M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
2 Then Naomi’s husband had a kinsman, one of great power, of the family of Elimelech. And his name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and gather ears of corn after him in whose sight I find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
3 And she went; and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And it happened that she came upon the portion of the field of Boaz (who was of the family of Elimelech).
4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “The LORD be with you.” And they answered him, “The LORD bless you.”
5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was appointed over the reapers, “Whose maid is this?”
6 And the servant who was appointed over the reapers answered, and said, “It is the Moabitish maid who came with Naomi out of the country of Moab.”
7 “And she said to us, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued from that time in the morning until now, except for a little time spent in the house.”
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Hear me, my daughter. Go to no other field to gather, nor go from here. But stay here by my maidens.
9 “Let your eyes be on the field that they reap and do as they do. Have I not charged the servants that they do not touch you? Moreover, when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink of that which the servants have drawn.”
10 Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground and said to him, “How have I found favor in your eyes, that you should know me, seeing I am a stranger?”
11 And Boaz answered and said to her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been told and shown to me, how you have left your father and your mother and the land where you were born and have come to a people which you have not known.
12 “May the LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from the LORD God of Israel, under Whose wings you have come to trust.”
13 Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord. For you have comforted me and spoken comfortably to your maid, though I am not like one of your maids.”
14 And Boaz said to her, “At mealtime, come here and eat from the food. And dip your morsel in the vinegar.” And she sat beside the reapers. And he gave her parched corn. And she ate and was satisfied. And even left some of it.
15 And when she arose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her gather among the sheaves; and do not rebuke her.
16 “Also, let some of the sheaves fall for her; and let it lie, so that she may gather it up. And do not rebuke her.”
17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. And she threshed that which she had gathered. And it was about an ephah of barley.
18 And she took it up and went into the city. And her mother-in-law saw what she had gathered. Also, she gave to her that which she had saved, after she was full.
19 Then, her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed is he who knew you.” And she showed her mother-in-law for whom she had worked, and said, “The man’s name for whom I worked today, is Boaz.”
20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD. For he does not cease to do good to the living and to the dead. The man is near to us, and in our family.”
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also said to me, “You shall be with my servants until they have ended all my harvest.”
22 And Naomi answered Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is best, my daughter, that you go out with his maids, so that they do not meet you in another field.”
23 Then she stayed by the maids of Boaz, to gather until the end of barley harvest, and of wheat harvest, and dwelt with her mother-in-law.
27 Now when it was decided that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a Centurion from the band of Augustus named Julius.
2 And we boarded a ship of Adramyttium, intending to sail along the coasts of Asia, and launched forth, and had Aristarchus of Macedonia (a Thessalonian) with us.
3 And the next day we arrived at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him liberty to go to his friends, so that they might refresh him.
4 And from there we launched, and sailed to the leeward side of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5 Then we sailed over the sea, by Cilicia and Pamphilia, and came to Myra, in Lycia.
6 And the Centurion found a ship of Alexandria there, sailing into Italy. And he put us in it.
7 And when we had sailed slowly for many days, and had arrived off Cnidus with difficulty (because the wind did not allow it), we sailed to the leeward side of Crete, near Salmone,
8 And with much difficulty, we sailed beyond it and came to a place called the Fair Havens (near the city, Lasea).
9 So, after much time had been spent, and sailing was now dangerous (and also because the Fast had now passed), Paul admonished them,
10 saying, “Sirs! I perceive that this voyage will cause injury, and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
11 But the Centurion believed the governor and the master of the ship rather than those things which were spoken by Paul.
12 And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, many advised to depart from there, if by some means they might reach Phoenix to winter, which is a harbor of Crete, looking toward the southwest and northwest.
13 And when the southern wind blew softly, they determined conditions were right, weighed anchor, and sailed close by Crete.
14 But soon thereafter a stormy wind arose, called Euroclydon.
15 And when the ship was caught, and could not resist the wind, we let her go, and were carried away.
16 And we ran under the shelter of a little isle named Clauda, and had much difficulty securing the skiff,
17 which they took up with everyone’s help. And undergirding the ship (fearing they might have fallen into Syrtis), they set sail and so were carried.
18 The next day, when we were tossed with a strong storm, they lightened the ship.
19 And the third day, we cast out the tackling of the ship with our own hands.
20 And then, when neither Sun nor stars appeared for many days (and no small storm was upon us), all hope that we would be saved was taken away.
21 But after a long abstinence from food, Paul stood in the midst of them, and said, “Sirs! You should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, incurring this hurt and loss.
22 “But now, I admonish you to be of good courage! For there among you shall be no loss of anyone’s life, only of the ship.
23 “For the Angel of God (Whose I am, and Whom I serve) stood by me this night,
24 Saying, ‘Fear not, Paul! For you must be brought before Caesar! And lo, all who sail with you God has given to you freely.’
25 “Therefore, sirs, be of good courage! For I believe God, that it shall be as it has been told to me.
26 “However, we must be cast ashore on a certain island.”
27 And when the fourteenth night had come, as we were carried to and fro in the Adriatic (about midnight), the shipmen suspected that some country approached.
28 And they sounded and found it to be twenty fathoms. And when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
29 Then, fearing they would have fallen into some rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day to come.
30 Now as the sailors were about to escape the ship, and had let down the skiff into the sea, under a pretense of casting anchors from the bow,
31 Paul said to the Centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you cannot be safe!”
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the skiff, and let it fall away.
33 And as the day dawned, Paul encouraged them all to eat, saying, “This is the fourteenth day that you have expectantly waited, and continued fasting, receiving nothing.
34 “Therefore I encourage you to eat! For this is for your safety. For not a hair shall fall from the head of any of you!”
35 And when he had said this, he took bread (and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all), and broke it, and began to eat.
36 Then they were all encouraged. And they also ate.
37 Now there were altogether two hundred seventy-six souls onboard the ship.
38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and cast out the wheat into the sea.
39 And when it was day, they did not recognize the country. But they spied a certain creek with a bank, into which they intended (if possible) to thrust in the ship.
40 So when they had taken up the anchors, they committed to the sea, and released the rudder ropes, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and drew to the shore.
41 And having fallen into a place where two seas met, they thrust in the ship. And the bow stuck fast, and could not be moved. But the stern was broken with the violence of the waves.
42 Then the soldiers planned to kill the prisoners, so that none of them could swim away and escape.
43 But the Centurion (wanting to save Paul) stopped them from carrying out this plan, and commanded that those who could swim should cast themselves into the sea first, and get to land
44 (as well as the others - some on boards, and some on certain pieces of the ship). And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land.
37 And King Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, reigned instead of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, made king in the land of Judah.
2 But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land would obey the Words of the LORD which He spoke by the ministry of the Prophet Jeremiah.
3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the Priest, to the Prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to the LORD our God for us.”
4 Now Jeremiah went in and out among the people, for they had not put him in prison.
5 Then Pharaoh’s army came out of Egypt. And when the Chaldeans who besieged Jerusalem heard news of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6 Then came the Word of the LORD to the Prophet Jeremiah, saying,
7 “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who sent you to Me to inquire of Me, “Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which came forth to help you, shall return to Egypt, into their own land.
8 “And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.”’
9 “Thus says the LORD: ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us.” For they shall not depart.
10 ‘For even if you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans that fights against you, and there only remained wounded men among them, every man would still rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’”
11 When the army of the Chaldeans withdrew from Jerusalem because they feared Pharaoh’s army,
12 then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to claim property there among the people.
13 And when he was at the gate of Benjamin, there was a chief officer whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he took Jeremiah the Prophet, saying, “You flee to the Chaldeans!”
14 Then Jeremiah said, “That is false. I do not flee to the Chaldeans.” But he would not listen to him. So, Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.
15 Therefore, the princes were angry with Jeremiah and struck him and put him in prison in the house of Jehonathan the scribe (for they had made that the prison).
16 After Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the prisons, and had remained there a long time,
17 then Zedekiah the king sent and took him out. And the king asked him secretly, in his house, and said, “Is there any Word from the LORD?” And Jeremiah said, “Indeed.” he said. “For you shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babel.
18 Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What offense have I committed against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?
19 “Where are your prophets, now, who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babel shall not come against you or against this land?’
20 “Therefore, please hear now, O my lord the king. Let my prayer be acceptable before you, so that you cause me not to return to the house of Jehonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should put Jeremiah in the court of the prison, and that they should give him a piece of daily bread out of the baker’s street until all the bread in the city was eaten up. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
10 Why do you stand afar off, O LORD, hiding Yourself in time of trouble?
2 With pride, the wicked persecute the poor. Let them be taken in the crafts that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked has boasted of his own heart’s desire; and the covetous blesses himself and despises the LORD.
4 The wicked is so proud that he does not seek. He thinks always, “There is no God.”
5 His ways always prosper. Your judgments are high above his sight. He defies all his enemies.
6 He says in his heart, “I shall never be moved, nor be in danger.”
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8 He lies in wait in the villages. He murders the innocent in the secret places. His eyes are bent against the poor.
9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor. He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
10 He crouches and bows. Therefore, heaps of the poor fall by his might.
11 He has said in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face and will never see.”
12 Arise, O LORD God. Lift up Your hand. Do not forget the poor.
13 Why do the wicked despise God? He says in his heart, “You will not see.”
14 Yet You have seen it. For You behold mischief and wrong, so that You may take it into Your hands. The poor commits himself to You. You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and malicious. Search his wickedness until you shall find none.
16 The LORD is King forever and ever. The heathen are destroyed from His land.
17 LORD, You have heard the desire of the oppressed. You prepare their heart. You bend Your ear
18 to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, so that earthly man causes no more fear. To him who excels: A Psalm of David.
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