Job 12 Psalm 18:7-15 Proverbs 20:8 20:26 Matthew 7:15-29 Daily Audio Bible Reading Plan

Job 12: Job responds to Zophar, asserting his understanding and knowledge. He sarcastically remarks that his friends think they have all the wisdom and that he is inferior. Job highlights that the wisdom and power of God are evident in creation and that everyone can see it. He emphasizes that God is in control of the natural world and the fate of people, rulers, and nations. Job acknowledges that God’s wisdom and power surpass human understanding, implying that his suffering may be part of God’s unfathomable plan.

Psalm 18:7-15
The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because He was angry. Smoke rose from His nostrils; consuming fire came from His mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under His feet. He mounted the cherubim and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the sky. Out of the brightness of His presence, clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning. The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. He shot His arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning He routed them. The valleys of the sea were exposed, and the foundations of the earth laid bare at Your rebuke, Lord, at the blast of breath from Your nostrils.

Proverbs 20:8, 26
When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.

A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.

Matthew 7:15-29
True and False Prophets
Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit, you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit, you will recognize them.

True and False Disciples
Not everyone who says to Me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name and in Your name drive out demons and in Your name perform many miracles?" Then I will tell them plainly, "I never knew you. Away from Me, you evildoers!"

The Wise and Foolish Builders
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.