Day 31, Year 1 Pure or Crooked “With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.” (2 Samuel 22:27 NKJV) Today’s verse, believed to be written by king David of Israel, contrasts the experiences of the Most High God between the pure and the devious or crooked. […]
Day 32, Year 1 The Plight of the Twisted “Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his soul will be far from them.” (Proverbs 22:5 NKJV) The word “perverse” in today’s verse is the Hebrew word ‘iqqesh, the same word “devious” as in yesterday’s verse (2 Samuel 22:27), indicating
Day 33, Year 1 Righteousness or Crookedness “All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.” (Proverbs 8:8 NASB) In today’s verse, “my mouth” refers to “the mouth of wisdom.” The wisdom speaks, declaring her righteousness. “Righteousness” in Hebrew is tsedeq, which also means “justice, what is
Day 34, Year 1 People Often Twist Themselves for Personal Gains “Then Rachel said, ‘With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.’ So she called his name Naphtali.” (Genesis 30:8 NKJV) The word “wrestle” in today’s verse is pathal in Hebrew, which also means “to twist,” and it is
Day 35, Year 1 Depart from Crookedness to Have Peace “They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever treads on them does not know peace.” (Isaiah 59:8 NASB) “Now hear this, You heads of the house of Jacob And rulers
Day 36, Year 1 Crooked People Cannot Be the Children of God “They have acted corruptly toward Him, They are not His children, because of their defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.” (Deuteronomy 32:5 NASB) “And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, ‘Be saved from this
Day 37, Year 1 Jesus Acts Deceitfully? “Then the Jews answered and said to Him, ‘Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?’ Jesus answered, ‘I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.’” (John 8:48-49 NKJV) Previously, a scripture mentioned that to
Day 38, Year 1 Are You Upright or Deceitful? “The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.” (Proverbs 11:3 NASB) Why does God treat the pure with purity? The answer might lie in today’s verse. The word “integrity” in Hebrew is tummah, which also means “uprightness.”
Day 39, Year 1 Eradicating the Wisdom of Doing Evil “For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are silly children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.” (Jeremiah 4:22 NKJV) “‘Bad, bad,’ says the buyer, But when he goes
Day 40, Year 1 Godly Integrity “Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.” (Psalm 25:8 NASB) The upright people mentioned previously belong to the upright God. The term for “upright” used previously (Proverbs 11:3) and in today’s verse is the same word in Hebrew, yashar. Those upright and acceptable
