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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
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Psalm 119:129-136

פ Pe

129 Your statutes are wonderful;(A)
    therefore I obey them.(B)
130 The unfolding of your words gives light;(C)
    it gives understanding to the simple.(D)
131 I open my mouth and pant,(E)
    longing for your commands.(F)
132 Turn to me(G) and have mercy(H) on me,
    as you always do to those who love your name.(I)
133 Direct my footsteps according to your word;(J)
    let no sin rule(K) over me.
134 Redeem me from human oppression,(L)
    that I may obey your precepts.(M)
135 Make your face shine(N) on your servant
    and teach me your decrees.(O)
136 Streams of tears(P) flow from my eyes,
    for your law is not obeyed.(Q)

Cross references

  1. Psalm 119:129 : ver 18
  2. Psalm 119:129 : ver 22,S 88
  3. Psalm 119:130 : S ver 105
  4. Psalm 119:130 : S Ps 19:7
  5. Psalm 119:131 : Ps 42:1
  6. Psalm 119:131 : S ver 20
  7. Psalm 119:132 : S Ps 6:4
  8. Psalm 119:132 : S 2Sa 24:14; S Ps 9:13
  9. Psalm 119:132 : S Ps 5:11
  10. Psalm 119:133 : ver 9
  11. Psalm 119:133 : S ver 11; S Ro 6:16
  12. Psalm 119:134 : S ver 122
  13. Psalm 119:134 : S ver 56,S 88
  14. Psalm 119:135 : S Nu 6:25; Ps 4:6; 67:1; 80:3
  15. Psalm 119:135 : ver 12
  16. Psalm 119:136 : Ps 6:6; Isa 22:4; Jer 9:1, 18; 13:17; 14:17; La 1:16; 3:48
  17. Psalm 119:136 : ver 158; Ps 106:25; Isa 42:24; Eze 9:4
1 Kings 1:28-37

David Makes Solomon King(A)

28 Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

29 The king then took an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,(B) 30 I will surely carry out this very day what I swore(C) to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

31 Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

32 King David said, “Call in Zadok(D) the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came before the king, 33 he said to them: “Take your lord’s servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mule(E) and take him down to Gihon.(F) 34 There have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint(G) him king over Israel. Blow the trumpet(H) and shout, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ 35 Then you are to go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”

36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so declare it. 37 As the Lord was with my lord the king, so may he be with(I) Solomon to make his throne even greater(J) than the throne of my lord King David!”

Cross references

  1. 1 Kings 1:28 : 1:28-53pp — 1Ch 29:21-25
  2. 1 Kings 1:29 : S 2Sa 4:9
  3. 1 Kings 1:30 : S ver 13; 1Ch 23:1
  4. 1 Kings 1:32 : S 1Sa 2:35
  5. 1 Kings 1:33 : Jdg 10:4; Zec 9:9
  6. 1 Kings 1:33 : ver 38; 2Ch 32:30; 33:14
  7. 1 Kings 1:34 : S 1Sa 2:35; 10:1
  8. 1 Kings 1:34 : S 2Sa 15:10
  9. 1 Kings 1:37 : Jos 1:5, 17
  10. 1 Kings 1:37 : ver 47
1 Corinthians 4:14-20

Paul’s Appeal and Warning

14 I am writing this not to shame you(A) but to warn you as my dear children.(B) 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(C) through the gospel.(D) 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.(E) 17 For this reason I have sent to you(F) Timothy,(G) my son(H) whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.(I)

18 Some of you have become arrogant,(J) as if I were not coming to you.(K) 19 But I will come to you very soon,(L) if the Lord is willing,(M) and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. 20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of(N) talk but of power.(O)

Cross references

  1. 1 Corinthians 4:14 : 1Co 6:5; 15:34; 2Th 3:14
  2. 1 Corinthians 4:14 : S 1Th 2:11
  3. 1 Corinthians 4:15 : S ver 14
  4. 1 Corinthians 4:15 : 1Co 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 15:1
  5. 1 Corinthians 4:16 : 1Co 11:1; Php 3:17; 4:9; 1Th 1:6; 2Th 3:7, 9
  6. 1 Corinthians 4:17 : 1Co 16:10
  7. 1 Corinthians 4:17 : S Ac 16:1
  8. 1 Corinthians 4:17 : S 1Ti 1:2
  9. 1 Corinthians 4:17 : S 1Co 7:17
  10. 1 Corinthians 4:18 : Jer 43:2
  11. 1 Corinthians 4:18 : ver 21
  12. 1 Corinthians 4:19 : 1Co 16:5, 6; 2Co 1:15, 16
  13. 1 Corinthians 4:19 : S Ac 18:21
  14. 1 Corinthians 4:20 : Ro 14:17
  15. 1 Corinthians 4:20 : S Ro 15:13
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