April 10 | Episode 101 | Deuteronomy 24-25; Proverbs 11; Psalms 49 | Daily Bible Pocast

Deuteronomy 24-25   English Standard Version     24 "When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house, 2 and if she goes and becomes another man's wife, 3 and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter man dies, who took her to be his wife, 4 then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the Lord. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. 5 "When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken. 6 "No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge. 7 "If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. 8 "Take care, in a case of leprous disease, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. 9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt. 10 "When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. 11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. 12 And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. 13 You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God. 14 "You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. 15 You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin. 16 "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 "You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge, 18 but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this. 19 "When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. 21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this. 25 "If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, 2 then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense. 3 Forty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight. 4 "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain. 5 "If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. 6 And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. 7 And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.' 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, 'I do not wish to take her,' 9 then his brother's wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.' 10 And the name of his house shall be called in Israel, 'The house of him who had his sandal pulled off.' 11 "When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts, 12 then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity. 13 "You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. 15 A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the Lord your God. 17 "Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt, 18 how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God. 19 Therefore when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.   Proverbs 11   English Standard Version     11 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,     but a just weight is his delight. 2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace,     but with the humble is wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright guides them,     but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. 4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,     but righteousness delivers from death. 5 The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight,     but the wicked falls by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them,     but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust. 7 When the wicked dies, his hope will perish,     and the expectation of wealth perishes too. 8 The righteous is delivered from trouble,     and the wicked walks into it instead. 9 With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor,     but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. 10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,     and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness. 11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,     but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown. 12 Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense,     but a man of understanding remains silent. 13 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets,     but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered. 14 Where there is no guidance, a people falls,     but in an abundance of counselors there is safety. 15 Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm,     but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure. 16 A gracious woman gets honor,     and violent men get riches. 17 A man who is kind benefits himself,     but a cruel man hurts himself. 18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,     but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward. 19 Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live,     but he who pursues evil will die. 20 Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the Lord,     but those of blameless ways are his delight. 21 Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished,     but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered. 22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout     is a beautiful woman without discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,     the expectation of the wicked in wrath. 24 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;     another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. 25 Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,     and one who waters will himself be watered. 26 The people curse him who holds back grain,     but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it. 27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,     but evil comes to him who searches for it. 28 Whoever trusts in his riches will fall,     but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf. 29 Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind,     and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,     and whoever captures souls is wise. 31 If the righteous is repaid on earth,     how much more the wicked and the sinner!   Psalm 49   English Standard Version     To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. 49 Hear this, all peoples!     Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, 2 both low and high,     rich and poor together! 3 My mouth shall speak wisdom;     the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;     I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre. 5 Why should I fear in times of trouble,     when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me, 6 those who trust in their wealth     and boast of the abundance of their riches? 7 Truly no man can ransom another,     or give to God the price of his life, 8 for the ransom of their life is costly     and can never suffice, 9 that he should live on forever     and never see the pit. 10 For he sees that even the wise die;     the fool and the stupid alike must perish     and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their graves are their homes forever,     their dwelling places to all generations,     though they called lands by their own names. 12 Man in his pomp will not remain;     he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;     yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah 14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;     death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning.     Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell. 15 But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,     for he will receive me. Selah 16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,     when the glory of his house increases. 17 For when he dies he will carry nothing away;     his glory will not go down after him. 18 For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed     —and though you get praise when you do well for yourself— 19 his soul will go to the generation of his fathers,     who will never again see light. 20 Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.