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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
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
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Psalm 49:1-12

(A psalm by the clan of Korah and for the music leader.)

Don't Depend on Wealth

1 Everyone on this earth,
    now listen to what I say!
2 Listen, no matter who you are,
    rich or poor.
3 I speak words of wisdom,
    and my thoughts make sense.
4 I have in mind a mystery
that I will explain
    while playing my harp.

5 Why should I be afraid
    in times of trouble,
when I am surrounded
    by vicious enemies?
6 They trust in their riches
and brag about
    all their wealth.
7 You cannot buy back your life
    or pay off God!
8 It costs far too much
    to buy back your life.
You can never pay God enough
9 to stay alive forever
    and safe from death.

10 (A) We see that wise people die,
    and so do stupid fools.
Then their money is left
    for someone else.
11 The grave[a] will be their home
    forever and ever,
although they once had land
    of their own.
12 Our human glory disappears,
    and, like animals, we die.

Proverbs 24:1-12

–19–

24 Don't be jealous of crooks
    or want to be their friends.
2 All they think about
and talk about
    is violence and cruelty.

–20–

3 Use wisdom and understanding
    to establish your home;
4 let good sense fill the rooms
    with priceless treasures.

–21–

5 Wisdom brings strength,
    and knowledge gives power.
6 Battles are won
by listening to advice
    and making a lot of plans.

–22–

7 Wisdom is too much for fools!
    Their advice is no good.

–23–

8 No one but troublemakers
    think up trouble.
9 Everyone hates senseless fools
    who think up ways to sin.

–24–

10 Don't give up and be helpless
    in times of trouble.

–25–

11 Don't fail to rescue those
    who are doomed to die.
12 Don't say, “I didn't know it!”
    God can read your mind.
He watches each of us
    and knows our thoughts.
And God will pay us back
    for what we do.

Ephesians 4:17-24

The Old Life and the New Life

17 As a follower of the Lord, I order you to stop living like stupid, godless people. 18 Their minds are in the dark, and they are stubborn and ignorant and have missed out on the life that comes from God. They no longer have any feelings about what is right, 19 and they are so greedy they do all kinds of indecent things.

20-21 But this isn't what you were taught about Jesus Christ. He is the truth, and you heard about him and learned about him. 22 (A) You were told that your foolish desires will destroy you and that you must give up your old way of life with all its bad habits. 23 Let the Spirit change your way of thinking 24 (B) and make you into a new person. You were created to be like God, and so you must please him and be truly holy.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

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