Daily Bible Reading Plan

• Job 5 (1:47)

Job 5 1 "Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn ? 2 "For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple. 3 "I have seen the foolish taking root, And I cursed his abode immediately. 4 "His sons are far from safety, They are even oppressed in the gate, And there is no deliverer. 5 "His harvest the hungry devour And take it to a place of thorns, And the schemer is eager for their wealth. 6 "For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground, 7 For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward. 8 "But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God ; 9 Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number. 10 "He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields, 11 So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety. 12 "He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success. 13 "He captures the wise by their own shrewdness, And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted. 14 "By day they meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night. 15 "But He saves from the sword of their mouth, And the poor from the hand of the mighty. 16 "So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth. 17 "Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 "For He inflicts pain, and gives relief ; He wounds, and His hands also heal. 19 "From six troubles He will deliver you, Even in seven evil will not touch you. 20 "In famine He will redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword. 21 "You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes. 22 "You will laugh at violence and famine, And you will not be afraid of wild beasts. 23 "For you will be in league with the stones of the field, And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you. 24 "You will know that your tent is secure, For you will visit your abode and fear no loss. 25 "You will know also that your descendants will be many, And your offspring as the grass of the earth. 26 "You will come to the grave in full vigor, Like the stacking of grain in its season. 27 "Behold this ; we have investigated it, and so it is. Hear it, and know for yourself." [[slnc 10000]]

• Job 6 (1:55)

Job 6 1 Then Job answered, 2 "Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity ! 3 "For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas ; Therefore my words have been rash. 4 "For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks ; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. 5 "Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder ? 6 "Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg ? 7 "My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me. 8 "Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing ! 9 "Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off ! 10 "But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. 11 "What is my strength, that I should wait ? And what is my end, that I should endure ? 12 "Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze ? 13 "Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me? 14 "For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend ; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty. 15 "My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which vanish, 16 Which are turbid because of ice And into which the snow melts. 17 "When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place. 18 "The paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish. 19 "The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them. 20 "They were disappointed for they had trusted, They came there and were confounded. 21 "Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid. 22 "Have I said, 'Give me something,' Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,' 23 Or, 'Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants '? 24 "Teach me, and I will be silent ; And show me how I have erred. 25 "How painful are honest words ! But what does your argument prove ? 26 "Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind ? 27 "You would even cast lots for the orphans And barter over your friend. 28 "Now please look at me, And see if I lie to your face. 29 "Desist now, let there be no injustice ; Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it. 30 "Is there injustice on my tongue ? Cannot my palate discern calamities ? [[slnc 10000]]

• James 4 (1:29)

James 4 1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members ? 2 You lust and do not have ; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain ; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God ? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose : "He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"? 6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE." 7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners ; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be miserable and mourn and weep ; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you. 11 Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law ; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy ; but who are you who judge your neighbor ? 13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." 14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. 15 Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that." 16 But as it is, you boast in your arrogance ; all such boasting is evil. 17 Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. [[slnc 10000]]

• Acts 27 (4:00)

Acts 27 1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius. 2 And embarking in an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica. 3 The next day we put in at Sidon ; and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care. 4 From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary. 5 When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. 6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it. 7 When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone ; 8 and with difficulty sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea. 9 When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them, 10 and said to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives." 11 But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. 12 Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there. 13 When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore. Shipwreck 14 But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo ; 15 and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along. 16 Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship's boat under control. 17 After they had hoisted it up, they used supporting cables in undergirding the ship ; and fearing that they might run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the sea anchor and in this way let themselves be driven along. 18 The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo ; 19 and on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands. 20 Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned. 21 When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, "Men, you ought to have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss. 22 "Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23 "For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me, 24 saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul ; you must stand before Caesar ; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.' 25 "Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told. 26 "But we must run aground on a certain island." 27 But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to surmise that they were approaching some land. 28 They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms ; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms. 29 Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak. 30 But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down the ship's boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved." 32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it fall away. 33 Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing. 34 "Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish." 35 Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat. 36 All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food. 37 All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six persons. 38 When they had eaten enough , they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea. 39 When day came, they could not recognize the land ; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could. 40 And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders ; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading for the beach. 41 But striking a reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground ; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern began to be broken up by the force of the waves. 42 The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape ; 43 but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land, 44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land. [[slnc 10000]]