The Bible Reading Plan

Deuteronomy Chapter 3

¹⁵I gave Gilead to Machir.

¹⁶To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border [of it], even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; ¹⁷the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [of it], from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

¹⁸I commanded you at that time, saying, "ForeverOne your God has given you this land to possess it: you shall pass over armed before your brothers the children of Israel, all the men of valor.

¹⁹But your wives, and your little ones, and your livestock, (I know that you have much livestock), shall live in your cities which I have given you, ²⁰until ForeverOne gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which ForeverOne your God gives them beyond the Jordan: then you shall return every man to his possession, which I have given you." ²¹I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, "Your eyes have seen all that ForeverOne your God has done to these two kings: so shall ForeverOne do to all the kingdoms where you go over.

²²You shall not fear them; for ForeverOne your God, he it is who fights for you." ²³I begged ForeverOne at that time, saying, ²⁴"LordOfMine ForeverOne, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to your works, and according to your mighty acts?

²⁵Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon." ²⁶But ForeverOne was angry with me for your sakes, and didn't listen to me; and ForeverOne said to me, "Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter.

²⁷Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes: for you shall not go over this Jordan.

²⁸But commission Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see." ²⁹So we stayed in the valley over against Beth Peor.

Ezekiel Chapter 34

¹The word of ForeverOne came to me, saying, ²Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, Thus says LordOfMine ForeverOne: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep?

³You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.

⁴You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed what was sick, neither have you bound up what was broken, neither have you brought back what was driven away, neither have you sought what was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.

⁵They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.

⁶My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.

⁷Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of ForeverOne: ⁸As I live, says LordOfMine ForeverOne, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn't feed my sheep; ⁹therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of ForeverOne: ¹⁰Thus says LordOfMine ForeverOne: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

¹¹For thus says LordOfMine ForeverOne: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

¹²As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

¹³I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

¹⁴I will feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel.

¹⁵I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says LordOfMine ForeverOne.

¹⁶I will seek what was lost, and will bring back what was driven away, and will bind up what was broken, and will strengthen what was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

¹⁷As for you, O my flock, thus says LordOfMine ForeverOne: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.

¹⁸Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?

¹⁹As for my sheep, they eat what you have trodden with your feet, and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.

²⁰Therefore thus says LordOfMine ForeverOne to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

²¹Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad; ²²therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

²³I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

²⁴I, ForeverOne, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, ForeverOne, have spoken it.

Proverbs Chapter 21

⁴A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

⁵The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

⁶Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

⁷The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

⁸The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

⁹It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

¹⁰The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

¹¹When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

¹²The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

¹³Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

¹⁴A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

¹⁵It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

¹⁶The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

¹⁷He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

¹⁸The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

¹⁹It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

²⁰There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

²¹He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

²²A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

²³Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

²⁴The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.

²⁵The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

²⁶There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

²⁷The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

²⁸A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

²⁹A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

³⁰There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against ForeverOne.

³¹The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with ForeverOne.

Hebrews Chapter 1

¹God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, ²has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also made the worlds.

³His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, upholding all things by the word of his power. Once he had made purification for our sins he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; ⁴having become as much better than the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

⁵For to which of the angels did he say at any time, "You are my Son. Today have I become your father?" and again, "I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?" ⁶Again, when he brings the firstborn into the world he says, "Let all the angels of God worship him." ⁷Of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire." ⁸But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.

⁹You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; so God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows." ¹⁰And, "You, ForeverOne, at the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth; the heavens are the work of your hands.

¹¹They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does.

¹²You will roll them up like a mantle and they will be changed. But you are the same; your years won't fail." ¹³But which of the angels has he told at any time, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?" ¹⁴Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

Hebrews Chapter 2

¹So we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

²For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, ³how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation - which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard; ⁴God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various acts of power and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

⁵For he didn't subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels.

⁶But one has somewhere testified, saying, "What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?

⁷You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor. [TR adds "and set him over the actions of your hands"] ⁸You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don't see all things subjected to him, yet.