June 20
Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 14 to 17.
Job Chapter 14
1 “Man who is born of a woman
is few of days and full of trouble.
2 He comes out like a flower and withers;
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
June 19
Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 10 to 13.
Job Chapter 10
1 “I loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me;
let me know why you contend against me.
June 18
Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 6 to 9.
Job Chapter 6
1 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Oh that my vexation were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.
June 17
Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 2 to 5.
Job Chapter 2
1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.
June 16
Today’s Reading is from Esther Chapters 9 and 10 and Job Chapter 1.
Esther Chapter 9
1 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s command and edict were about to be carried out, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred: the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them.
June 15
Today’s Reading is from Esther Chapters 5 to 8.
Esther Chapter 5
1 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, in front of the king’s quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace.
June 14
Today’s Reading is from Esther Chapters 2 to 4.
Esther Chapter 2
1 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.
June 13
Today’s Reading is from Nehemiah Chapter 13 and Esther Chapter 1.
Nehemiah Chapter 13
1 On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, 2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
June 12
Today’s Reading is from Nehemiah Chapters 11 and 12.
Nehemiah Chapter 11
1 Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city, while nine out of ten remained in the other towns.
June 11
Today’s Reading is from Nehemiah Chapters 9 and 10.
Nehemiah Chapter 9
1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads. 2 And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.