M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
3 Now Jehoram, the son of Ahab, began to reign over Israel in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and reigned for twelve years.
2 And he worked evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father or like his mother. For he took away the image of Baal that his father had made.
3 Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, and did not depart from them.
4 Then Mesha, king of Moab, had store of sheep and rendered a hundred thousand rams to the king of Israel, with the wool.
5 But after Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 Therefore, King Jehoram went out of Samaria in the same season, and counted all Israel.
7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to battle against Moab?” And he answered, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
8 Then he said, “What way shall we go up?” And he answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9 So went the king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom. And after they had traveled on the way for seven days, they had no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them.
10 Therefore the king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab!”
11 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here a Prophet of the LORD, so that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered, and said, “Here is Elisha, the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”
12 Then Jehoshaphat said, “The Word of the LORD is with him.” Therefore, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “No. For the LORD has called these three kings, to give them into the hand of Moab.”
14 Then Elisha said, “As the LORD of Hosts lives, in Whose sight I stand, if it were not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, I would not have looked toward you, nor seen you.
15 “But now, bring me a minstrel.” And when the minstrel played, the Hand of the LORD came upon him.
16 And he said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Make this valley full of ditches.’
17 “For thus says the LORD: ‘You shall neither see wind nor see rain. Yet the valley shall be filled with water, so that you may drink, you and your cattle and your beasts.’
18 “But, this is a small thing in the sight of the LORD. For He will give Moab into your hand.
19 “And you shall strike every strong town, and every chief city, and shall fell every fair tree, and shall stop all the fountains of water and mar every good field with stones.”
20 And in the morning, when the Meat Offering was offered, behold, there came water by the way of Edom. And the country was filled with water.
21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered all who were able to put on harness, and upward, and stood at the border.
22 And they rose early in the morning, when the Sun arose upon the water. And the Moabites saw the water opposite them, as red as blood.
23 And they said, “This is blood! The kings are surely killed, and one has strickten another! Now, therefore, Moab, to the spoil!”
24 And when they came to the army of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them. But they invaded them and struck Moab.
25 And they destroyed the cities. And every man cast his stone on all the good fields and filled them. And they stopped all the fountains of water and felled all the good trees. Only in Kir Haraseth did they leave its stones. However, they went around it with slings and struck it.
26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew the sword, to break through to the king of Edom. But they could not.
27 Then, he took his eldest son, who should have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall, so that Israel was very grieved. And they departed from him and returned to their country.
3 Furthermore, brothers, pray for us; so that the Word of the Lord may have free passage and be glorified (just as with you)
2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men. For all do not have faith.
3 But the Lord, Who will establish you and keep you from evil, is faithful.
4 And we are persuaded by you through the Lord that you both do and will do the things of which we warn you.
5 And the Lord guide your hearts to the love of God and the awaiting of Christ.
6 We charge you, brothers, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks inordinately and not according to the instruction he received from us.
7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us. For we did not behave inordinately among you.
8 Nor did we take food from anyone for nothing. But we worked with labor and travail night and day because we did not wish to be a burden to any of you.
9 Not because we do not have authority, but so that we might make ourselves an example for you to follow.
10 For even when we were with you, we warned you of this; that if there were any who would not work, he should not eat.
11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you inordinately and do not work at all, but are busybodies.
12 Therefore, such as those we warn and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own food.
13 And you, brothers, do not be weary in well-doing.
14 If anyone does not obey this our word in this letter, note him and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
15 Yet, do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
16 Now, may the Lord - Himself of peace - give you peace always, by all means. The Lord be with you all.
17 The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand (which is the sign in every letter) so I write.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. The second Epistle to the Thessalonians, written from Athens.
7 In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babel, Daniel saw a dream. And there were visions in his head, upon his bed: Then he wrote the dream, and declared the sum of the matter.
2 Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heaven stirred up the great sea.
3 “And four great beasts came up from the sea, one diverse from another.
4 “The first was as a lion; and had eagle’s wings. I looked until the wings thereof were plucked off. And it was lifted up from the earth, and set upon his feet as a man. And a man’s heart was given him.
5 “And behold, another beast which was the second, was like a bear; and stood upon one side. And he had three ribs in his mouth, between his teeth. And they said to him, ‘Arise, and devour much flesh.’
6 “After this, I beheld, and lo, there was another, like a leopard, which had upon his back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads. And dominion was given him.
7 “After this, I saw in the visions by night. And behold, the fourth beast was fearful and terrible and very strong. It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue under his feet. And it was unlike the beasts that were before it. For it had ten horns.
8 “As I considered the horns, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before which three of the first horns were plucked away. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking presumptuous things.
9 “I beheld till the thrones were set up. And the Ancient of Days sat, whose garment was white as snow. And the hair of his head like the pure wool. His throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
10 “A fiery stream issued, and came forth from before him. A thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand thousands stood before him. The judgment was set, and the books opened.
11 “Then I beheld, because of the voice of the presumptuous words which the horn spoke. I beheld, even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning fire.
12 “As for the other beasts, they had their dominion taken away. Yet their lives were prolonged for a certain time and season.
13 “As I beheld in visions by night, behold, one like the son of man came in the clouds of heaven, and approached the Ancient of Days. And they brought him before him.
14 “And he gave him dominion, and honor, and a kingdom; that all people, nations and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall never be taken away. And his dominion shall never be destroyed.
15 “I, Daniel, was troubled in my spirit, in the midst of my body. And the visions of my head made me afraid.
16 “Therefore I came to one of them who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and showed me the interpretation of these things.
17 “These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, who shall arise out of the earth.
18 “And they shall take the kingdom of the Saints of the most High, and shall possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.
19 “After this, I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was so unlike all the others - very fearful - whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue under his feet;
20 “Also to know of the ten horns that were on his head, and of the others which came up (before whom three fell), and of the horn that had eyes, and of the mouth that spoke presumptuous things; whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 “I beheld, and the same horn made battle against the Saints; yea, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of Days came. And judgment was given to the Saints of the most High. And the time approached for the Saints to possess the kingdom.
23 “Then he said, ‘The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on the earth, which shall be unlike all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth. And shall tread it down and break it in pieces.
24 ‘And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall rise. And another shall rise after them. And he shall be unlike the first. And he shall subdue three kings;
25 ‘And shall speak words against the most High, and shall consume the Saints of the most High, and think that he may change times and laws. And they shall be given into his hand until a time, and times, and the dividing of time.
26 ‘But the judges shall sit. And they shall take away his dominion to consume and destroy it to the end.
27 ‘And the kingdom, and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the holy people of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. And all powers shall serve and obey him.’
28 “This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, had many thoughts which troubled me. And my countenance changed. But I kept the matter in my heart.”
114 When Israel went out of Egypt, and the House of Jacob from the barbarous people,
2 Judah was His sanctification, and Israel His dominion.
3 The sea saw it and fled. Jordan was turned back.
4 The mountains leaped like rams, and the hills as lambs!
5 What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, why were you turned back?
6 You mountains, why did you leap like rams, and you hills as lambs?
7 The Earth trembled at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 Who turns the rock into standing water, and the flint into a fountain of water.
115 Not to us, O LORD, not to us; but to Your Name give the glory, for Your loving mercy and for Your truth’s sake.
2 Why shall the heathen say, “Where is their God, now?”
3 But our God is in Heaven. He does whatever He will.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
5 They have a mouth and do not speak. They have eyes and do not see.
6 They have ears and do not hear. They have noses and do not smell.
7 They have hands and do not touch. They have feet and do not walk; nor do they make a sound with their throat.
8 Those who make them are like them. So are all who trust in them.
9 O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
10 O House of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
11 You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD. He is their helper and their shield.
12 The LORD has been mindful of us. He will bless. He will bless the House of Israel. He will bless the House of Aaron.
13 He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.
14 The LORD will increase toward you, toward you and toward your children.
15 You are blessed by the LORD, Who made Heaven and Earth.
16 The heavens, even the heavens are the LORD’s; but He has given the Earth to the sons of men.
17 The dead do not praise the LORD, nor any who go down into the silence.
18 But we will praise the LORD from henceforth and forever. Praise the LORD!
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