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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.

Duration: 1245 days

Psalm 145:8-9

⁸The Lord is kind and merciful,
patient and full of love.
⁹The Lord is good to everyone.
He shows his mercy to everything he made.

Psalm 145:14-21

¹⁴The Lord lifts up people who have fallen.
    He helps those who are in trouble.
¹⁵All living things look to you for their food,
    and you give them their food at the right time.
¹⁶You open your hands
    and give every living thing all that it needs.
¹⁷Everything the Lord does is good.
    Everything he does shows how loyal he is.
¹⁸The Lord is near to everyone
    who sincerely calls to him for help.
¹⁹He listens to his followers and does what they want.
    He answers their prayers and saves them.
²⁰The Lord protects everyone who loves him,
    but he destroys all who do evil.
²¹I will praise the Lord!
    Let everyone praise his holy name forever and ever!

Proverbs 10:1-5

Solomon’s Proverbs

10 These are the proverbs of Solomon:

A wise son makes his father happy; a foolish one makes his mother sad.

²Wealth gained by doing wrong will not really help you, but doing right will save you from death.

³The Lord takes care of good people and gives them the food they need, but he keeps the wicked from getting what they want.

⁴Lazy hands will make you poor; hard-working hands will make you rich.

⁵A son who works hard while it is harvest time will be successful, but one who sleeps through the harvest is worthless.

Philippians 4:10-15

Paul Thanks the Philippian Believers

¹⁰I am so happy, and I thank the Lord that you have again shown your care for me. You continued to care about me, but there was no way for you to show it. ¹¹I am telling you this, but not because I need something. I have learned to be satisfied with what I have and with whatever happens. ¹²I know how to live when I am poor and when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of how to live through any kind of situation—when I have enough to eat or when I am hungry, when I have everything I need or when I have nothing. ¹³Christ is the one who gives me the strength I need to do whatever I must do.

¹⁴But it was good that you helped me when I needed help. ¹⁵You people in Philippi remember when I first told the Good News there. When I left Macedonia, you were the only church that gave me help.

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)