Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 26:8 (English Standard Version) 8 And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great deeds of terror, with signs and wonders. There are times when God is terrifying. God appears in works of terror. Terror is a harsh word. I don’t recall times in my […]

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1 Kings 10:23-24 (New Living Translation) 23 So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth. 24 People from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him. King Solomon had asked God for wisdom. God gave Solomon wisdom. People from all the nations came […]

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Deuteronomy 10: 18-19 (English Standard Version) 18 He (God) executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. In these verses, God is passing instructions to the people on how to treat sojourners. […]

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Nehemiah 6:15-16 (New Living Translation) 15 So on October 2 the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun. 16 When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God. Those exiles who returned to Jerusalem […]

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Deuteronomy 4:34 (New Living Translation) 34 Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes. […]

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Job 13:1-2 (New Living Translation) 1 “Look, I have seen all this with my own eyesand heard it with my own ears, and now I understand.2 I know as much as you do.You are no better than I am. Job the afflicted is talking to his friends. Job is trying to teach his friends what […]

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Deuteronomy 1:16-17 (New Living Translation) 16 “At that time I instructed the judges, ‘You must hear the cases of your fellow Israelites and the foreigners living among you. Be perfectly fair in your decisions 17 and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. […]

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Hosea 6:6 (New Living Translation) 6 I want you to show love,not offer sacrifices.I want you to know memore than I want burnt offerings. What does God want me to do? There are a few things; here are two: Show love Know God Once again, these two cover the two big areas in a Christian’s […]

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Jeremiah 33:15-16 (New Living Translation) 15 “In those days and at that timeI will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line.He will do what is just and right throughout the land.16 In that day Judah will be saved,and Jerusalem will live in safety.And this will be its name:‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’ The […]

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Lamentations 1:22 (New Living Translation) 22 “Look at all their evil deeds, Lord.Punish them,as you have punished mefor all my sins.My groans are many,and I am sick at heart.” The writer here is crying in sorrow. The people sinned for generations and are suffering for their choices. “Once a queen…now a slave.” “All her friends […]

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