Latter-day Scriptures in a Year

●Job 29 Job recalls his former prosperity and greatness—He was blessed because of his righteousness, his charity, and his good deeds.

●Job 30 Job is derided by the children of vile and base men—In his afflicted state, he cries to the Lord—Job says that he wept for those in trouble.

●Job 31 Job invites judgment so that God may know his integrity—If he has done ill, Job welcomes the penalties for so doing.

●Job 23 Job seeks the Lord and asserts his own righteousness—He says, When the Lord has tried me, I will come forth as gold.

●Job 24 Murderers, adulterers, those who oppress the poor, and wicked people in general often go unpunished for a little while.

●Job 25 Bildad bemoans the lowly state of man and classifies him as a worm.

Job 26 Job reproves Bildad’s lack of empathy—He extols the power, greatness, and strength of the Lord.

●Job 27 Job asserts his righteousness—When the wicked are buried in death, terrors will take hold of them.

●Job 28 Wealth comes out of the earth—Wisdom cannot be purchased—The fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.

Job 20  Zophar shows the condition of the wicked—He says, The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment.

Job 21 Job admits that the wicked sometimes prosper in this life—Then he testifies that their judgment will be hereafter in the day of wrath and destruction.

Job 22 Eliphaz accuses Job of various sins and exhorts him to repent.

Job 15 Eliphaz sets forth the disquietude of wicked men—They do not believe they will return out of darkness and be resurrected.

Job 16Job speaks against the wicked who oppose him—Though even his friends scorn him, he testifies that his witness is in heaven and his record is on high.

Job 17 Job speaks of the sorrow of death and of the grave in that day when the body returns to the dust.

Job 18 Bildad tells of the damned state of the wicked who know not God.

Job 19 Job tells of the ills that have befallen him and then testifies, I know that my Redeemer lives—Job prophesies that he will be resurrected and that in his flesh he will see God.

Job 10-14

Job 10 Job is weary of life—He reasons with God about his afflictions—He asks, Why hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb?

Job 11 Zophar asks, Canst thou by searching find out God?—Zophar says that the hope of the wicked will fade away as though it had died.

Job 12 Job says, The souls of all things are in the hands of the Lord, with the ancient is wisdom, and the Lord governs in all things.

Job 13 Job testifies of his confidence in the Lord and says, Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him, and He also will be my salvation.

Job 14 Job testifies of the shortness of life, the certainty of death, and the guarantee of a resurrection—He asks, If a man die, will he live again?—Job answers that he will await the Lord’s call to come forth from the grave.

Job 6 Job bemoans his grief—He prays that God will grant his petitions—Those who are afflicted should be pitied—How forcible are right words!

Job 7 Job asks, Is there an appointed time for man on earth? What is man that Thou shouldst magnify him? Why dost Thou not pardon my transgression?

Job 8 Bildad asks, Doth God pervert judgment?—Bildad says, Our days upon earth are a shadow, and God will not cast away a perfect man.

Job 9 Job acknowledges the justice and greatness of God and concludes that man cannot contend against Him.

Job 1 Job, a just and perfect man, is blessed with great riches—Satan obtains permission from the Lord to tempt and try Job—Job’s property and children are destroyed, and yet he praises and blesses the Lord.

Job 2 Satan obtains permission from the Lord to afflict Job physically—Job is smitten with boils—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar come to comfort him.

Job 3 Job curses the circumstances of his birth—He asks, Why died I not from the womb?

Job 4 Eliphaz reproves Job, asking such questions as, Are the righteous cut off? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Job 5 Eliphaz counsels Job: Man is born unto trouble, seek unto God, and happy is the man whom God corrects.

Genesis 6 The sons of God marry the daughters of men—Men turn to wickedness, the earth is filled with violence, and all flesh is corrupted—The Flood is promised—God establishes His covenant with Noah, who builds an ark to save his family and various living things.

Genesis 7 Noah’s family and various beasts and fowl enter the ark—The Flood comes, and water covers the whole earth—All other life that breathes is destroyed.

Genesis 8 The Flood ceases—Noah sends forth a dove, which returns with an olive leaf—He releases all living things from the ark—He offers sacrifices—Seedtime, harvest, and seasons are ensured.

Genesis 9 Noah and his sons are commanded to multiply and fill the earth—They are given dominion over all forms of life—The death penalty is decreed for murder—God will not again destroy the earth by a flood—Canaan is cursed; Shem and Japheth are blessed.

Genesis 10 The descendants of Noah are Japheth, whose descendants are Gentiles; Ham, whose descendants include the Canaanites; and Shem, of whom came Peleg (in whose days the earth was divided).

Moses 7 Enoch teaches, leads the people, and moves mountains—The city of Zion is established—Enoch foresees the coming of the Son of Man, His atoning sacrifice, and the resurrection of the Saints—He foresees the Restoration, the Gathering, the Second Coming, and the return of Zion.

Moses 8 Methuselah prophesies—Noah and his sons preach the gospel—Great wickedness prevails—The call to repentance is unheeded—God decrees the destruction of all flesh by the Flood.

Genesis 5 The generations of Adam are Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch (who walked with God), Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah (who begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth).

Moses 4 God created all things spiritually before they were naturally upon the earth. He created man, the first flesh, upon the earth. Woman is a help meet for man.

Moses 5 Adam and Eve bring forth children. Adam offers sacrifice and serves God. Cain and Abel are born. Cain rebels, loves Satan more than God, and becomes Perdition. Murder and wickedness spread. The gospel is preached from the beginning.

Moses 6 Adam’s seed keep a book of remembrance. His righteous posterity preach repentance. God reveals Himself to Enoch. Enoch preaches the gospel. The plan of salvation was revealed to Adam. He received baptism and the priesthood.