M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
12 Samuel then said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me and have appointed a king over you.
2 “Now, therefore, behold! Your king walks before you. And I am old and grayheaded. And behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.
3 “Behold, here I am. Bear record of me before the LORD and before His anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or, whose donkey have I taken? Or, to whom have I done wrong? Or, whom have I hurt? Or, of whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? And I will restore it you.”
4 Then they said, “You have done us no wrong. Nor have you hurt us. Nor have you taken anything from any man’s hand.”
5 And he said to them, “The LORD is Witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, that you have found nothing in my hands.” And they answered, “Witness!”
6 Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the LORD Who made Moses and Aaron, and Who brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt.
7 “Now, therefore, stand still, so that I may reason with you before the LORD, according to all the righteousness of the LORD which He showed to you and to your fathers.
8 “After Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.
9 “And when they forgot the LORD their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them.
10 “And they cried to the LORD, and said, ‘We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD and have served Baal and Ashtoreth! Now, therefore, deliver us out of the hands of our enemies and we will serve You!’
11 “Therefore, the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hands of your enemies on every side. And you dwelled safely.
12 “Nevertheless, when you saw that Nahash, the king of the children of Ammon, came against you, you said to me, ‘No! But a king shall reign over us!’ When the LORD your God was still your King.
13 “Now, therefore, behold the king whom you have chosen, whom you have desired. Lo, therefore, the LORD has set a king over you.
14 “If you will fear the LORD and serve Him, and hear His Voice, and not disobey the Word of the LORD, both you and the king who reigns over you shall follow the LORD your God.
15 “But if you will not obey the Voice of the LORD, but disobey the LORD’s Mouth, then the Hand of the LORD shall be upon you and on your fathers.
16 “Now, also, stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes.
17 “Is it not now wheat harvest? I will call to the LORD; and He shall send thunder and rain, so that you may perceive and see how great your wickedness is which you have done in the sight of the LORD in asking for a king for yourselves.”
18 Then Samuel called to the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain the same day. And all the people feared the LORD, and Samuel, exceedingly.
19 And all the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants, so that we do not die. For we have sinned in asking for a king for ourselves, in addition to all our other sins.”
20 And Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear! You have indeed done all this wickedness. Still, do not depart from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart!
21 “Do not turn back, either! For that would be after meaningless things which cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are but empty.
22 “For the LORD will not forsake His people for His great Name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.
23 “Moreover, may it never be that I should sin against the LORD and cease praying for you! But I will show you the good and right way.
24 “Therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in the truth with all your hearts, and consider what great things He has done for you.
25 “But if you do wickedly, you shall perish, both you and your king.”
10 Brothers, my heart’s desire - and my prayer to God for Israel - is that they might be saved.
2 For I testify about them that they have the zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they, being ignorant of the righteousness of God and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness, for everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes of the righteousness which is of the Law: “The man who does these things, shall live thereby.”
6 But the righteousness which is of faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who shall ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)
7 or, ‘Who shall descend into the deep?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)”.
8 So, what does it say? “The Word is near you; your mouth, and in your heart.” This is the Word of faith which we preach.
9 For if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in your heart that God raised him up from the dead, you shall be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him, shall not be ashamed.”
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek. For He Who is Lord Over All is rich unto all who call on Him.
13 For “Whoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord, shall be saved.”
14 But how shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of Whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of peace; and bring glad tidings of good things!”
16 But they have not all obeyed the Gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
17 Then faith is by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
18 But I say, have they not heard? No doubt. Their sound went out through all the Earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I say, did not Israel know? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to envy by a nation that is not my nation. And by a foolish nation I will anger you.”
20 And Isaiah is bold and says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me, and have been made manifest to those who did not ask for me.”
21 And to Israel he says, “All day long I have stretched forth My hands to a disobedient and contradicting people.”
49 To the children of Ammon, thus says the LORD: “Has Israel no sons? Or has he no heir? Why has their king inherited Gad, and his people dwelt in its cities?
2 “Therefore, behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will cause a noise of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites. And it shall be a desolate heap. And her daughters shall be burnt with fire. Then Israel shall take possession of those who possessed him,” says the LORD.
3 “Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah! Gird yourselves with sackcloth! Mourn and run to and fro by the hedges! For their king shall go into captivity, as will his priests and his princes.
4 “Why do you glory in the valleys? Your valley flows away, O rebellious daughter. She trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who shall come to me?’
5 “Behold, I will bring a fear upon you,” says the LORD God of Hosts, “from all those who are around you. And you shall be scattered, every man before and behind. And no one shall gather him who flees.
6 “And afterward, I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon.”
7 Thus says the LORD of Hosts to Edom: “Is wisdom no longer in Teman? Has counsel perished from their children? Has their wisdom vanished?
8 “Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Dedan! For I have brought the destruction of Esau upon him, the time of his visitation.
9 “If the grape gatherers come to you, would they not leave gleaning grapes? If thieves come by night, they will destroy until they have enough.
10 “For I have laid Esau bare. I have uncovered his secrets, and he shall not be able to hide himself. His seed is wasted, and his brethren, and his neighbors. He is no more.
11 “Leave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. And let your widows trust in Me.”
12 For thus says the LORD: “Behold, those whose sentence it was to not drink from the cup, have assuredly drunk. And are you the one who shall escape free? You shall not go free, but you shall surely drink from it.
13 “For I have sworn by Myself,” says the LORD, “that Bozrah shall be waste, a reproach, a desolation, and a curse. And all its cities shall be perpetual desolations.”
14 I have heard a report from the LORD. And an ambassador has been sent to the heathen. “Gather together and come against her! And rise up to the battle!
15 “For lo, I will make you but small among the heathen, and despised among men.
16 “Your fear, and the pride of your heart, have deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock and hold the height of the hill. Though you would make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.
17 “Also, Edom shall be desolate. Everyone who goes by him shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all his plagues,
18 “as in the overthrow of Sodom and of Gomorrah and the places nearby,” says the LORD. No man shall dwell there, nor shall the sons of men remain in it.
19 “Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the strong dwelling place. For I will make him hurry away from her. And who is the chosen man whom I may appoint against her? For who is like Me? And who will summon Me? And who is the shepherd who will stand before Me?”
20 Therefore, hear the counsel of the LORD that He has devised against Edom, and His purpose that He has conceived against the inhabitants of Teman. Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out. He shall make their habitations desolate with them.
21 The Earth is moved at the noise of their fall. The cry of their voice is heard in the Red Sea.
22 Behold, He shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread His wings over Bozrah. And on that day the hearts of the strong men of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in labor.
23 To Damascus He says: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard evil tidings. They are faint-hearted and cannot rest, as if on a fearful sea.
24 “Damascus is discouraged, turns herself to flight, and fear has seized her. Anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in labor.
25 “How is the glorious city not forsaken, the city of My joy?
26 “Therefore, her young men shall fall in her streets. And all her men of war shall be cut off on that day,” says the LORD of Hosts.
27 “And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, which shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.”
28 Of Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor—which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, shall strike—thus says the LORD: “Arise! Go up to Kedar and destroy the men of the East.
29 “They shall take away their tents and their flocks. Yea, they shall take away their curtains and all their vessels and their camels for themselves. And they shall cry to them, ‘Fear is on every side!’
30 “Flee! Go far away! Dwell in the depths, O, you inhabitants of Hazor!” says the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, has taken counsel against you, and has devised a purpose against you.
31 “Arise! Get up to the wealthy nation that dwells securely,” says the LORD, “which has neither gates nor bars, but dwells alone.
32 “And their camels shall be a plunder, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil. And I will scatter them to all winds, and to the utmost corners. And I will bring their destruction from all sides,” says the LORD.
33 “And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, desolation forever. No man shall dwell there, nor shall the sons of men remain in it.”
34 The Words of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the Prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying,
35 “Thus says the LORD of Hosts: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their strength.
36 ‘And upon Elam I will bring the four winds from the four quarters of Heaven and will scatter them towards all these winds. And there shall be no nation to where the fugitives of Elam shall not come.
37 ‘For I will cause Elam to be afraid before their enemies, and before those who seek their lives, and will bring upon them a plague, the indignation of My wrath,’ says the LORD, ‘And I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.
38 ‘And I will set My throne in Elam. And I will destroy the king and the princes from there,’ says the LORD, ‘but in the latter days, I will bring back the captivity of Elam,’ says the LORD.”
26 Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my innocence. My trust has also been in the LORD. Therefore, I shall not slide.
2 Test me, O LORD, and try me. Examine my core and my heart.
3 For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes. Therefore, I have walked in Your truth.
4 I have not dwelt with frivolous people, nor kept company with the deceitful.
5 I have hated the assembly of the evil and have not kept company with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence, O LORD, and surround Your altar.
7 So that I may declare with the voice of thanksgiving and set forth all Your wondrous works.
8 O LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house, and the place where Your honor dwells.
9 Do not gather my soul with the sinners, nor my life with the bloody men,
10 in whose hands are wickedness, and their right hands are full of bribes.
11 But I will walk in my innocence. Redeem me and be merciful to me.
12 My foot stands in uprightness. I will praise You, O LORD, in the Congregations. A Psalm of David.
27 The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked—even my enemies—and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army encamped against me, my heart shall not be afraid. Though war is raised against me, I will trust in this.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that I will require: That I may dwell in the House of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD and to visit His Temple.
5 For in the time of trouble, He shall hide me in His Tabernacle. In the secret place of His pavilion, He shall hide me and set me up upon a rock.
6 And now, He shall lift up my head above my enemies all around me. Therefore, I will offer sacrifices of joy in His Tabernacle. I will sing and praise the LORD.
7 Hear my voice, O LORD, when I cry. Have mercy, also, upon me and hear me.
8 When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart answered You, “O LORD, I will seek Your face.”
9 Do not hide, therefore, Your face from me, nor cast Your servant away in displeasure. You have been my succor; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 Though my father and my mother should forsake me, yet the LORD will gather me up.
11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me in a right path, because of my enemies.
12 Do not give me to the lust of my adversaries. For there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak cruelly.
13 I should have fainted, except I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Hope in the LORD. Be strong, and He shall comfort Your heart; and trust in the LORD. A Psalm of David.
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