The Bible Reading Plan

12 verses

Deuteronomy Chapter 15

¹²If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

¹³When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed: ¹⁴you shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, and out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress; as ForeverOne your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

¹⁵You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and ForeverOne your God redeemed you: therefore I command you this thing today.

¹⁶It shall be, if he tells you, "I will not go out from you;" because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you; ¹⁷then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.

¹⁸It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served you six years: and ForeverOne your God will bless you in all that you do.

¹⁹All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to ForeverOne your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

²⁰You shall eat it before ForeverOne your God year by year in the place which ForeverOne shall choose, you and your household.

²¹If it have any blemish, [as if it be] lame or blind, any ill blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to ForeverOne your God.

²²You shall eat it within your gates: the unclean and the clean [shall eat it] alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.

²³Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground as water.

31 verses

Hosea Chapter 12

⁹"But I am ForeverOne your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

¹⁰I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

¹¹If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

¹²Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.

¹³By a prophet ForeverOne brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

¹⁴Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.

Hosea Chapter 13

¹When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.

²Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, 'They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.' ³Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.

⁴"Yet I am ForeverOne your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

⁵I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

⁶According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

⁷Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

⁸I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

⁹You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.

¹⁰Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes?' ¹¹I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

¹²The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.

¹³The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.

¹⁴I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? "Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

¹⁵Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of ForeverOne coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.

¹⁶Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open."

Hosea Chapter 14

¹Israel, return to ForeverOne your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.

²Take words with you, and return to ForeverOne. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, and accept what is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.

³Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' for in you the fatherless finds mercy." ⁴"I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.

⁵I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

⁶His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

⁷Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit is found." ⁹Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of ForeverOne are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

24 verses

Song of Songs Chapter 1

¹The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. Beloved ²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.

³Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.

⁴Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.

⁵I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains.

⁶Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.

⁷Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover ⁸If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

⁹I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

¹⁰Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.

¹¹We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver. Beloved ¹²While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

¹³My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

¹⁴My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover ¹⁵Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved ¹⁶Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. Lover ¹⁷The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs. Beloved

Song of Songs Chapter 2

¹I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Lover ²As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Beloved ³As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

⁴He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.

⁵Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.

⁶His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.

⁷I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

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1 Peter Chapter 4

¹²Dear-ones, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

¹³But because you are partakers of the AnointedOne's sufferings, rejoice that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

¹⁴If you are insulted for the name of the AnointedOne, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

¹⁵For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters.

¹⁶But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

¹⁷For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don't obey the Good News of God?

¹⁸"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?" ¹⁹So let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

1 Peter Chapter 5

¹Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of the AnointedOne, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed: ²shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; ³not as domineers of those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

⁴When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.

⁵Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." ⁶So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, ⁷casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

⁸Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

⁹Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

¹⁰But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by AnointedOne Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

¹¹To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

¹²Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.

¹³She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you; and so does Mark, my son.

¹⁴Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to all of you who are in AnointedOne Jesus. Amen.