Genesis Chapter 1



1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. 3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. {P}



6 And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.' 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. {P}



9 And God said: 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said: 'Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.' And it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. {P}



14 And God said: 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. {P}



20 And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.' 21 And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.' 23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. {P}



24 And God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.' And it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 26 And God said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.' 27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. 28 And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.' 29 And God said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed--to you it shall be for food; 30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, [I have given] every green herb for food.' And it was so. 31 And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. {P}







Psalms Chapter 1



1 Happy is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, {N}

nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, {N}

that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

4 Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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

6 For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish. {P}







Proverbs Chapter 1



1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

2 To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the words of understanding;

3 To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;

4 To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion;

5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;

6 To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline. {P}



8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

11 If they say: 'Come with us, {N}

let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;

14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse'--

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path;

16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

17 For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;

18 And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;

21 She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:

22 'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? {N}

And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

23 Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

24 Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,

25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof;

26 I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;

27 When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; {N}

when trouble and distress come upon you.

28 Then will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.

29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;

30 They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

32 For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.

33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.' {P}





Dear Lord thank you for the fellowship you bless me with online and offline.  I lift up the many prayers to you among those who come across this blog and I seek for your guidance in all matters for all of us.  Thank you for your son Jesus.  Amen