Formation Journal Reading Plan

10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

10:2 And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

10:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

10:4 So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

10:9 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:

10:10 and the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.

10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good.

10:13 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

10:14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

10:16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.

10:17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there.

10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

6:20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

6:21 Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

6:22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

6:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.

6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

6:26 For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

6:28 Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

6:29 So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.

6:32 He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

6:33 Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

6:34 For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

6:35 He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

10:4 When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

10:7 Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

10:8 All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

10:9 I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.

10:10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

10:12 He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them:

10:13 he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

10:14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,

10:15 even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

10:17 Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

10:18 No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment received I from my Father.

10:19 There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.

10:20 And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?

10:21 Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?