Formation Journal Reading Plan

24:1 Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

24:2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

24:3 Then said Jehovah unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

24:4 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

24:5 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.

24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

24:7 And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

24:8 And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

24:9 I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

24:10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

118:1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

118:2 Let Israel now say, That his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say, That his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

118:4 Let them now that fear Jehovah say, That his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

118:5 Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah: Jehovah answered me and set me in a large place.

118:6 Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me?

118:7 Jehovah is on my side among them that help me: Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

118:8 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man.

118:9 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in princes.

118:10 All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

118:12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

118:13 Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.

118:14 Jehovah is my strength and song; And he is become my salvation.

118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.

118:16 The right hand of Jehovah is exalted: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.

118:17 I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah.

118:18 Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.

5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

5:2 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

5:3 Honor widows that are widows indeed.

5:4 But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

5:6 But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

5:7 These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

5:8 But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

5:9 Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

5:10 well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints’ feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

5:11 But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

5:12 having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

5:13 And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

5:14 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

5:15 for already some are turned aside after Satan.

5:16 If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.