Contemplative Bible Reading

Daniel 2:17-18 (New Living Translation) 17 Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened. 18 He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon. […]

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Lamentations 3:22-23 (King James Version) 22 It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. I oft forget the blessings of God. Such is my human failing. God’s compassions do not fail. From God’s compassions come mercies, and […]

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Lamentations 3:25-26 (New Living Translation) 25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. 26 So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord. Read softly and slowly: Let us pause. Let us consider what it is we do. Stop all things and first […]

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Lamentations 3:22-25 (King James Version) 22 It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that […]

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Daniel 3:28 (New Living Translation) Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. This statement by Nebuchadnezzar comes after the three Hebrews were tossed into the fiery furnace and walked out alive. Nebuchadnezzar credits an angel of God the […]

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Lamentations 3:64-65 (New Living Translation) 64 Pay them back, Lord, for all the evil they have done. 65 Give them hard and stubborn hearts, and then let your curse fall on them! Lamenting the present world of woe, the writer asks God to “pay back” evil for the evil that the evil have done. Please […]

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Isaiah 64:11-12 (English Standard Version) 11 Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins. 12 Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly? The prophet is lamenting the horrible state […]

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Isaiah 59:3 Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. (New Living Translation) your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness. (English Standard Version) Permit me to mix English translation of this verse from the prophet Isaiah. The prophet is relaying from God how life will be when […]

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Isaiah 32:1-2 (English Standard Version) 1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice. 2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land. The […]

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Isaiah 29:13 (New Living Translation) And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. rote: noun – mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned. God’s […]

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