Reading Plan
Comprehensive Reading Plan (365 days) New Testament Reading Plan (83 days) Old Testament Plan (282 days) Old/New Testament Plan (365 days) Survey Reading Plan (61 days) Through-the-Bible Reading Plan (365 days)
Bible Version
Apostles' Bible Complete (2004) King James Version (1769) New King James Version (1982) Today's English Version (Good News Bible) (1992) Voice In Wilderness (2006)
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The LORD says, "Come, everyone who is thirsty--- here is water! Come, you that have no money--- buy grain and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk--- it will cost you nothing!
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Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.
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"Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David.
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I made him a leader and commander of nations, and through him I showed them my power.
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Now you will summon foreign nations; at one time they did not know you, but now they will come running to join you! I, the LORD your God, the holy God of Israel, will make all this happen; I will give you honor and glory."
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Turn to the LORD and pray to him, now that he is near.
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Let the wicked leave their way of life and change their way of thinking. Let them turn to the LORD, our God; he is merciful and quick to forgive.
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"My thoughts," says the LORD, "are not like yours, and my ways are different from yours.
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As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways and thoughts above yours.
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"My word is like the snow and the rain that come down from the sky to water the earth. They make the crops grow and provide seed for planting and food to eat.
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So also will be the word that I speak--- it will not fail to do what I plan for it; it will do everything I send it to do.
12
"You will leave Babylon with joy; you will be led out of the city in peace. The mountains and hills will burst into singing, and the trees will shout for joy.
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Cypress trees will grow where now there are briers; myrtle trees will come up in place of thorns. This will be a sign that will last forever, a reminder of what I, the LORD, have done."
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The LORD says to his people, "Do what is just and right, for soon I will save you.
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I will bless those who always observe the Sabbath and do not misuse it. I will bless those who do nothing evil."
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A foreigner who has joined the LORD's people should not say, "The LORD will not let me worship with his people." A man who has been castrated should never think that because he cannot have children, he can never be part of God's people.
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The LORD says to such a man, "If you honor me by observing the Sabbath and if you do what pleases me and faithfully keep my covenant,
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then your name will be remembered in my Temple and among my people longer than if you had sons and daughters. You will never be forgotten."
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And the LORD says to those foreigners who become part of his people, who love him and serve him, who observe the Sabbath and faithfully keep his covenant:
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"I will bring you to Zion, my sacred hill, give you joy in my house of prayer, and accept the sacrifices you offer on my altar. My Temple will be called a house of prayer for the people of all nations."
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The Sovereign LORD, who has brought his people Israel home from exile, has promised that he will bring still other people to join them.
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The LORD has told the foreign nations to come like wild animals and devour his people.
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He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!
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They are like greedy dogs that never get enough. These leaders have no understanding. They each do as they please and seek their own advantage.
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'Let's get some wine,' these drunkards say, 'and drink all we can hold! Tomorrow will be even better than today!' "
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Good people die, and no one understands or even cares. But when they die, no calamity can hurt them.
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Those who live good lives find peace and rest in death.
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Come here to be judged, you sinners! You are no better than sorcerers, adulterers, and prostitutes.
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Who are you making fun of ? Who are you liars jeering at?
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You worship the fertility gods by having sex under those sacred trees of yours. You offer your children as sacrifices in the rocky caves near stream beds.
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You take smooth stones from there and worship them as gods. You pour out wine as offerings to them and bring them grain offerings. Do you think I am pleased with all this?
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You go to the high mountains to offer sacrifices and have sex.
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You set up your obscene idols just inside your front doors. You forsake me; you take off your clothes and climb in your large beds with your lovers, whom you pay to sleep with you. And there you satisfy your lust.
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You put on your perfumes and ointments and go to worship the god Molech. To find gods to worship, you send messengers far and wide, even to the world of the dead.
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You wear yourselves out looking for other gods, but you never give up. You think your obscene idols give you strength, and so you never grow weak.
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The LORD says, "Who are these gods that make you afraid, so that you tell me lies and forget me completely? Have you stopped honoring me because I have kept silent for so long?
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You think that what you do is right, but I will expose your conduct, and your idols will not be able to help you.
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When you cry for help, let those idols of yours save you! A puff of wind will carry them off ! But those who trust in me will live in the land and will worship me in my Temple."
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The LORD says, "Let my people return to me. Remove every obstacle from their path! Build the road and make it ready!
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"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.
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I gave my people life, and I will not continue to accuse them or be angry with them forever.
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I was angry with them because of their sin and greed, and so I punished them and abandoned them. But they were stubborn and kept on going their own way.
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"I have seen how they acted, but I will heal them. I will lead them and help them, and I will comfort those who mourn.
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I offer peace to all, both near and far! I will heal my people.
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But evil people are like the restless sea, whose waves never stop rolling in, bringing filth and muck.
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There is no safety for sinners," says the LORD.
