BibleGateway: Genesis 38 ESV Text: Genesis 38 Genesis 38 (Listen) Judah and Tamar 38:1 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers… Read More »Moses digresses from his account of the life of Joseph to record some troubling drama in the lives of Judah and his children.
BibleGateway: Genesis 37 ESV Text: Genesis 37 Genesis 37 (Listen) Joseph’s Dreams 37:1 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of… Read More »Joseph, the favorite son of Israel, tells his dreams. His jealous brothers sell him into slavery, deceiving Israel that Joseph has been killed by a wild animal.
BibleGateway: Mark 7 ESV Text: Mark 7 Mark 7 (Listen) Traditions and Commandments 7:1 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes… Read More »When the Pharisees ask Jesus why His disciples eat with unwashed hands, Jesus exposes their hypocrisy—they neglect the commands of God while insisting that human traditions be observed. Jesus teaches that what comes out of a man defiles him, not what goes into him. Jesus drives the demon out of the daughter of a Syrophoenician woman and heals a deaf man.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 29 ESV Text: Isaiah 29 Isaiah 29 (Listen) The Siege of Jerusalem 29:1 Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the… Read More »The Lord will bring death and destruction upon Jerusalem. Even so, He will redeem and restore His people.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 28 ESV Text: Isaiah 28 Isaiah 28 (Listen) Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem 28:1 Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the… Read More »The Lord pronounces judgment on Ephraim. The Lord pronounces judgment on Jerusalem.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 27 ESV Text: Isaiah 27 Isaiah 27 (Listen) The Redemption of Israel 27:1 In that day the LORD with his hard and great and… Read More »Isaiah prophesies judgment and destruction for the enemies of the Lord, but grace and deliverance for the faithful people of the Lord.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 26 ESV Text: Isaiah 26 Isaiah 26 (Listen) You Keep Him in Perfect Peace 26:1 In that day this song will be sung in… Read More »Often in this world we see evil grow and we see the wicked thrive. Often in this world the faithful people of God suffer various hardships. The Lord sees all of it. In His own good time He will judge His enemies, and He will deliver His faithful people.
BibleGateway: Genesis 36 ESV Text: Genesis 36 Genesis 36 (Listen) Esau’s Descendants 36:1 These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 2 Esau took his wives… Read More »Moses records the genealogy of the Edomites, the descendants of Esau.
BibleGateway: Ephesians 5 ESV Text: Ephesians 5 Ephesians 5 (Listen) Walk in Love 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love,… Read More »Paul exhorts the Ephesian believers to imitate God, to walk in love for one another, and to avoid sin. Wives are to submit to their husbands as the church submits to Christ. Husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the church.
BibleGateway: Proverbs 9 ESV Text: Proverbs 9 Proverbs 9 (Listen) The Way of Wisdom 9:1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.2 She has… Read More »Solomon personifies wisdom as a woman and teaches the way of wisdom. In contrast, he personifies folly as a woman and describes the way of folly.
BibleGateway: Psalm 34 ESV Text: Psalm 34 Psalm 34 (Listen) Taste and See That the Lord Is Good 1 Of David, when he changed his… Read More »Read 1 Samuel 21:10-15 for the occasion of the writing of Psalm 34. David praises the Lord for delivering him from his enemies.
BibleGateway: Genesis 35 ESV Text: Genesis 35 Genesis 35 (Listen) God Blesses and Renames Jacob 35:1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and… Read More »The Lord changes the name of Jacob to Israel and repeats to him the messianic promise. Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin. Isaac dies; Esau and Jacob bury him.
