Those who are weaned from milk

OT  5th Cycle.   NT  10th Cycle.

Tue 27Jun23
Isaiah 10:1 – 14:32 (110 verses) WEB
Isaiah 15:1 – 20:6 (75 verses) NASB
Luke 8:1 – 56 (56 verses) WEB
Luke 9:1 – 62 (62 verses) NET

Wed 28Jun23
Isaiah 21:1 – 24:23 (83 verses) WEB
Luke 10:1 – 42 (42 verses) WEB

Thu 29Jun23
Isaiah 25:1 – 28:29 (75 verses) WEB
Luke 11:1 – 54 (54 verses) WEB

Fri 30Jun23
Isaiah 29:1 – 33:24 (110 verses) NET
Luke 12:1 – 59 (59 verses) WEB

WEB — World English Bible
NASB — New American Standard Bible
NET — New English Translation

Over the last four days, I finished reading Isaiah chapters 10 to 33 and Luke chapters 8 to 12.

I am on track to complete my ongoing 5th round of Old Testament reading and my 10th round of New Testament reading by the end of the year.

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Passages of the Day

9 Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts? 10 For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little. 11 But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language, 12 to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to the weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.
Isaiah 28:9 – 12  World English Bible

(speaking of Melchizedek)
11 Of whom we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
12 For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
13 For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
14 But solid food is for full grown men, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
Hebrews 5 – 14  World English Bible

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.
1 Corinthians 3:2  New International Version

A week of milestones

OT  5th Cycle.   NT  10th Cycle.

Sun 18Jun23
Proverbs 4:1 – 7:27 (112 verses) ESV
Mark 4:1 – 5:43 (84 verses) NKJV

Mon 19Jun23
Proverbs 8:1 – 11:31 (117 verses) RBV
Mark 6:1 – 7:37 (93 verses) RBV

Tue 20Jun23
Proverbs 12:1 – 15:33 (121 verses) NIV
Mark 8:1 – 9:50 (88 verses) NRSV

Wed 21Jun23
Proverbs 16:1 – 24:34 (270 verses) WEB
Mark 10:1 – 13:37 (166 verses) WEB

Thu 22Jun23
Proverbs 25:1 – 31:31 (202 verses) WEB
Ecclesiastes 1:1 – 3:22 (66 verses)NET
Mark 14:1 – 16:20 (139 verses) WEB
Luke 1:1 – 80 (80 verses) GNB

Fri 23Jun23
Ecclesiastes 4:1 – 12:14 (156 verses) NET
Luke 2:1 – 52 (52 verses) GNB

Sat 24Jun23
Song of Solomon 1:1 – 8:14 (117 verses) WEB
Luke 3:1 – 4:44 (82 verses) WEB

Sun 25Jun23
Isaiah 1:1 – 6:13 (128 verses) NET
Luke 5:1 – 6:49 (88 verses) WEB

Mon 26Jun23
Isaiah 7:1 – 9:21 (68 verses) WEB
Luke 7:1 – 50 (50 verses) WEB

ESV — English Standard Version
NKJV — New King James Version
RBV — Revised Berkeley Version
NIV — New International Version
NRSV — New Revised Standard Version
WEB — World English Bible
NET — New English Translation
GNB — Good News Bible

It has been a week of crossing milestones in my daily Bible readings. I finished reading Proverbs and Mark last Thursday, followed by Ecclesiastes on Friday, and Song of Solomon on Saturday.

Today I read chapters 7 to 9 of Isaiah along with chapter 7 of the Gospel of Luke.

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Passages of the week

23Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
24Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.
25Let your eyes look directly forwards,
and your gaze be straight before you.
26Ponder the path of your feet;
then all your ways will be sure.
27Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.
Proverbs 4:23 – 27  English Standard Version

24 There is one who scatters, yet increases more
and there is one who increases more than right, but it leads to poverty.
25 The generous soul will be made rich,
and he who waters will be watered himself.
Proverbs 11:24 – 25  Revised Berkeley Version

17He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD,
and he will repay him for his deed.
Proverbs 19:17  Revised Standard Version

12 So they went out and preached that people should repent.
13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.
Mark 6:12 – 13  Revised Berkeley Version

17He will go ahead of the Lord, strong and mighty like the prophet Elijah. He will bring fathers and children together again; he will turn disobedient people back to the way of thinking of the righteous; he will get the Lord's people ready for him.
Luke 1:17  Good News Bible

Then you will understand the fear of the LORD

OT  5th Cycle.   NT  10th Cycle.

Fri 16Jun23
Psalm 141:1 – 147:20 (95 verses) KJV
Mark 1:1 – 45 (45 verses) GNB

Sat 17Jun23
Psalm 148:1 – 150:6 (29 verses) KJV
Proverbs 1:1 – 3:35 (90 verses) ESV
Mark 2:1 – 3:35 (63 verses) GNB

KJV — King James Version
GNB — Good News Bible
ESV — English Standard Version

Today I finish reading the final Book V of the Psalms along with the first three chapters of Proverbs

In the New Testament, I read the first three chapters of the Gospel according to Mark.

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Passage of the Day

1My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
2making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
3yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
4if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
5then you will understand the fear of the LORD
and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:1 – 5  Good News Bible

I have often heard people quote the verse that says, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom . . ." (Proverbs 9:10). This verse makes me ask myself what the fear of the LORD means in my life.

This morning's passage answers my question by telling another side of this truth about the fear of the LORD — that if I seek wisdom from God, seeking it like silver, searching for it like for hidden treasures, virtually calling out and raising my voice for insight and for understanding, then I will understand the fear of the LORD.

Brothers and Sisters in Iesus the Anointed One, do you want to understand the fear of the LORD? Do you wish to find the knowledge of God? I urge you to seek wisdom and understanding from God. Seek wisdom. Search for it as for hidden treasure. Then you will understand the fear of the LORD.

Is thine eye evil?

OT  5th Cycle.   NT  10th Cycle.

Sun 11Jun23
Psalm 107:1 - 111:10 (104 verses)NET
Matthew 20:1 - 21:46 (80 verses) GNB

Mon 12Jun23
Psalm 112:1 - 118:29 (95 verses)WEB
Matthew 22:1 - 23:39 (85 verses) WEB

Tue 13Jun23
Psalm 119:1 - 176 (176 verses) KJV
Matthew 24:1 - 51 (51 verses) NIV

Wed 14Jun23
Psalm 120:1 - 134:3 (101 verses) ASV
Matthew 25:1 - 26:75 (121 verses) NWB

Thu 15Jun23
Psalm 135:1 - 140:13 (101 verses) WEB
Matthew 27:1 - 28:20 (86 verses) WEB

NET — New English Translation
GNB — Good News Bible
WEB — World English Bible
KJV — King James Version
NIV — New International Version
ASV — American Standard Version
NWB — Noah Webster Bible

I started reading Book V of the Psalms (Ps 107 – 150) on 11Jun23. In the New Testament, I finished reading the Gospel of Matthew today.

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Passage of the Day

15 Don't I have the right to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you jealous because I am generous?
Matthew 20:15  Good News Bible

15 Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?
Matthew 20:15  New English Translationre

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Matthew 20:15  King James Version

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I wrote my observations about the Hebrew meaning of the expression "good eyes" and "evil eyes" in my devotional blog in January last year, link below —

• Is thine eye evil because I am good?

In the spirit and power of Elijah

OT  5th Cycle.   NT  10th Cycle.

Sat 03Jun23
Psalm 36:1 - 41:13 (117 verses) NIV
Psalm 42:1 - 11 (11 verses) ESV
Matthew 6:1 - 7:29 (63 verses) KJV

Sun 04Jun23
Psalm 43:1 - 49:20 (102 verses) ESV
Matthew 8:1 - 9:38 (72 verses) KJV

Mon 05Jun23
Psalm 50:1 - 58:11 (122 verses) RSV
Matthew 10:1 - 11:30 (72 verses) KJV

Tue 06Jun23
Psalm 59:1 - 72:20 (230 verses) WEB
Matthew 12:1 - 50 (50 verses) WEB

Wed 07Jun23
Psalm 73:1 - 78:72 (165 verses) NRSV
Matthew 13:1 - 58 (58 verses) NKJV

Thu 08Jun23
Psalm 79:1 - 89:52 (193 verses) NET
Matthew 14:1 - 15:39 (75 verses) NKJV

Fri 09Jun23
Psalm 90:1 - 96:13 (100 verses) WEB
Matthew 16:1 - 17:27 (55 verses) WEB

Sat 10Jun23
Psalm 97:1 - 106:48 (221 verses) WEB
Matthew 18:1 - 19:30 (65 verses) WEB

NIV — New International Version
ESV — English Standard Version
KJV — King James Version
RSV — Revised Standard Version
WEB — World English Bible
NRSV — New Revised Standard Version
NKJV — New King James Version
NET — New English Translation

Over the past week I reached the end of Book I of Psalms (Ps 41) on 03Jun23, followed by Book II (Ps 72) on 06Jun23, Book III (Ps 89) on 08Jun23, and Book IV (Ps 106) on 10Jun23.

In the New Testament, I read chapters 6 to 19 of the Gospel according to Matthew.

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Passage of the Day

13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
Matthew 11:13 – 14  King James Version

10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
Matthew 17:10 – 13  King James Version

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias,
to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just;
to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke 1:17  King James Version

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I wrote my observations on the similarities between John the Baptist and Elijah on my devotional blog in February last year, link below:

• Garment of hair, Belt of leather

Understanding the Counsel of God

OT  5th Cycle.   NT  10th Cycle.

Fri 02Jun23
Psalm 28:1 - 35:28 (139 verses) NIV
Matthew 3:1 - 5:48 (90 verses) KJV

NIV — New International Version
KJV — King James Version

Today, I continue with my readings from Book I of the Psalms, and from the Gospel according to Matthew.

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Passage of the Day

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
9 Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle
or they will not come to you.
Psalm 32:8 – 9  New Internatinal Version

Brothers and Sisters in the Anointed Iesus, let us pay attention to the instruction and counsel of our Heavenly Father. Let us receive His counsel with understanding.

Walking in integrity, Trusting in the LORD

OT  5th Cycle.   NT  10th Cycle.

Thu 01Jun23
Psalm 21:1 - 27:14 (108 verses) RSV
Matthew 1:1 - 2:23 (48 verses) KJV

RSV — Revised Standard Version
KJV — King James Version

I continue reading Book I of Psalms today, covering Psalm 21 to 27, reading a total of 108 Old Testament verses.

In the New Testament, I embark on a new cyle of reading, the 10th Cycle of NT, by reading the first two chapters of the Gospel according to Matthew.

I will continue reading about 64 verses a day from the Old Testament, and about 44 verses a day from the New Testament in order to finish reading my 5th Cycle of OT and 10th Cycle of NT by the end of the year.

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Passage of the Day

1Vindicate me, O LORD,
for I have walked in my integrity,
and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
2Prove me, O LORD, and try me;
test my heart and my mind.
3For thy steadfast love is before my eyes,
and I walk in faithfulness to thee.
Psalm 26:1 – 3  Revised Standard Version

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in thy sight,
O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14  Revised STandard Version

Brothers and Sisters in the Lord Iesus, let us walk in our integrity while we trust in the LORD without wavering.