August 19: Job 5–6; Colossians 1:21–2:5; Psalm 45; Proverbs 21:27
Old Testament: Job 5–6 Job 5–6 (Listen)5 “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?2 Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the...
View ArticleAugust 20: Job 7–8; Colossians 2:6–23; Psalm 46; Proverbs 21:28–29
Old Testament: Job 7–8 Job 7–8 (Listen)Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope7 “Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?2 Like a slave who longs for...
View ArticleAugust 21: Job 9–10; Colossians 3:1–17; Psalm 47; Proverbs 21:30–31
Old Testament: Job 9–10 Job 9–10 (Listen)Job Replies: There Is No Arbiter9 Then Job answered and said:2 “Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?3 If one wished...
View ArticleAugust 22: Job 11–12; Colossians 3:18–4:18; Psalm 48; Proverbs 22:1
Old Testament: Job 11–12 Job 11–12 (Listen)Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:2 “Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be...
View ArticleAugust 23: Job 13–14; 1 Thessalonians 1; Psalm 49; Proverbs 22:2–4
Old Testament: Job 13–14 Job 13–14 (Listen)Job Continues: Still I Will Hope in God13 “Behold, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.2 What you know, I also know; I am...
View ArticleAugust 24: Job 15–16; 1 Thessalonians 2:1–16; Psalm 50; Proverbs 22:5–6
Old Testament: Job 15–16 Job 15–16 (Listen)Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:2 “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his...
View ArticleAugust 25: Job 17–19; 1 Thessalonians 2:17–3:13; Psalm 51; Proverbs 22:7
Old Testament: Job 17–19 Job 17–19 (Listen)Job Continues: Where Then Is My Hope?17 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me.2 Surely there are mockers about me,...
View ArticleAugust 26: Job 20–21; 1 Thessalonians 4:1–12; Psalm 52; Proverbs 22:8–9
Old Testament: Job 20–21 Job 20–21 (Listen)Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer20 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me.3...
View ArticleAugust 27: Job 22–23; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–5:11; Psalm 53; Proverbs 22:10–12
Old Testament: Job 22–23 Job 22–23 (Listen)Eliphaz Speaks: Job’s Wickedness Is Great22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:2 “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is...
View ArticleAugust 28: Job 24–26; 1 Thessalonians 5:12–22; Psalm 54; Proverbs 22:13
Old Testament: Job 24–26 Job 24–26 (Listen)24 “Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?2 Some move landmarks; they seize flocks...
View ArticleAugust 29: Job 27–28; 1 Thessalonians 5:23–28; Psalm 55; Proverbs 22:14
Old Testament: Job 27–28 Job 27–28 (Listen)Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity27 And Job again took up his discourse, and said:2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the...
View ArticleAugust 30: Job 29–30; 2 Thessalonians 1; Psalm 56; Proverbs 22:15
Old Testament: Job 29–30 Job 29–30 (Listen)Job’s Summary Defense29 And Job again took up his discourse, and said:2 “Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over...
View ArticleAugust 31: Job 31–32; 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12; Psalm 57; Proverbs 22:16
Old Testament: Job 31–32 Job 31–32 (Listen)Job’s Final Appeal31 “I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?2 What would be my portion from God above and my...
View ArticleSeptember 1: Job 33–34; 2 Thessalonians 2:13–3:5; Psalm 58; Proverbs 22:17–21
Old Testament: Job 33–34 Job 33–34 (Listen)Elihu Rebukes Job33 “But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.2 Behold, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks.3 My...
View ArticleSeptember 2: Job 35–36; 2 Thessalonians 3:6–18; Psalm 59; Proverbs 22:22–23
Old Testament: Job 35–36 Job 35–36 (Listen)Elihu Condemns Job35 And Elihu answered and said:2 “Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’3 that you ask, ‘What...
View ArticleSeptember 3: Job 37–38; 1 Timothy 1; Psalm 60; Proverbs 22:24–25
Old Testament: Job 37–38 Job 37–38 (Listen)Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty37 “At this also my heart trembles and leaps out of its place.2 Keep listening to the thunder of his voice and the...
View ArticleSeptember 4: Job 39–40; 1 Timothy 2; Psalm 61; Proverbs 22:26–27
Old Testament: Job 39–40 Job 39–40 (Listen)39 “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does?2 Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do...
View ArticleSeptember 5: Job 41–42; 1 Timothy 3; Psalm 62; Proverbs 22:28
Old Testament: Job 41–42 Job 41–42 (Listen)41 1“Can you draw out Leviathan2 with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?2 Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a...
View ArticleSeptember 6: Proverbs 1–2; 1 Timothy 4; Psalm 63; Proverbs 22:29
Old Testament: Proverbs 1–2 Proverbs 1–2 (Listen)The Beginning of Knowledge1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:2 To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of...
View ArticleSeptember 7: Proverbs 3–4; 1 Timothy 5–6:2; Psalm 64; Proverbs 23:1–3
Old Testament: Proverbs 3–4 Proverbs 3–4 (Listen)Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart3 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,2 for length of days and years...
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