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J A N U A R Y
Sinners will have no place among
the godly.
6 For the Lord watches over the path
of the godly,
but the path of the wicked leads
to destruction.
PROVERBS 1:1-6
These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel. ¨ Their purpose
is to teach people wisdom and discipline,
to help them understand the insights of
the wise. Their purpose is to teach people
to live disciplined and successful lives, to
help them do what is right, just, and fair.
These proverbs will give insight to the
simple, knowledge and discernment to
the young. ¨ Let the wise listen to these
proverbs and become even wiser. Let
those with understanding receive guidance by exploring the meaning in these
proverbs and parables, the words of the
wise and their riddles.
J A N U A R Y
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JANUARY
2
GENESIS 3:1–4:26
The serpent was the shrewdest of all the
wild animals the Lord God had made.
One day he asked the woman, “Did God
really say you must not eat the fruit from
any of the trees in the garden?”
2“Of course we may eat fruit from the
trees in the garden,” the woman replied.
3“It’s only the fruit from the tree in the
middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it
or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’ ”
4“You won’t die!” the serpent replied
to the woman. 5“God knows that your
eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it,
and you will be like God, knowing both
good and evil.”
6The woman was convinced. She saw
that the tree was beautiful and its fruit
looked delicious, and she wanted the
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wisdom it would give her. So she took
some of the fruit and ate it. Then she
gave some to her husband, who was with
her, and he ate it, too. 7At that moment
their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So
they sewed fig leaves together to cover
themselves.
8When the cool evening breezes were
blowing, the man* and his wife heard the
Lord God walking about in the garden.
So they hid from the Lord God among
the trees. 9 Then the Lord God called to
the man, “Where are you?”
10He replied, “I heard you walking in
the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because
I was naked.”
11“Who told you that you were naked?” the Lord God asked. “Have you
eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?”
12 The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit,
and I ate it.”
13 Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?”
“The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I ate it.”
14Then the Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
you are cursed
more than all animals, domestic
and wild.
You will crawl on your belly,
groveling in the dust as long as
you live.
15 And I will cause hostility between
you and the woman,
and between your offspring and
her offspring.
He will strike* your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
16Then he said to the woman,
“I will sharpen the pain of your
pregnancy,
and in pain you will give birth.
And you will desire to control your
husband,
but he will rule over you.*”
