Formation Journal Reading Plan

8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

8:2 Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;

8:5 and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.

8:7 And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

8:10 And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.

8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

8:12 and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

8:13 And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

8:16 And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

8:17 He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

8:19 But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

8:20 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.

8:22 And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

142:1 Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer. I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.

142:2 I pour out my complaint before him; I show before him my trouble.

142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

142:4 Look on my right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.

142:5 I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

142:6 Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.

142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks unto thy name: The righteous shall compass me about; For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

3:23 And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison.

3:25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying.

3:26 And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.

3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is made full.

3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

3:32 What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.

3:33 He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.

3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.

3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.