For the 1st
Psalms 1, 31, 61, 91, 121, Proverbs 1
Verse of the day:
Psalm 91:14-16 (KJV)
14 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.
Proverbs 1:8 (KJV)
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
For the 2nd
Psalms 2, 32, 62, 92, 122, Proverbs 2
Verse of the day:
Psalm 32:10(KJV)
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
Proverbs 2:5 (KJV)
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
For the 3rd
Psalms 3, 33, 63, 93, 123, Proverbs 3
Verse of the day:
Psalm 33:5 (KJV)
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Proverbs 3:7-8 (KJV)
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation. 24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations. 25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
For the 4th
Psalms 4, 34, 64, 94, 124, Proverbs 4
Verse of the day:
Psalm 124:8(KJV)
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Proverbs 4:27-28 (KJV)
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
For the 5th
Psalms 5, 35, 65, 95, 125, Proverbs 5
Verse of the day:
Psalm 95:7-8(KJV)
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Proverbs 5:1-2 (KJV)
1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
For the 6th
Psalms 6, 36, 66, 96, 126, Proverbs 6
Verse of the day:
Psalm 126:6(KJV)
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Proverbs 6:16-19 (KJV)
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
For the 7th
Psalms 7, 37, 67, 97, 127, Proverbs 7
Verse of the day:
Psalm 37:39(KJV)
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Proverbs 7:4 (KJV)
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
For the 8th
Psalms 8, 38, 68, 98, 128, Proverbs 8
Verse of the day:
Psalm 98:8-9(KJV)
8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Proverbs 8:35 (KJV)
35 For whoso findeth me [Wisdom] findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
For the 9th
Psalms 9, 39, 69, 99, 129, Proverbs 9
Verse of the day:
Psalm 9:7-8(KJV)
7 But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Proverbs 9:11 (KJV)
11 For by me [Wisdom] thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
For the 10th
Psalms 10, 40, 70, 100, 130, Proverbs 10
Verse of the day:
Psalm 130:3-4 (KJV)
3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Proverbs 10:14 (KJV)
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. 24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
For the 11th
Psalms 11, 41, 71, 101, 131, Proverbs 11
Verse of the day:
Psalm 71:16 (KJV)
I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
Proverbs 11:25 (KJV)
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Reading for May 11, 2022
And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.
For the 12th
Psalms 12, 42, 72, 102, 132, Proverbs 12
Verse of the day:
Psalm 72:12 (KJV)
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Proverbs 12:18 (KJV)
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
For the 13th
Psalms 13, 43, 73, 103, 133, Proverbs 13
Verse of the day:
Psalm 73:26 (KJV)
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Proverbs 13:14 (KJV)
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
For the 14th
Psalms 14, 44, 74, 104, 134, Proverbs 14
Verse of the day:
Psalm 44:8 (KJV)
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
Proverbs 14:34 (KJV)
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.
For the 15th
Psalms 15, 45, 75, 105, 135, Proverbs 15
Verse of the day:
Psalm 105:7 (KJV)
He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
Proverbs 15:9 (KJV)
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
For the 16th
Psalms 16, 46, 76, 106, 136, Proverbs 16
Verse of the day:
Psalm 106:2 (KJV)
Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can shew forth all his praise?
Proverbs 16:3 (KJV)
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
For the 17th
Psalms 17, 47, 77, 107, 137, Proverbs 17
Verse of the day:
Psalm 107:20-21 (KJV)
20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. 21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Proverbs 17:27 (KJV)
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.
For the 18th
Psalms 18, 48, 78, 108, 138, Proverbs 18
Verse of the day:
Psalm 18:30 (KJV)
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Proverbs 18:5 (KJV)
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.
For the 19th
Psalms 19, 49, 79, 109, 139, Proverbs 19
Verse of the day:
Psalm 19:7 (KJV)
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Proverbs 19:11 (KJV)
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem:
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 20:5 (KJV)
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
For the 21st
Psalms 21, 51, 81, 111, 141, Proverbs 21
Verse of the day:
Psalm 21:13(KJV)
Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
Proverbs 21:15 (KJV)
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: 9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
For the 22nd
Psalms 22, 52, 82, 112, 142, Proverbs 22
Verse of the day:
Psalm 142:5 (KJV)
I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Proverbs 22:24-25 (KJV)
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
For the 23rd
Psalms 23, 53, 83, 113, 143, Proverbs 23
Verse of the day:
Psalm 23:1 (KJV)
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Proverbs 23:23 (KJV)
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
For the 24th
Psalms 24, 54, 84, 114, 144, Proverbs 24
Verse of the day:
Psalm 54:4(KJV)
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
Proverbs 24:1-2 (KJV)
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
For the 25th
Psalms 25, 55, 85, 115, 145, Proverbs 25
Verse of the day:
Psalm 25:4-5(KJV)
4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Proverbs 25:26 (KJV)
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
For the 26th
Psalms 26, 56, 86, 116, 146, Proverbs 26
Verse of the day:
Psalm146:8(KJV)
The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
Proverbs 26:24-26 (KJV)
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
For the 27th
Psalms 27, 57, 87, 117, 147, Proverbs 27
Verse of the day:
Psalm 57:5(KJV)
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
Proverbs 27:2 (KJV)
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 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. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
For the 28th
Psalms 28, 58, 88, 118, 148, Proverbs 28
Verse of the day:
Psalm 148:13(KJV)
Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Proverbs 28:12 (KJV)
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
For the 29th
Psalms 29, 59, 89, 119, 149, Proverbs 29
Verse of the day:
Psalm 119:89-90(KJV)
89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Proverbs 29:23 (KJV)
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Then Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
For the 30th
Psalms 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, Proverbs 30
Verse of the day:
Psalm 150:1-2(KJV)
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Proverbs 30:5 (KJV)
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
For the 31st
Proverbs 31
Verse of the day:
Proverbs 31:9 (KJV)
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
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