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Job 30-31 30 “But now they laugh at me,    men who are younger than I,whose fathers I would have disdained    to set with the dogs of my flock.2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands,    men whose vigor is gone?3 Through want and hard hunger    they gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation;4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,    and the roots…

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. Acts 14:19-23 Paul and Barnabas made great the gospel in Lystra. But, the forces of evil were gathering and outsiders, Jews and Gentiles from Antioch and Iconium, came to…

Job 28-29 Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom? 28 “Surely there is a mine for silver,    and a place for gold that they refine.2 Iron is taken out of the earth,    and copper is smelted from the ore.3 Man puts an end to darkness    and searches out to the farthest limit    the ore in gloom and deep darkness.4 He opens shafts in a valley away from where…

Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. Acts 14:8-18 In Lystra, there was a man, crippled from birth, unable to use his feet. He was listening to Paul preach and Paul could see that the man had faith enough to…

Job 25-27 Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous 25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2 “Dominion and fear are with God;[a]    he makes peace in his high heaven.3 Is there any number to his armies?    Upon whom does his light not arise?4 How then can man be in the right before God?    How can he who is born of woman be pure?5 Behold, even the moon is…

Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. Acts 14:1-7 After avoiding further persecution at Antioch in Asia, Paul and Barnabas fled to Iconium. There, they entered the synagogue and spoke in a mighty way of the gospel…

Job 22-24 Eliphaz Speaks: Job’s Wickedness Is Great 22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2 “Can a man be profitable to God?    Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,    or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?4 Is it for your fear…

Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem… Acts 13:13-52 With their mission in Cyprus now completed, Paul, Barnabas and John, the Apostle, sail back to the mainland arriving in Perga, in Pamphylia. The Apostle John travels from there back to Jerusalem…

Job 20-21 Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer 20 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: 2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me,    because of my haste within me.3 I hear censure that insults me,    and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.4 Do you not know this from of old,    since man was placed on earth,5 that the exulting of the wicked is short,    and…

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. Acts 13:4-12 The first journey for Barnabas and Saul was to the island of Cyprus. Briefly, Cyprus, an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea near present day Israel and Turkey, had been settled by the Greeks…