[20210928] Daily Bible Reading – Day 57

28
Sep

Matthew 6:19-34; Exodus 35; Exodus 36; Proverbs 16

Matthew 6:19-34

Listen to Matthew 6

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Exodus 35

Listen to Exodus 35

1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. 
2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. 
4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, 
5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, 
6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, 
7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood, 
8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 
9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 
10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded; 
11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, 
12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, 
13 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread, 
14 The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, 
15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, 
16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 
17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, 
18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 
19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office. 
20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 
21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 
22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. 
23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them. 
24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’S offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. 
25 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 
26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair. 
27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; 
28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 
29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. 
30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 
31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; 
32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 
33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. 
34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 
35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

Exodus 36

Listen to Exodus 36

1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. 
2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 
3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. 
4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made; 
5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. 
6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. 
7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 
8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them. 
9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. 
10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. 
11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 
12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another. 
13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. 
14 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. 
15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. 
16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 
17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 
18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 
19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that. 
20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. 
21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 
22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 
23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward: 
24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 
25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, 
26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 
27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. 
28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 
29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. 
30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. 
31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 
32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. 
33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. 
34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 
35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. 
36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 
37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; 
38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.

Proverbs 16

Listen to Proverbs 16

1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. 
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. 
3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. 
4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. 
5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. 
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. 
7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 
8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. 
9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. 
10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. 
11 A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work. 
12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. 
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. 
14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. 
15 In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. 
16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! 
17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. 
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. 
19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. 
20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. 
21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. 
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. 
23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. 
24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 
25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 
26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. 
27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. 
28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 
29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. 
30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. 
31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 
32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 
33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.