For the 1st
Psalms 1, 31, 61, 91, 121, Proverbs 1
Verse of the day:
Psalm 91:14-16 (KJV)
Because he hath set his love upon me [says the Lord], therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Reading for August 1
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
For the 2nd
Psalms 2, 32, 62, 92, 122, Proverbs 2
Verse of the day:
Psalm 32:6-7 (KJV)
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Proverbs 2:6 (KJV)
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Reading for August 2
Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
For the 3rd
Psalms 3, 33, 63, 93, 123, Proverbs 3
Verse of the day:
Psalm 3:3 (KJV)
But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Reading for August 3
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
For the 4th
Psalms 4, 34, 64, 94, 124, Proverbs 4
Verse of the day:
Psalm 34:7 (KJV)
The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Proverbs 4:23 (KJV)
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Reading for August 4
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? 23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
For the 5th
Psalms 5, 35, 65, 95, 125, Proverbs 5
Verse of the day:
Psalm 95:1-2 (KJV)
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Proverbs 5:21 (KJV)
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
Reading for August 5
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
For the 6th
Psalms 6, 36, 66, 96, 126, Proverbs 6
Verse of the day:
Psalm 96:9-10 (KJV)
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. 10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Proverbs 6:20-23 (KJV)
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Reading for August 6
But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
For the 7th
Psalms 7, 37, 67, 97, 127, Proverbs 7
Verse of the day:
Psalm 37:5-6 (KJV)
Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Proverbs 7:2-3 (KJV)
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Reading for August 7
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
For the 8th
Psalms 8, 38, 68, 98, 128, Proverbs 8
Verse of the day:
Psalm 68:12-13 (KJV)
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: 33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
Proverbs 8:13 (KJV)
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Reading for August 8
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
For the 9th
Psalms 9, 39, 69, 99, 129, Proverbs 9
Verse of the day:
Psalm 69:6 (KJV)
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
Proverbs 9:6 (KJV)
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Reading for August 9
Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
For the 10th
Psalms 10, 40, 70, 100, 130, Proverbs 10
Verse of the day:
Psalm 40:16 (KJV)
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
Proverbs 10:12 (KJV)
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Reading for August 10
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
For the 11th
Psalms 11, 41, 71, 101, 131, Proverbs 11
Verse of the day:
Psalm 71:16-18 (KJV)
I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Proverbs 11:20 (KJV)
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Reading for August 11
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
For the 12th
Psalms 12, 42, 72, 102, 132, Proverbs 12
Verse of the day:
Psalm 102:12 (KJV)
But thou, O Lord, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
Proverbs 12:7 (KJV)
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Reading for August 12
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
For the 13th
Psalms 13, 43, 73, 103, 133, Proverbs 13
Verse of the day:
Psalm 13:5-6 (KJV)
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6 I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
Proverbs 13:15 (KJV)
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Reading for August 13
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
For the 14th
Psalms 14, 44, 74, 104, 134, Proverbs 14
Verse of the day:
Psalm 104:31-32 (KJV)
The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works. 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
Proverbs 14:26 (KJV)
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Reading for August 14
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
For the 15th
Psalms 15, 45, 75, 105, 135, Proverbs 15
Verse of the day:
Psalm 45:6 (KJV)
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Proverbs 15:1 (KJV)
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Reading for August 15
For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
For the 16th
Psalms 16, 46, 76, 106, 136, Proverbs 16
Verse of the day:
Psalm 46:1 (KJV)
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Proverbs 16:2 (KJV)
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
Reading for August 16
He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive. As a shepherd picks his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart.
For the 17th
Psalms 17, 47, 77, 107, 137, Proverbs 17
Verse of the day:
Psalm 47:7 (KJV)
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
Proverbs 17:19 (KJV)
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Reading for August 17
But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
For the 18th
Psalms 18, 48, 78, 108, 138, Proverbs 18
Verse of the day:
Psalm 108:3-5 (KJV)
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
Proverbs 18:10 (KJV)
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Reading for August 18
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the Lord.
For the 19th
Psalms 19, 49, 79, 109, 139, Proverbs 19
Verse of the day:
Psalm 139:17-18 (KJV)
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Proverbs 19:11 (KJV)
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Reading for August 19
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
For the 20th
Psalms 20, 50, 80, 110, 140, Proverbs 20
Verse of the day:
Psalm 80:7 (KJV)
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Proverbs 20:3 (KJV)
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Reading for August 20
And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
For the 21st
Psalms 21, 51, 81, 111, 141, Proverbs 21
Verse of the day:
Psalm 111:9 (KJV)
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
Proverbs 21:2 (KJV)
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Reading for August 21
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. 16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
For the 22nd
Psalms 22, 52, 82, 112, 142, Proverbs 22
Verse of the day:
Psalm 112:4 (KJV)
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Proverbs 22:4 (KJV)
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
Reading for August 22
The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
For the 23rd
Psalms 23, 53, 83, 113, 143, Proverbs 23
Verse of the day:
Psalm 113:4-6 (KJV)
The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
Proverbs 23:9 (KJV)
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Reading for August 23
Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
For the 24th
Psalms 24, 54, 84, 114, 144, Proverbs 24
Verse of the day:
Psalm 24:3-4 (KJV)
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Proverbs 24:3-4 (KJV)
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Reading for August 24
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
For the 25th
Psalms 25, 55, 85, 115, 145, Proverbs 25
Verses of the day:
Psalm 25:6-7 (KJV)
Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. 7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. 8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 9 The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. 10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee. 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; 12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. 14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. 20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Proverbs 25:12 (KJV)
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Reading for August 25
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
For the 26th
Psalms 26, 56, 86, 116, 146, Proverbs 26
Verses of the day:
Psalm 86:11 (KJV)
Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: 6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners: 8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous: 9 The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. 10 The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord.
Proverbs 26:8 (KJV)
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Reading for August 26
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. 18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: 20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.
For the 27th
Psalms 27, 57, 87, 117, 147, Proverbs 27
Verses of the day:
Psalm 147:10-11 (KJV)
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Proverbs 27:1 (KJV)
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Reading for August 27
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
For the 28th
Psalms 28, 58, 88, 118, 148, Proverbs 28
Verses of the day:
Psalm 118:19-21 (KJV)
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord: 20 This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. 21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
Proverbs 28:5 (KJV)
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.
Reading for August 28
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.
For the 29th
Psalms 29, 59, 89, 119, 149, Proverbs 29
Verses of the day:
Psalm 59:9 (KJV)
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Proverbs 29:16 (KJV)
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Reading for August 29
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
For the 30th
Psalms 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 Proverbs 30
Verses of the day:
Psalm 90:1-2 (KJV)
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Proverbs 30:7-9 (KJV)
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Reading for August 30
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
For the 31st
Proverbs 31
Verses of the day:
Proverbs 31:30 (KJV)
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Reading for August 31
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