Contemplative Bible Reading

Exodus 12:1-2 (New International Version) 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. This chapter of Exodus describes the Passover:  t-h-e P-a-s-s-o-v-e-r. The one that occurred in Egypt where if you didn’t eat the special meal […]

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Leviticus 19:33 (New International Version) When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. This verse comes from the section of Leviticus that discusses “Holy living.” There are many verses containing simple statements encouraging the people to live in way that will work for them and others. God wanted His people […]

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Psalm 1:1-2 (New International Version) 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. People […]

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Habakkuk 2:18-20 (New International Version) 18 “Of what value is an idol, since a man has carved it? Or an image that teaches lies? For he who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. 19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’ Or to lifeless stone, […]

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Leviticus 19:17 (New International Version) Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt. Through the years I have sat in many meetings in my job. One of the adages given often is that if you are present and do not object to what […]

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2 Chronicles 30:18-20 (New International Version) 18 Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, pardon everyone 19 who sets his heart on […]

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Micah 3:11 (New International Version) Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD and say, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us.” Imagine these guys. They take bribes; they only do their jobs […]

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Isaiah 29: 15 (New International Version) Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?” How foolish. The thought that we can hide our plans from God, that we can go someplace where he cannot […]

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2 Kings 19:35 (New International Version) That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! Sennacherib king of Assyria had laid siege to Jerusalem. The city was about […]

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2 Chronicles 29:11 (New International Version) My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense.” This is a statement made by King Hezekiah of Judah. He has recently ascended to the throne and is attempting to […]

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