to their kinsfolk at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria. 16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the king <a href="#f5" id="b5" title="Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Kings 16:7); Hebrew 'kings'">[5]</a> of Assyria for help. 17 For the Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried away captives. 18 And the Philistines had made raids on the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. And they settled there. 19 For the LORD humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made Judah act sinfully <a href="#f6" id="b6" title="Or 'wildly'">[6]</a> and had been very unfaithful to the LORD. 20 So Tiglath-pileser <a href="#f7" id="b7" title="Hebrew 'Tilgath-pilneser'">[7]</a> king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. 21 For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the LORD and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him. <h3 id="p14028022.01-1">Ahaz's Idolatry</h3> 22 In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the LORD—this same King Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel. 24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and he shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 25 In every city of Judah he made high places to make offerings to other gods, provoking to anger the LORD, the God of his fathers. 26 Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place. </div><h2>Romans 13 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/45013001-45013014">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p45013001.01-2">Submission to the Authorities</h3> 13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. <h3 id="p45013008.01-2">Fulfilling the Law Through Love</h3> 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. 11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. </div><h2>Psalm 23 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/19023001-19023006">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p19023001.01-3">The LORD Is My Shepherd</h3> <h4 class="psalm-title" id="p19023001.06-3">A Psalm of David.</h4> <div class="block-indent"> 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.   2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. <a href="#f8" id="b8" title="Hebrew 'beside waters of rest'">[8]</a>   3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness <a href="#f9" id="b9" title="Or 'in right paths'">[9]</a>   for his name's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, <a href="#f10" id="b10" title="Or 'the valley of deep darkness'">[10]</a>   I will fear no evil, for you are with me;   your rod and your staff,   they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me   in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil;   my cup overflows. 6 Surely <a href="#f11" id="b11" title="Or 'Only'">[11]</a> goodness and mercy <a href="#f12" id="b12" title="Or 'steadfast love'">[12]</a> shall follow me   all the days of my life, and I shall dwell <a href="#f13" id="b13" title="Or 'shall return to dwell'">[13]</a> in the house of the LORD   forever. <a href="#f14" id="b14" title="Hebrew 'for length of days'">[14]</a> </div> </div><h2>Proverbs 20:11 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/20020011">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> 11 Even a child makes himself known by his acts,   by whether his conduct is pure and upright. <a href="#f15" id="b15" title="Or 'Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright'">[15]</a> (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>) </div> </div> <div class="footnotes"> <h3>Footnotes</h3> <a href="#b1" id="f1">[1]</a> 26:19 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13 <a href="#b2" id="f2">[2]</a> 27:5 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms <a href="#b3" id="f3">[3]</a> 27:5 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters <a href="#b4" id="f4">[4]</a> 28:3 Hebrew made his sons pass through the fire <a href="#b5" id="f5">[5]</a> 28:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Kings 16:7); Hebrew kings <a href="#b6" id="f6">[6]</a> 28:19 Or wildly <a href="#b7" id="f7">[7]</a> 28:20 Hebrew Tilgath-pilneser <a href="#b8" id="f8">[8]</a> 23:2 Hebrew beside waters of rest <a href="#b9" id="f9">[9]</a> 23:3 Or in right paths <a href="#b10" id="f10">[10]</a> 23:4 Or the valley of deep darkness <a href="#b11" id="f11">[11]</a> 23:6 Or Only <a href="#b12" id="f12">[12]</a> 23:6 Or steadfast love <a href="#b13" id="f13">[13]</a> 23:6 Or shall return to dwell <a href="#b14" id="f14">[14]</a> 23:6 Hebrew for length of days <a href="#b15" id="f15">[15]</a> 20:11 Or Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright </div> </div>This reading plan is from <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/home/bibles/#one-year">The One Year Bible</a> ©1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. The One Year® is a registered trademark of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. July 29: 2 Chronicles 24-25, Romans 12, Psalm 22:19-31, Proverbs 20:8-10 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-29 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-29 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:01:00 -0500 <div class="esv"><h2>2 Chronicles 24-25 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/14024001-14025028">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p14024001.01-1">Joash Repairs the Temple</h3> 24:1 Joash <a href="#f1" id="b1" title="Spelled 'Jehoash' in 2 Kings 12:1">[1]</a> was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters. 4 After this Joash decided to restore the house of the LORD. 5 And he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you act quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly. 6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the congregation of Israel for the tent of testimony?” 7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also used all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD for the Baals. 8 So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside the gate of the house of the LORD. 9 And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished. <a href="#f2" id="b2" title="Or 'until it was full'">[2]</a> 11 And whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the Levites, when they saw that there was much money in it, the king's secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and collected money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who had charge of the work of the house of the LORD, and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD. 13 So those who were engaged in the work labored, and the repairing went forward in their hands, and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made utensils for the house of the LORD, both for the service and for the burnt offerings, and dishes for incense and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD regularly all the days of Jehoiada. 15 But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died. He was 130 years old at his death. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house. 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. 18 And they abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. 19 Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the LORD. These testified against them, but they would not pay attention. <h3 id="p14024020.01-1">Joash's Treachery</h3> 20 Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you break the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.’” 21 But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD. 22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the LORD see and avenge!” <a href="#f3" id="b3" title="Hebrew 'and seek'">[3]</a> <h3 id="p14024023.01-1">Joash Assassinated</h3> 23 At the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. 24 Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army, because Judah <a href="#f4" id="b4" title="Hebrew 'they'">[4]</a> had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash. 25 When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son <a href="#f5" id="b5" title="Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew 'sons'">[5]</a> of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings. 26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonite, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabite. 27 Accounts of his sons and of the many oracles against him and of the rebuilding <a href="#f6" id="b6" title="Hebrew 'founding'">[6]</a> of the house of God are written in the Story of the Book of the Kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place. <h3 id="p14025001.01-1">Amaziah Reigns in Judah</h3> 25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart. 3 And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father. 4 But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, “Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin.” <h3 id="p14025005.01-1">Amaziah's Victories</h3> 5 Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were 300,000 choice men, fit for war, able to handle spear and shield. 6 He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents <a href="#f7" id="b7" title="A 'talent' was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms">[7]</a> of silver. 7 But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel, with all these Ephraimites. 8 But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? For God has power to help or to cast down.” 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents that I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.” 10 Then Amaziah discharged the army that had come to him from Ephraim to go home again. And they became very angry with Judah and returned home in fierce anger. 11 But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 men of Seir. 12 The men of Judah captured another 10,000 alive and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock, and they were all dashed to pieces. 13 But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, not letting them go with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 people in them and took much spoil. <h3 id="p14025014.01-1">Amaziah's Idolatry</h3> 14 After Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, he brought the gods of the men of Seir and set them up as his gods and worshiped them, making offerings to them. 15 Therefore the LORD was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of a people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?” 16 But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.” <h3 id="p14025017.01-1">Israel Defeats Amaziah</h3> 17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.” 18 And Joash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, “A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife,’ and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle. 19 You say, ‘See, I <a href="#f8" id="b8" title="Hebrew 'you'">[8]</a> have struck down Edom,’ and your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?” 20 But Amaziah would not listen, for it was of God, in order that he might give them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 22 And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home. 23 And Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for 400 cubits, <a href="#f9" id="b9" title="A 'cubit' was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters">[9]</a> from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. 24 And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God, in the care of Obed-edom. He seized also the treasuries of the king's house, also hostages, and he returned to Samaria. 25 Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 26 Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, from first to last, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel? 27 From the time when he turned away from the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David. <a href="#f10" id="b10" title="Hebrew 'of Judah'">[10]</a> </div><h2>Romans 12 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/45012001-45012021">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p45012001.01-2">A Living Sacrifice</h3> 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, <a href="#f11" id="b11" title="Or 'brothers and sisters'">[11]</a> by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. <a href="#f12" id="b12" title="Or 'your rational service'">[12]</a> 2 Do not be conformed to this world, <a href="#f13" id="b13" title="Greek 'age'">[13]</a> but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. <a href="#f14" id="b14" title="Or 'what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God'">[14]</a> <h3 id="p45012003.01-2">Gifts of Grace</h3> 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, <a href="#f15" id="b15" title="Greek 'parts'; also verse 5">[15]</a> and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, <a href="#f16" id="b16" title="Or 'gives aid'">[16]</a> with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. <h3 id="p45012009.01-2">Marks of the True Christian</h3> 9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, <a href="#f17" id="b17" title="Or 'fervent in the Spirit'">[17]</a> serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. <a href="#f18" id="b18" title="Or 'give yourselves to humble tasks'">[18]</a> Never be wise in your own sight. 17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it <a href="#f19" id="b19" title="Greek 'give place'">[19]</a> to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. </div><h2>Psalm 22:19-31 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/19022019-19022031">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> 19 But you, O LORD, do not be far off!   O you my help, come quickly to my aid! 20 Deliver my soul from the sword,   my precious life from the power of the dog!   21 Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued <a href="#f20" id="b20" title="Hebrew 'answered'">[20]</a> me from the horns of the wild oxen! 22 I will tell of your name to my brothers;   in the midst of the congregation I will praise you: 23 You who fear the LORD, praise him!   All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,   and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel! 24 For he has not despised or abhorred   the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him,   but has heard, when he cried to him. 25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation;   my vows I will perform before those who fear him. 26 The afflicted <a href="#f21" id="b21" title="Or 'The meek'">[21]</a> shall eat and be satisfied;   those who seek him shall praise the LORD!   May your hearts live forever! 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember   and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations   shall worship before you. 28 For kingship belongs to the LORD,   and he rules over the nations. 29 All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;   before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,   even the one who could not keep himself alive. 30 Posterity shall serve him;   it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation; 31 they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn,   that he has done it. </div> </div><h2>Proverbs 20:8-10 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/20020008-20020010">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> 8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment   winnows all evil with his eyes. 9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;   I am clean from my sin”? 10 Unequal <a href="#f22" id="b22" title="Or 'Two kinds of'; also verse 23">[22]</a> weights and unequal measures   are both alike an abomination to the LORD. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>) </div> </div> <div class="footnotes"> <h3>Footnotes</h3> <a href="#b1" id="f1">[1]</a> 24:1 Spelled Jehoash in 2 Kings 12:1 <a href="#b2" id="f2">[2]</a> 24:10 Or until it was full <a href="#b3" id="f3">[3]</a> 24:22 Hebrew and seek <a href="#b4" id="f4">[4]</a> 24:24 Hebrew they <a href="#b5" id="f5">[5]</a> 24:25 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew sons <a href="#b6" id="f6">[6]</a> 24:27 Hebrew founding <a href="#b7" id="f7">[7]</a> 25:6 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms <a href="#b8" id="f8">[8]</a> 25:19 Hebrew you <a href="#b9" id="f9">[9]</a> 25:23 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters <a href="#b10" id="f10">[10]</a> 25:28 Hebrew of Judah <a href="#b11" id="f11">[11]</a> 12:1 Or brothers and sisters <a href="#b12" id="f12">[12]</a> 12:1 Or your rational service <a href="#b13" id="f13">[13]</a> 12:2 Greek age <a href="#b14" id="f14">[14]</a> 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God <a href="#b15" id="f15">[15]</a> 12:4 Greek parts; also verse 5 <a href="#b16" id="f16">[16]</a> 12:8 Or gives aid <a href="#b17" id="f17">[17]</a> 12:11 Or fervent in the Spirit <a href="#b18" id="f18">[18]</a> 12:16 Or give yourselves to humble tasks <a href="#b19" id="f19">[19]</a> 12:19 Greek give place <a href="#b20" id="f20">[20]</a> 22:21 Hebrew answered <a href="#b21" id="f21">[21]</a> 22:26 Or The meek <a href="#b22" id="f22">[22]</a> 20:10 Or Two kinds of; also verse 23 </div> </div>This reading plan is from <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/home/bibles/#one-year">The One Year Bible</a> ©1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. The One Year® is a registered trademark of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. July 28: 2 Chronicles 21-23, Romans 11:13-36, Psalm 22:1-18, Proverbs 20:7 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-28 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-28 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:01:00 -0500 <div class="esv"><h2>2 Chronicles 21-23 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/14021001-14023021">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p14021001.01-1">Jehoram Reigns in Judah</h3> 21:1 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place. 2 He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. <a href="#f1" id="b1" title="That is, Judah">[1]</a> 3 Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and valuable possessions, together with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn. 4 When Jehoram had ascended the throne of his father and was established, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of Israel. 5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. 7 Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever. 8 In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up a king of their own. 9 Then Jehoram passed over with his commanders and all his chariots, and he rose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot commanders. 10 So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. At that time Libnah also revolted from his rule, because he had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers. 11 Moreover, he made high places in the hill country of Judah and led the inhabitants of Jerusalem into whoredom and made Judah go astray. 12 And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13 but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel and have enticed Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into whoredom, as the house of Ahab led Israel into whoredom, and also you have killed your brothers, of your father's house, who were better than yourself, 14 behold, the LORD will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions, 15 and you yourself will have a severe sickness with a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the disease, day by day.’” 16 And the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the anger <a href="#f2" id="b2" title="Hebrew 'spirit'">[2]</a> of the Philistines and of the Arabians who are near the Ethiopians. 17 And they came up against Judah and invaded it and carried away all the possessions they found that belonged to the king's house, and also his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son. 18 And after all this the LORD struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease. 19 In the course of time, at the end of two years, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great agony. His people made no fire in his honor, like the fires made for his fathers. 20 He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one's regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. <h3 id="p14022001.01-1">Ahaziah Reigns in Judah</h3> 22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly. 4 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done. For after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing. 5 He even followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram, 6 and he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was wounded. 7 But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. 8 And when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers, who attended Ahaziah, and he killed them. 9 He searched for Ahaziah, and he was captured while hiding in Samaria, and he was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” And the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom. <h3 id="p14022010.01-1">Athaliah Reigns in Judah</h3> 10 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehoshabeath, <a href="#f3" id="b3" title="Spelled 'Jehosheba' in 2 Kings 11:2">[3]</a> the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were about to be put to death, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahaziah, hid him <a href="#f4" id="b4" title="That is, Joash">[4]</a> from Athaliah, so that she did not put him to death. 12 And he remained with them six years, hidden in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land. <h3 id="p14023001.01-1">Joash Made King</h3> 23:1 But in the seventh year Jehoiada took courage and entered into a covenant with the commanders of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri. 2 And they went about through Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3 And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada <a href="#f5" id="b5" title="Hebrew 'he'">[5]</a> said to them, “Behold, the king's son! Let him reign, as the LORD spoke concerning the sons of David. 4 This is the thing that you shall do: of you priests and Levites who come off duty on the Sabbath, one third shall be gatekeepers, 5 and one third shall be at the king's house and one third at the Gate of the Foundation. And all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. 6 Let no one enter the house of the LORD except the priests and ministering Levites. They may enter, for they are holy, but all the people shall keep the charge of the LORD. 7 The Levites shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand. And whoever enters the house shall be put to death. Be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.” 8 The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men, who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions. 9 And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains the spears and the large and small shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of God. 10 And he set all the people as a guard for the king, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house. 11 Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, “Long live the king.” <h3 id="p14023012.01-1">Athaliah Executed</h3> 12 When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she went into the house of the LORD to the people. 13 And when she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments leading in the celebration. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!” 14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains who were set over the army, saying to them, “Bring her out between the ranks, and anyone who follows her is to be put to death with the sword.” For the priest said, “Do not put her to death in the house of the LORD.” 15 So they laid hands on her, <a href="#f6" id="b6" title="Or 'they made a passage for her'">[6]</a> and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king's house, and they put her to death there. <h3 id="p14023016.01-1">Jehoiada's Reforms</h3> 16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the LORD's people. 17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the LORD under the direction of the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David. 19 He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean. 20 And he took the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the upper gate to the king's house. And they set the king on the royal throne. 21 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword. </div><h2>Romans 11:13-36 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/45011013-45011036">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text">13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. 15 For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? 16 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root <a href="#f7" id="b7" title="Greek 'root of richness'; some manuscripts 'richness'">[7]</a> of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. 23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree. <h3 id="p45011025.01-2">The Mystery of Israel's Salvation</h3> 25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: <a href="#f8" id="b8" title="Or 'brothers and sisters'">[8]</a> a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, <div class="block-indent"> “The Deliverer will come from Zion,   he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”; 27 “and this will be my covenant with them   when I take away their sins.” </div> 28 As regards the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now <a href="#f9" id="b9" title="Some manuscripts omit 'now'">[9]</a> receive mercy. 32 For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all. 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! <div class="block-indent"> 34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord,   or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Or who has given a gift to him   that he might be repaid?” </div> 36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. </div><h2>Psalm 22:1-18 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/19022001-19022018">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p19022001.01-3">Why Have You Forsaken Me?</h3> <h4 class="psalm-title" id="p19022001.06-3">To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.</h4> <div class="block-indent"> 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?   Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,   and by night, but I find no rest. 3 Yet you are holy,   enthroned on the praises <a href="#f10" id="b10" title="Or 'dwelling in the praises'">[10]</a> of Israel. 4 In you our fathers trusted;   they trusted, and you delivered them. 5 To you they cried and were rescued;   in you they trusted and were not put to shame. 6 But I am a worm and not a man,   scorned by mankind and despised by the people. 7 All who see me mock me;   they make mouths at me; they wag their heads; 8 “He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him;   let him rescue him, for he delights in him!” 9 Yet you are he who took me from the womb;   you made me trust you at my mother's breasts. 10 On you was I cast from my birth,   and from my mother's womb you have been my God. 11 Be not far from me,   for trouble is near,   and there is none to help. 12 Many bulls encompass me;   strong bulls of Bashan surround me; 13 they open wide their mouths at me,   like a ravening and roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water,   and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax;   it is melted within my breast; 15 my strength is dried up like a potsherd,   and my tongue sticks to my jaws;   you lay me in the dust of death. 16 For dogs encompass me;   a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet <a href="#f11" id="b11" title="Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts 'like a lion' [they are at] 'my hands and feet'">[11]</a>— 17 I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me; 18 they divide my garments among them,   and for my clothing they cast lots. </div> </div><h2>Proverbs 20:7 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/20020007">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> 7 The righteous who walks in his integrity—   blessed are his children after him! (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>) </div> </div> <div class="footnotes"> <h3>Footnotes</h3> <a href="#b1" id="f1">[1]</a> 21:2 That is, Judah <a href="#b2" id="f2">[2]</a> 21:16 Hebrew spirit <a href="#b3" id="f3">[3]</a> 22:11 Spelled Jehosheba in 2 Kings 11:2 <a href="#b4" id="f4">[4]</a> 22:11 That is, Joash <a href="#b5" id="f5">[5]</a> 23:3 Hebrew he <a href="#b6" id="f6">[6]</a> 23:15 Or they made a passage for her <a href="#b7" id="f7">[7]</a> 11:17 Greek root of richness; some manuscripts richness <a href="#b8" id="f8">[8]</a> 11:25 Or brothers and sisters <a href="#b9" id="f9">[9]</a> 11:31 Some manuscripts omit now <a href="#b10" id="f10">[10]</a> 22:3 Or dwelling in the praises <a href="#b11" id="f11">[11]</a> 22:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like a lion [they are at] my hands and feet </div> </div>This reading plan is from <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/home/bibles/#one-year">The One Year Bible</a> ©1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. The One Year® is a registered trademark of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. July 27: 2 Chronicles 19-20, Romans 10:14-11:12, Psalm 21, Proverbs 20:4-6 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-27 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-27 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:01:00 -0500 <div class="esv"><h2>2 Chronicles 19-20 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/14019001-14020037">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p14019001.01-1">Jehoshaphat's Reforms</h3> 19:1 Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem. 2 But Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the LORD. 3 Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asherahs out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.” 4 Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people, from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers. 5 He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 6 and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD. He is with you in giving judgment. 7 Now then, let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the LORD our God, or partiality or taking bribes.” 8 Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, to give judgment for the LORD and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem. 9 And he charged them: “Thus you shall do in the fear of the LORD, in faithfulness, and with your whole heart: 10 whenever a case comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, concerning bloodshed, law or commandment, statutes or rules, then you shall warn them, that they may not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath may not come upon you and your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you will not incur guilt. 11 And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters, and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the LORD be with the upright!” <a href="#f1" id="b1" title="Hebrew 'the good'">[1]</a> <h3 id="p14020001.01-1">Jehoshaphat's Prayer</h3> 20:1 After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, <a href="#f2" id="b2" title="Compare 26:7; Hebrew 'Ammonites'">[2]</a> came against Jehoshaphat for battle. 2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, <a href="#f3" id="b3" title="One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts 'Aram' (Syria)">[3]</a> from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, Engedi). 3 Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah assembled to seek help from the LORD; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. 5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 6 and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you. 7 Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? 8 And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying, 9 ‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, <a href="#f4" id="b4" title="Or 'the sword of judgment'">[4]</a> or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you—for your name is in this house—and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ 10 And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy— 11 behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. 12 O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” 13 Meanwhile all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. 15 And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, ‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God's. 16 Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.” 18 Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD. 19 And the Levites, of the Kohathites and the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice. 20 And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.” 21 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the LORD and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say, <div class="block-indent"> “Give thanks to the LORD,   for his steadfast love endures forever.” </div> 22 And when they began to sing and praise, the LORD set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed. 23 For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another. <h3 id="p14020024.01-1">The LORD Delivers Judah</h3> 24 When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the horde, and behold, there <a href="#f5" id="b5" title="Hebrew 'they'">[5]</a> were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped. 25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them, in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much. 26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, <a href="#f6" id="b6" title="'Beracah' means 'blessing'">[6]</a> for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Beracah to this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies. 28 They came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the LORD. 29 And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around. 31 Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32 He walked in the way of Asa his father and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD. 33 The high places, however, were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts upon the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel. <h3 id="p14020035.01-1">The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign</h3> 35 After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly. 36 He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish, and they built the ships in Ezion-geber. 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made.” And the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish. </div><h2>Romans 10:14-11:12 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/45010014-45011012">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text">14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? <a href="#f7" id="b7" title="Or 'him whom they have never heard'">[7]</a> And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. 18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for <div class="block-indent"> “Their voice has gone out to all the earth,   and their words to the ends of the world.” </div> 19 But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, <div class="block-indent"> “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation;   with a foolish nation I will make you angry.” </div> 20 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, <div class="block-indent"> “I have been found by those who did not seek me;   I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.” </div> 21 But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” <h3 id="p45011001.01-2">The Remnant of Israel</h3> 11:1 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, <a href="#f8" id="b8" title="Or 'one of the offspring of Abraham'">[8]</a> a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” 4 But what is God's reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. 6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. 7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, 8 as it is written, <div class="block-indent"> “God gave them a spirit of stupor,   eyes that would not see   and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.” </div> 9 And David says, <div class="block-indent"> “Let their table become a snare and a trap,   a stumbling block and a retribution for them; 10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,   and bend their backs forever.” </div> <h3 id="p45011011.01-2">Gentiles Grafted In</h3> 11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion <a href="#f9" id="b9" title="Greek 'their fullness'">[9]</a> mean! </div><h2>Psalm 21 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/19021001-19021013">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p19021001.01-3">The King Rejoices in the LORD's Strength</h3> <h4 class="psalm-title" id="p19021001.08-3">To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.</h4> <div class="block-indent"> 21:1 O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices,   and in your salvation how greatly he exults! 2 You have given him his heart's desire   and have not withheld the request of his lips.     Selah 3 For you meet him with rich blessings;   you set a crown of fine gold upon his head. 4 He asked life of you; you gave it to him,   length of days forever and ever. 5 His glory is great through your salvation;   splendor and majesty you bestow on him. 6 For you make him most blessed forever; <a href="#f10" id="b10" title="Or 'make him a source of blessing forever'">[10]</a>   you make him glad with the joy of your presence. 7 For the king trusts in the LORD,   and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved. 8 Your hand will find out all your enemies;   your right hand will find out those who hate you. 9 You will make them as a blazing oven   when you appear. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath,   and fire will consume them. 10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,   and their offspring from among the children of man. 11 Though they plan evil against you,   though they devise mischief, they will not succeed. 12 For you will put them to flight;   you will aim at their faces with your bows. 13 Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength!   We will sing and praise your power. </div> </div><h2>Proverbs 20:4-6 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/20020004-20020006">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> 4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;   he will seek at harvest and have nothing. 5 The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water,   but a man of understanding will draw it out. 6 Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love,   but a faithful man who can find? (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>) </div> </div> <div class="footnotes"> <h3>Footnotes</h3> <a href="#b1" id="f1">[1]</a> 19:11 Hebrew the good <a href="#b2" id="f2">[2]</a> 20:1 Compare 26:7; Hebrew Ammonites <a href="#b3" id="f3">[3]</a> 20:2 One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts Aram (Syria) <a href="#b4" id="f4">[4]</a> 20:9 Or the sword of judgment <a href="#b5" id="f5">[5]</a> 20:24 Hebrew they <a href="#b6" id="f6">[6]</a> 20:26 Beracah means blessing <a href="#b7" id="f7">[7]</a> 10:14 Or him whom they have never heard <a href="#b8" id="f8">[8]</a> 11:1 Or one of the offspring of Abraham <a href="#b9" id="f9">[9]</a> 11:12 Greek their fullness <a href="#b10" id="f10">[10]</a> 21:6 Or make him a source of blessing forever </div> </div>This reading plan is from <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/home/bibles/#one-year">The One Year Bible</a> ©1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. The One Year® is a registered trademark of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. July 26: 2 Chronicles 17-18, Romans 9:22-10:13, Psalm 20, Proverbs 20:2-3 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-26 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-26 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:01:00 -0500 <div class="esv"><h2>2 Chronicles 17-18 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/14017001-14018034">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p14017001.01-1">Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah</h3> 17:1 Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place and strengthened himself against Israel. 2 He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured. 3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, 4 but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the practices of Israel. 5 Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor. 6 His heart was courageous in the ways of the LORD. And furthermore, he took the high places and the Asherim out of Judah. 7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah; 8 and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah; and with these Levites, the priests Elishama and Jehoram. 9 And they taught in Judah, having the Book of the Law of the LORD with them. They went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people. 10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat. 11 Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute, and the Arabians also brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats. 12 And Jehoshaphat grew steadily greater. He built in Judah fortresses and store cities, 13 and he had large supplies in the cities of Judah. He had soldiers, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. 14 This was the muster of them by fathers' houses: Of Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, with 300,000 mighty men of valor; 15 and next to him Jehohanan the commander, with 280,000; 16 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, a volunteer for the service of the LORD, with 200,000 mighty men of valor. 17 Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men armed with bow and shield; 18 and next to him Jehozabad with 180,000 armed for war. 19 These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah. <h3 id="p14018001.01-1">Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab</h3> 18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor, and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab. 2 After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab killed an abundance of sheep and oxen for him and for the people who were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead. 3 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead?” He answered him, “I am as you are, my people as your people. We will be with you in the war.” 4 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Inquire first for the word of the LORD.” 5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king.” 6 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the LORD of whom we may inquire?” 7 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.” 8 Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.” 9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes. And they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says the LORD, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.’” 11 And all the prophets prophesied so and said, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph. The LORD will give it into the hand of the king.” 12 And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.” 13 But Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, what my God says, that I will speak.” 14 And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And he answered, “Go up and triumph; they will be given into your hand.” 15 But the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?” 16 And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’” 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?” 18 And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab the king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. 20 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ And the LORD said to him, ‘By what means?’ 21 And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’ 22 Now therefore behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets. The LORD has declared disaster concerning you.” 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?” 24 And Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.” 25 And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son, 26 and say, ‘Thus says the king, Put this fellow in prison and feed him with meager rations of bread and water until I return in peace.’” 27 And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, all you peoples!” <h3 id="p14018028.01-1">The Defeat and Death of Ahab</h3> 28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 29 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes.” And the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle. 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, “Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.” 31 As soon as the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; God drew them away from him. 32 For as soon as the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. 33 But a certain man drew his bow at random <a href="#f1" id="b1" title="Hebrew 'in his innocence'">[1]</a> and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.” 34 And the battle continued that day, and the king of Israel was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening. Then at sunset he died. </div><h2>Romans 9:22-10:13 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/45009022-45010013">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text">22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? 25 As indeed he says in Hosea, <div class="block-indent"> “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’   and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’” 26 “And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’   there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” </div> 27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the sons of Israel <a href="#f2" id="b2" title="Or 'children of Israel'">[2]</a> be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved, 28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.” 29 And as Isaiah predicted, <div class="block-indent"> “If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,   we would have been like Sodom   and become like Gomorrah.” </div> <h3 id="p45009030.01-2">Israel's Unbelief</h3> 30 What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness <a href="#f3" id="b3" title="Greek 'a law of righteousness'">[3]</a> did not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33 as it is written, <div class="block-indent"> “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;   and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” </div> 10:1 Brothers, <a href="#f4" id="b4" title="Or 'Brothers and sisters'">[4]</a> my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. <a href="#f5" id="b5" title="Or 'end of the law, that everyone who believes may be justified'">[5]</a> <h3 id="p45010005.01-2">The Message of Salvation to All</h3> 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. 6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 or “‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” </div><h2>Psalm 20 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/19020001-19020009">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p19020001.01-3">Trust in the Name of the LORD Our God</h3> <h4 class="psalm-title" id="p19020001.10-3">To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.</h4> <div class="block-indent"> 20:1 May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!   May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! 2 May he send you help from the sanctuary   and give you support from Zion! 3 May he remember all your offerings   and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices!     Selah 4 May he grant you your heart's desire   and fulfill all your plans! 5 May we shout for joy over your salvation,   and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions! 6 Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed;   he will answer him from his holy heaven   with the saving might of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,   but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. 8 They collapse and fall,   but we rise and stand upright. 9 O LORD, save the king!   May he answer us when we call. </div> </div><h2>Proverbs 20:2-3 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/20020002-20020003">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> 2 The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;   whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. 3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,   but every fool will be quarreling. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>) </div> </div> <div class="footnotes"> <h3>Footnotes</h3> <a href="#b1" id="f1">[1]</a> 18:33 Hebrew in his innocence <a href="#b2" id="f2">[2]</a> 9:27 Or children of Israel <a href="#b3" id="f3">[3]</a> 9:31 Greek a law of righteousness <a href="#b4" id="f4">[4]</a> 10:1 Or Brothers and sisters <a href="#b5" id="f5">[5]</a> 10:4 Or end of the law, that everyone who believes may be justified </div> </div>This reading plan is from <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/home/bibles/#one-year">The One Year Bible</a> ©1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. The One Year® is a registered trademark of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. July 25: 2 Chronicles 14-16, Romans 9:1-21, Psalm 19, Proverbs 20:1 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-25 http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.bible/?date=2010-07-25 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:01:00 -0500 <div class="esv"><h2>2 Chronicles 14-16 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/14014001-14016014">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p14014001.01-1">Asa Reigns in Judah</h3> 14:1  <a href="#f1" id="b1" title="Ch 13:23 in Hebrew">[1]</a> Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land had rest for ten years. 2  <a href="#f2" id="b2" title="Ch 14:1 in Hebrew">[2]</a> And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. 3 He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherim 4 and commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to keep the law and the commandment. 5 He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him. 6 He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the LORD gave him peace. 7 And he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they built and prospered. 8 And Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah, armed with large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin that carried shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor. 9 Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as Mareshah. 10 And Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up their lines of battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11 And Asa cried to the LORD his God, “O LORD, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.” 12 So the LORD defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. 13 Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until none remained alive, for they were broken before the LORD and his army. The men of Judah <a href="#f3" id="b3" title="Hebrew 'they'">[3]</a> carried away very much spoil. 14 And they attacked all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the LORD was upon them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them. 15 And they struck down the tents of those who had livestock and carried away sheep in abundance and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem. <h3 id="p14015001.01-1">Asa's Religious Reforms</h3> 15:1 The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded, 2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law, 4 but when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them. 5 In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands. 6 They were broken in pieces. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. 7 But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.” 8 As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the LORD. <a href="#f4" id="b4" title="Hebrew 'the vestibule of the LORD'">[4]</a> 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 10 They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 They sacrificed to the LORD on that day from the spoil that they had brought 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep. 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul, 13 but that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman. 14 They swore an oath to the LORD with a loud voice and with shouting and with trumpets and with horns. 15 And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest all around. 16 Even Maacah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron. 17 But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days. 18 And he brought into the house of God the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa. <h3 id="p14016001.01-1">Asa's Last Years</h3> 16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 2 Then Asa took silver and gold from the treasures of the house of the LORD and the king's house and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying, 3 “There is a covenant <a href="#f5" id="b5" title="Or 'treaty'; twice in this verse">[5]</a> between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending to you silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.” 4 And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. 5 And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah and let his work cease. 6 Then King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building, and with them he built Geba and Mizpah. 7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you. 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, he gave them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.” 10 Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time. 11 The acts of Asa, from first to last, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet, and his disease became severe. Yet even in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but sought help from physicians. 13 And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign. 14 They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor. </div><h2>Romans 9:1-21 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/45009001-45009021">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p45009001.01-2">God's Sovereign Choice</h3> 9:1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, <a href="#f6" id="b6" title="Or 'brothers and sisters'">[6]</a> my kinsmen according to the flesh. 4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. 6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7 and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. 9 For this is what the promise said: “About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.” 10 And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, 11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls— 12 she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” 14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! 15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, <a href="#f7" id="b7" title="Greek 'not of him who wills or runs'">[7]</a> but on God, who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. 19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? </div><h2>Psalm 19 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/19019001-19019014">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><h3 id="p19019001.01-3">The Law of the LORD Is Perfect</h3> <h4 class="psalm-title" id="p19019001.08-3">To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.</h4> <div class="block-indent"> 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God,   and the sky above <a href="#f8" id="b8" title="Hebrew 'the expanse'; compare Genesis 1:6-8">[8]</a> proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech,   and night to night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech, nor are there words,   whose voice is not heard. 4 Their voice <a href="#f9" id="b9" title="Or 'Their measuring line'">[9]</a> goes out through all the earth,   and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,   5 which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,   and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. 6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens,   and its circuit to the end of them,   and there is nothing hidden from its heat. 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, <a href="#f10" id="b10" title="Or 'blameless'">[10]</a>   reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure,   making wise the simple; 8 the precepts of the LORD are right,   rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure,   enlightening the eyes; 9 the fear of the LORD is clean,   enduring forever; the rules <a href="#f11" id="b11" title="Or 'just decrees'">[11]</a> of the LORD are true,   and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold,   even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey   and drippings of the honeycomb. 11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;   in keeping them there is great reward. 12 Who can discern his errors?   Declare me innocent from hidden faults. 13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;   let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless,   and innocent of great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart   be acceptable in your sight,   O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. </div> </div><h2>Proverbs 20:1 (<a href="http://audio.esvonline.org/hw/20020001">Listen</a>)</h2> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,   and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. <a href="#f12" id="b12" title="Or 'will not become wise'">[12]</a> (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>) </div> </div> <div class="footnotes"> <h3>Footnotes</h3> <a href="#b1" id="f1">[1]</a> 14:1 Ch 13:23 in Hebrew <a href="#b2" id="f2">[2]</a> 14:2 Ch 14:1 in Hebrew <a href="#b3" id="f3">[3]</a> 14:13 Hebrew they <a href="#b4" id="f4">[4]</a> 15:8 Hebrew the vestibule of the Lord <a href="#b5" id="f5">[5]</a> 16:3 Or treaty; twice in this verse <a href="#b6" id="f6">[6]</a> 9:3 Or brothers and sisters <a href="#b7" id="f7">[7]</a> 9:16 Greek not of him who wills or runs <a href="#b8" id="f8">[8]</a> 19:1 Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6-8 <a href="#b9" id="f9">[9]</a> 19:4 Or Their measuring line <a href="#b10" id="f10">[10]</a> 19:7 Or blameless <a href="#b11" id="f11">[11]</a> 19:9 Or just decrees <a href="#b12" id="f12">[12]</a> 20:1 Or will not become wise </div> </div>This reading plan is from <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/home/bibles/#one-year">The One Year Bible</a> ©1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 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