Formation Journal Reading Plan

25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

25:2 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

25:3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

25:4 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.

25:5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

25:6 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

25:7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

25:8 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem.

25:9 And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.

25:10 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

25:11 And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.

25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

25:13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

25:15 And the firepans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

25:16 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.

25:18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

25:19 and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.

25:20 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

25:22 And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.

25:23 Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

25:24 And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

25:25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elisham, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.

25:26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

25:27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

25:28 and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

25:29 and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:

25:30 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

1:1 Adam, Seth, Enosh,

1:2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

1:3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

1:5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

1:6 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.

1:7 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

1:8 The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

1:9 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

1:11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

1:12 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

1:13 And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

1:14 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

1:15 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

1:16 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

1:18 And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

1:19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

1:21 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

1:22 and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

1:23 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

1:24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,

1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

1:27 Abram (the same is Abraham).

1:28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.

1:29 These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

1:32 And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.

1:33 And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

1:35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

1:36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

1:37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

1:38 And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

1:39 And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan’s sister.

1:40 The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.

1:41 The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

1:44 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

1:45 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

1:46 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith.

1:47 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

1:48 And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

1:49 And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

1:50 And Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

1:51 And Hadad died.And the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,

1:52 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

1:53 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

1:54 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

27:1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

27:5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

27:7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

27:9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

27:12 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.

27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

6:8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.

6:9 But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

6:10 And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake.

6:11 Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

6:13 and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

6:14 for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us.

6:15 And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

7:1 And the high priest said, Are these things so?

7:2 And he said,Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

7:3 and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.

7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, God removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:

7:5 and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

7:6 And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

7:7 And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

7:10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

7:11 Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

7:13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s race became manifest unto Pharaoh.

7:14 And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

7:15 And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

7:16 and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

7:17 But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

7:18 till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

7:19 The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

7:20 At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father’s house.

7:21 and when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

7:22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.

7:23 But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

7:24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:

7:25 and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.

7:26 And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

7:27 But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

7:28 Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

7:29 And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

7:30 And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

7:31 And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,

7:32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

7:33 And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

7:34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

7:36 This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

7:37 This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.

7:38 This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:

7:39 to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

7:40 saying unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

7:42 But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

7:43 And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.

7:45 Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

7:46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

7:47 But Solomon built him a house.

7:48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet,

7:49 The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?

7:50 Did not my hand make all these things?

7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

7:52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

7:53 ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.