One Year Bible.

Delight Yourself in the LORD

¹Of David.

Do not fret over those who do evil;

do not envy those who do wrong.

²For they wither quickly like grass

and wilt like tender plants.

³Trust in the LORD and do good;

dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

⁴Delight yourself in the LORD,

and He will give you the desires of your heart.

⁵Commit your way to the LORD;

trust in Him, and He will do it.

⁶He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn,

your justice like the noonday sun.

⁷Be still before the LORD

and wait patiently for Him;

do not fret when men prosper in their ways,

when they carry out wicked schemes.

⁸Refrain from anger and abandon wrath;

do not fret— it can only bring harm.

⁹For the evildoers will be cut off,

but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

¹⁰Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more;

though you look for them, they will not be found.

¹¹But the meek will inherit the land

and delight in abundant prosperity.

¹²The wicked scheme against the righteous

and gnash their teeth at them,

¹³but the Lord laughs,

seeing that their day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn the sword

and bent the bow

to bring down the poor and needy,

to slay those whose ways are upright.

¹⁵But their swords will pierce their own hearts,

and their bows will be broken.

¹⁶Better is the little of the righteous

than the abundance of many who are wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked will be broken,

but the LORD upholds the righteous.

¹⁸The LORD knows the days of the blameless,

and their inheritance will last forever.

¹⁹In the time of evil they will not be ashamed,

and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

²⁰But the wicked and enemies of the LORD

will perish like the glory of the fields.

They will vanish;

like smoke they will fade away.

²¹The wicked borrow and do not repay,

but the righteous are gracious and giving.

²²Surely those He blesses will inherit the land,

but the cursed will be destroyed.

²³The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD

who takes delight in his journey.

²⁴Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed,

for the LORD is holding his hand.

²⁵I once was young and now am old,

yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned

or their children begging for bread.

²⁶They are ever generous and quick to lend,

and their children are a blessing.

²⁷Turn away from evil and do good,

so that you will abide forever.

²⁸For the LORD loves justice

and will not forsake His saints.

They are preserved forever,

but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

²⁹The righteous will inherit the land

and dwell in it forever.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom,

and his tongue speaks justice.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart;

his steps do not falter.

³²Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous,

and seek to slay them,

³³the LORD will not leave them in their power

or let them be condemned under judgment.

³⁴Wait for the LORD and keep His way,

and He will raise you up to inherit the land.

When the wicked are cut off,

you will see it.

³⁵I have seen a wicked, ruthless man

flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

³⁶yet he passed away and was no more;

though I searched, he could not be found.

³⁷Consider the blameless and observe the upright,

for posterity awaits the man of peace.

³⁸But the transgressors will all be destroyed;

the future of the wicked will be cut off.

³⁹The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;

He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

⁴⁰The LORD helps and delivers them;

He rescues and saves them from the wicked,

because they take refuge in Him.

God’s Fellow Workers

¹Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly — as infants in Christ. ²I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready, ³for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? ⁴For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?

⁵What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role. ⁶I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. ⁷So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. ⁸He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. ⁹For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Christ Our Foundation

¹⁰By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds. ¹¹For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

¹²If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, ¹³his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. ¹⁴If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. ¹⁵If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.

God’s Temple and God’s Wisdom

¹⁶Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? ¹⁷If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

¹⁸Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” ²⁰And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

²¹Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours, ²²whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you, ²³and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Kings of the South and North

¹“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.

²Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

³Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases. ⁴But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.

⁵The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority.

⁶After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

⁷But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing. ⁸He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North, ⁹who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.

¹⁰But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress. ¹¹In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.

¹²When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph. ¹³For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.

¹⁴In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.

¹⁵Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist. ¹⁶The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. ¹⁷He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.

¹⁸Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him. ¹⁹After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.

²⁰In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.

²¹In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue. ²²Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.

²³After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people. ²⁴In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds — but only for a time.

²⁵And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him. ²⁶Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.

²⁷And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time. ²⁸The king of the North will return to his land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; so he will do damage and return to his own land.

²⁹At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first. ³⁰Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant. ³¹His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

³²With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him. ³³Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

³⁴Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely. ³⁵Some of the wise will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

The King Who Exalts Himself

³⁶Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished. ³⁷He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.

³⁸And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses— a god his fathers did not know— with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches. ³⁹He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.

⁴⁰At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood. ⁴¹He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.

⁴²He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape. ⁴³He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.

⁴⁴But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction. ⁴⁵He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.[’’]

The End Times

¹“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people — everyone whose name is found written in the book — will be delivered.

²And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. ³Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

⁴But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

⁵Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. ⁶One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”

⁷And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”

⁸I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

⁹“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. ¹⁰Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

¹¹And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days. ¹²Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

¹³But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”