Contemplative Bible Reading

Proverbs 30:8 (New Living Translation) 8 First, help me never to tell a lie.Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. This is a saying of Agur son of Jakeh. He begs two favors of God and he desires to have them before he dies. What two things do […]

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Psalm 38:4 (King James Version) 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Let’s go with an older translation here. Those who study these things attribute these words to King David. David was a righteous person who was held as the standard for all […]

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Psalm 31:4 (King James Version) 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. In this Psalm, King David declares his trust in God. He asks God for help in many common situations. This verse (the poetic rendition from the King James Version) asks God […]

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Job 19:6 New Living Translation 6 But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net. There is an old saying about “the patience of Job.” Job could withstand anything and everything and remain patience while waiting for God and for some relief to his Satan-inflicted woes. Yet here is Job, blaming […]

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Job 28:28 (New Living Translation) 28 And this is what he (God) says to all humanity:‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;to forsake evil is real understanding.’ Let’s have a grasp of the situation. Let’s have real understanding of our lives. How do we achieve that? Forsake evil. Hmmm. There must be something more […]

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2 Chronicles 12:7-8 (New Living Translation) 7 When the Lord saw their change of heart, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Since the people have humbled themselves, I will not completely destroy them and will soon give them some relief. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem. 8 But they […]

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2 Chronicles 17:10 (New Living Translation) 10 Then the fear of the Lord fell over all the surrounding kingdoms so that none of them wanted to declare war on Jehoshaphat. This is part of the (hi)story of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. During a time of trouble (seems it was always a time of trouble), the […]

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2 Chronicles 12:12 (Christian Standard Bible) 12 When Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned away from him, and he did not destroy him completely. Besides that, conditions were good in Judah. King Rehoboam of Judah chose the path of unrighteousness. He forgot about God and went the way of the pagan idolaters. God was […]

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2 Samuel 14:25-26 (New Living Translation) 25 Now Absalom was praised as the most handsome man in all Israel. He was flawless from head to foot. 26 He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was so heavy. When he weighed it out, it came to five pounds! In the […]

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1 Kings 8:59 (New Living Translation) 59 And may these words that I have prayed in the presence of the Lord be before him constantly, day and night, so that the Lord our God may give justice to me and to his people Israel, according to each day’s needs. These words were spoken by King […]

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