New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs in 6 Months - Thomas Road Baptist Church

Read the Book: July - September

Exploring Easter

The Gospel of Mark (Part Seven)

Jesus: The Man Who Changed History

Trusting God's Plan When You Don't See Him: Lessons From the Book of Esther

A Pretty Big Deal by Megan Marshman

[Songs of Praise] Songwriters

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkDEU">
        <div class="chapter ch27" data-usfm="DEU.27">
            <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Altar on Mount Ebal</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DEU.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: &#8220;Keep all these commands that I give you today. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your ancestors, promised you. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Build there an altar to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Build the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Curses From Mount Ebal</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, &#8220;Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Obey the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On the same day Moses commanded the people:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who makes an idol&#8212;a thing detestable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the work of skilled hands&#8212;and sets it up in secret.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.27.15"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.27.16"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor&#8217;s boundary stone.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.27.17"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.27.18"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.27.19"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father&#8217;s wife, for he dishonors his father&#8217;s bed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.27.20"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.27.21"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.27.22"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.27.23"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.27.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.27.24"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.27.25"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.27.26"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkPSA">
        <div class="chapter ch39" data-usfm="PSA.39">
            <div class="label">39</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 39</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 39:1-13 is numbered 39:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I will watch my ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">and keep my tongue from sin;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">I will put a muzzle on my mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">while in the presence of the wicked.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So I remained utterly silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="content">not even saying anything good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="content">But my anguish increased;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">my heart grew hot within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="content">While I meditated, the fire burned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="content">then I spoke with my tongue:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Show me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my life&#8217;s end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="content">and the number of my days;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="content">let me know how fleeting my life is.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You have made my days a mere handbreadth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">the span of my years is as nothing before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">Everyone is but a breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">even those who seem secure.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">39:5 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="content">in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="content">without knowing whose it will finally be.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now, Lord, what do I look for?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.39.7"><span class="content">My hope is in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Save me from all my transgressions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.39.8"><span class="content">do not make me the scorn of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.39.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I was silent; I would not open my mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.39.9"><span class="content">for you are the one who has done this.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.39.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Remove your scourge from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.39.10"><span class="content">I am overcome by the blow of your hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.39.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="content">you consume their wealth like a moth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="content">surely everyone is but a breath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">listen to my cry for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">do not be deaf to my weeping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">I dwell with you as a foreigner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">a stranger, as all my ancestors were.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.39.13"><span class="content">before I depart and am no more.&#8221;</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkROM">
        <div class="chapter ch4" data-usfm="ROM.4">
            <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abraham Justified by Faith</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about&#8212;but not before God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What does Scripture say? &#8220;Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:3 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 15:6; also in verse 22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed are those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.4.7"><span class="content">whose transgressions are forgiven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.4.7"><span class="content">whose sins are covered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.4.8"><span class="content">whose sin the Lord will never count against them.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:8 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 32:1,2</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham&#8217;s faith was credited to him as righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham&#8217;s offspring&#8212;not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As it is written: &#8220;I have made you a father of many nations.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:17 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 17:5</span></span></span><span class="content"> He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed&#8212;the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, &#8220;So shall your offspring be.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:18 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 15:5</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead&#8212;since he was about a hundred years old&#8212;and that Sarah&#8217;s womb was also dead. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">This is why &#8220;it was credited to him as righteousness.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The words &#8220;it was credited to him&#8221; were written not for him alone, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness&#8212;for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

More Jesus Reading Plan (Season 2)Sample

Scripture

About this Plan

Related plans

More Jesus Reading Plan (Season 3)