CIL Daily Bible Readings

CIL Daily Bible Readings

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  • Psalms 23,24,25
    The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
    He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
    He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
    Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
    The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
    For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
    Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
    He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
    He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
    This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
    Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
    Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
    Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
    Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
    Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
    O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
    Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
    Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
    Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
    Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
    Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
    Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
    The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
    All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
    For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
    What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
    His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
    The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
    Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
    Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
    The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
    Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
    Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
    O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
    Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
    Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
    4 min
  • Genesis 19
    And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
    And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
    And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
    But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
    And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
    And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
    And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
    Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
    And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
    But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
    And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
    And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
    For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
    And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
    And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
    And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
    And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
    And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:
    Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
    Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
    And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
    Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
    The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
    Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
    And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
    But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
    And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
    And he looked toward S
    8 min
  • Psalms 22
    My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
    O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
    But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
    Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
    They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
    But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
    All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
    He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
    But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
    I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
    Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
    Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
    They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
    I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
    My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
    For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
    I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
    They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
    But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
    Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
    Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
    I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
    Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
    For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
    My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
    The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
    All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
    For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.
    All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
    A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
    They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
    5 min
  • Matthew 12
    At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.
    But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
    But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
    How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
    Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
    But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
    But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
    For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
    And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
    And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
    And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
    How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
    Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
    Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
    But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
    And charged them that they should not make him known:
    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
    Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
    He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
    A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
    And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
    Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
    And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
    But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
    And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
    And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
    And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
    But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
    Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
    He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
    Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
    And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
    Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
    O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
    A good man
    10 min
  • Genesis 17,18
    And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
    And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
    And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
    As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
    Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
    And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
    And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
    And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
    This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
    And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
    And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
    He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
    And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
    And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
    And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
    Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
    And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
    And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
    And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
    But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
    And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
    And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
    And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
    And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
    In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
    And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
    And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
    And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
    And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
    Let a little water, I pray you, be fetc
    11 min
  • Psalms 19,20,21
    The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
    Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
    There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
    Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
    Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
    His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
    The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
    The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
    The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
    More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
    Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
    Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
    Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
    Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
    The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
    Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
    Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
    Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
    We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
    Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
    Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
    They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
    Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
    The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
    Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
    For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
    He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
    His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
    For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
    For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
    Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
    Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
    Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
    For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
    Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
    Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
    5 min
  • Matthew 11
    And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
    Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
    And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
    Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
    The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
    And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
    And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
    But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
    But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
    For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
    Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
    And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
    For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
    And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
    He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
    But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
    And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
    For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
    The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
    Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
    Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
    But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
    And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
    But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
    At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
    Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
    All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
    Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
    Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
    For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
    5 min
  • Genesis 15,16
    After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
    And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
    And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
    And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
    And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
    And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
    And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
    And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
    And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
    And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
    And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
    And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
    And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
    And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
    And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
    But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
    And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
    In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
    The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
    And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
    And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
    Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
    And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
    And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
    And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
    And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
    But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
    And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
    And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
    And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
    And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
    And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; be
    6 min
  • Psalms 18
    I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
    The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
    I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
    The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
    In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
    Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
    There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
    He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
    And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
    He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
    At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
    The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
    Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
    Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
    He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
    He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
    They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
    He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
    The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
    For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
    For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
    I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
    Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
    With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
    With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
    For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
    For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
    For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
    As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
    For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
    It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
    He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
    He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
    Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
    Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
    I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
    I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
    For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
    Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
    They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
    Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
    Thou hast delivered me fro
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  • Matthew 10
    And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
    Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
    Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
    Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
    These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
    But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
    And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
    Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
    Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
    Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
    And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
    And when ye come into an house, salute it.
    And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
    And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
    Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
    Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
    But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
    And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
    But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
    For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
    And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
    And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
    But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
    The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
    It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
    Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
    What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
    And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
    Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
    But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
    Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
    Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
    But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
    Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
    For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
    And a man's foes shall be they of his own hou
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