Formation Journal Reading Plan

14:1 O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

14:2 Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips.

14:3 Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

14:9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

1:1 The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

1:4 That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

1:9 The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah’s ministers, mourn.

1:10 The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

1:11 Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.

1:12 The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field are withered: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.

1:13 Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.

1:14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.

1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

1:16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

1:17 The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

1:19 O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

1:20 Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

15:2 The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

15:3 The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

15:4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

15:5 A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

15:10 There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; And he that hateth reproof shall die.

15:11 Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!

15:12 A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

15:13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.

15:16 Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

1:2 who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw.

1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written therein: for the time is at hand.

1:4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne;

1:5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

1:6 and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

1:7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

1:8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.