August 30, 2038
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος: In the beginning was the Word(John 1:1)
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free(John 8:32)
Today's Reading
Ecclesiastes 8:1–10:20
Psalm 102:6–14 (MT: 103)
Proverbs 24:10–12
1 Corinthians 10:19–33
Old TestamentSeptuagint (Brenton)
Ecclesiastes 8:1–10:20
1A man's wisdom will lighten his countenance; but a man of shameless countenance will be hated. 2Observe the commandment of the king, and [that] because of the word of the oath of God. 3Be not hasty; thou shalt go forth out of his presence: stand not in an evil matter; for he will do whatsoever he shall please, 4even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What doest thou? 5He that keeps the commandment shall not know an evil thing: and the heart of the wise knows the time of judgment. 6For to every thing there is time and judgment; for the knowledge of a man is great to him. 7For there is no one that knows what is going to be: for who shall tell him how it shall be? 8There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; and there is no power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in the day of battle; neither shall ungodliness save her votary. 9So I saw all this, and I applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun; all the things wherein man has power over man to afflict him. 10And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and [that] out of the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because they had done thus: this also is vanity. 11Because there is no contradiction made on the part of those who do evil quickly, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully determined in them to do evil. 12He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before him: 13but it shall not be well with the ungodly, and he shall not prolong his days, [which are] as a shadow; forasmuch as he fears not before God. 14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous persons to whom it happens according to the doing of the ungodly; and there are ungodly men, to whom it happens according to the doing of the just: I said, This is also vanity. 15Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry: and this shall attend him in his labour all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun. 16Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, and to perceive the trouble that was wrought upon the earth: for there is that neither by day nor night sees sleep with his eyes. 17And I beheld all the works of God, that a man shall not be able to discover the work which is wrought under the sun; whatsoever things a man shall endeavour to seek, however a man may labour to seek it, yet he shall not find it; yea, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, he shall not be able to find it: for I applied all this to my heart, and my heart has seen all this. Chapter 91[I saw] that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, [though] all are before their face. 2Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath. 3There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after that [they go] to the dead. 4For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope [of him]: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost. 6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; yea, there is no portion for them any more for ever in all that is done under the sun. 7Go, eat thy bread with mirth, and drink thy wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favourably accepted thy works. 8Let thy garments be always white; and let not oil be wanting on thine head. 9And see life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which are given thee under the sun: for that is thy portion in thy life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun. 10Whatsoever thine hand shall find to do, do with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades whither thou goest. 11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen to them all. 12For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them. 13This I also saw [to be] wisdom under the sun, and it is great before me: 14[suppose there were] a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it; 15and should find in it a poor wise man, and he should save the city through his wisdom: yet no man would remember that poor man. 16And I said, Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, and his words not listened to. 17The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly. 18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: and one sinner will destroy much good. Chapter 101Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: [and] a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly. 2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. 3Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he thinks of is folly. 4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soothing will put an end to great offences. 5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler. 6The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one. 7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth. 8He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite. 9He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby. 10If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and [in that case] skill is of no advantage to a man. 11If a serpent bite when there is no [charmer's] whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer. 12The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. 13The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness. 14A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him? 15The labour of fools will afflict them, [as that of one] who knows not to go to the city. 16Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning! 17Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed. 18By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces. 19Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience. 20Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech.
PsalmSeptuagint (Brenton)
Psalm 102:6–14(MT: 103)
MT Psalm 103 = LXX Psalm 102 (standard offset).
6The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: the waters shall stand on the hills. 7At thy rebuke they shall flee; at the voice of thy thunder they shall be alarmed. 8They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, to the place which thou hast founded for them. 9Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth. 10He sends forth his fountains among the valleys: the waters shall run between the mountains. 11They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: the wild asses shall take [of them] to [quench] their thirst. 12By them shall the birds of the sky lodge: they shall utter a voice out of the midst of the rocks. 13He waters the mountains from his chambers: the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;
ProverbSeptuagint (Brenton)
Proverbs 24:10–12
10He shall be defiled in the evil day, and in the day of affliction, until he be utterly consumed. 11Deliver them that are led away to death, and redeem them that are appointed to be slain; spare not [thy help]. 12But if thou shouldest say, I know not this man; know that the Lord knows the hearts of all; and he that formed breath for all, he knows all things, who renders to every man according to his works.
New TestamentKing James Version
1 Corinthians 10:19–33
19What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. 22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 23All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 24Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth. 25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof. 27If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof: 29Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience? 30For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? 31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 32Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 33Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
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