Formation Journal Reading Plan

1:1 The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

1:2 When Jehovah spake at the first by Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom, departing from Jehovah.

1:3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bare him a son.

1:4 And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

1:5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

1:6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And Jehovah said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them.

1:7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

1:8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

1:9 And Jehovah said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

1:11 And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

10:17 He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

10:18 He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

10:20 The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.

10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

10:22 The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

10:25 When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

10:27 The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

10:29 The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

10:30 The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

10:31 The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked speaketh perverseness.

3:11 For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

3:12 not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

3:13 Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

3:14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

3:16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

3:17 But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

3:19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

3:20 because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;

3:22 and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

3:23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.

3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.