Thursday, April 1

10'It shall come to pass in that day that there shall be a Root of Jesse who shall arise to rule nations. The Gentiles shall hope in Him, and His resting place shall be honorable.'

11It shall come to pass in that day that the Lord will show His hand again to be zealous for the remnant left of His people: left by the Assyrians and by Egypt, Babylon and Ethiopia, and by the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.

12He shall set up a sign for the Gentiles and will assemble the lost ones of Israel. He shall gather together the dispersed of Judah, from the four corners of the earth.

13Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the enemies of Judah shall be destroyed. Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not afflict Ephraim.

14But they shall spread sails on the ships of foreigners, and together they shall plunder the sea and the people of the East and Edom. They shall lay their hands first on Moab, but the sons of Ammon shall obey them first.

15The Lord shall make desolate the Sea of Egypt, and He will lay His hand on the river with a violent wind, and will strike the seven channels, that men might pass across it in sandals.

16'There shall be a highway for the remnant of My people in Egypt, and it will be for Israel as in the day he came out of the land of Egypt.'

1And in that day, you will say, 'I will bless You, O Lord. Although You were angry with me, You turned away Your anger and had mercy on me.

2Behold, God is my Savior and Lord. I will trust in Him and be saved by Him. I will not be afraid, for the Lord is my glory and my praise. He has become my salvation.'

11In the six-hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.

12Then it rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.

13On the very same day Noah and his wife, his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives entered the ark.

14Also, all the wild animals after their kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing moving upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind,

15entered the ark with Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

16So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God commanded him. Then the Lord God shut him in the ark.

17Now the flood was on the earth forty days and forty nights. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

18So the waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.

19The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

20The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and covered all the high mountains.

21And all flesh died that moves on the earth: birds and cattle, wild animals, and every creeping thing that moves on the earth, and every man.

22Thus all things in whose nostrils was the breath of life, and everything on dry land, died.

23So He blotted out all living things on the face of the earth: both man and cattle, creeping things and the birds of heaven. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark remained alive.

24Now the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.

1Then God remembered Noah, and whatever was with him in the ark: all the wild animals, all the cattle, all the birds, and all the creeping things. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

2The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

3And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

1A wise son makes his father glad, But a son without discernment is a grief to his mother.

2Treasures do not benefit lawless men, But righteousness delivers from death.

3The Lord will not let the soul of the righteous man starve, But He overthrows the life of the ungodly.

4Poverty humbles a man, But the hands of courageous men enrich others.

5A son who is instructed will be wise, And he will use a man without discernment as a servant.

6A son with understanding is kept safe from the heat, But a lawless son is blasted by the wind at harvest time.

7The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of a righteous man, But untimely grief will cover the mouth of the ungodly.

8The remembrance of the righteous is with eulogies, But the name of an ungodly man is extinguished.

9The wise man in heart will receive the commandments, But the man unguarded in speech will be overthrown in his perverseness.

10He who walks in sincerity walks confidently, But he who perverts his ways will be known.

11He who winks his eyes deceitfully gathers grief for men, But he who reproves boldly is a peacemaker.

12A fountain of life is in the hand of a righteous man, But the mouth of an ungodly man will hide destruction.

13Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all who are not lovers of strife.

14He who brings forth wisdom from his lips Beats a heartless man with a rod.

15The wise will hide perception, But the mouth of a rash man approaches destruction.

16The acquisition of riches is a fortified city, But poverty is the destruction of the ungodly.

17The works of the righteous produce life, But the fruits of the ungodly produce sins.

18Instruction guards righteous ways of life, But instruction incapable of criticism goes astray.

19Righteous lips cover hatred, But those who bring forth abuse are very lacking in discernment.

20You will not escape sin by a multitude of words, But you of discreet lips will be forbearing.

21The tongue of a righteous man is silver tried in the fire, But the heart of an ungodly man shall fail.

22The lips of righteous men understand lofty things, But men without discernment die in want.