Wash you, make you clean, cease to do evil, learn to do well

OT  6th Cycle.   NT  11th Cycle.   Day Date

Thu 26Sep24

Psalm 120:1 – 150:6 (326 verses) WEB

Proverbs 1:1 – 31:31 (915 verses) WEB

Fri 27Sep24

Ecclesiastes 1:1 – 12:14 (222 verses) WEB

Sat 28Sep24

Song of Solomon 1:1 – 8:14 (117 verses) WEB

Isaiah 1:1 – 30:33 (596 verses) WEB

Sun 29Sep24

Isaiah 31:1 – 55:13 (503 verses) NIV

Isaiah 56:1 – 66:24 (193 verses) WEB

Mon 30Sep24

Jeremiah 1:1 – 17:27 (438 verses) WEB

WEB — World English Bible
NIV — New International Version

Overall Progress
OT = 18,853 / 23,145 verses (81.46 %)
NT = 7,957 / 7,957 verses (100.00 %)

Since my last update on this Bible Reading log five days ago, I have finished reading the final portion of Book V of the Psalms, followed by the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah and seventeen chapters of Jeremiah.

Doing so has required me to spend most of my afternoons and evenings on Bible Readings, mainly from the World English Bible, with a portion of Isaiah from the New International Version.

By today, the last day of September, I have managed to cover just a little over 80 % of the Old Testament (6th Cycle) and 100 % of the New Testament (11th Cycle). Tomorrow I will begin my 12th round of New Testament, aiming to cover about a hundred verses a day so that I can finish the entire 12th round by mid-December.

Meanwhile, I will continue with my 6th Cycle of Old Testament readings, having only about 4,300 more verses to go, by reading about 130 verses a day so that I can finish the 6th Cycle shortly into November.

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Passage for Today

11 What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?, says Yahweh. I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats.
12 When you come to appear before me, Who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.
14 My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; they are a trouble to me; I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
17 learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 Come now, and let us reason together, says Yahweh: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 1:11 – 18  World English Bible

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My thoughts for today can be found in the link below —

• The Paradox of the Torah Keeping sinners (Sep2014)

The life of the body is a heart at peace

OT  6th Cycle.   NT  11th Cycle.   Thursday 26Sep24

Thu 26Sep24

Psalm 120:1 – 150:6 (326 verses) WEB

Proverbs 1:1 – 31:31 (915 verses) WEB

WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress
OT = 16,784 / 23,145 verses (72.52 %)
NT = 7,957 / 7,957 verses (100.00 %)

Today has been another day of long readings, taking up part of my morning and almost the entire afternoon. After finishing the remainder of Book V of the Psalms, I went on to read all the 31 chapters of Proverbs, using only the World English Bible instead of switching between different versions to save time.

I have now completed about 72 percent of my 6th Cycle of Old Testament Readings.

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Passage for Today

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who has a quick temper displays folly.
The life of the body is a heart at peace, But envy rots the bones.
Proverbs 14:29 – 30  World English Bible

Reading the Books of the Psalms

OT  6th Cycle.   NT  11th Cycle.   Wednesday 25Sep24

Tue 24Sep24

Psalm 42:1 – 72:20 (465 verses) WEB

Psalm 73:1 – 89:52 (358 verses) WEB

Wed 25Sep24

Psalm 90:1 – 106:48 (321 verses) WEB

Psalm 107:1 – 119:176 (375 verses) WEB

WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress
OT = 15,869 / 23,145 verses (68.56 %)
NT = 7,957 / 7,957 verses (100.00 %)

Yesterday I read through Book II and Book III of the Psalms, comprising

Book II

Psalm 42 to 72

Book III

Psalm 73 to 89

Today I continued with reading through Book IV and part of Book V, as follows:

Book IV

Psalm 90 to 108

Book V

Psalm 107 to 119 (to be continued)

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Passage for Today

The LORD says to my Lord:
“Sit at My right hand
Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Psalm 110:1  New American Standard Bible

The LORD said to my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Psalm 110:1  LXX

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My thoughts for today can be found in the links below —

• Questions for Critics of Iesous the Anointed (Feb2014)
• Peter explains how David understood his prophecy (Feb2014)

The Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and End

OT  6th Cycle.   NT  11th Cycle.   Mon 23Sep24

Wed 18Sep24

2 Chronicles 1:1 – 20:37 (430 verses) WEB

Thu 19Sep24

2 Chronicles 21: 1 – 36:23 (392 verses) WEB

Ezra 1:1 – 2:70 (82 verses) WEB

Fri 20Sep24

Ezra 3:1 – 10:44 (199 verses) WEB

Nehemiah 1:1 – 7:73 (197 verses) WEB

Revelation 1:1 – 12:17 (211 verses) WEB

Sat 21Sep24

Nehemiah 8:1 – 13:31 (209 verses) WEB

Esther 1:1 – 10:3 (167 verses) WEB

Revelation 13:1 – 22:21 (193 verses) WEB

Sun 22Sep24

Job 1:1 – 42:17 (1,070 verses) WEB

Mon 23Sep24

Psalm 1:1 – 41:13 (616 verses) WEB

WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress
OT = 14,350 / 23,145 verses (62.00 %)
NT = 7,957 / 7,957 verses (100.00 %)

During a quiet retreat away from home over the past four days, I have managed to complete some long readings covering 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, and the Book of Revelation, the final book in the New Testament. Today, I went on to read Book I of Psalms (Psalm 1 to 41).

My overall reading progress has reached 62 percent of the Old Testament, with slightly more than three months left before the year ends for me to cover the remaining 38 percent of this Sixth Round of the OT. Meanwhile, I have finished reading my Eleventh Round of the NT.

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Passage for Today

Revelation 21:5 – 6 World English Bible

5 He who sits on the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.' He said, 'Write, for these words are faithful and true.'
6 He said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

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My thoughts for today come from my readings of the Book of Revelation. They can be found in the links below —

• I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End (Dec2021)
• Amen, Faithful, True Witness, Head of God's Creation (Nov2020)
• Titles of God, Titles of Iesous (Nov2020)
• Worship Him who sits on the Throne (Aug2014)
• The Lamb took the scroll from the Right Hand of God (Sep2021)
• Keep the commandments of God and the Faith of Iesous (Dec2021)
• To him that overcometh (Mar2022)

End of 11th Cycle of New Testament Readings

Sat 21Sep2024

Today I arrived at the end of a long drawn out cycle of New Testament Reading. I embarked on this Eleventh NT Cycle at the beginning of last December 2023, expecting to finish it in six months' time by reading about 40 to 50 verses a day. However, I ended up taking 8 ¾ months to finish it because of disruptions from travelling and some procrastinating.

As I am also badly delayed in my current Old Testament reading, I will devote the remaining ten days of September to catch up on my OT readings before I proceed with my next NT reading cycle — the 12th Cycle.

My ongoing progress in Bible reading, both Old and New Testament cycles as well as the current books and chapters, can be found in the following links —

• Bible Reading Cycles
• Old Testament Books
• New Testament Books

This is His Commandment

OT  6th Cycle.   NT  11th Cycle.   Tuesday 17Sep24

Tue 17Sep24

1 Chronicles 7:1 – 29:30 (659 verses) WEB

2 Peter 1:1 – 3:18 (61 verses) NKJV

1 John 1:1 – 5:21 (105 verses) WEB

2 John 1:1 – 13 (13 verses) WEB

3 John 1:1 – 14 (14 verses) WEB

Jude 1:1 – 25 (25 verses) WEB

WEB — World English Bible
NKJV — New King James Version

Overall Progress
OT = 10,988 / 23,145 verses (47.47 %)
NT = 7,555 / 7,957 verses (94.95 %)

Today I finished a long reading of First Chronicles in the Old Testament followed by a series of short Epistles in the New Testament. My overall reading progress has reached 47% of the OT and 95% of the NT. In the New Testament, there is only one last book to read — the Book of Revelation of St John.

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Passage for Today

22 so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
1 John 3:22 – 24  World English Bible

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My thoughts for today can be found in the link below —

• And this is His Commandment (Mar2022)
• A final commandment (Jul2022)

Ye are a chosen generation

OT  6th Cycle.   NT  11th Cycle.   Monday 16Sep24

Mon 16Sep24

2 Kings 20:1 – 25:30 (154 verses) WEB

1 Chronicles 1:1 – 6:81 (283 verses) BBE

James 1:1 – 5:20 (108 verses) WEB

1 Peter 1:1 – 5:14 (105 verses) KJV

WEB — World English Bible
BBE — Bible in Basic English
KJV — King James Version

Overall Progress
OT = 10,329 / 23,145 verses (44.63 %)
NT = 7,337 / 7,957 verses (92.21 %)

Today I have begun to read longer portions of the Bible again after several months of short interrupted readings. In the Old Testament, I read the last six chapters of Second Kings followed by the first six chapters of First Chronicles, up to the genealogies of the tribe of Issachar. In the New Testament, I read the entire Epistle General of James and the First Epistle of Peter.

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Passage for Today

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people,
that you should show forth the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light
1 Peter 2:9  King James Version

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My thoughts for today can be found in the link below —

• A peculiar people above all nations (Jul2020)

With such sacrifices God is well pleased

OT  6th Cycle.   NT  11th Cycle.   Sunday 15Sep24

Thu 22Aug24

1 Kings 17:1 – 19:21 (91 verses) NWB

1 Timothy 1:1 – 6:21 (113 verses) NET

Sun 25Aug24

1 Kings 20:1 – 22:53 (125 verses) NIV

2 Timothy 1:1 – 4:22 (83 verses) NIV

Titus 1:1 – 3:15 (46 verses) NIV

Philemon 1:1 – 25 (25 verses) NIV

Hebrews 1:1 – 3:19 (51 verses) NIV

Mon 26Aug24

2 Kings 1:1 – 9:37 (260 verses) WEB

Tue 27Aug24

Hebrews 4:1 – 7:28 (78 verses) WEB

Sun 08Sep24

2 Kings 10:1 – 11:21 (57 verses) WEB

Sun 15Sep24

2 Kings 12:1 – 19:37 (247 verses) NIV

Hebrews 8:1 – 13:25 (174 verses) KJV

NWB — Noah Webster Bible
NET — New English Translation
NIV — New International Version
WEB — World English Bible
KJV — King James Version

Overall Progress
OT = 9,892 / 23,145 verses (42.74 %)
NT = 7,124 / 7,957 verses (89.53 %)

In my New Testament reading today, I have finished the Epistle to the Hebrews. Tomorrow I will begin reading the Epistle General of James. Meanwhile in the Old Testament, I continue to read Second Kings, finishing chapter 19 today.

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Passage for Today

15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Hebrews 13:15 - 16  King James Version

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My thoughts for today can be found in the links below —

• Let us offer a sacrifice of praise (Aug2023)
• God is well pleased with such sacrifices (Sep2021)
• I will never leave thee (Jun2022)
• Not so obvious (May2009)
• King of Righteousness (Sep2021)