Contemplative Bible Reading

Judges 3:5-6 (New Living Translation) 5 So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, 6 and they intermarried with them. Israelite sons married their daughters, and Israelite daughters were given in marriage to their sons. And the Israelites served their gods. The people of Israel moved into the […]

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2 Chronicles 20:3 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved to seek the Lord. Then he proclaimed a fast for all Judah, There are armies from several nations massed and ready to attack. King Jehoshaphat was afraid. He was afraid of physical death. He was afraid that all his friends and family […]

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2 Chronicles 32:7-8 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) 7 “Be strong and courageous! Don’t be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria or before the large army that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. 8 He has only human strength, but we have Yahweh our God to help us […]

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Joshua 10:9-10 (New Living Translation) 9 Joshua traveled all night from Gilgal and took the Amorite armies by surprise. 10 The Lord threw them into a panic, and the Israelites slaughtered great numbers of them at Gibeon. Then the Israelites chased the enemy along the road to Beth-horon, killing them all along the way to […]

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1 Kings 10:24 (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 was a pretty smart guy. Where did he get his “smarts?” God gave it to […]

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Genesis 4:26 (New Living Translation) When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the Lord by name. Other translations use the phrase, “they began to call upon the name of the LORD.” Man came to view God the creator as … well as […]

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Deuteronomy 28:65 (English Standard Version) And among these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but the Lord will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and a languishing soul. God is telling His people what fate they will have if […]

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Judges 13:8 (New Living Translation) Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, saying, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born.” Please God, send us a person to give us more instructions. Hmmm, how often do we pray and […]

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Ecclesiastes 9:11 (New Living Translation) I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives. It is all […]

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Job 42:12-13 (New Living Translation) 12 So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters. Throughout the (hi)story […]

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