Formation Journal Reading Plan

1:1 The word of Yahweh that came to 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 Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh.”

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

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

1:5 It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

1:6 She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah; for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.

1:7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”

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

1:9 He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

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

10:17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

10:18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

10:19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

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

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

10:22 Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

10:23 It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

10:24 What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

10:25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

10:27 The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

10:28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.

10:29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

10:30 The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

10:31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

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

3:12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

3:13 Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

3:14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

3:15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

3:16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

3:17 But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

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

3:19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

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

3:21 Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

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

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

3:24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.