August 21st (Day 233) Bible Reading

Job 1:1-3:26
1 Corinthians 14:1-17
Psalm 37:12-29
Proverbs 21:25-26

 

Job 1:1  There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 

Job 1:2  And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 

Job 1:3  His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 

Job 1:4  And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 

Job 1:5  And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. 

Job 1:6  Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 

Job 1:7  And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 

Job 1:8  And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 

Job 1:9  Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 

Job 1:10  Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 

Job 1:11  But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. 

Job 1:12  And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. 

Job 1:13  And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 

Job 1:14  And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 

Job 1:15  And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

Job 1:16  While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

Job 1:17  While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

Job 1:18  While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 

Job 1:19  And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

Job 1:20  Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 

Job 1:21  And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. 

Job 1:22  In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. 

 

Job 2:1  Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. 

Job 2:2  And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 

Job 2:3  And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. 

Job 2:4  And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. 

Job 2:5  But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 

Job 2:6  And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. 

Job 2:7  So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 

Job 2:8  And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. 

Job 2:9  Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 

Job 2:10  But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. 

Job 2:11  Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. 

Job 2:12  And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 

Job 2:13  So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. 

 

Job 3:1  After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 

Job 3:2  And Job spake, and said, 

Job 3:3  Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 

Job 3:4  Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 

Job 3:5  Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 

Job 3:6  As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. 

Job 3:7  Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. 

Job 3:8  Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. 

Job 3:9  Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 

Job 3:10  Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 

Job 3:11  Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 

Job 3:12  Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? 

Job 3:13  For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, 

Job 3:14  With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; 

Job 3:15  Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: 

Job 3:16  Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. 

Job 3:17  There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. 

Job 3:18  There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 

Job 3:19  The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. 

Job 3:20  Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 

Job 3:21  Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 

Job 3:22  Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 

Job 3:23  Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 

Job 3:24  For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. 

Job 3:25  For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. 

Job 3:26  I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. 

 

1Co 14:1  Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. 

1Co 14:2  For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 

1Co 14:3  But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 

1Co 14:4  He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 

1Co 14:5  I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. 

1Co 14:6  Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 

1Co 14:7  And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 

1Co 14:8  For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 

1Co 14:9  So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. 

1Co 14:10  There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. 

1Co 14:11  Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. 

1Co 14:12  Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. 

1Co 14:13  Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. 

1Co 14:14  For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 

1Co 14:15  What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 

1Co 14:16  Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? 

1Co 14:17  For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. 

 

Psa 37:12  The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 

Psa 37:13  The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. 

Psa 37:14  The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. 

Psa 37:15  Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. 

Psa 37:16  A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 

Psa 37:17  For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. 

Psa 37:18  The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. 

Psa 37:19  They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 

Psa 37:20  But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. 

Psa 37:21  The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. 

Psa 37:22  For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 

Psa 37:23  The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 

Psa 37:24  Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. 

Psa 37:25  I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 

Psa 37:26  He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 

Psa 37:27  Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. 

Psa 37:28  For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 

Psa 37:29  The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 

 

Pro 21:25  The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. 

Pro 21:26  He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.