Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful;

² but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law doth he meditate day and night.

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

⁴ The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

⁵ Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

⁶ For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

30 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal:

² Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

³ I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

⁴ Who hath ascended up into heaven or hath descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, if thou canst tell?

⁵ Every word of God is pure; He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him.

⁶ Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee and thou be found a liar.

⁷ Two things have I required of Thee; deny me them not before I die:

⁸ Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me only food sufficient for me,

⁹ lest I be full, and deny Thee, and say, “Who is the Lord?”— or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

¹⁰ Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee and thou be found guilty.

2 And I, brethren, when I came to you declaring unto you the testimony of God, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom.

² For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

³ And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.

⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

⁵ that your faith should not stand on the wisdom of man, but on the power of God.