Formation Journal Reading Plan

15:1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

15:2 And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house in mine heir.

15:4 And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

15:6 And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

15:7 And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

15:8 And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

15:9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

15:10 And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not.

15:11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

15:14 and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15:15 But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

15:16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

15:18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

15:19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

15:20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

15:21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.

14:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

14:2 Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

14:3 They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

14:5 There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.

14:6 Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

5:33 Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

5:34 but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God;

5:35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

5:37 But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

5:38 Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

5:39 but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

5:40 And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.