Day 193: Psalms 148 - Proverbs 3
Bible in a year reading for day 193.
Psalms 148
- 10 wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,
- 11 kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,
- 12 young men and maidens, old and young together.
- 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
- 14 He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
Psalms 149
- 1 Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise in the assembly of the godly.
- 2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
- 3 Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
- 4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
- 5 Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
- 6 May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,
- 7 to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
- 8 to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
- 9 to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!
Psalms 150
- 1 Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
- 2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.
- 3 Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- 4 Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
- 5 Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.
- 6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
Proverbs 1
- 1 These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
- 2 for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
- 3 and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
- 4 To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
- 5 let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- 6 by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
- 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- 8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- 9 For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
- 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- 11 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
- 12 let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
- 13 We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
- 14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
- 15 my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
- 16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
- 17 How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
- 18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
- 19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
- 20 Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
- 21 in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
- 22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- 23 If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
- 24 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- 25 because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
- 26 in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
- 27 when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
- 28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
- 29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
- 30 They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
- 31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- 32 For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
- 33 But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
Proverbs 2
- 1 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- 2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
- 3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
- 4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
- 5 then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
- 6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
- 7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
- 8 to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
- 9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
- 10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
- 11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
- 12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
- 13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
- 14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
- 15 whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
- 16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- 17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
- 18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
- 19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
- 20 So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
- 21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
- 22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
Proverbs 3
- 1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- 2 for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
- 3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
- 4 Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
- 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- 6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- 7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
- 8 This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
- 9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- 10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.