Formation Journal Reading Plan

7:1 And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies round about,

7:2 that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee.

7:4 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan, saying,

7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

7:6 for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

7:7 In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

7:8 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;

7:9 and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.

7:10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,

7:11 and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house.

7:12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

7:13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

7:15 but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

7:16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

7:18 Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah!

7:20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah.

7:21 For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

7:24 And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.

7:25 And now, O Jehovah God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.

7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee.

7:27 For thou, O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

7:28 And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:

7:29 now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

5:16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

5:17 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

5:19 As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

5:20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

5:23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

9:13 They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

9:14 Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

9:15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. And he said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.

9:16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them.

9:17 They say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

9:18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,

9:19 and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

9:20 His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

9:21 but how he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not: ask him; he is of age; he shall speak for himself.

9:22 These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

9:24 So they called a second time the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner.

9:25 He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

9:26 They said therefore unto him, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

9:27 He answered them, I told you even now, and ye did not hear; wherefore would ye hear it again? would ye also become his disciples?

9:28 And they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.

9:29 We know that God hath spoken unto Moses: but as for this man, we know not whence he is.

9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein is the marvel, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he opened mine eyes.

9:31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.

9:32 Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.

9:33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.