1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. 3Indeed, Jerusalem and Judah so angered the LORD that he expelled them from…

1 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered.2 Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity,and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 While I kept silence, my body wasted awaythrough my groaning all day long.4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;my strength was dried…

34“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.35 For I have come to set a man against his father,and a daughter against her mother,and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;36 and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household.37Whoever loves…

13Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. 14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive. 15What should I do then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will sing praise with the spirit,…

27Now, after the king had burned the scroll with the words that Baruch wrote at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 28Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which King Jehoiakim of Judah has burned. 29And concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah…

1 The LORD is king! Let the earth rejoice;let the many coastlands be glad!2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.3 Fire goes before him,and consumes his adversaries on every side.4 His lightnings light up the world;the earth sees and trembles.5 The mountains melt like wax…

36One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. 37And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 38She stood behind him at…

12:27Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues. 29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work…

36Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as all his ancestors had done. 1In his days King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up; Jehoiakim became…

1 Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;I have no good apart from you.” 3 As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble,in whom is all my delight. 4 Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;their drink offerings…