Daily Bible Reading: Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Psalm 101 (NRSV)
1I will sing of loyalty and of justice;
to you, O LORD, I will sing.
2I will study the way that is blameless.
When shall I attain it?
I will walk with integrity of heart
within my house;
3I will not set before my eyes
anything that is base.
I hate the work of those who fall away;
it shall not cling to me.
4Perverseness of heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.
5One who secretly slanders a neighbor
I will destroy.
A haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not tolerate.
6I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
so that they may live with me;
whoever walks in the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.
7No one who practices deceit
shall remain in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall continue in my presence.
8Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all evildoers
from the city of the LORD.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. Before I was humbled I went astray, but now I keep your word.
Daily Bible Reading: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Psalm 119:65-72 (NRSV)
65You have dealt well with your servant,
O LORD, according to your word.
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.
67Before I was humbled I went astray,
but now I keep your word.
68You are good and do good;
teach me your statutes.
69The arrogant smear me with lies,
but with my whole heart I keep your precepts.
70Their hearts are fat and gross,
but I delight in your law.
71It is good for me that I was humbled,
so that I might learn your statutes.
72The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Before destruction one's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.
Daily Bible Reading: Friday, August 26, 2022
Proverbs 18:6-12 (NRSV)
6A fool's lips bring strife,
and a fool's mouth invites a flogging.
7The mouths of fools are their ruin,
and their lips a snare to themselves.
8The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
9One who is slack in work
is close kin to a vandal.
10The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
the righteous run into it and are safe.
11The wealth of the rich is their strong city;
in their imagination it is like a high wall.
12Before destruction one's heart is haughty,
but humility goes before honor.
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Daily Bible Reading: Thursday, August 25, 2022
Proverbs 15:13-17 (NRSV)
13A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance,
but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
14The mind of one who has understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
15All the days of the poor are hard,
but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD
than great treasure and trouble with it.
17Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is
than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
ELCA's daily Bible readings are chosen from "Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings," prepared by Consultation on the Common Texts, © 2005.
All text is from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyrighted, 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches USA, and is used by permission. All rights reserved.
