Formation Journal Reading Plan

21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hephzibah.

21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.

21:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

21:4 And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

21:6 And he made his son to pass through the fire, and practised augury, and used enchantments, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

21:7 And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;

21:8 neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

21:9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.

21:10 And Jehovah spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

21:11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, that were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols;

21:12 therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

21:14 And I will cast off the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

21:15 because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

21:18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

21:19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father.

21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

21:22 and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.

21:23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

21:24 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

21:25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

21:26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

25:15 By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

25:17 Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor’s house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

25:20 As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

25:22 For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee.

25:23 The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

25:26 As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.

25:28 He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

4:23 And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them.

4:24 And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou that didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

4:25 who by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?

4:26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:

4:27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

4:28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.

4:29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

4:30 while thy stretchest forth thy hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus.

4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

4:33 And with great power gave the apostles their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

4:34 For neither was there among them any that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

4:35 and laid them at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need.

4:36 And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

4:37 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

5:2 and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

5:4 While it remained, did it not remain thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? How is it that thou hast conceived this thing in thy heart? thou has not lied unto men, but unto God.

5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost: and great fear came upon all that heard it.

5:6 And the young men arose and wrapped him round, and they carried him out and buried him.

5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yea, for so much.

5:9 But Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

5:10 And she fell down immediately at his feet, and gave up the ghost: and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

5:11 And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.