Formation Journal Reading Plan

21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hephzibah.

21:2 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

21:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

21:4 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”

21:5 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.

21:6 He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

21:7 He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;

21:8 neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.”

21:9 But they didn’t listen: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.

21:10 Yahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,

21:11 “Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols;

21:12 therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.

21:13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

21:14 I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies. They will become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

21:15 because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.’”

21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

21:18 Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place.

21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

21:20 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as Manasseh his father did.

21:21 He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:

21:22 and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of Yahweh.

21:23 The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

21:24 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

21:25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

21:26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his place.

25:15 By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

25:16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

25:17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

25:18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

25:19 Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

25:20 As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

25:21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

25:22 for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.

25:23 The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

25:25 Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

25:26 Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

25:27 It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

25:28 Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

4:23 Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

4:24 When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, “O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;

4:25 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

4:26 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’

4:27 “For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

4:28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.

4:29 Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

4:30 while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”

4:31 When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

4:32 The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

4:33 With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.

4:34 For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

4:35 and laid them at the apostles’ feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

4:36 Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

4:37 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,

5:2 and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

5:4 While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God.”

5:5 Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.

5:6 The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.

5:7 About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

5:8 Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” She said, “Yes, for so much.”

5:9 But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

5:10 She fell down immediately at his feet, and died. The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

5:11 Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.