Formation Journal Reading Plan

27:1 Job again took up his parable, and said,

27:2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

27:3 (For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

27:4 surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

27:5 Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

27:6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

27:7 “Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

27:8 For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

27:9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

27:10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?

27:11 I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

27:12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

27:13 “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

27:14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

27:15 Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

27:17 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

27:18 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

27:19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

27:20 Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

27:21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.

27:22 For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

58:1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

58:2 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

58:3 The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

58:5 which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

58:6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

58:7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

58:8 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

58:9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

58:11 so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”

10:23 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

10:24 Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

10:25 Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,

10:26 for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”

10:27 But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

10:28 But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”

10:29 Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

10:30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for that for which I give thanks?

10:31 Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

10:32 Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

10:33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.