Formation Journal Reading Plan

7:1 [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?

7:2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:

7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

7:7 O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.

7:9 [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].

7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

7:12 [Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

7:13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

7:14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

7:15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.

7:16 I loathe [it]; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.

7:17 What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

7:18 And [that] thou shouldest visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?

7:19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

7:20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].

8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

8:2 How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?

8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

8:5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

8:6 If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

8:8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

8:9 (For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)

8:10 Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

8:12 Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.

8:13 So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider’s web.

8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

8:16 He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.

8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.

8:19 Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers:

8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

49:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:

49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.

49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

49:7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

49:8 (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

49:9 That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.

1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

1:20 Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:

1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

1:31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

2:4 And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.