[20210927] Daily Bible Reading – Day 56

27
Sep

Matthew 6:1-18; Exodus 33; Exodus 34; Proverbs 15

Matthew 6:1-18

Listen to Matthew 6

1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 
11 Give us this day our daily bread. 
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 
18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Exodus 33

Listen to Exodus 33

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: 
2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 
3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. 
4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. 
5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 
6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. 
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. 
8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 
9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. 
10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. 
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 
12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. 
13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. 
14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 
15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. 
16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. 
17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. 
18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. 
19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 
20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. 
21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: 
22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

Exodus 34

Listen to Exodus 34

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. 
2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. 
3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 
4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 
5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 
6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 
8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 
9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 
10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 
11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 
12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: 
13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: 
14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 
15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 
16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 
17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 
18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. 
19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 
20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. 
21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 
22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end. 
23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. 
24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. 
25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. 
26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. 
27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 
28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 
29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 
30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 
31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. 
32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 
33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 
34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 
35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Proverbs 15

Listen to Proverbs 15

1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. 
2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. 
3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. 
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. 
5 A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. 
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. 
7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. 
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. 
10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. 
11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? 
12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. 
13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. 
14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. 
15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. 
16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. 
17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 
18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. 
19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. 
20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. 
21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. 
22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. 
23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! 
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. 
25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. 
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. 
27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. 
28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. 
29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. 
30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. 
31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 
32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 
33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.