Monday, April 5

24Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'As I said, so it shall come to pass. As I purposed, so it shall remain—

25to destroy the Assyrians in My land and on My mountains. They shall be for trampling underfoot, and their yoke shall be taken away; and their renown shall be removed from their shoulders.'

26This is the purpose the Lord purposed upon all the inhabited world. His hand is lifted up over all the nations of the inhabited earth.

27For who will reject what the holy God purposed? Who will turn away His uplifted hand?

28In the year King Ahaz died, this word came:

29'Do not be glad, all you foreigners, for the yoke of him who struck you is broken to pieces. For from the seed of serpents shall come forth the young asps, and their offspring shall be flying serpents.

30The poor will be fed by him, and poor men will rest in peace, but he shall destroy your seed with hunger, and he will destroy your remnant.

31Wail, gates of the cities, cry out, troubled cities, even all the foreigners, for smoke is coming from the north, and you will be no more!'

32What will the kings of the nations answer? For the Lord founded Zion, and the humble of His people shall be saved.

21So the Lord God smelled a sweet aroma. Then the Lord God thought it over and said, 'I will never again curse the earth because of man's works, although the mind of man is diligently involved with evil things from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

22While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring shall not cease by day or by night.'

1Thus God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, 'Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.

2For the dread and fear of you shall be upon all the wild animals of the earth, all the birds of heaven, all that move upon the earth, and all the fish of the sea. I have put them under your authority.

3Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as I did the green herbs.

4But you shall not eat flesh with its lifeblood.

5Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of all the wild animals I will require it; and I will require the life of man at the hand of his fellow man.

6Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; because I made man in God's image.

7So then, increase and multiply; and fill the earth and have dominion over it.'

19Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord, But all who are blameless in their ways are acceptable to Him.

20He who joins hands with the unrighteous will not go unpunished, But he who sows righteousness will receive a faithful reward.

21Like a ring in the nose of a wild swine, So is beauty to an evil-minded woman.

22Every desire of the righteous is good, But the hope of the ungodly is destruction.

23There are those who sow their own things and produce more things, And there are those who gather but have less.

24Every sincere soul is blessed, But an angry man is not graceful.

25May the one who hoards grain leave it to the nations, But may blessing be upon the head of the one who shares it.

26He who plans good things seeks good grace, But he who seeks evil, it will capture him.

27He who trusts in riches, this man will fall, But he who helps the righteous, this man will rise.

28He who does not deal graciously with his own house will inherit the wind, And a man without discernment will be servant to one with discernment.

29A tree of life springs up from the fruit of righteousness, But the souls of the lawless will be taken away before their time.

30If the righteous man is scarcely saved, Then where shall an ungodly man and a sinner appear?

1He who loves instruction loves perception, But he who hates correction is without discernment.

2He who finds grace from the Lord becomes better, But a lawless man will be passed over in silence.

3A man will not prosper by lawlessness, But the roots of righteous men will not be pulled out.

4A courageous wife is a crown to her husband, But as a worm in a tree, so an evildoing wife destroys her husband.

5The thoughts of the righteous are judgments, But the ungodly devise deceits.

6The words of the ungodly are deceitful, But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.