One
Year Bible Readings
August 14 - August 20
14 Nehemiah
7:73-9:21: “The Captives Who Returned to Jerusalem,” “Ezra Reads the Law,”
“The Feast of
Tabernacles,” and “The People Confess Their Sins.”
“And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra
the priest and scribe, and the Levites who
taught the people said to all the people, ‘This day is holy to the Lord your
God; do not mourn nor weep.’ For all the people wept, when they heard the words
of the Law. Then he said to them, ‘Go your way...for this day is holy to our
Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the
Lord is your strength.’” (Nehemiah
8:9-10 NKJV)
1 Corinthians 9:1-18: “A
Pattern of Self Denial.”
Psalm
33:12-22: “The Sovereignty of the Lord in Creation and
History.” An Orphanic Psalm.
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the
Lord,
the
people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” (Psalm 33:12 NKJV)
Proverbs 21:11-12: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
“The righteous God wisely considers the
house of the wicked,
overthrowing the
wicked for their wickedness.” (Proverbs
21:12 NKJV)
15 Nehemiah 9:22-10:39: “The
People Confess Their Sins,” “The People Who Sealed the Covenant,” and
“The
Covenant That Was Sealed.”
“Nevertheless they were disobedient and
rebelled against You,
cast Your law behind their backs and killed
Your prophets, who testified against them to turn them to Yourself; and they
worked great provocations
Therefore You delivered them into the hand
of their enemies....
Nevertheless in Your great mercy You did
not utterly consume them nor forsake them; for You are God, gracious and
merciful.” (Nehemiah 9:26, 27 and 31 NKJV)
1 Corinthians 9:19-10:13: “Serving
All Men,” “Striving for a Crown,” and “Old Testament Examples.”
“Therefore I run thus: not with
uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have
preached to
others, I myself should become disqualified.” (1 Corinthians 9:26-27 NKJV)
Psalm 34:1-10: “The Happiness of Those Who Trust in God.” A
Psalm of David.
“The angel of the Lord encamps all around
those who fear Him,
and
delivers them.” (Psalm 34:7 NKJV)
Proverbs 21:13: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
16 Nehemiah
11:1-12:26: “The People Dwelling in Jerusalem,” “The
People Dwelling Outside Jerusalem,”
and “The Priests
and Levites.”
1 Corinthians 10:14-33: “Flee
From Idolatry,” and “All to the Glory of God.”
“Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or
whatever you do,
do
all to the glory of God.” (1
Corinthians 10:31 NKJV)
Psalm 34:11-22: “The Happiness of Those Who Trust in God.” A Psalm of David.
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
(Psalm 34:19 NKJV)
Proverbs 21:14-16: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
17 Nehemiah
12:27-13:31: “Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall,”
“Temple Responsibilities,”
“Principles
of Separation,” and “The Reforms of Nehemiah.”
“Remember me, O my God, for good!” (Nehemiah 13:31b NKJV)
1 Corinthians 11:1-16: “Head
Coverings.”
“But I want you to know that the head of
every man is Christ,
the
head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” (1 Corinthians 11:3 NKJV)
One
Year Bible Readings –
Sunday, August 14th - Saturday, August 20th, 2016
August 17th continued...
Psalm 35:1-16: “The Lord the Avenger of His People.” A
Psalm of David.
“All my bones shall say, ‘Lord, who is like
You, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and
the needy from him who plunders him?’”
(Psalm 35:10 NKJV)
Proverbs 21:17-18: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
“The wicked shall be a ransom for the
righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.”
(Proverbs 21:18 NKJV)
18 Esther
1:1-3:15: “The King Dethrones Queen Vashti,” “Esther
Becomes Queen,”
“Mordecai
Discovers a Plot,” and “Haman’s Conspiracy Against the Jews.”
“And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther,
his uncle’s daughter,
for she
had neither father nor mother...” (Esther 2:7 NKJV)
1
Corinthians 11:17-34: “Conduct at the Lord’s Supper,” “Institution
of the Lord’s Supper,” and
“Examine
Yourself.”
“Do this in remembrance of Me.” (1 Corinthians 11:23-26, highlighting verse
24, NKJV)
Psalm 35:17-28: “The Lord the Avenger of His People.” A
Psalm of David.
Proverbs 21:19-20: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
19 Esther
4:1-7:10: “Esther Agrees to Help the Jews,” “Esther’s Banquet,” “Haman’s Plot Against
Mordecai,”
“The King Honors Mordecai,” and “Haman Hanged Instead
of Mordecai.”
“‘...Do not think in your heart that you
will escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. For if you
remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for
the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet
who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?’ Then
Esther told them to reply to Mordecai: ‘Go, gather all the Jews who are present
in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or
day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is
against the law; and if I perish, I perish!’” (Esther 4:13-16 NKJV)
1 Corinthians 12:1-26: “Spiritual
Gifts: Unity in Diversity,” and “Unity and Diversity in One Body.”
Psalm
36:1-12: “Man’s Wickedness and God’s Perfections.” A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.
“For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see
light.” (Psalm 36:9 NKJV)
Proverbs
21:21-22: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
“He who follows righteousness and mercy
finds life, righteousness, and honor.
A
wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the trusted stronghold.”
(Proverbs 21:21-22 NKJV)
20 Esther
8:1-10:3: “Esther Saves the Jews,” “The Jews Destroy
Their Tormentors,”
“The Feast of Purim,”
and “Mordecai’s Advancement.”
“And Mordecai wrote these things and sent
letters to all the Jews, near and far... to
establish among them that they should celebrate yearly the fourteenth and
fifteenth days of the month of Adar, as the days on which the Jews had rest
from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them,
and from mourning to a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and
joy,
of
sending presents to one another and gifts to the poor.” (Esther 9:20-22 NKJV)
1 Corinthians
12:27-13:13: “Unity and Diversity in One Body,” and “The Greatest Gift.”
“And now abide faith, hope, love, these
three; but the greatest of these is love.”
(1 Corinthians 13:13
NKJV)
Psalm 37:1-11: “The Heritage of the Righteous and the
Calamity of the Wicked.” A Psalm of
David.
“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He
shall give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4 NKJV)
Proverbs 21:23-24: “Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
“Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps
his soul from troubles.”
(Proverbs 21:23 NKJV)
