One Year Bible Expressions - Flipbook - Page 14
J A N U A R Y
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J A N U A R Y
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I cried out to the Lord,
and he answered me from his holy
mountain.
Interlude
I lay down and slept,
yet I woke up in safety,
for the Lord was watching
over me.
6 I am not afraid of ten thousand
enemies
who surround me on every side.
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Arise, O Lord!
Rescue me, my God!
Slap all my enemies in the face!
Shatter the teeth of the
wicked!
8 Victory comes from you,
O Lord.
May you bless your people.
Interlude
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3:2 Hebrew Selah. The meaning of this word is uncertain,
though it is probably a musical or literary term. It is
rendered Interlude throughout the Psalms.
PROVERBS 1:10-19
My child, if sinners entice you, turn
your back on them! They may say,
“Come and join us. Let’s hide and kill
someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the
innocent! Let’s swallow them alive, like
the grave*; let’s swallow them whole,
like those who go down to the pit of
death. Think of the great things we’ll
get! We’ll fill our houses with all the
stuff we take. Come, throw in your lot
with us; we’ll all share the loot.” My
child, don’t go along with them! Stay far
away from their paths. They rush to
commit evil deeds. They hurry to commit murder. If a bird sees a trap being
set, it knows to stay away. But these people set an ambush for themselves; they
are trying to get themselves killed. Such
is the fate of all who are greedy for
money; it robs them of life.
1:12 Hebrew like Sheol.
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JANUARY
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GENESIS 8:1–10:32
But God remembered Noah and all the
wild animals and livestock with him in
the boat. He sent a wind to blow across
the earth, and the floodwaters began to
recede. 2 The underground waters
stopped flowing, and the torrential rains
from the sky were stopped. 3 So the
floodwaters gradually receded from the
earth. After 150 days, 4 exactly five
months from the time the flood began,*
the boat came to rest on the mountains
of Ararat. 5 Two and a half months later,*
as the waters continued to go down,
other mountain peaks became visible.
6 After another forty days, Noah
opened the window he had made in the
boat 7 and released a raven. The bird flew
back and forth until the floodwaters on
the earth had dried up. 8He also released
a dove to see if the water had receded
and it could find dry ground. 9 But the
dove could find no place to land because
the water still covered the ground. So it
returned to the boat, and Noah held out
his hand and drew the dove back inside.
10After waiting another seven days, Noah
released the dove again. 11This time the
dove returned to him in the evening with
a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah
knew that the floodwaters were almost
gone. 12He waited another seven days
and then released the dove again. This
time it did not come back.
13Noah was now 601 years old. On the
first day of the new year, ten and a half
months after the flood began,* the floodwaters had almost dried up from the
earth. Noah lifted back the covering of
the boat and saw that the surface of the
ground was drying. 14Two more months
went by,* and at last the earth was dry!
15 Then God said to Noah, 16“Leave
the boat, all of you—you and your wife,
and your sons and their wives. 17Release
all the animals—the birds, the livestock,
