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Psalm 53 New King James Version (NKJV)Folly of the Godless, and the Restoration of IsraelTo the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath.” A Contemplation[a] of David.53 The fool has said in his heart,“There is no God.”They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity;There is none who does good.2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of men,To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.3 Every one of them has turned aside;They have together become corrupt;There is none who does good,No, not one.4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge,Who eat up my people as they eat bread,And do not call upon God?5 There they are in great fearWhere no fear was,For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you;You have put them to shame,Because God has despised them.6 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!When God brings back the captivity of His people,Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.Footnotes:Psalm 53:1 Hebrew Maschil

James 5:1-6 New King James Version (NKJV)Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged5 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. 4 Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.[a] 5 You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as[b] in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.Footnotes:James 5:4 Literally, in Hebrew, HostsJames 5:5 NU-Text omits as.

Psalm 52 New King James Version (NKJV)The End of the Wicked and the Peace of the GodlyTo the Chief Musician. A Contemplation[a] of David when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”52 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?The goodness of God endures continually.2 Your tongue devises destruction,Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.3 You love evil more than good,Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah4 You love all devouring words,You deceitful tongue.5 God shall likewise destroy you forever;He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah6 The righteous also shall see and fear,And shall laugh at him, saying,7 “Here is the man who did not make God his strength,But trusted in the abundance of his riches,And strengthened himself in his wickedness.”8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.9 I will praise You forever,Becau

James 4:13-17 New King James Version (NKJV)Do Not Boast About Tomorrow13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will[a] go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.Footnotes:James 4:13 M-Text reads let us.

Psalm 51 New King James Version (NKJV)A Prayer of RepentanceTo the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.51 Have mercy upon me, O God,According to Your lovingkindness;According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,Blot out my transgressions.2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,And cleanse me from my sin.3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,And my sin is always before me.4 Against You, You only, have I sinned,And done this evil in Your sight—That You may be found just when You speak,[a]And blameless when You judge.5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,And in sin my mother conceived me.6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.8 Make me hear joy and gladness,That the bones You have broken may rejoice.9 Hide Your face from my sins,And blot out all my iniquities.10 Create in me a clean heart, O G

James 4:11-12 New King James Version (NKJV)Do Not Judge a Brother11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is one Lawgiver,[a] who is able to save and to destroy. Who[b] are you to judge another?[c]Footnotes:James 4:12 NU-Text adds and Judge.James 4:12 NU-Text and M-Text read But who.James 4:12 NU-Text reads a neighbor.

James 4:5-10 New King James Version (NKJV)5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:“God resists the proud,But gives grace to the humble.”[a]Humility Cures Worldliness7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.Footnotes:James 4:6 Proverbs 3:34

Hebrews 10:19-25 New King James Version (NKJV)Hold Fast Your Confession19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.New King James Version (NKJV)The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

James 4:1-4 New King James Version (NKJV)Pride Promotes Strife4 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet[a] you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 Adulterers and[b] adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.Footnotes:James 4:2 NU-Text and M-Text omit Yet.James 4:4 NU-Text omits Adulterers and.

Psalm 50 New King James Version (NKJV)God the Righteous JudgeA Psalm of Asaph.50 The Mighty One, God the Lord,Has spoken and called the earthFrom the rising of the sun to its going down.2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,God will shine forth.3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;A fire shall devour before Him,And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.4 He shall call to the heavens from above,And to the earth, that He may judge His people:5 “Gather My saints together to Me,Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”6 Let the heavens declare His righteousness,For God Himself is Judge. Selah7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak,O Israel, and I will testify against you;I am God, your God!8 I will not rebuke you for your sacrificesOr your burnt offerings,Which are continually before Me.9 I will not take a bull from your house,Nor goats out of your folds.10 For every beast of the forest is Mine,And the cattle on a thousand hills.11 I know all the birds of the mountains,And the wild b

James 3:13-18 New King James Version (NKJV)Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.New King James Version (NKJV)The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Psalm 49 New King James Version (NKJV)The Confidence of the FoolishTo the Chief Musician. 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,And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.5 Why should I fear in the days of evil,When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?6 Those who trust in their wealthAnd boast in the multitude of their riches,7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother,Nor give to God a ransom for him—8 For the redemption of their souls is costly,And it shall cease forever—9 That he should continue to live eternally,And not see the Pit.10 For he sees wise men die;Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,And leave their wealth to others.11 Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,[a]Their dwelling places to all generations;They call their lands after their

James 3:2-12 New King James Version (NKJV)2 For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Indeed,[a] we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. 4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. 10 Out

Psalm 48 New King James Version (NKJV)The Glory of God in ZionA Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.48 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praisedIn the city of our God,In His holy mountain.2 Beautiful in elevation,The joy of the whole earth,Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,The city of the great King.3 God is in her palaces;He is known as her refuge.4 For behold, the kings assembled,They passed by together.5 They saw it, and so they marveled;They were troubled, they hastened away.6 Fear took hold of them there,And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,7 As when You break the ships of TarshishWith an east wind.8 As we have heard,So we have seenIn the city of the Lord of hosts,In the city of our God:God will establish it forever. Selah9 We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness,In the midst of Your temple.10 According to Your name, O God,So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;Your right hand is full of righteousness.11 Let Mount Zion rejoice,Let the daughters of Judah be glad,Because of Your judgme

James 3:1 New King James Version (NKJV)The Untamable Tongue3 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.

Psalm 47 New King James Version (NKJV)Praise to God, the Ruler of the EarthTo the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.47 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples!Shout to God with the voice of triumph!2 For the Lord Most High is awesome;He is a great King over all the earth.3 He will subdue the peoples under us,And the nations under our feet.4 He will choose our inheritance for us,The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah5 God has gone up with a shout,The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.6 Sing praises to God, sing praises!Sing praises to our King, sing praises!7 For God is the King of all the earth;Sing praises with understanding.8 God reigns over the nations;God sits on His holy throne.9 The princes of the people have gathered together,The people of the God of Abraham.For the shields of the earth belong to God;He is greatly exalted.

James 2:14-26New King James Version (NKJV)Faith Without Works Is Dead14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your[a] works, and I will show you my faith by my[b] works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?[c] 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says,

James 2:8-13 New King James Version (NKJV)8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”[a] you do well; 9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,”[b] also said, “Do not murder.”[c] Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.Footnotes:James 2:8 Leviticus 19:18James 2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18James 2:11 Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17