April 15 | Episode 106 | Deuteronomy 32; Proverbs 16 | Daily Bible Podcast

Deuteronomy 32   English Standard Version     32 "Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak,     and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. 2 May my teaching drop as the rain,     my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass,     and like showers upon the herb. 3 For I will proclaim the name of the Lord;     ascribe greatness to our God! 4 "The Rock, his work is perfect,     for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,     just and upright is he. 5 They have dealt corruptly with him;     they are no longer his children because they are blemished;     they are a crooked and twisted generation. 6 Do you thus repay the Lord,     you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you,     who made you and established you? 7 Remember the days of old;     consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you,     your elders, and they will tell you. 8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,     when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples     according to the number of the sons of God. 9 But the Lord's portion is his people,     Jacob his allotted heritage. 10 "He found him in a desert land,     and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him,     he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,     that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them,     bearing them on its pinions, 12 the Lord alone guided him,     no foreign god was with him. 13 He made him ride on the high places of the land,     and he ate the produce of the field, and he suckled him with honey out of the rock,     and oil out of the flinty rock. 14 Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,     with fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats,     with the very finest of the wheat—     and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape. 15 "But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked;     you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him     and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation. 16 They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;     with abominations they provoked him to anger. 17 They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,     to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently,     whom your fathers had never dreaded. 18 You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you,     and you forgot the God who gave you birth. 19 "The Lord saw it and spurned them,     because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. 20 And he said, 'I will hide my face from them;     I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation,     children in whom is no faithfulness. 21 They have made me jealous with what is no god;     they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people;     I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled by my anger,     and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth and its increase,     and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 "'And I will heap disasters upon them;     I will spend my arrows on them; 24 they shall be wasted with hunger,     and devoured by plague     and poisonous pestilence; I will send the teeth of beasts against them,     with the venom of things that crawl in the dust. 25 Outdoors the sword shall bereave,     and indoors terror, for young man and woman alike,     the nursing child with the man of gray hairs. 26 I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces;     I will wipe them from human memory," 27 had I not feared provocation by the enemy,     lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, "Our hand is triumphant,     it was not the Lord who did all this."' 28 "For they are a nation void of counsel,     and there is no understanding in them. 29 If they were wise, they would understand this;     they would discern their latter end! 30 How could one have chased a thousand,     and two have put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them,     and the Lord had given them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock;     our enemies are by themselves. 32 For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom     and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison;     their clusters are bitter; 33 their wine is the poison of serpents     and the cruel venom of asps. 34 "'Is not this laid up in store with me,     sealed up in my treasuries? 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense,     for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand,     and their doom comes swiftly.' 36 For the Lord will vindicate his people     and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone     and there is none remaining, bond or free. 37 Then he will say, 'Where are their gods,     the rock in which they took refuge, 38 who ate the fat of their sacrifices     and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you;     let them be your protection! 39 "'See now that I, even I, am he,     and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive;     I wound and I heal;     and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven     and swear, As I live forever, 41 if I sharpen my flashing sword     and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries     and will repay those who hate me. 42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,     and my sword shall devour flesh— with the blood of the slain and the captives,     from the long-haired heads of the enemy.' 43 "Rejoice with him, O heavens;     bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children     and takes vengeance on his adversaries. He repays those who hate him     and cleanses his people's land." 44 Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun. 45 And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, "Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. 47 For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess." 48 That very day the Lord spoke to Moses, 49 "Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession. 50 And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, 51 because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel. 52 For you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel."   Proverbs 16   English Standard Version     16 The plans of the heart belong to man,     but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,     but the Lord weighs the spirit. 3 Commit your work to the Lord,     and your plans will be established. 4 The Lord has made everything for its purpose,     even the wicked for the day of trouble. 5 Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord;     be assured, he will not go unpunished. 6 By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,     and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil. 7 When a man's ways please the Lord,     he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. 8 Better is a little with righteousness     than great revenues with injustice. 9 The heart of man plans his way,     but the Lord establishes his steps. 10 An oracle is on the lips of a king;     his mouth does not sin in judgment. 11 A just balance and scales are the Lord's;     all the weights in the bag are his work. 12 It is an abomination to kings to do evil,     for the throne is established by righteousness. 13 Righteous lips are the delight of a king,     and he loves him who speaks what is right. 14 A king's wrath is a messenger of death,     and a wise man will appease it. 15 In the light of a king's face there is life,     and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain. 16 How much better to get wisdom than gold!     To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. 17 The highway of the upright turns aside from evil;     whoever guards his way preserves his life. 18 Pride goes before destruction,     and a haughty spirit before a fall. 19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor     than to divide the spoil with the proud. 20 Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good,     and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. 21 The wise of heart is called discerning,     and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. 22 Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it,     but the instruction of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious     and adds persuasiveness to his lips. 24 Gracious words are like a honeycomb,     sweetness to the soul and health to the body. 25 There is a way that seems right to a man,     but its end is the way to death. 26 A worker's appetite works for him;     his mouth urges him on. 27 A worthless man plots evil,     and his speech is like a scorching fire. 28 A dishonest man spreads strife,     and a whisperer separates close friends. 29 A man of violence entices his neighbor     and leads him in a way that is not good. 30 Whoever winks his eyes plans dishonest things;     he who purses his lips brings evil to pass. 31 Gray hair is a crown of glory;     it is gained in a righteous life. 32 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,     and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. 33 The lot is cast into the lap,     but its every decision is from the Lord.