Contemplative Bible Reading

Jeremiah 6:15 (New International Version) Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the LORD. I remember my dad discussing this verse in a […]

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Jeremiah 44:15-18 15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along with all the women who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt, said to Jeremiah, 16 “We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the […]

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Ezra 6:19-22 (New International Version) 19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles celebrated the Passover. 20 The priests and Levites had purified themselves and were all ceremonially clean. The Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their brothers the priests and for themselves. 21 So the Israelites who […]

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Psalm 27:4 (New International Version) One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. These are the words of David. This […]

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Psalm 141 (New International Version) 1 O LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to you. 2 May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. 3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; […]

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Psalm 141 (New International Version) 1 O LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to you. 2 May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. 3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; […]

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Jeremiah 21:11-12 (New International Version) 11 “Moreover, say to the royal house of Judah, ‘Hear the word of the LORD; 12 O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ” ‘Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed, or my wrath will break out […]

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2 Kings 2:23-25 (New International Version) 23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. “Go on up, you baldhead!” they said. “Go on up, you baldhead!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a […]

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1 Samuel 3:7 (New International Version) Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD : The word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. This chapter in 1 Samuel describes the first calling of Samuel by the Lord, i.e., their first conversation. Samuel was to be a great prophet in Israel, someone […]

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Genesis 20:1-10 (New International Version) 1 Abraham left Hebron and traveled to southern Canaan where he stayed awhile between Kadesh and Shur. When he moved to Gerar,2 he told people that his wife Sarah was his sister. Abimelech king of Gerar heard this, so he sent some servants to take her.3 But one night God […]

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