M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
3 Now the child, Samuel, ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the Word of the LORD was precious in those days; for there was no manifest vision.
2 And at that time, as Eli lay in his place, his eyes began to grow dim, so that he could not see.
3 And before the Light of God went out, Samuel slept in the Temple of the LORD, where the Ark of God was.
4 Then, the LORD called Samuel. And he said, “Here I am.”
5 And he ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am! For you called me!” But he said, “I did not call you. Go back. Sleep.” And he went and slept.
6 And the LORD called Samuel once again. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “I am here! For you called me!” And he answered, “I did not call you, my son. Go back. Sleep.”
7 Thus did Samuel, before he knew the LORD and before the Word of the LORD was revealed to him.
8 And the LORD called Samuel again, a third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, “I am here! For you have called me.” Then Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go. Sleep. And if He calls you, then say, “Speak LORD, for Your servant hears.” So, Samuel went and slept in his place.
10 And the LORD came and stood and called, as at other times, “Samuel, Samuel.” Then Samuel answered, “Speak. For Your servant hears.”
11 Then the LORD said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, of which whoever shall hear, his two ears shall tingle.
12 “On that day, I will raise up against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his House. What I begin, I will also finish.
13 “And I have told him that I will judge his House forever, for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons despised themselves, and he did not rebuke them.
14 “Now, therefore, I have sworn to the House of Eli that the wickedness of Eli’s House shall not ever be purged with Sacrifice or Offering.”
15 Afterward, Samuel slept until the morning, and opened the doors of the House of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he answered, “Here I am.”
17 Then he said, “What is it that the LORD said to you? Please do not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all that He said to you.”
18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. Then he said, “It is the LORD. Let Him do what seems good to Him.”
19 And Samuel grew. And the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
20 And all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, knew that faithful Samuel was the LORD’s Prophet.
21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh; for the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by His Word.
3 What, then, is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?
2 Much in every way! Firstly, because indeed the oracles of God were entrusted to them.
3 For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
4 Absolutely not! Indeed, let God be true, and every man a liar! As it is written, “That you might be justified in your words, and overcome when you are judged.”
5 Now, if our unrighteousness exhibits the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous in punishing? (I speak as a man.)
6 Absolutely not! Or else, how shall God judge the world?
7 For if the truth of God has abounded more through my lie, unto His Glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
8 Rather, why not say (as we are slanderously accused of saying, and as some affirm that we say) “Let us do evil, that good may come?” Their damnation is just.
9 What then? Are we more excellent? No, in no way! For we have already proved that all, both Jews and Gentiles, are under sin.
10 As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.
11 “There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God.
12 “They have all turned away. They have all been made useless. There is no one that does good; no, not one.
13 “Their throat is an open grave. They use their tongues to deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips;
14 “whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 “Destruction and misery are in their path;
17 “and the way of peace they have not known.
18 “The fear of God is not before their eyes.”
19 Now, we know that whatever the Law says, it says it to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be subject to the judgment of God.
20 Therefore, no flesh shall be justified in His sight by the works of the Law. For by the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
21 But now, the righteousness of God has been made manifest without the Law, having been witnessed by the Law and the Prophets;
22 that is, the righteousness of God by the faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all who believe. For there is no difference.
23 For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God;
24 and are justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation, (through faith in His blood) to declare His righteousness, by the forgiveness of previous sins through God’s forbearance;
26 to show His righteousness at this present time, that He might be just, and a justifier of the one who believes in Jesus.
27 Where, then, is the boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the Law of faith.
28 Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith, apart from the works of the Law.
29 Or is He the God of the Jews only, and not also of the Gentiles? Yes, even of the Gentiles also.
30 For indeed it is one God Who shall justify circumcision of faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we then make the Law of no effect through faith? Absolutely not! Rather, we establish the Law.
41 But in the seventh month came Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed and the princes of the king, and ten men with him, to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, to Mizpah. And they ate bread together there, in Mizpah.
2 Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, arose with these ten men who were with him and struck Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him whom the king of Babel had made governor over the land.
3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and all the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.
4 Now, the second day after he had killed Gedaliah (though no one knew it),
5 80 men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes ripped and cut, with offerings and incense in their hands, to offer in the House of the LORD.
6 And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. And when he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.”
7 And when they came into the midst of the city, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, killed them and cast them into the midst of the pit, he and the men who were with him.
8 But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us. For we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.” So he refrained, and did not kill them along with their brethren.
9 Now the pit in which Ishmael had cast the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed because of Gedaliah is the same one which Asa the king had made because of Baasha, king of Israel. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, filled it with those who were killed.
10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the chief steward, had committed to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam. And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, carried them away captive and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
11 But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the army who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had done,
12 then they all took men and went to fight with Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
13 Now, when all the people whom Ishmael carried away captive saw Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the army who were with him, they were glad.
14 So, all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah, turned around and came back and went to Johanan, the son of Kareah.
15 But Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.
16 Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the army who were with him, took the whole remnant of the people whom Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had carried away captive from Mizpah (after he had killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam), the strong men of war and the women and the children and the eunuchs whom he had brought back from Gibeon.
17 And they departed and dwelt in Geruth, Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, on the way to Egypt,
18 because of the Chaldeans. For they feared them because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babel made governor in the land.
17 Hear what is right, O LORD. Consider my cry. Hear my prayer of unfeigned lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from Your presence. And let Your eyes behold equity.
3 You have tested and visited my heart in the night. You have tried me and found nothing. For I have purposed that my mouth should not offend.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the words of Your lips I kept myself from the paths of the cruel man.
5 Keep my steps in Your paths, so that my feet do not slide.
6 I have called upon You. Surely You will hear me, O God. Incline Your ear to me and hear my words.
7 Show Your marvelous mercies, You Who are the Savior of those who trust in You from such as resist Your right hand.
8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye. Hide me under the shadow of Your wings
9 from the wicked who oppress me, from my enemies who surround me for my soul.
10 They are enclosed in their own fat. They have spoken proudly with their mouth.
11 They have surrounded us now in our steps. They have set their eyes to bring us down to the ground.
12 Like a lion that is greedy for prey (and as it were a lion’s whelp) lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, LORD! Disappoint him! Cast him down! Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword;
14 from men, by Your hand, O LORD; from men of the world who have their portion in this life; whose bellies You fill with Your hidden treasure. Their children have enough and leave the rest of their substance for their children.
15 But I will behold Your face in righteousness. And when I awake, I shall be satisfied with Your image. To him who excels: A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. Who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies (and from the hand of Saul) and said,
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