Lesson: Wisdom of Solomon 1:16-2:1, 12-22 Reading 16 The ungodly by their words and deeds summoned death; considering him a friend, they pined away and made a covenant with him, because they are fit to belong to his company.2:1 For they reasoned unsoundly, saying to...

Lesson: Isaiah 50:4-9a Reading 4 The LORD GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens-- wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.5 The LORD GOD has opened my ear, and I was not...

Lesson: Isaiah 35:4-7a Reading 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, ‘Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.’ 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the...

Lesson: Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 Reading 1 Moses said: So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 You must...

Lesson: Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 Reading 1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. 2a And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the...

Lesson: Proverbs 9:1-6 Reading 1 Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars.2 She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table.3 She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the highest places in the town,4 “You...

Lesson: 1 Kings 19:4-8 Reading 4 Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: “It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down...

Lesson: Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 Reading 2 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate...

Lesson: 2 Kings 4:42-44 Reading 42 A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing food from the first fruits to the man of God: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give it to the people and let them eat.” 43 But his servant said, “How...