Formation Journal Reading Plan

26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?

26:2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

26:3 And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.

26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah’s anointed, and be guiltless?

26:10 And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

26:11 Jehovah forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovah’s anointed: but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.

26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s head; and they gat them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Jehovah was fallen upon them.

26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;

26:14 and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?

26:15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

26:16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As Jehovah liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, Jehovah’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.

26:17 And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

26:19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Jehovah that hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Jehovah: for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it.

26:23 And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah’s anointed.

26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Jehovah, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

1:16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

1:17 For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

1:18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

1:20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

1:23 Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

1:24 Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;

1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

1:26 I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

1:27 When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

1:28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

1:29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

1:30 They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.

1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

1:32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

7:14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

7:15 The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

7:16 Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.

7:17 If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

7:18 He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?

7:20 The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?

7:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof.

7:22 Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.

7:23 If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?

7:24 Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.