One
Year Bible Readings
August 28 - September 3
28 Job
28:1-30:31: “Job’s Discourse on Wisdom,” and “Job’s
Summary Defense.”
“And to the man He said, ‘Behold, the fear
of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to depart from
evil is understanding.’” (Job 28:28 NKJV)
2 Corinthians 2:12-17: “Triumph
in Christ.”
“Now thanks be to God who always leads us
in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in
every place.” (2
Corinthians 2:14 NKJV)
Psalm 42:1-11: “Yearning for God in the Midst of
Distresses.” A
Contemplation of the Sons of Korah.
“As the deer pants for the water brooks, so
pants my soul for You, O God.”
(Psalm 42:1 NKJV)
Proverbs 22:7: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
“The rich rules over the poor, and the
borrower is servant to the lender.”
(Proverbs 22:7 NKJV)
29 Job 31:1-33:33: “Job’s Summary Defense,” “Elihu Contradicts
Job’s Friends,” and
“Elihu
Contradicts Job.”
2 Corinthians 3:1-18: “Christ’s
Epistle,” “The Spirit, Not the Letter,” and “Glory of the New Covenant.”
“But their minds were blinded. For until
this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament,
because the veil is taken away in Christ.
But
even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the
veil is taken away.” (2 Corinthians 3:14-16 NKJV)
Psalm 43:1-5: “Prayer to God in Time of Trouble.” An
Orphanic Psalm.
“Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause
against an ungodly nation;
oh,
deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! Why are you cast down,
O my
soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise
Him, the help of my countenance and my God.” (Psalm 43:1 and 5 NKJV)
Proverbs 22:8-9: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
“He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, and
the rod of his anger will fail.”
(Proverbs 22:8 NKJV)
30 Job
34:1-36:33: “Elihu Proclaims God’s Justice,” “Elihu
Condemns Self-Righteousness,”
“Elihu Proclaims
God’s Goodness,” and “Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty.”
“Surely God will never do wickedly, nor will the Almighty
pervert justice...
Behold,
God is great, and we do not know Him; nor can the number of His years be discovered.”
(Job
34:12 and 36:26 NKJV)
2 Corinthians 4:1-12: “The
Light of Christ’s Gospel,” and “Cast Down but Unconquered.”
“We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not
crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken;
struck down, but not destroyed—
always
carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus
also
may be manifested in our body.” (2 Corinthians 4:8-10 NKJV)
Psalm 44:1-8: “Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor.” A Contemplation of the Sons of Korah.
“For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall
my sword save me. But You have saved us from
our enemies, and have put to shame those who hated us. In God we boast all day long, and praise
Your name forever. Selah.” (Psalm 44:6-8 NKJV)
Proverbs 22:10-12: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
“The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,
but He overthrows
the words of the
faithless.” (Proverbs 22:12 NKJV)
31 Job
37:1-39:30: “Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty,” and “The Lord Reveals His Omnipotence to Job.”
“Where
were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Or who shut in the sea with
doors, when it burst forth....When I said, ‘This far you may come, but no
farther, and here your proud waves must stop!’” (Job 38:4a,8a,b; and 11 NKJV)
2
Corinthians 4:13-5:10: “Cast Down but Unconquered,” “Seeing the
Invisible,”
“Assurance
of the Resurrection,” and “The Judgment Seat of Christ.”
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7 NKJV)
Psalm 44:9-26: “Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor.”
A Contemplation of the Sons of
Korah.
“Yet for Your sake we are killed all day
long;
we
are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” (Psalm 44:22 NKJV)
Proverbs 22:13: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.
1 Job 40:1-42:17: “The Lord Reveals His
Omnipotence to Job,” “Job’s Response to God,”
“God’s
Challenge to Job,” and “Job’s Repentance and Restoration.”
“And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for
his friends.
Indeed
the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” (Job 42:10 NKJV)
2
Corinthians 5:11-21: The Judgment Seat of Christ,” and “Be
Reconciled to God.”
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a
new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
(2
Corinthians 5:17 NKJV)
Psalm 45:1-17: “The Glories of the Messiah and His Bride.”
A
Contemplation of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.
“I
will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;
therefore
the people shall praise You forever and ever.” (Psalm 45:17 NKJV)
Proverbs 22:14: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
2 Ecclesiastes
1:1-3:22: “The Vanity of Life,” “The Grief of
Wisdom,” “The Vanity of Pleasure,”
“The
End of the Wise and the Fool,” “Everything Has Its Time,”
“The
God Given Task,” and “Injustice Seems to Prevail.”
“To everything there is a season, a time
for every purpose under Heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV)
2 Corinthians 6:1-13: “Marks
of the Ministry,” and “Be Holy.”
Psalm
46:1-11: “God the Refuge of His People and Conqueror
of the Nations.”
A
Psalm of the sons of Korah.
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will
be exalted among the nations,
I
will be exalted in the earth!” (Psalm 46:10 NKJV)
Proverbs 22:15: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
3 Ecclesiastes
4:1-6:12: “Injustice Seems to
Prevail,” “The Vanity of Selfish Toil,” “The Value of
a Friend,” “Popularity
Passes Away,” “Fear God, Keep Your Vows,” and
“The Vanity of Gain
and Honor.”
“Though one may be overpowered by another,
two can withstand him.
And a threefold cord
is not quickly broken.” (Ecclesiastes 4:12 NKJV)
2 Corinthians 6:14-7:7: “Be
Holy,” and “The Corinthians’ Repentance.”
“Do not be unequally yoked together with
unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what
communion has light with darkness?”
(2 Corinthians 6:14
NKJV)
Psalm 47:1-9: “Praise to God, the Ruler of the Earth.” A
Psalm of the sons of Korah.
“God reigns over the nations; God sits on
His holy throne. The princes
of
the people have gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham.
For
the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted.” (Psalm 47:8-9 NKJV)
Proverbs 22:16: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
