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Genesis 50

1The first chapter of Genesis, which recounts how God, by His word, made light, the sky, the land and seas, the heavenly bodies, and living creatures …
2Genesis 2 concludes the creation account with the rest of the seventh day and then tells of the man formed from the dust, the garden in Eden, the tre…
3Genesis 3 recounts how the woman, tempted by the serpent, and her husband eat the fruit of the forbidden tree, hear God's word to them, and are drive…
4Genesis 4 recounts the offerings of Cain and Abel, the two sons of Adam and Eve; the first murder; Cain's punishment and descendants; and the birth o…
5Genesis 5 is a genealogy spanning ten generations, from Adam to Noah and his three sons. The same formula recurs throughout, interrupted by separate …
6Genesis 6 is the chapter in which, as human wickedness fills the earth, God resolves to judge the world by a flood and commands Noah, who has found g…
7Genesis 7 is the chapter in which Noah, his family, and the animals enter the ark and the flood begins. Every living thing on the earth is swept away…
8Genesis 8 recounts how the floodwaters recede, Noah sends out a raven and a dove, and he then leaves the ark with his family and the living creatures…
9Genesis 9 is the chapter in which, after the Flood, God blesses Noah and his sons and establishes a covenant with the rainbow as its sign. It also re…
10Genesis 10 is a genealogical chapter recording how the nations branched out after the Flood from Noah's three sons, Japheth, Ham, and Shem. It is com…
11Genesis 11 contains the account of Babel, in which the languages were divided and people were scattered over all the earth, followed by the genealogy…
12Genesis 12 is the chapter in which God calls Abram to leave Haran and go to Canaan, promising to make of him a great nation and to bless him. It then…
13Genesis 13 is the chapter in which Abram and his nephew Lot, having returned from Egypt, part ways because their livestock has grown too numerous. Af…
14Genesis 14 tells how a coalition of four kings attacks Sodom and carries off Lot, and how Abram rescues him with 318 men. On Abram's return, Melchize…
15Genesis 15 is the chapter in which God promises the childless Abram descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, along with the land of Canaan, an…
16Genesis 16 recounts how the childless Sarai gave her maidservant Hagar to Abram, leading to the birth of Ishmael. At its center is the scene in which…
17Genesis 17 is the chapter in which God reestablishes His covenant with Abram at the age of ninety-nine. God changes the names of Abram and Sarai to A…
18Genesis 18 is the chapter in which Abraham shows hospitality to three visitors at Mamre and Sarah hears again the promise that she will bear a son. I…
19Genesis 19 recounts the arrival of two angels in Sodom, the escape of Lot's household from the city, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the b…
20Genesis 20 recounts how Abraham, while sojourning in Gerar, presented his wife Sarah as his sister. Abimelech, king of Gerar, took her, but after God…
21Genesis 21 recounts the birth of Isaac in fulfillment of God's promise, the sending away of Hagar and her son and their rescue in the wilderness, and…
22In this chapter, Abraham, at God's command, sets out to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah. He is stopped, o…
23Genesis 23 recounts the death of Sarah at the age of 127 in Hebron and Abraham's purchase of the field and cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite …
24Genesis 24 recounts how Abraham sends his aged servant to his kinsmen in his homeland to find a wife for his son Isaac, and how the servant meets Reb…
25Genesis 25 records the death of Abraham and the descendants of Keturah and Ishmael. It then recounts the birth of the twins Esau and Jacob to Isaac a…
26Genesis 26 tells how Isaac stays in Gerar during a famine, receives God's promise anew, and, after disputes over wells, makes a covenant with Abimele…
27Genesis 27 is the chapter in which Jacob, through a deception devised by Rebekah and carried out by Jacob, receives the blessing that the aged Isaac …
28Genesis 28 recounts how Jacob, fleeing his brother Esau on his way to his uncle Laban, dreams of a ladder reaching to heaven, receives God's promise,…
29Genesis 29 tells how Jacob, after arriving in Haran, serves his uncle Laban seven years for Rachel, is deceived into marrying Leah first, and agrees …
30Genesis 30 recounts how Jacob's wives, Rachel and Leah, compete to bear sons, even giving their maidservants to Jacob, and several children are born,…
31Genesis 31 is the chapter in which Jacob, at God's direction, secretly leaves Laban's household with his wives, children, and possessions. Laban purs…
32Genesis 32 recounts how Jacob, returning to his homeland and fearful of his coming meeting with his brother Esau, prays and sends gifts ahead, then w…
33Genesis 33 tells how Jacob meets his brother Esau, who has come with four hundred men. The two embrace and are reconciled. Jacob then travels by way …
34Genesis 34 records how, after Shechem violated Jacob's daughter Dinah, Simeon and Levi used a deceitful demand for circumcision to kill the men of th…
35In this chapter Jacob puts away the foreign idols in his household, goes up to Bethel, builds an altar, and is again given the name Israel. Rachel di…
36Genesis 36 is a genealogy recording the wives and descendants of Esau (Edom), his move to Mount Seir, the Horites who lived in that land before him, …
37Genesis 37 tells how Joseph, Jacob's favored son, provokes his brothers' hatred by recounting his dreams and is sold by them for twenty pieces of sil…
38Genesis 38 interrupts the Joseph narrative with the story of Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar. It recounts the conflict over continuing a family l…
39Genesis 39 tells how Joseph, sold as a slave into the house of Potiphar, captain of the Egyptian guard, refuses the advances of his master's wife, is…
40Genesis 40 tells how Joseph, while in prison, interprets the dreams of Pharaoh's chief butler and chief baker. As Joseph foretold, one is restored to…
41Genesis 41 is the chapter of Genesis in which Joseph interprets Pharaoh's two dreams as seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine, beco…
42During a famine, Joseph's ten older brothers travel to Egypt to buy grain and bow before Joseph, who has become governor of the land. Accused of bein…
43Genesis 43 is the chapter in which, as the famine continues, Jacob's sons take Benjamin with them on a second journey down to Egypt and are entertain…
44Genesis 44 is the chapter in which Joseph tests his brothers with a silver cup. When the youngest, Benjamin, is seized to become a servant, Judah ple…
45Genesis 45 is the chapter in which Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, forgives them, and, with Pharaoh's approval, summons his father Jacob and …
46Genesis 46 is the chapter in which Jacob leads his entire household down to Egypt and is reunited with Joseph in Goshen. It includes a list of the se…
47Genesis 47 is the chapter in which Joseph presents his father and brothers to Pharaoh and settles them in the land of Goshen. During the famine he bu…
48In this chapter the aged and ailing Jacob adopts Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, as his own. Crossing his arms as he lays his hands on them,…
49Genesis 49 is the chapter in which Jacob, shortly before his death, calls his twelve sons together, speaks in poetic form about the future of each, a…
50Genesis 50 is the final chapter of the Book of Genesis. It recounts Jacob's funeral and burial in Canaan, Joseph's forgiveness of his brothers, who f…

Exodus 40

1In Exodus 1, a new king who did not know Joseph oppresses the children of Israel, who have multiplied greatly in Egypt, with forced labor and orders …
2Exodus 2 narrates the birth of Moses, his placement in an ark of bulrushes, and his adoption by Pharaoh's daughter. It then follows the grown Moses a…
3Exodus 3 is the chapter in which God appears to Moses in the burning bush at Mount Horeb and calls him. God commissions him to bring Israel out of Eg…
4Exodus 4 is the chapter in which, as Moses hesitates to accept his calling, God gives him three signs and his brother Aaron; Moses then leaves Midian…
5Exodus 5 recounts how Moses and Aaron first go before Pharaoh to deliver the LORD's word, "Let my people go," only to be refused, and how the forced …
6Exodus 6 is the chapter in which God, revealing His name with the words "I am the LORD," promises deliverance to Moses, who has grown discouraged und…
7Exodus 7 is the chapter in which Moses and Aaron perform the sign of turning a rod into a serpent before Pharaoh and in which the first plague occurs…
8Exodus 8 records the second through fourth of the ten plagues: frogs, lice, and swarms of flies. Each time a plague ends, Pharaoh hardens his heart a…
9Exodus 9 records the fifth (the plague on livestock), sixth (boils), and seventh (hail) of the ten plagues. Pharaoh confesses his wrongdoing, yet onc…
10Exodus 10 records the eighth plague on Egypt, locusts, and the ninth, darkness. Pharaoh offers to let Israel go on certain conditions but finally dri…
11Exodus 11 is the chapter in which God announces the final plague to Moses, and Moses declares to Pharaoh that all the firstborn in Egypt will die.
12Exodus 12 records the tenth plague, the death of the firstborn of Egypt; the institution of the ordinances of the Passover and the Feast of Unleavene…
13Exodus 13 sets out the ordinance for consecrating the firstborn to God and the ordinance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It then describes Israel s…
14Exodus 14 is the chapter in which the children of Israel, encamped by the sea, are pursued by Pharaoh's army; when Moses stretches out his hand, the …
15Exodus 15 contains the song of deliverance sung by Moses and Israel after crossing the Red Sea, Miriam's answering song, and the opening scene of the…
16Exodus 16 recounts how God gave quail in the evening and manna in the morning to the Israelites, who had complained in the Wilderness of Sin that the…
17Exodus 17 records how Moses struck the rock to bring forth water for the people, who quarreled with him at Rephidim because there was no water, and h…
18Exodus 18 is the chapter in which Jethro, the priest of Midian, brings Moses' wife and two sons to him in the wilderness and praises God. He then adv…
19In the third month after the Exodus, Israel arrives in the Wilderness of Sinai and camps before Mount Sinai. God proposes a covenant, and the people …
20Exodus 20 is the chapter in which God proclaims the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, Moses draws near to God on behalf of the frightened people, and …
21Exodus 21 is the first part of the laws attached to the Sinai covenant. It contains case laws on the release of Hebrew servants, capital offenses, bo…
22Exodus 22 is part of the Book of the Covenant, the collection of laws given at Mount Sinai. It contains regulations on restitution for theft and prop…
23Exodus 23 is the final chapter of the Book of the Covenant. It sets out ordinances on just judgment and on the treatment of enemies and strangers, es…
24Exodus 24 is the chapter in which Israel, at Mount Sinai, pledges to keep God's words and the covenant is ratified with sprinkled blood, and in which…
25Exodus 25 is the first chapter of the instructions for building the tabernacle. At Mount Sinai, God commands Moses to receive offerings from those wh…
26Exodus 26 is the chapter in which God instructs Moses on the construction of the tabernacle itself. It describes how to make the multiple layers of c…
27Exodus 27 is part of the instructions for building the tabernacle. It gives the specifications for the bronze-overlaid altar of burnt offering and fo…
28Exodus 28 records the command to set apart Aaron and his sons as priests and specifies the materials and construction of the holy garments the priest…
29Exodus 29 sets out the seven-day ordination ceremony by which Aaron and his sons are established as priests, along with the daily burnt offering (the…
30Exodus 30 contains the ordinances for making and using the tabernacle's altar of incense, the half-shekel ransom paid at a census, the bronze laver, …
31Exodus 31 is the final chapter of the instructions for building the tabernacle. God appoints Bezalel and Oholiab as craftsmen, commands Israel to kee…
32Exodus 32 records how, while Moses remained on Mount Sinai, the people of Israel had Aaron make a golden calf and worshiped it. The chapter also reco…
33Exodus 33 is the chapter in which, after the golden calf incident, God declares that He will not go with the people. Moses intercedes at the tent of …
34Exodus 34 is the chapter in which, after the golden calf incident, God gives Moses new tablets of stone, proclaims His name and character, and renews…
35In this chapter Moses restates the Sabbath ordinance and gathers offerings and workers for building the tabernacle. The people bring their offerings …
36Exodus 36 records how the people's freewill offerings exceeded what was needed, so that Moses ordered them to stop bringing more, and how Bezalel, Oh…
37Exodus 37 records how Bezalel made the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat, the table, the lampstand, and the altar of incense, and how he prepared t…
38Exodus 38 records Bezalel's construction of the tabernacle's altar of burnt offering, the bronze laver, and the court, and it includes an inventory t…
39Exodus 39 recounts the making of the holy garments for Aaron and the priests, including the ephod, the breastplate, the robe, and the gold plate of t…
40The final chapter of Exodus. In obedience to God's command, Moses sets up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month of the second year after…

Leviticus 27

1The first chapter of Leviticus, containing the regulations for the burnt offering that the LORD gave to Moses from the tabernacle of the congregation…
2Leviticus 2 sets out the regulations for the grain offering, an offering presented from grain. It covers how to offer fine flour, baked cakes, and th…
3Leviticus 3 sets out the procedure for the peace offering, presented from the herd or the flock (cattle, sheep, or goats). It declares that all the f…
4Leviticus 4 sets out the regulations for the sin offering for unintentional violations of the LORD's prohibitions. It prescribes different offerings …
5Leviticus 5 sets out the sin offering for faults recognized after the fact, such as withholding testimony, touching something unclean, or swearing a …
6Leviticus 6 contains regulations for the trespass offering that makes restitution for wrongs against a neighbor's property, together with the ordinan…
7Leviticus 7 sets out the regulations for the guilt offering and the peace offering, the portions given to the priests, and the command not to eat fat…
8Leviticus 8 is the chapter in which Moses, as the LORD commanded, washes, clothes, and anoints Aaron and his sons, then offers a sin offering, a burn…
9Leviticus 9 records how, on the eighth day, after the seven days of priestly ordination were completed, Aaron offered sacrifices for the first time a…
10Leviticus 10 recounts the deaths of Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron, who offered incense with "strange fire" that the LORD had not commanded. It then …
11Leviticus 11 contains the dietary laws that distinguish creatures that may be eaten (clean) from those that may not (unclean), together with regulati…
12Leviticus 12 sets out the regulations governing the period of purification for a woman who has given birth and the offerings she brings when that per…
13Leviticus 13 sets out the regulations by which the priest examined diseases of the skin and of the hair of the head and beard, as well as spots appea…
14Leviticus 14 sets out the ritual for cleansing a person healed of leprosy (a serious skin disease) and restoring that person to the community, togeth…
15Leviticus 15 is a chapter of purity law addressing the uncleanness caused by bodily discharges and the procedures for cleansing. It sets out, in turn…
16Leviticus 16 contains the regulations for the Day of Atonement, when the high priest Aaron enters the Most Holy Place once a year to make atonement f…
17Leviticus 17 requires that animals used for sacrifice be slaughtered and offered at the tabernacle of the congregation, and it forbids the eating of …
18Leviticus 18 commands the people of Israel not to follow the customs of Egypt and Canaan. It contains laws prohibiting sexual relations with close re…
19Leviticus 19 is a collection of ordinances, gathered under the command "Ye shall be holy," that address worship, relations with one's neighbor, prote…
20Leviticus 20 prescribes penalties for Molech worship, turning to mediums and wizards, cursing one's parents, and forbidden sexual relations, and it c…
21Leviticus 21 sets out the holiness regulations that priests and the high priest must observe. It addresses funerals and mourning, marriage, and the s…
22Leviticus 22 contains the purity regulations that priests must observe when eating the holy things (sacred objects and food dedicated to God), togeth…
23Leviticus 23 sets out Israel's appointed feasts in order: the Sabbath, Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the day of the firstfruits sheaf, …
24Leviticus 24 contains regulations for the sanctuary lamps and for the bread set out every Sabbath (the showbread), followed by the execution of a man…
25Leviticus 25 contains the regulations for the sabbatical year and the Year of Jubilee given at Mount Sinai. It commands that the land rest in the sev…
26Leviticus 26 proclaims the blessings that will follow faithfulness to the covenant and the punishments that will come in escalating stages if it is b…
27Leviticus 27, the final chapter of Leviticus, sets out the valuation and redemption of persons, animals, houses, and fields vowed to the LORD, along …

Numbers 36

1Numbers 1 records how, in the second year after the Exodus, Moses and Aaron numbered the men of the twelve tribes in the wilderness of Sinai who were…
2Numbers 2 is the chapter in which, in the wilderness of Sinai, the twelve tribes of Israel are arranged into four camps on the east, south, west, and…
3Numbers 3 records the genealogy of Aaron's sons and the tribe of Levi. It sets apart the Levites as those given to God in place of Israel's firstborn…
4Numbers 4 records the census of the men aged thirty to fifty among the Levite clans of Kohath, Gershon, and Merari who were to serve at the tabernacl…
5Numbers 5 contains the ordinance for putting the unclean out of the camp, the ordinance for confessing and making restitution for wrongs done to anot…
6Numbers 6 sets out the regulations for the Nazirite vow, by which any man or woman may voluntarily be set apart to God, and contains the "Aaronic Ble…
7Numbers 7 records how, on the day the tabernacle was set up, the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel presented wagons and oxen and then, over twel…
8Numbers 8 records how Aaron is to light the seven lamps of the lampstand, the rite by which the Levites are cleansed and presented to the LORD, and t…
9Numbers 9 records the Passover kept in the wilderness of Sinai in the second year after the Exodus, the provision for a Passover in the second month …
10Numbers 10 records the ordinance of the silver trumpets, used to assemble the congregation and signal the march, and then describes Israel's departur…
11Numbers 11 recounts how Israel, having departed from Mount Sinai, complained at Taberah and was judged, then wept for meat, receiving quail but suffe…
12Numbers 12 recounts how Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses over his Cushite wife, how God affirms Moses' unique standing, and how Miriam is struck …
13Numbers 13 recounts how Moses sent twelve men, a leader from each tribe, to spy out the land of Canaan for forty days. Caleb urged the people to take…
14In this chapter the congregation of Israel, after hearing the spies' report, murmurs and proposes returning to Egypt. Through Moses' intercession God…
15Numbers 15 contains regulations for the offerings to be observed after entering Canaan, the heave offering of a cake from the first of the dough, the…
16Numbers 16 records how Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and 250 leaders rose up against the authority of Moses and Aaron and were swallowed by the earth and co…
17Numbers 17 is the chapter in which, after Korah's rebellion, Aaron's rod alone among the rods of the twelve tribes buds and bears fruit, showing that…
18Numbers 18 distinguishes the duties of the priests from those of the Levites and establishes the portion the priests are to receive, the tithe given …
19A chapter of Numbers containing the ordinance for making the "water of separation" from the ashes of a burned red heifer and for purifying, over seve…
20Numbers 20 recounts the death of Miriam at Kadesh and the incident at the waters of Meribah, after which Moses and Aaron are told that they will not …
21Numbers 21 records Israel's defeat of the king of Arad, the plague of fiery serpents and the bronze serpent, the journey toward the plains of Moab, a…
22Numbers 22 is the chapter in which Balak, king of Moab, summons Balaam the son of Beor to curse Israel. It contains the account of the angel of the L…
23Numbers 23 is the chapter in which Balaam, summoned by Balak king of Moab to curse Israel, instead pronounces oracles of blessing on Israel after two…
24Despite the demands of Balak, king of Moab, Balaam blesses Israel a third time, sings of the "Star out of Jacob," pronounces the fates of the surroun…
25Numbers 25 records how Israel, while at Shittim, committed whoredom with the women of Moab and worshiped Baal-peor, bringing a plague upon the people…
26Numbers 26 records the second census, taken on the plains of Moab after the plague at Baal-peor. It gives the totals by tribe (601,730 in all), the p…
27Numbers 27 recounts how the daughters of Zelophehad ask for their father's inheritance, giving rise to a law of inheritance for daughters, and how, a…
28Numbers 28 sets out the kinds and quantities of offerings to be presented in the daily continual burnt offering and on the Sabbath, the new moon, Pas…
29Numbers 29 is a legal text that prescribes the kinds and numbers of offerings for the feasts of the seventh month: the day of blowing the trumpets (t…
30Numbers 30 is a law concerning vows and oaths. It states the principle that a vow must be kept as spoken, and it provides that a vow made by a daught…
31Numbers 31 records how Moses, at God's command, sent the Israelite army against Midian. It also sets out the purification regulations for the returni…
32Numbers 32 is the chapter in which the Reubenites and Gadites ask for land east of the Jordan as their inheritance and receive it after pledging to j…
33Numbers 33 is an itinerary listing, in order, the places where Israel encamped from its departure from Egypt until it reached the plains of Moab east…
34Numbers 34 sets the southern, western, northern, and eastern boundaries of the land of Canaan that Israel is to enter, and appoints Eleazar, Joshua, …
35Numbers 35 contains the ordinance granting the Levites forty-eight cities with their surrounding pasturelands, the system of six cities of refuge tha…
36The final chapter of the Book of Numbers. When the heads of the families of the children of Gilead are concerned that the inheritance (land) granted …

Deuteronomy 34

1The first chapter of Deuteronomy. It opens Moses' first address in the land of Moab, in which he looks back on the wilderness journey, recounting the…
2Deuteronomy 2 is part of Moses' retrospective account of the wilderness journey. It recounts how Israel passed through the lands of Edom, Moab, and A…
3Deuteronomy 3 recounts Moses' recollection of the defeat of Og king of Bashan and the distribution of the land east of the Jordan among the tribes, a…
4Deuteronomy 4 concludes Moses' first address. It urges Israel to keep the law without adding to it or taking from it, warns against making idols, rec…
5Deuteronomy 5 is the chapter in which Moses recalls for Israel the covenant made at Mount Horeb, restates the Ten Commandments, and recounts how the …
6Deuteronomy 6 is the chapter in which Moses delivers the confession of faith in the one God that begins "Hear, O Israel" (the Shema), together with t…
7Deuteronomy 7 is the chapter in which Moses commands Israel, as it prepares to enter Canaan, to destroy the seven nations and their idols. It declare…
8Deuteronomy 8 is the chapter in which Moses urges Israel to remember the Lord's guidance during the forty years in the wilderness and warns them not …
9Deuteronomy 9 is the chapter in which Moses declares that Israel will not possess the land of Canaan because of its own righteousness. He recalls the…
10Deuteronomy 10 recounts Moses' receiving of the second tablets of stone and the ark, and exhorts Israel to fear and love the LORD, to circumcise thei…
11A chapter of Deuteronomy in which Moses reminds Israel of the Exodus and the events in the wilderness and urges the people to love God and keep His c…
12Deuteronomy 12 is the first chapter of the Deuteronomic Code. It commands the destruction of Canaanite places of worship, requires that sacrifices an…
13Deuteronomy 13 is a body of law prescribing how Israel is to deal with a prophet, a close family member or friend, or a city that entices others to s…
14Deuteronomy 14 sets out the regulations Israel was to observe as a holy people unto the LORD: mourning customs, the distinction between clean and unc…
15Deuteronomy 15 is a chapter of law containing the ordinance for releasing debts owed by fellow Israelites every seventh year, the command to open one…
16Deuteronomy 16 sets out the laws for keeping Israel's three pilgrimage feasts: Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and th…
17Deuteronomy 17 is a chapter of law that prohibits blemished sacrifices, sets out the procedure for trying idolaters along with the principle of two o…
18Deuteronomy 18 sets out the portion due to the Levitical priests, forbids the divination and necromancy (calling up the spirits of the dead) practice…
19Deuteronomy 19, part of the law delivered by Moses, contains the regulations on cities of refuge for those who kill a person unintentionally, the com…
20Deuteronomy 20 sets out the regulations Israel was to observe when going to war. It covers the exhortation not to fear, the men to be sent home from …
21Deuteronomy 21 is a chapter of laws concerning the handling of a murder whose perpetrator is unknown, the taking of a female war captive as a wife, t…
22Deuteronomy 22 contains everyday regulations, such as returning lost livestock, building a parapet on the roof, prohibitions against mixing kinds, an…
23Deuteronomy 23 is a chapter of law that sets out who may enter the congregation of the LORD and gives regulations on keeping the camp clean in time o…
24Deuteronomy 24 contains laws protecting households and neighbors, including the prohibition against remarrying a former wife after divorce, the exemp…
25Deuteronomy 25 is a chapter of law containing regulations on judicial rulings and the limit on flogging, the ox treading out grain, levirate marriage…
26Deuteronomy 26 concludes the legal provisions of Deuteronomy with a confession of faith recited when offering the firstfruits of the land, a prayer o…
27Deuteronomy 27 records Moses' instructions that, after entering Canaan, Israel is to set up on Mount Ebal stones inscribed with the law, together wit…
28Deuteronomy 28 is the chapter in which Moses proclaims to Israel the blessings that will follow obedience to the law (vv. 1–14) and the curses that w…
29Deuteronomy 29 is the chapter in which Moses establishes the covenant anew with all the people of Israel in the land of Moab. It warns that if they f…
30Deuteronomy 30 contains the promise that if scattered Israel returns to the LORD, he will gather and restore them, together with Moses' exhortation t…
31Deuteronomy 31 is the chapter in which Moses, at 120 years of age, installs and encourages Joshua as his successor, writes down the law and commands …
32Deuteronomy 32 records the song, known as the "Song of Moses," that Moses delivered before the assembly of Israel. God then tells Moses to climb Moun…
33Deuteronomy 33 is a poem in which Moses blesses the tribes of Israel one by one before his death. It opens with the appearing of the LORD, proceeds t…
34Deuteronomy 34 is the final chapter of Deuteronomy. In it Moses views the Promised Land from Mount Nebo, dies in the land of Moab at the age of 120, …

Joshua 24

1Joshua 1 is the chapter in which, after the death of Moses, God commands Joshua to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land and promises to be with hi…
2In this chapter Rahab, a harlot of Jericho, hides the two spies whom Joshua sent from Shittim. In return she receives their oath that her family will…
3Joshua 3 records the Israelites crossing the Jordan River behind the priests who bore the Ark of the Covenant. When the priests' feet were dipped in …
4Joshua 4 records how, after Israel crossed the Jordan River, twelve men, one chosen from each tribe, carried twelve stones from the middle of the riv…
5In this chapter Israel, having crossed the Jordan River, performs circumcision and keeps the Passover at Gilgal; the manna ceases; and near Jericho, …
6Joshua 6 recounts how Israel marched around the city of Jericho for seven days, brought down its walls with trumpet blasts and a great shout, and too…
7Joshua 7 recounts how, after the fall of Jericho, Achan secretly took some of the things devoted to God, bringing about Israel's defeat at Ai. Expose…
8Joshua 8 recounts how, after the Achan incident, Israel captures the city of Ai by means of an ambush, and how Joshua then builds an altar on Mount E…
9Joshua 9 tells how the Gibeonites, disguised as envoys from a distant country, made a covenant of peace with Israel and how, even after their decepti…
10Joshua 10 recounts Joshua's victory over the five Amorite kings who attacked Gibeon and the conquest of the cities of southern Canaan. It includes th…
11Joshua 11 recounts Israel's defeat of the northern Canaanite coalition led by Jabin king of Hazor at the waters of Merom and the burning of Hazor, an…
12Joshua 12 is a conquest list recording the two kings east of the Jordan whom Moses defeated (Sihon and Og) and the thirty-one kings west of the Jorda…
13Joshua 13 is the chapter in which the LORD tells the aged Joshua that very much land remains to be possessed and commands him to divide the land. It …
14Joshua 14 opens the distribution of the land west of the Jordan. It sets out the principle by which Eleazar and Joshua divide the land by lot among t…
15Joshua 15 records the boundaries on every side of the land that the tribe of Judah received by lot, along with a region-by-region list of its towns. …
16Joshua 16 records the boundaries of the land allotted by lot to the descendants of Joseph and, within that territory, the boundaries of the inheritan…
17Joshua 17 records the land west of the Jordan allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It recounts how the daughters of Zelophehad received an inherit…
18In this chapter the congregation of Israel sets up the tabernacle of the congregation at Shiloh. Joshua then has the land surveyed for the seven trib…
19Joshua 19 records how lots were cast at Shiloh to assign the inheritances of six tribes: Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan. The cha…
20Joshua 20 is the chapter in which, at the Lord's command, six cities of refuge are designated for those who have killed someone by accident. It also …
21Joshua 21 records how the Levites received by lot forty-eight cities, together with their surrounding pasturelands, in which to dwell among the inher…
22Joshua 22 recounts the return home of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, who lived east of the Jordan, after the wars of co…
23Joshua 23 records the farewell exhortation that the aged Joshua delivered after summoning the leaders of Israel. He recalls that the LORD fought for …
24Joshua 24 is the final chapter of the Book of Joshua. At Shechem, Joshua reviews Israel's history, urges the people to serve the LORD alone, and make…

Judges 21

1Judges 1 records, tribe by tribe, Israel's battles to take possession of the land of Canaan after the death of Joshua. The tribe of Judah gained a nu…
2Judges 2 records the Angel of the LORD rebuking Israel's disobedience at Bochim and describes the apostasy of the generation that arose after Joshua'…
3Judges 3 introduces the nations the LORD left to test Israel, then recounts the stories of Othniel, the first judge; Ehud, who killed King Eglon of M…
4Judges 4 recounts how, under the oppression of the Canaanite king Jabin and his army commander Sisera, the prophetess and judge Deborah commissions B…
5Judges 5 is a poem celebrating the victory of Deborah and Barak over Sisera, commander of the Canaanite army. It contrasts the tribes that joined the…
6Judges 6 tells how, while Israel lay under Midianite oppression, the angel of the LORD appeared and called Gideon as a deliverer, and how Gideon tore…
7Judges 7 recounts how Gideon, following God's instructions, reduces his army to three hundred men and defeats the vast Midianite host with trumpets, …
8Judges 8 recounts how Gideon relentlessly pursues and captures Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian. It goes on to tell how, after he declines…
9Judges 9 recounts how Abimelech, son of Gideon, killed his seventy brothers and became king at Shechem, then fell into conflict with Shechem after th…
10Judges 10 gives brief accounts of the judges Tola and Jair, then describes how Israel again served idols, was oppressed by the Philistines and the Am…
11Judges 11 tells how Jephthah the Gileadite, who had been driven from his home, is made leader of Gilead, defeats the Ammonites, and loses his only da…
12Judges 12 records the conflict between Jephthah and the Ephraimites, the episode in which Ephraimites were identified by their pronunciation of "Shib…
13Judges 13 recounts how, during forty years of Philistine oppression, the angel of the LORD appeared to the wife of Manoah of the tribe of Dan to anno…
14Judges 14 recounts how Samson, while seeking to marry a Philistine woman, tears apart a lion with his bare hands, poses a riddle at his wedding feast…
15Judges 15 recounts how Samson, whose wife has been given to another man, takes revenge on the Philistines; is bound by the men of Judah and handed ov…
16Judges 16 recounts how Samson carried off the gates of Gaza, revealed the secret of his strength to Delilah and was captured by the Philistines, and …
17Judges 17 tells how Micah, a man living in the hill country of Ephraim, had an idol made from his mother's silver, set up a shrine in his house, and …
18Judges 18 tells how the tribe of Dan, still seeking territory, seized the idols and the Levite priest from Micah's house, conquered the northern city…
19Judges 19 tells of a Levite who, while returning from Bethlehem with his concubine, stops in Gibeah, a town of the tribe of Benjamin. There a mob abu…
20Judges 20 recounts the civil war in which the tribes of Israel assemble at Mizpah and fight against the tribe of Benjamin after the death of a Levite…
21Judges 21, the final chapter of the Book of Judges, records how Israel kept the tribe of Benjamin from being cut off by striking Jabesh-gilead and br…

Ruth 4

1Ruth 1 tells how the family of Elimelech, having moved to Moab during a famine in the time of the judges, loses all its men, and how Naomi returns to…
2While gleaning in the barley harvest fields of Bethlehem, Ruth comes to the field of Boaz, a kinsman of Elimelech, and receives his kindness. Naomi t…
3Ruth 3 is the chapter in which, following Naomi's instructions, Ruth goes to the threshing floor at night and asks Boaz to take up the responsibility…
4The final chapter of the Book of Ruth, in which Boaz acquires the right of redemption at the gate of Bethlehem and takes Ruth as his wife. Their son …

1 Samuel 31

1The first chapter of 1 Samuel tells how Hannah, who was childless, prayed and made a vow at Shiloh, gave birth to Samuel, and, after weaning the chil…
21 Samuel 2 records Hannah's song of thanksgiving, the corruption of Eli's two sons, and, in contrast, the growth of the boy Samuel. The chapter close…
31 Samuel 3 is the chapter in which the LORD calls the boy Samuel, who is growing up at the tabernacle in Shiloh, four times during the night and anno…
41 Samuel 4 is the chapter in which Israel suffers a heavy defeat at the hands of the Philistines at the battle of Aphek and loses the ark of the cove…
51 Samuel 5 recounts how the ark of God (the Ark of the Covenant), captured by the Philistines, was moved to Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron. During this time…
6This chapter recounts how the Philistines, after holding the ark of the LORD for seven months, send it back on a cart to Beth-shemesh in Israel toget…
71 Samuel 7 recounts how, while the ark of the covenant remains at Kiriath-jearim, Samuel gathers Israel at Mizpah and leads the people in repentance,…
81 Samuel 8 is the chapter in which, after Samuel's sons become corrupt, the elders of Israel demand a king "like all the nations." Samuel warns them …
91 Samuel 9 tells how Saul, the son of Kish the Benjamite, meets the seer Samuel while searching for lost donkeys and is designated, at the LORD's dir…
101 Samuel 10 recounts how Samuel privately anoints Saul and foretells three signs, after which Saul is publicly chosen as king before all the people a…
111 Samuel 11 recounts how Saul, recently chosen as king, wins his first victory by rescuing Jabesh-gilead from Nahash the Ammonite and is then made ki…
12First Samuel 12 records Samuel's farewell address before all Israel after Saul became king. Samuel has his integrity publicly affirmed, reviews Israe…
131 Samuel 13 is the chapter in which war with the Philistines begins early in Saul's reign. Failing to wait for Samuel at Gilgal, Saul offers the burn…
141 Samuel 14 recounts how Jonathan and his armor-bearer attack a Philistine garrison at Michmash, leading Israel to victory. It goes on to describe Sa…
151 Samuel 15 is the chapter in which King Saul, though commanded to utterly destroy the Amalekites, spares King Agag and the best of the livestock. Sa…
16A chapter of 1 Samuel recounting how Samuel anoints David, the youngest son of Jesse, in Bethlehem, and how David comes to serve Saul, from whom the …
171 Samuel 17 is the chapter in which Goliath, a Philistine champion, challenges Israel to single combat in the Valley of Elah, and the shepherd boy Da…
181 Samuel 18 recounts how Jonathan comes to love David after his victory over Goliath and makes a covenant with him; how Saul, seeing the people prais…
191 Samuel 19 recounts how Jonathan and Michal help David when Saul tries to kill him, and how the messengers Saul sends to seize David at Samuel's sid…
201 Samuel 20 is the chapter in which Jonathan arranges an arrow signal to learn whether Saul intends to kill David and, once he learns Saul's intent, …
21In this chapter David, fleeing from Saul, obtains the showbread and the sword of Goliath from Ahimelech the priest at Nob, then escapes danger by fei…
221 Samuel 22 records how David, having fled from Saul, gathers a band of followers at the cave of Adullam, and how the priests of Nob, who had helped …
231 Samuel 23 is the chapter in which David, pursued by Saul, delivers Keilah from the Philistines, makes a covenant with Jonathan in the wilderness of…
241 Samuel 24 tells how David, while being pursued by Saul, has an opportunity to kill Saul in a cave at En-gedi but instead cuts off only the skirt of…
251 Samuel 25 recounts the death of Samuel, the wealthy Nabal's insulting refusal of David's request, the intervention of Nabal's wife Abigail to avert…
26The chapter in which David, pursued by Saul, enters Saul's camp at night and has the opportunity to kill him, yet takes only the spear and the water …
27First Samuel 27 tells how David, fleeing Saul's pursuit, takes refuge with his six hundred men under Achish, the Philistine king of Gath. He receives…
281 Samuel 28 is the chapter in which Saul, receiving no answer from God before his decisive battle with the Philistines, seeks out the medium of Endor…
291 Samuel 29 recounts how David, who had set out with Achish when the Philistine army marched against Israel, is sent back because of the objections o…
301 Samuel 30 tells how the Amalekites burned Ziklag and carried off the families of David and his men, and how David inquired of God, pursued the raid…
31The final chapter of 1 Samuel recounts how Saul and three of his sons die after their defeat by the Philistines at Mount Gilboa, and how the men of J…

2 Samuel 24

12 Samuel 1 is the chapter in which David hears of the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, has the Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul put to death, an…
2In 2 Samuel 2, after Saul's death, David is anointed king of Judah at Hebron, and his forces first clash at Gibeon with those of Ish-bosheth, whom Ab…
32 Samuel 3 recounts how Abner, the power behind the house of Saul, attempts to go over to David but is murdered by Joab, and how David mourns him and…
42 Samuel 4 recounts how Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, is murdered by his captains Rechab and Baanah, and how David, upon receiving his head, has the …
5A chapter of 2 Samuel in which David is anointed king over all Israel at Hebron, captures Jerusalem from the Jebusites and makes it the City of David…
6This chapter recounts how David brings the ark of God (the Ark of the Covenant) to the City of David. The procession halts when Uzzah dies, and the a…
72 Samuel 7 is the chapter in which David seeks to build a temple, and God, speaking through the prophet Nathan, instead promises to establish David's…
82 Samuel 8 summarizes David's conquest of the surrounding nations, including Philistia, Moab, Aram, and Edom; his dedication of the spoils to the LOR…
92 Samuel 9 tells how David, remembering his friendship with Jonathan, seeks out Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, who remains of the house of Saul, restor…
102 Samuel 10 recounts how the envoys David sent to comfort the Ammonite king Hanun were humiliated, an insult that led Joab, Abishai, and David to def…
11Second Samuel 11 recounts how David, remaining in Jerusalem during the war with Ammon, lay with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah. When his attempt to con…
12In this chapter the prophet Nathan exposes David's sin through a parable, and David confesses. The first child Bathsheba bore to David dies, Solomon …
132 Samuel 13 recounts how Amnon, David's firstborn son, violates his half-sister Tamar, and how Tamar's brother Absalom kills Amnon two years later an…
142 Samuel 14 is the chapter in which Joab uses a wise woman of Tekoa to persuade David, and Absalom, who had fled to Geshur, returns to Jerusalem and …
152 Samuel 15 recounts how Absalom, having won the hearts of the people, launches a rebellion at Hebron, prompting David to flee Jerusalem. Along the w…
16In 2 Samuel 16, David, fleeing from Absalom, receives provisions from Ziba and is cursed by Shimei, while Absalom enters Jerusalem and, on Ahithophel…
172 Samuel 17 is the chapter in which the counsel of Ahithophel and the counsel of Hushai are set against each other before Absalom. Hushai's counsel i…
182 Samuel 18 recounts how David's army defeats Absalom's rebel forces in the wood of Ephraim, how Joab disobeys the king's order and kills Absalom, an…
192 Samuel 19 recounts how David, after Absalom's death, composes himself in his grief and returns to Jerusalem. Along the way he meets Shimei, Mephibo…
202 Samuel 20 recounts the revolt of Sheba, a Benjamite, and its suppression. Joab kills Amasa and takes command of the army, and a wise woman of Abel …
212 Samuel 21 records a three-year famine brought on by Saul's killing of the Gibeonites, the execution of seven of Saul's descendants, Rizpah's vigil …
222 Samuel 22 is the song of thanksgiving that David sang to God after he was delivered from the hand of Saul and of all his enemies. Its content is ne…
232 Samuel 23 contains the last words of David (vv. 1–7) and the names and exploits of David's mighty men (vv. 8–39). The final name on the list is Uri…
242 Samuel 24, the final chapter of 2 Samuel, recounts how David takes a census and then recognizes his sin. Of the three punishments announced by the …

1 Kings 22

11 Kings 1 recounts how, as the aged David's successor remains undecided and Adonijah attempts to make himself king, David, at the urging of Nathan an…
2The chapter recounting David's final charge to Solomon and his death, followed by Solomon's consolidation of royal power through the execution of Ado…
31 Kings 3 recounts how Solomon offers a thousand burnt offerings at Gibeon, asks God for wisdom in a dream and receives it, and then wisely settles a…
41 Kings 4 records the officials of Solomon's kingdom, the districts assigned to twelve governors, the provisions and horses of the royal court, the k…
51 Kings 5 recounts how Solomon made a league with Hiram king of Tyre to obtain cedars from Lebanon and raised a levy of laborers from Israel to prepa…
61 Kings 6 records how Solomon began building the house of the LORD (the Temple) in the 480th year after the Exodus, the fourth year of his reign, and…
7First Kings 7 records Solomon's thirteen-year construction of his own palace and the work of Hiram, a craftsman from Tyre, who made the temple furnis…
81 Kings 8 recounts Solomon's dedication of the completed temple in Jerusalem: he brings in the ark of the covenant and dedicates the house with a pra…
9First Kings 9 records the LORD's second appearance to Solomon after the dedication of the temple. He promises to establish Solomon's throne if he obe…
101 Kings 10 records the visit of the Queen of Sheba, who came to Solomon, saw his wisdom and wealth, and praised the LORD. The chapter also describes …
11First Kings 11 recounts how Solomon, led astray by his foreign wives, served other gods and provoked the Lord's anger. Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam ris…
121 Kings 12 is the chapter in which Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, rejects the people's request, causing Israel to divide into the southern kingdom of …
131 Kings 13 tells of a "man of God" from Judah who prophesies the destruction of the altar at Bethel. He is then deceived by an old prophet of Bethel …
14When Jeroboam's son falls ill, the prophet Ahijah pronounces judgment on the house of Jeroboam. The chapter then records the sins of Rehoboam of Juda…
151 Kings 15 records the reigns of Abijam and Asa of Judah in the south and of Nadab and Baasha of Israel in the north. Its central events are Asa's re…
161 Kings 16 records how royal dynasties in the northern kingdom of Israel repeatedly fell and were replaced, from Baasha through Elah, Zimri, and Omri…
171 Kings 17 is the chapter in which Elijah proclaims a drought to Ahab, is sustained at the brook Cherith by food brought by ravens, and then stays in…
181 Kings 18 recounts how, after three years of drought, Elijah confronts the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel; the fire of the LORD falls, and a great…
191 Kings 19 recounts how Elijah, after the contest on Mount Carmel, flees from Jezebel's threats, meets the LORD at Mount Horeb, receives a new commis…
20The account of Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, defeating Ben-hadad, king of Aram, in two battles, at Samaria and at Aphek. When Ahab ma…
21Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, and his queen Jezebel have Naboth the Jezreelite put to death on false charges and seize his vineyard. …
221 Kings 22 tells how King Ahab ignored the warning of the prophet Micaiah, went to battle at Ramoth-gilead with King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and was ki…

2 Kings 25

1Second Kings 1 tells how Ahaziah, king of northern Israel, falls ill and inquires of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, and then dies just as Elijah has f…
2The chapter of 2 Kings in which Elijah is taken up to heaven by a whirlwind, and Elisha, inheriting his mantle and spirit, parts the Jordan, heals th…
32 Kings 3 recounts how Jehoram king of Israel, together with Jehoshaphat king of Judah and the king of Edom, marches against rebellious Moab. When th…
42 Kings 4 records five miracles performed by Elisha in succession: the widow's oil, the birth of the Shunammite woman's son and his restoration to li…
52 Kings 5 tells how Naaman, commander of the army of Aram, is healed of leprosy after washing seven times in the Jordan River as Elisha instructed. I…
6A chapter in which Elisha makes a sunken axe head float, strikes the Aramean army surrounding Dothan with blindness, leads them to Samaria, and sends…
72 Kings 7 tells how, while Samaria lay starving under an Aramean siege, Elisha prophesied that the price of grain would fall sharply the next day, an…
82 Kings 8 records how a woman who heeded Elisha's word escaped a seven-year famine and recovered her land on her return, how Elisha told Hazael that …
92 Kings 9 is the chapter in which one of the sons of the prophets, sent by Elisha, anoints the army commander Jehu as king of Israel, after which Jeh…
102 Kings 10 recounts how Jehu wipes out the house of Ahab, the brothers of King Ahaziah of Judah, and the worshipers of Baal. It also records his twen…
112 Kings 11 recounts how Athaliah destroyed the royal family of Judah and ruled the land for six years, and how she fell when the priest Jehoiada crow…
12Second Kings 12 recounts the forty-year reign of Joash, king of Judah. It records his repair of the temple with money gathered in a collection chest,…
132 Kings 13 records the reigns of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, and his son Jehoash over the northern kingdom of Israel, together with the final prophecy and…
142 Kings 14 records the reign of Amaziah king of Judah and his defeat at Beth-shemesh, along with the reigns of Jehoash and Jeroboam II, kings of Isra…
152 Kings 15 records the reigns of Azariah (Uzziah) and Jotham, kings of Judah, and a period of turmoil in the northern kingdom of Israel, when the kin…
162 Kings 16 recounts the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. Attacked by Aram and Israel, Ahaz appeals to Assyria for help and sends tribute. He then has an…
172 Kings 17 records the fall of Samaria to Assyria and the end of the northern kingdom of Israel under its last king, Hoshea. It explains the reasons …
18Second Kings 18 records the accession and religious reforms of Hezekiah, king of Judah; the fall of Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom of Israe…
19In this chapter, Hezekiah, facing the threats of Sennacherib king of Assyria, sends messengers to Isaiah and prays in the temple. God answers: the an…
20This chapter records how Hezekiah, king of Judah, fell ill and through prayer received fifteen more years of life; how he saw the sign of the sun's s…
212 Kings 21 recounts the fifty-five-year reign of Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, who revived idolatry in Judah, and the judgment announced against Jerusal…
222 Kings 22 recounts the accession of Josiah, king of Judah, and his repair of the temple. When the book of the law is found in the temple, the king r…
232 Kings 23 records the reforms of King Josiah of Judah, who renewed the covenant according to the newly discovered book of the covenant, removed idol…
242 Kings 24 records King Jehoiakim of Judah's rebellion against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Jehoiachin's surrender and the first large-scale depor…
25The final chapter of 2 Kings, recording the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian siege, the burning of the temple, the carrying away of the people of …

1 Chronicles 29

1First Chronicles 1 is a genealogy that runs from Adam through Noah and Abraham to Isaac's sons, Esau and Israel. It closes with lists of the descenda…
21 Chronicles 2 lists the twelve sons of Israel and then gives a detailed genealogy of the tribe of Judah. It records the lines of Hezron's three sons…
31 Chronicles 3 records the sons of David, traces the royal line of Judah from Solomon to Josiah, and carries the genealogy of David's house beyond th…
41 Chronicles 4 contains the genealogies of various clans of the tribe of Judah and of the tribe of Simeon, along with records of their settlements an…
51 Chronicles 5 records the genealogies, settlements, and wars of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, who settled east of the…
61 Chronicles 6 presents the genealogy of the tribe of Levi. It contains the line of the Aaronic high priests, the genealogies of Heman, Asaph, and Et…
71 Chronicles 7 records the genealogies of the tribes of Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher, along with the numbers of their f…
81 Chronicles 8 records the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin in detail. After listing the heads of various families, it concludes with the descendan…
91 Chronicles 9 records the people who returned from the Babylonian exile and settled in Jerusalem, along with lists of the priests, Levites, and gate…
101 Chronicles 10 recounts the deaths of Saul and his three sons at the hands of the Philistines in the battle on Mount Gilboa and the burial of their …
111 Chronicles 11 recounts how all Israel made David king at Hebron and how David captured Jebus (Jerusalem) and made it the city of David. The chapter…
121 Chronicles 12 records the warriors and troops from each tribe who gathered to David, from the time he was hiding at Ziklag until he was made king o…
131 Chronicles 13 recounts how David, together with all Israel, attempted to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim, halted the effort when Uzza died…
141 Chronicles 14 records how Hiram king of Tyre helped build David's palace, lists the sons born to David in Jerusalem, and recounts David's two victo…
15In this chapter David has the Levites carry the Ark of the Covenant and appoints singers and musicians, and the ark is brought from the house of Obed…
161 Chronicles 16 records the day David placed the ark of the covenant in the tent he had pitched for it, offered sacrifices, and blessed the people. T…
171 Chronicles 17 records how David resolved to build a temple and how God, speaking through the prophet Nathan, told him that not David but his son wo…
181 Chronicles 18 records David's successive conquests of the Philistines, Moab, Zobah, Aram, and Edom, his dedication of the spoils to the LORD, and a…
191 Chronicles 19 records a war that began when Hanun, king of the Ammonites, humiliated the envoys David had sent to console him. It recounts how Joab…
201 Chronicles 20 briefly records Joab's capture of Rabbah, the capital of Ammon, followed by the victories of David's mighty men over the descendants …
21This chapter recounts how David, provoked by Satan, numbered the people of Israel and brought a pestilence upon the nation. He then built an altar on…
221 Chronicles 22 is the chapter in which David designates the site of the temple, prepares building materials and workers, and then entrusts the build…
231 Chronicles 23 records how the aged David made Solomon king and numbered the Levites for service in the temple, dividing them into courses by the fa…
241 Chronicles 24 records how David divided the priests descended from Aaron by lot into twenty-four courses (divisions that served in rotation) and al…
251 Chronicles 25 records how David appointed 288 singers for the temple from among the descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, and divided them by …
261 Chronicles 26 continues the record of the duties assigned to the Levites in the time of David. It lists the divisions of the temple gatekeepers and…
271 Chronicles 27 is a register of the military and administrative organization of David's kingdom. It lists, in turn, the commanders of the twelve arm…
281 Chronicles 28 is the chapter in which David assembles the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, announces that Solomon will build the temple, and gives S…
29The final chapter of 1 Chronicles. It records David's gift of his personal wealth for building the temple, the leaders' willing offerings, David's pr…

2 Chronicles 36

12 Chronicles 1 recounts how Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings before the tabernacle of the congregation at Gibeon and, when God appeared to …
22 Chronicles 2 records Solomon's decision to build the temple and his royal palace, his exchange of letters with Huram king of Tyre, who agrees to su…
32 Chronicles 3 records how Solomon began building the temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem and made the main hall, the Most Holy Place, the two cherub…
4Second Chronicles 4 records how Solomon made the furnishings for the temple in Jerusalem. It describes in turn the bronze altar, the bronze Sea, the …
5This chapter records how Solomon brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Most Holy Place of the completed temple, and how the cloud of the LORD's gl…
62 Chronicles 6 records Solomon's dedication of the completed temple. He blesses the assembly and prays that God will hear from heaven the prayers tha…
7Second Chronicles 7 records God's answer to Solomon's prayer of dedication with fire from heaven and the glory of the LORD, the dedication of the tem…
82 Chronicles 8 records Solomon's city-building projects and labor system after he completed the temple and his palace, the order of temple worship ac…
9Second Chronicles 9 recounts the visit of the Queen of Sheba, who came to Solomon and marveled at his wisdom, describes Solomon's wealth and glory, a…
102 Chronicles 10 recounts how, after Solomon's death, Rehoboam rejected the people's request at Shechem to lighten their burden, and the northern trib…
112 Chronicles 11 recounts how, immediately after the division of the kingdom, Rehoboam heeded the prophet Shemaiah and called off war with northern Is…
122 Chronicles 12 records how, after Rehoboam king of Judah forsook the law, Shishak king of Egypt invaded and carried off the treasures of the temple …
132 Chronicles 13 records the three-year reign of Abijah, king of Judah, and his war against northern Israel, in which, after addressing Jeroboam from …
142 Chronicles 14 records how Asa, king of Judah, came to the throne, removed idols, and fortified cities so that the land enjoyed peace, and how he me…
152 Chronicles 15 tells how Asa, king of Judah, heeds the exhortation of the prophet Azariah son of Oded, removes the idols, and makes a covenant with …
162 Chronicles 16 covers the final years of Asa, king of Judah. Under pressure from Baasha, king of Israel, Asa made an alliance with Ben-hadad, king o…
172 Chronicles 17 covers the early reign of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. It records his religious reforms, his program of instruction in the Law, the st…
18This chapter recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, joins Ahab, king of Israel, in the battle for Ramoth-gilead. Unlike the four hundred prophets, …
192 Chronicles 19 recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, who had allied himself with Ahab, is rebuked by the seer Jehu, then brings the people back t…
202 Chronicles 20 recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, responds to an invading coalition of Moabites and Ammonites by fasting and praying, then goe…
212 Chronicles 21 recounts the eight-year reign of Jehoram, king of Judah. After Jehoram kills his brothers and follows the way of Ahab, he receives a …
222 Chronicles 22 recounts the one-year reign of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and his death at the hands of Jehu. It then tells how the young Joash was hidd…
232 Chronicles 23 tells how the priest Jehoiada gathered the captains of hundreds and the Levites, made the hidden prince Joash king in the temple, and…
24This chapter covers the reign of King Joash of Judah. It records how he repaired the temple while the priest Jehoiada was alive, how after Jehoiada's…
252 Chronicles 25 recounts the reign of Amaziah, king of Judah. After defeating Edom, he worships the gods of Edom and provokes Joash, king of Israel, …
262 Chronicles 26 recounts the fifty-two-year reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. He strengthened the nation through warfare and building, but he grew prou…
272 Chronicles 27 is a brief account of the sixteen-year reign of Jotham, king of Judah. It records that he did what was right, as his father Uzziah ha…
28Second Chronicles 28 recounts the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. It records that his idolatry led to defeat by Aram and Israel, that the captives were…
292 Chronicles 29 recounts how Hezekiah, king of Judah, reopened the house of the LORD in the first year of his reign after it had been shut under Ahaz…
302 Chronicles 30 records how Hezekiah, king of Judah, summoned all Israel, both north and south, to Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month…
312 Chronicles 31 records how, in the reign of King Hezekiah, the people destroyed idolatrous altars, the king reorganized the service of the priests a…
322 Chronicles 32 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the deliverance of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's illness, pride, and repentance…
332 Chronicles 33 records the fifty-five-year reign of Manasseh, king of Judah, and the two-year reign of his son Amon. Its central narrative tells how…
342 Chronicles 34 recounts how Josiah, king of Judah, removes idols and repairs the temple. When the Book of the Law is found during the work and read …
352 Chronicles 35 records the great Passover that Josiah, king of Judah, kept in the eighteenth year of his reign, his death at Megiddo in battle again…
362 Chronicles 36, the final chapter of 2 Chronicles, recounts the last four kings of Judah after Josiah, the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, …

Ezra 10

1In this chapter Cyrus king of Persia issues a decree in his first year permitting the exiles of Judah to return to Jerusalem and build the temple, an…
2Ezra 2 is the list of those who first returned from the Babylonian exile to Jerusalem and Judah. It records the number of returnees by family, town, …
3Ezra 3 recounts how the people who had returned from Babylon rebuilt the altar in Jerusalem, offered burnt offerings, and kept the Feast of Tabernacl…
4Ezra 4 records how the returned exiles declined an offer from the surrounding inhabitants to help with the building, how opposition and accusations f…
5Ezra 5 is the chapter in which Zerubbabel and Jeshua, moved by the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah, resume the halted construction of the temple, …
6Ezra 6 is the chapter in which King Darius locates the decree of Cyrus and supports the rebuilding of the temple. The Jerusalem temple is completed i…
7Ezra 7 recounts how Ezra, a priest and scholar of the Law, went up from Babylon to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. The chapter incl…
8Ezra 8 records the families who returned from Babylon with Ezra, the gathering of Levites and the fast at the river of Ahava, and the entrusting of t…
9Ezra 9 is the chapter in which Ezra, on hearing that the people and leaders who had returned to Jerusalem had intermarried with the surrounding forei…
10Ezra 10 is the final chapter of the Book of Ezra. The people make a covenant to send away their foreign wives and the children born to them, and afte…

Nehemiah 13

1Nehemiah 1 is the chapter in which Nehemiah, serving as the king's cupbearer in the palace at Shushan in Persia, hears that the wall of Jerusalem has…
2In this chapter Nehemiah receives permission and letters from the Persian king Artaxerxes, travels to Jerusalem, inspects the ruined walls by night, …
3Nehemiah 3 is a list recording who was responsible for each gate and section of the wall during the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls. It begins at the…
4Nehemiah 4 recounts how the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls met with ridicule from Sanballat and Tobiah and with a plot to attack the city, and how N…
5Nehemiah 5 recounts how, during the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, it came to light that poor people were selling their children into servitud…
6Nehemiah 6 recounts how Nehemiah's enemies try to intimidate him with proposals for a meeting, a slanderous letter, and false prophecy, yet the wall …
7Nehemiah 7 describes how, after the wall is completed, Nehemiah arranges for the guarding of Jerusalem and finds the register (genealogical record) o…
8Nehemiah 8 records how, on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra read the book of the law in the square before the Water Gate in Jerusalem while t…
9Nehemiah 9 records how the Israelites who had returned from exile fasted and confessed their sins. The Levites offer a long prayer recounting Israel'…
10Nehemiah 10 records the leaders who set their seals to the covenant in which the community that had returned from exile pledged to keep the Law, alon…
11Nehemiah 11 records how, after the walls were rebuilt, one tenth of the people were chosen by lot to resettle the underpopulated city of Jerusalem, a…
12Nehemiah 12 lists the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel and gives the genealogy of the high priests. It then records the dedication of…
13The final chapter of the Book of Nehemiah, recording the reforms Nehemiah carried out after returning from the royal court: concerning the temple cha…

Esther 10

1The first chapter of the Book of Esther, in which King Ahasuerus of Persia holds a great feast in the palace at Shushan and issues a decree deposing …
2Esther 2 recounts how, after the deposition of Queen Vashti, King Ahasuerus seeks a new queen and the Jewish woman Esther is chosen, and how Mordecai…
3Esther 3 is the chapter in which King Ahasuerus promotes Haman, Mordecai refuses to bow to him, and the enraged Haman casts Pur (the lot) to fix a da…
4Esther 4 is the chapter in which Mordecai, having learned of Haman's decree to destroy the Jews, urges Esther to go before the king and plead for her…
5Esther 5 recounts how, on the third day, Esther approaches the king unsummoned, obtains his favor, and invites the king and Haman to a banquet. It al…
6Esther 6 recounts how King Ahasuerus, unable to sleep, has the court records read to him and learns of Mordecai's service, and how Haman, who had pla…
7Esther 7 recounts how Esther, at her second banquet, reveals to King Ahasuerus the danger facing her people and names Haman as their enemy, after whi…
8Esther 8 is the chapter in which, after Haman's death, Mordecai receives the king's ring and, at Esther's entreaty, a new decree is issued throughout…
9Esther 9 records how, on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, the Jews prevailed over the enemies who had sought to harm them, and how Mordecai and …
10Esther 10 is the final chapter of the Book of Esther, a brief conclusion describing the power of King Ahasuerus and how Mordecai the Jew, who rose to…

Job 42

1The first chapter of the Book of Job introduces Job, a righteous man of the land of Uz. After Satan's challenge, Job loses all his possessions and ch…
2Job 2 is the chapter in which Job, struck with painful boils over his entire body in a second trial, still does not sin with his lips, and in which h…
3Job 3 is the chapter in which Job breaks his silence, curses the day of his birth, and laments that it would have been better never to have been born…
4Job 4 records the first speech of Eliphaz the Temanite to Job. Eliphaz argues from retribution that no one perishes without having sinned, and he rel…
5Job 5 contains the second half of the first speech of Eliphaz the Temanite. In it he urges Job to recognize that affliction does not arise on its own…
6Job 6 records Job's reply to the first speech of Eliphaz. Job protests that his suffering is heavier than the sand of the sea and rebukes his friends…
7Job 7 continues Job's reply to Eliphaz. Job laments the brevity of human life and the suffering that persists night after night, then appeals directl…
8Job 8 contains the first speech of Bildad the Shuhite. Bildad asserts that God does not pervert justice and urges Job to seek God, assuring him that …
9Job 9 is the first part of Job's reply to Bildad's first speech. Job laments that no one can plead his own righteousness before God's overwhelming po…
10Job 10 is the chapter in which Job, while answering Bildad, turns to appeal directly to God. He asks why the God who formed him with His own hands no…
11Job 11 contains the first speech of Zophar the Naamathite, one of Job's three friends. Zophar rebukes Job for claiming to be righteous, appeals to th…
12Job 12 begins Job's reply to Zophar's first speech. Job mocks his friends' wisdom and offers an extended hymn to the sovereignty of God, who both est…
13Job 13 is the middle portion of Job's reply to Zophar (chapters 12–14). Job rebukes his friends as "physicians of no value" and resolves to lay his c…
14Job 14 is the chapter in which Job laments to God the brevity and trouble of human life. Contrasting a tree, which sprouts again after it is cut down…
15Eliphaz's second speech. He rebukes Job's words as empty, declares that no human being can be clean before God, and then describes at length the mise…
16Job 16 is the first part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's second speech. Job calls his friends miserable comforters and laments the suffering he endures a…
17Job 17 is the second half of Job's reply (chapters 16–17) to Eliphaz's second speech. Job laments that death is near, asks God himself to be his sure…
18Job 18 contains the second speech of Bildad the Shuhite. Bildad rebukes Job's protests and describes at length how the light of the wicked is put out…
19Job 19 is Job's reply to Bildad's second speech. Job laments that he has been abandoned by his friends and by God, yet he also confesses, "I know tha…
20Job 20 contains the second and final speech of Zophar the Naamathite. He argues that the prosperity of the wicked is brief and that they will surely …
21Job 21 is Job's reply to Zophar's second speech. Pointing to the fact that the wicked often live long and prosper, Job refutes his friends' claim tha…
22Job 22 contains Eliphaz's third and final speech. He asserts that Job is suffering because he has wronged his poor neighbors, and he urges Job to ret…
23Job 23 is the first part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's third speech. Job longs to come before God and present his case, but he laments that he cannot f…
24Job 24 is the latter part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's third speech. Pointing to a world in which those who oppress the weak and those who sin under c…
25Job 25 contains the third and final speech of Job's friend Bildad. It exalts God's power and majesty and asserts that no human being can be righteous…
26Job 26 records Job's reply to Bildad's third speech. After mocking Bildad's attempt at comfort, Job extols God's creative power over Sheol, the heave…
27Job 27 is the chapter in which Job swears an oath by God and declares that he will never abandon his integrity, then describes the portion that the w…
28Job 28 is a "wisdom poem" declaring that although human beings can find gold and precious stones deep within the earth, they do not know where wisdom…
29Job 29 is the chapter in which Job looks back with longing on his former days, when he lived under God's protection, was held in honor, and helped th…
30Job 30 is one of the chapters of Job's final extended defense. Contrasting his present state with the past glory he recalled in chapter 29, Job lamen…
31Job 31 concludes Job's final defense. Job takes up lust, deceit, mistreatment of servants, neglect of the poor, trust in wealth, and idolatry one by …
32Job 32 is the chapter in which the young Elihu first appears, after the debate between Job and his three friends has ended. Elihu is angry with both …
33Job 33 is the chapter in which Elihu first addresses Job by name and rebuts him directly. He argues that God awakens people through dreams and sickne…
34Job 34 contains Elihu's second speech. Elihu argues that God never acts unjustly and repays people according to their deeds, and he rebukes Job's com…
35Job 35 contains Elihu's third speech. Elihu argues that human righteousness and sin have no effect on God, says that the empty cries of the proud go …
36Job 36 opens Elihu's final speech (chapters 36–37). Elihu declares that God instructs people through suffering and that His greatness is beyond human…
37Job 37 is the chapter in which Elihu concludes his long speech, pointing to natural phenomena such as thunder, lightning, snow, rain, and clouds as e…
38Job 38 is the chapter in which the LORD speaks directly to Job for the first time, out of the whirlwind. He poses a series of questions, each in effe…
39Job 39 is part of God's first speech to Job out of the whirlwind. It presents a series of animals, among them the wild goat, the wild donkey, the wil…
40Job 40 contains Job's brief reply to God's first speech and the beginning of God's second speech, again delivered out of the whirlwind. God asks Job …
41Job 41 is the chapter in which God, speaking out of the whirlwind, describes a great sea creature that no human can tame (rendered "crocodile" in the…
42Job 42 is the final chapter of the Book of Job. Job answers the LORD and repents. The LORD then rebukes Job's three friends and restores Job's fortun…

Psalms 150

Psalm 1The first poem of the Book of Psalms, a six-verse wisdom psalm that contrasts the way of the righteous, who delight in and meditate on the law of the…
Psalm 2Psalm 2 is a royal psalm in which the nations and their kings rise against the LORD and his anointed king, yet God installs his king on Zion, declare…
Psalm 3Psalm 3 is an eight-verse prayer presented as a psalm David composed when he fled from his son Absalom. Facing many enemies, the psalmist confesses t…
Psalm 4Psalm 4 is an eight-verse prayer psalm whose superscription identifies it as a psalm of David. The psalmist asks God to answer him in distress, rebuk…
Psalm 5Psalm 5, traditionally attributed to David, is a morning prayer and an individual lament. It asks for God's righteous guidance and protection in the …
Psalm 6Psalm 6 is an individual lament traditionally attributed to David. The psalmist, sick and beset by enemies, pleads for God's mercy rather than his wr…
Psalm 7Psalm 7 is a lament attributed to David in which the pursued psalmist declares his innocence before God in the manner of an oath, asks God, the right…
Psalm 8Psalm 8 is a hymn of praise in Book One of the Psalms that extols the name of the LORD as excellent in all the earth. It celebrates God, who remember…
Psalm 9Psalm 9 is a song of thanksgiving and petition traditionally attributed to David. It praises the LORD, who judges righteously, as a refuge for the op…
Psalm 10Psalm 10 is a lament over the reality that the wicked oppress the poor and powerless while God seems far away, and a plea for God to arise and judge …
Psalm 11Psalm 11 is a short, seven-verse psalm of trust in which the psalmist, threatened by the wicked, rejects the advice to "flee as a bird to your mounta…
Psalm 12Psalm 12 is a lament that seeks the LORD's help in a world where the godly have vanished and falsehood and flattery have spread. It continues with th…
Psalm 13Psalm 13 is an individual lament bearing the name of David. In anguish, feeling abandoned by God, the psalmist asks again and again, "How long?" By t…
Psalm 14Psalm 14 is a psalm of David that describes the corruption of "the fool" who says there is no God and declares that there is none among humankind who…
Psalm 15Psalm 15 is a psalm of David, five verses in length, that answers the question "Who shall abide in the LORD's tabernacle?" by describing the characte…
Psalm 16Psalm 16, titled "Michtam of David," is a psalm of trust confessing that the LORD alone is the psalmist's good and inheritance and that the LORD will…
Psalm 17Psalm 17 is a fifteen-verse psalm of petition bearing the superscription "A Prayer of David." The psalmist pleads his innocence, asks to be protected…
Psalm 18Psalm 18 is a song of David giving thanks that God delivered him from his enemies and from the hand of Saul. Calling God his rock, fortress, and shie…
Psalm 19Psalm 19 is a psalm of David that opens by celebrating how the heavens and the sun silently display the glory of God, goes on to praise the law of th…
Psalm 20Psalm 20 is a prayer offered by the people on behalf of their king as he faces crisis or war. It is best known for its confession that the people wil…
Psalm 21Psalm 21 is a royal psalm that thanks God for granting the king his desire and for giving him victory and long life. It anticipates the king's triump…
Psalm 22Psalm 22 is a psalm of David that moves from a lament over suffering, as though forsaken by God, to praise for deliverance. It is among the psalms mo…
Psalm 23Psalm 23 is a six-verse poem that likens the LORD to a shepherd and to a host who prepares a banquet, expressing trust in his care and abiding presen…
Psalm 24Psalm 24 is a psalm of David that confesses that the whole earth belongs to the LORD, asks and answers who may ascend the hill of the LORD, and calls…
Psalm 25Psalm 25 is a prayer psalm of twenty-two verses whose superscription attributes it to David. It asks God for protection from enemies and from shame, …
Psalm 26Psalm 26 is a twelve-verse prayer bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." The psalmist declares his integrity, asks God to examine and judge h…
Psalm 27Psalm 27 is a fourteen-verse psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." A song of trust that confesses the LORD as light and salvation (vv.…
Psalm 28Psalm 28 is a nine-verse psalm attributed to David. The psalmist pleads not to be swept away with the wicked, then praises God in confidence that his…
Psalm 29Psalm 29 is a psalm of David that praises the glory and kingship of the LORD, celebrating seven times "the voice of the LORD" sounding in thunder and…
Psalm 30Psalm 30 is a psalm of thanksgiving whose superscription attributes it to David. Delivered from the brink of death, the psalmist confesses that God's…
Psalm 31Psalm 31 is a 24-verse prayer psalm traditionally attributed to David. Beset by enemies and suffering, the psalmist takes refuge in God and pleads fo…
Psalm 32Psalm 32 is an eleven-verse psalm titled "A Psalm of David, Maschil." It describes the anguish of concealing sin and the joy of forgiveness after con…
Psalm 33Psalm 33 is a hymn of praise that calls worshipers to praise the LORD, who created the world by his word and governs history. It urges hope not in ar…
Psalm 34Psalm 34 is a psalm of David that gives thanks for deliverance from danger and teaches the way of the fear of the LORD. It is an acrostic poem whose …
Psalm 35Psalm 35 is an individual lament bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." The psalmist appeals to the LORD for deliverance from enemies who hat…
Psalm 36Psalm 36 is a psalm of David that contrasts the wicked, who have no fear of God, with God's lovingkindness, which reaches to the heavens, and prays t…
Psalm 37Psalm 37 is a wisdom psalm attributed to David. It urges readers not to fret because of the wicked who seem to prosper, but to trust in the LORD and …
Psalm 38Psalm 38 is a lament in which David, sick in body and soul because of his sin, forsaken by his friends, and harassed by his enemies, confesses his si…
Psalm 39Psalm 39 is a thirteen-verse lament whose superscription attributes it to David. The psalmist, who had resolved to keep silent but finally speaks, co…
Psalm 40Psalm 40 is a seventeen-verse psalm whose superscription attributes it to David. It opens with thanksgiving to God for rescue from the miry clay, con…
Psalm 41Psalm 41 is a psalm of David that closes Book One of the Psalter. Lying on a sickbed, the psalmist seeks God's mercy amid the hostility of enemies an…
Psalm 42Psalm 42, a psalm of the sons of Korah that opens Book II of the Psalter, is a lament in which the psalmist, separated from temple worship, longs for…
Psalm 43Psalm 43 is a five-verse lament in Book Two of the Psalms. The psalmist pleads for deliverance from his enemies and asks that God's light and truth l…
Psalm 44Psalm 44 is a song of the sons of Korah. In this lament, the community recalls God's deliverance in the days of their fathers and then cries out "Awa…
Psalm 45Psalm 45 is a "song of loves" of the sons of Korah. A royal wedding psalm, it praises the king's majesty, victories, and everlasting throne and celeb…
Psalm 46Psalm 46 is a psalm of the sons of Korah. It proclaims that though the earth and the sea are shaken and the nations are in uproar, God's people will …
Psalm 47Psalm 47 is a psalm of the sons of Korah. This nine-verse hymn calls all peoples to clap their hands and praise God, the great King over all the eart…
Psalm 48Psalm 48 is a song of the sons of Korah that celebrates the beauty and strength of Zion, the city where God dwells. It recalls how assembled kings fl…
Psalm 49Psalm 49 is a wisdom psalm of the sons of Korah. It teaches that even those who trust in wealth cannot escape death or buy their own lives, and it co…
Psalm 50Psalm 50 bears the superscription "A Psalm of Asaph." In it God, acting as judge, summons his people, rebukes merely formal sacrifice and hypocritica…
Psalm 51Psalm 51 is a penitential psalm that its superscription attributes to David, written after the prophet Nathan rebuked him over the matter of Bathsheb…
Psalm 52Psalm 52 is a psalm of David that contrasts the downfall of the mighty man, who boasts in evil schemes and trusts in his wealth, with the thanksgivin…
Psalm 53Psalm 53 is a psalm of David that laments the corruption of the fool who says there is no God and the sinfulness of all humanity, and that longs for …
Psalm 54Psalm 54 is a seven-verse individual lament of David, set at the time when the Ziphites informed Saul of David's hiding place. It opens with a prayer…
Psalm 55Psalm 55 is a lament psalm of David in which one betrayed by a close friend cries out to God amid an enemy's oppression and the terror of death, and …
Psalm 56Psalm 56 is a lament whose superscription attributes it to David when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Amid the threats of his enemies, the confes…
Psalm 57Psalm 57 is a lament whose superscription sets it at the time when David hid in a cave while fleeing from Saul. It opens with a prayer to take refuge…
Psalm 58Psalm 58 is a Michtam of David, an eleven-verse psalm of lament that rebukes those who judge unjustly, asks God to break the power of the wicked, and…
Psalm 59Psalm 59 is a lament traditionally attributed to David. It is a prayer for deliverance from bloodthirsty enemies, and it closes with praise to God as…
Psalm 60Psalm 60 is a communal prayer that laments military defeat and the anguish of seeming abandonment by God, then appeals for help by holding fast to Go…
Psalm 61Psalm 61 is an eight-verse prayer psalm in which a psalmist whose heart is overwhelmed cries to God from the end of the earth, seeks refuge in Him, p…
Psalm 62Psalm 62 is a psalm of trust in which the psalmist, amid the lies and attacks of others, confesses that his soul waits silently upon God alone. It cl…
Psalm 63Psalm 63 is an eleven-verse prayer psalm whose superscription attributes it to David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. In it the psalmist thirs…
Psalm 64Psalm 64 is a psalm of David asking God for protection from enemies who secretly seek to do harm with wicked words. It closes with the confession tha…
Psalm 65Psalm 65 is a thirteen-verse psalm of praise and thanksgiving that extols God, who hears prayer in Zion and forgives sin; the Creator, who rules the …
Psalm 66Psalm 66 is a psalm of praise and thanksgiving that calls all the earth to praise God, recalls the deliverance of the Exodus and the refining that co…
Psalm 67Psalm 67 is a short, seven-verse communal psalm of praise that asks God for blessing and prays that through that blessing all nations may come to kno…
Psalm 68Psalm 68 is a hymn of praise that portrays God, who led His people through the wilderness, marching from Mount Sinai to His sanctuary. It calls the n…
Psalm 69Psalm 69 is a lament in which the psalmist cries out to God for deliverance from suffering, as though sinking in deep waters and mire. It moves throu…
Psalm 70Psalm 70 is a brief five-verse lament in which a petitioner pursued by enemies cries out to God for swift deliverance. Its content is nearly identica…
Psalm 71Psalm 71 is an individual lament without a superscription. The psalmist, who has trusted God from youth, pleads not to be cast off in old age and vow…
Psalm 72Psalm 72 is a prayer for the king, asking God to grant that he rule with righteousness and justice. Its closing doxology and the colophon "The prayer…
Psalm 73Psalm 73 is a psalm of Asaph that opens Book III of the Psalter. The psalmist, shaken by the prosperity of the wicked, comes to understand their end …
Psalm 74Psalm 74 is a lament in which, after enemies have burned and defiled the sanctuary, the community asks God why he has cast them off and pleads with G…
Psalm 75Psalm 75 is a psalm of Asaph, a hymn of thanksgiving and praise declaring that God judges with righteousness at the time He has appointed, bringing d…
Psalm 76Psalm 76 is a psalm of Asaph, a twelve-verse song praising God, who dwells in Zion, for breaking the armies of the enemy and arising to save the meek…
Psalm 77Psalm 77 is a psalm of Asaph and a lament. In a time of trouble, the psalmist asks whether God has cast him off, then takes heart again by rememberin…
Psalm 78Psalm 78 is a didactic psalm (maschil) of Asaph that retraces Israel's history from the Exodus to the accession of David. It contrasts God's faithful…
Psalm 79Psalm 79 is a communal lament bearing the superscription "A Psalm of Asaph." It lays before God the devastation wrought when the nations trampled Jer…
Psalm 80Psalm 80 is a psalm of Asaph and a communal lament. Comparing Israel to a vine brought out of Egypt and planted, it implores God, the "Shepherd of Is…
Psalm 81Psalm 81 is a psalm of Asaph in sixteen verses. It opens with a call to praise God at the festivals, recalls the Exodus, and then, in God's own voice…
Psalm 82Psalm 82 is a psalm of Asaph in which God stands in "the congregation of the mighty" and rebukes those who judge unjustly, commands justice for the p…
Psalm 83Psalm 83 is a psalm of Asaph and a communal prayer. It asks God to judge the surrounding nations that have allied to destroy Israel, as He did in the…
Psalm 84Psalm 84 is a psalm of the sons of Korah that expresses longing for the house of God (the temple) and celebrates the blessedness of pilgrims who jour…
Psalm 85Psalm 85 is a psalm of the sons of Korah that recalls God's past grace in bringing back the captives, pleads with Him to revive His people again, and…
Psalm 86Psalm 86 is the only "Prayer of David" in Book III of the Psalms. It is an individual lament in which the psalmist, in distress, pleads for deliveran…
Psalm 87Psalm 87 is a short, seven-verse psalm of the sons of Korah that celebrates Zion, the city God loves, and proclaims that Gentile nations such as Egyp…
Psalm 88Psalm 88 is a lament psalm of the sons of Korah whose superscription identifies it as a "Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite." The psalmist cries out to Go…
Psalm 89Psalm 89 is a fifty-two-verse poem that praises the everlasting nature of God's covenant with David and then, confronted with the collapse of the dyn…
Psalm 90A prayer psalm that opens Book IV of the Psalter, bearing the superscription "A Prayer of Moses the man of God." It contrasts the eternal God with th…
Psalm 91Psalm 91 is a psalm of trust declaring that whoever makes God their refuge will be protected in the midst of pestilence and calamity. Verses 11–12 ar…
Psalm 92Psalm 92 is a psalm of thanksgiving bearing the superscription "A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day." It contrasts the short-lived prosperity of the …
Psalm 93A five-verse psalm of praise in Book IV of the Psalms. It proclaims that the LORD reigns as King and that his might is greater than the great waters …
Psalm 94Psalm 94 is a psalm of lament that appeals to God, the Judge of the earth, for righteous judgment against the oppression of the wicked. It closes wit…
Psalm 95Psalm 95 calls the congregation to praise and worship before the LORD. It then holds up the wilderness generation, which hardened its heart at Meriba…
Psalm 96Psalm 96 is a hymn of praise that calls all the earth and all peoples to sing a new song to the LORD. It proclaims that the LORD reigns as King and i…
Psalm 97Psalm 97 is a hymn of praise that opens with the declaration "The LORD reigneth." It celebrates the majesty of God, who appears amid fire and lightni…
Psalm 98Psalm 98 is a nine-verse hymn of praise that summons the whole earth, the sea, and even the hills to celebrate with a new song the salvation the LORD…
Psalm 99Psalm 99 is a hymn of praise celebrating the reign of the LORD as King. A refrain declaring that he is holy occurs three times, and the psalm exalts …
Psalm 100Psalm 100 is a short, five-verse hymn of praise that calls all the earth to serve the LORD with gladness and to come before him with thanksgiving and…
Psalm 101Psalm 101 is an eight-verse psalm titled "A Psalm of David," in which the king pledges before God to govern his own life, his household, and his king…
Psalm 102Psalm 102 is a prayer that joins the lament of a sufferer broken in body and spirit with a confession concerning Zion's restoration and the eternal, …
Psalm 103Psalm 103 is a twenty-two-verse psalm of praise bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." The psalmist urges his own soul to bless the LORD, cel…
Psalm 104Psalm 104 is a hymn of praise celebrating God as the one who made the heavens and the earth, the waters, and all living creatures, and who feeds and …
Psalm 105Psalm 105 is a psalm of 45 verses that recounts the history of Israel, from the covenant with Abraham through Joseph, the Exodus, the wilderness, and…
Psalm 106Psalm 106 confesses Israel's repeated rebellion against God from the time of the Exodus onward and celebrates the steadfast love of God, who neverthe…
Psalm 107Psalm 107 is a psalm of thanksgiving that opens Book V of the Psalms. It recounts in turn how wanderers in the wilderness, prisoners, the sick, and t…
Psalm 108Psalm 108 is a psalm of David that opens with praise that awakens the dawn and then seeks God's help, holding fast to his promise that he rules over …
Psalm 109Psalm 109 is a psalm in which a person accused without cause pleads with God not to remain silent, asking for judgment on his enemy and for his own d…
Psalm 110Psalm 110 is a seven-verse royal psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." In it the LORD seats "my Lord" at His right hand and establishe…
Psalm 111Psalm 111 is a ten-verse hymn of praise that recalls God's works and His covenant with thanksgiving. It is an acrostic poem arranged according to the…
Psalm 112Psalm 112 is a ten-verse wisdom psalm that celebrates the blessings of the person who fears the LORD and delights in His commandments, describing tha…
Psalm 113Psalm 113 is a nine-verse hymn of praise that begins and ends with "Hallelujah." It celebrates the LORD, who is higher than the heavens yet humbles h…
Psalm 114Psalm 114 is a short hymn of praise celebrating Israel's exodus from Egypt and its journey through the wilderness. It portrays the sea, the Jordan, a…
Psalm 115Psalm 115 is a hymn of praise that contrasts the powerlessness of man-made idols with the LORD who is in heaven, calling God's people to give glory t…
Psalm 116Psalm 116 is an individual psalm of thanksgiving in which a person delivered from mortal danger through answered prayer gives thanks to the LORD and …
Psalm 117Psalm 117 is a two-verse hymn of praise that calls all nations and peoples to praise the LORD. It gives the LORD's merciful kindness and truth as the…
Psalm 118Psalm 118 is a song of thanksgiving in which one who has been delivered from distress enters the gates of the temple and gives thanks for the LORD's …
Psalm 119Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, with 176 verses. It is an acrostic poem arranged in eight-verse stanzas that follow the order of the t…
Psalm 120A short poem of seven verses in Book V of the Psalms and the first of the fifteen "Songs of Ascents." The psalmist prays for deliverance from a lying…
Psalm 121Psalm 121 is one of the Songs of Ascents, an eight-verse poem that confesses that help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth, and celebrates…
Psalm 122Psalm 122 is one of the Songs of Ascents. In nine verses it celebrates a pilgrim's joy at reaching Jerusalem and calls for prayer for the peace of Je…
Psalm 123Psalm 123 is one of the Songs of Ascents. It is a brief four-verse prayer in which the psalmist looks to God as a servant looks to the hand of his ma…
Psalm 124Psalm 124 is one of the Songs of Ascents. In eight verses, this communal thanksgiving psalm reflects that Israel would have been swallowed up by its …
Psalm 125Psalm 125 is the sixth of the "Songs of Degrees." It declares that those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, and that t…
Psalm 126Psalm 126 is a six-verse psalm and one of the Songs of Ascents. It looks back on the restoration of Zion as a joy like a dream, prays for restoration…
Psalm 127Psalm 127 is one of the Songs of Ascents, a five-verse psalm whose superscription bears the name of Solomon. It declares that building a house, guard…
Psalm 128Psalm 128 is one of the Songs of Ascents. In six short verses, it portrays the blessings of the one who fears the LORD: the fruit of his labor, a wif…
Psalm 129Psalm 129 is an eight-verse poem in the collection known as the Songs of Ascents. It contains Israel's confession that, though repeatedly afflicted f…
Psalm 130Psalm 130 is one of the Songs of Ascents, an eight-verse psalm in which the psalmist cries to God out of the depths, confesses that forgiveness of si…
Psalm 131Psalm 131 is one of the Songs of Ascents, a short psalm of three verses expressing a heart that has set aside pride and excessive desire and rests qu…
Psalm 132Psalm 132 is one of the Songs of Ascents. It pairs David's oath to find a dwelling place for the ark of the covenant with the LORD's oath to set Davi…
Psalm 133Psalm 133 is one of the Songs of Ascents. This brief three-verse psalm celebrates the beauty of brothers dwelling together in unity, comparing it to …
Psalm 134Psalm 134 is the last of the "Songs of Ascents" (Psalms 120–134). A short psalm of praise of three verses, it calls the servants of the LORD who mini…
Psalm 135Psalm 135 is a hymn of praise that summons those who serve God to praise him. It celebrates the LORD's power as revealed in creation, the Exodus, and…
Psalm 136Psalm 136 is a psalm of thanksgiving in which all 26 verses end with the refrain "for his mercy endureth for ever." It calls worshipers to give thank…
Psalm 137Psalm 137 is a nine-verse lament in which the people carried captive to Babylon mourn by its rivers as they remember Zion, vow never to forget Jerusa…
Psalm 138Psalm 138 is an eight-verse psalm of thanksgiving bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." It gives wholehearted thanks to God for answering pr…
Psalm 139Psalm 139 is a psalm of David confessing that God knows a person's every thought and way, is present everywhere, and formed each person in the womb. …
Psalm 140Psalm 140 is a psalm of lament attributed to David. It pleads for deliverance from those who seek to do harm through wicked and deceitful words, and …
Psalm 141Psalm 141 is a ten-verse psalm of lament whose superscription attributes it to David. The psalmist asks that his prayer be accepted like incense, tha…
Psalm 142Psalm 142 is an individual lament that its superscription introduces as a prayer of David "when he was in the cave." Isolated, with no one to care fo…
Psalm 143Psalm 143 is a lament of David in which the psalmist, pursued by an enemy and worn down, appeals to God's righteousness and lovingkindness for an ans…
Psalm 144Psalm 144 is a fifteen-verse psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." It praises God, who delivers in battle, and asks for rescue from th…
Psalm 145Psalm 145 is a twenty-one-verse psalm of praise bearing the superscription "David's Psalm of praise." It celebrates the greatness and grace of God th…
Psalm 146Psalm 146 is a psalm of praise that begins and ends with "Hallelujah." It urges the reader not to trust in mortal human beings but in the LORD, who m…
Psalm 147Psalm 147 is a twenty-verse hymn of praise to God, who rebuilds Jerusalem, gathers his scattered people, governs the natural world, and gives his wor…
Psalm 148Psalm 148 is a hymn of praise that calls in turn upon the angels, the sun, moon, and stars of the heavens, and upon the seas, weather, mountains, ani…
Psalm 149Psalm 149 is a psalm of praise that calls the congregation of the saints to praise God with a new song, with dancing, and with musical instruments, a…
Psalm 150Psalm 150 is the final psalm of the Book of Psalms. It calls everything that has breath to praise God in the sanctuary and in the heavens, with a var…

Proverbs 31

1Proverbs 1 is the opening chapter of the Book of Proverbs. It gives the book's title and purpose and introduces its theme: "The fear of the LORD is t…
2Proverbs 2 is a father's instruction teaching that whoever seeks wisdom as silver and hidden treasure will come to understand the fear of the LORD an…
3Proverbs 3 is a chapter of fatherly instruction addressed to a son. It urges trust in the LORD and a firm hold on wisdom, describes the blessings of …
4In Proverbs 4, a father passes on to his sons the instruction he himself received and urges them to get wisdom. He contrasts the path of the righteou…
5Proverbs 5 is a chapter in which a father instructs his son to avoid the enticement of the strange woman and to remain faithful to the wife of his yo…
6Proverbs 6 is a chapter within the collection of wisdom instructions (chapters 1–9). It warns against becoming surety for a neighbor, against lazines…
7Proverbs 7 is a father's instruction warning his son against the enticements of the adulteress. It depicts a young man, seen from a window, who yield…
8Proverbs 8 is the chapter in which personified Wisdom calls out to people at the city gates and along the roads, declares her worth and her presence …
9Proverbs 9 is the final chapter of the introductory section of Proverbs (chapters 1–9). In it, personified Wisdom and the foolish woman each prepare …
10Proverbs 10 opens the collection titled "The proverbs of Solomon" (10:1–22:16). Its 32 verses are brief sayings that contrast the righteous and the w…
11Proverbs 11 is a chapter in the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. In brief sayings that contrast the righteous and the wicked, it addresses them…
12Proverbs 12 is a 28-verse chapter within the "Proverbs of Solomon" section. It contrasts the righteous with the wicked and the wise with the foolish,…
13Proverbs 13 is a chapter in the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. Through contrasts between the righteous and the wicked, and between the wise a…
14Proverbs 14 belongs to the collection of the Proverbs of Solomon (10:1–22:16). It consists of 35 verses of short sayings that contrast the wise with …
15Proverbs 15 is a chapter of thirty-three short sayings within the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. Through contrasts between the two halves of …
16Proverbs 16 is a chapter in the collection known as "the proverbs of Solomon." Its 33 verses contain sayings on human plans and the sovereignty of th…
17Proverbs 17 is a chapter in the collection of Solomon's proverbs (10:1–22:16). In brief sayings, it addresses peace in the household, restraint in sp…
18Proverbs 18 is a twenty-four-verse chapter within the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. In short maxims it addresses the speech and quarrels of …
19Proverbs 19 is a chapter in the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. In 29 short sayings, it addresses poverty and wealth, false witnesses, lazines…
20Proverbs 20 is a chapter within the "Proverbs of Solomon" collection (10:1–22:16). Its thirty short sayings address wine, laziness, honest scales, gu…
21Proverbs 21 is a chapter in the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. In thirty-one short sayings it teaches the sovereignty of the LORD, who direct…
22Proverbs 22 contains the final portion of the collection of Solomon's proverbs (10:1–22:16) and the opening of a new collection, "the words of the wi…
23Proverbs 23 belongs to the section known as "the words of the wise." It teaches proper conduct at the table, warns against greed for wealth, gives in…
24Proverbs 24 contains the closing portion (vv. 1–22) of the collection of "the words of the wise" that begins at Proverbs 22:17, followed by a brief s…
25Proverbs 25 opens the collection of "proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out." Through brief images, it teaches about…
26Proverbs 26 is a collection of wisdom sayings that uses figurative comparisons to portray, and warn against, the fool, the sluggard, the one who stir…
27Proverbs 27 belongs to the collection of Solomon's proverbs compiled by the men of Hezekiah (chapters 25–29). It contains a warning against boasting …
28Proverbs 28 belongs to the collection of Solomon's proverbs compiled by the men of Hezekiah. It consists of 28 verses of brief sayings that contrast …
29Proverbs 29 is the final chapter of the collection of Solomon's proverbs compiled by the men of Hezekiah (chapters 25–29). In brief sayings, it addre…
30Proverbs 30 contains the words of Agur the son of Jakeh. It consists of questions about the Creator, a declaration of the purity of God's word, a pra…
31Proverbs 31 is the final chapter of the Book of Proverbs. It contains the instruction King Lemuel's mother gave her son and a poem in praise of the "…

Ecclesiastes 12

1Ecclesiastes 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes. It declares the book's theme, "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity," and describes the…
2In Ecclesiastes 2 the Preacher tests, in turn, pleasure, great works and wealth, wisdom, and a lifetime of labor, and concludes that all of it is "va…
3Ecclesiastes 3 declares, in fourteen pairs of opposites, that there is an appointed time for everything under heaven. It then reflects on human labor…
4Ecclesiastes 4 records the Preacher's reflections on the oppression and envy he has seen under the sun, on solitary toil, and on the fleeting nature …
5Ecclesiastes 5 opens with counsel to guard one's words in the house of God and to keep one's vows, goes on to speak of the vanity of loving wealth, a…
6Ecclesiastes 6 describes as "vanity" the plight of a person who receives riches and honor from God yet cannot enjoy them. In twelve verses, the chapt…
7Ecclesiastes 7 is a chapter of 29 verses. It opens with a series of "better than" wisdom sayings and goes on to address the reversed fortunes of the …
8Ecclesiastes 8 is a chapter in the wisdom sections of Ecclesiastes. It addresses how to conduct oneself wisely under a king's authority, the paradox …
9Ecclesiastes 9 opens with the observation that the righteous and the wicked alike meet the same end in death, and it urges the reader to enjoy the li…
10Ecclesiastes 10 opens with the proverb that a little folly spoils wisdom and then addresses, in a series of short sayings, conduct before a ruler, th…
11Ecclesiastes 11 urges generous giving and diligent sowing in a life whose future cannot be known. It then tells the young to rejoice in their youth w…
12The final chapter of Ecclesiastes urges readers to remember their Creator in the days of youth, before old age and death arrive. It closes the book w…

Song of Songs 8

Song of Solomon 1Song of Solomon 1 is the first chapter of the Song of Solomon. Its seventeen verses open with a superscription and continue with songs in which a wom…
2Song of Songs 2 is a seventeen-verse chapter in which two lovers sing of each other through images of flowers and trees, and in which the man calls t…
3Song of Songs 3 is the chapter in which a woman searches by night for the one she loves and finds him. It then describes Solomon's palanquin processi…
4Song of Songs 4 is a love song in which the bridegroom praises the bride's eyes, hair, lips, neck, and other features by comparing them to scenes fro…
5Song of Songs 5 opens with the bridegroom's song upon entering his garden. It then tells how the bride, failing to receive her beloved when he comes …
6Song of Songs 6 opens with a question about where the departed beloved has gone and the woman's declaration of their mutual belonging. It continues w…
7Song of Songs 7 is a love song in which the man praises the bride's beauty from her feet to her head, and the bride responds, "I am my beloved's," in…
Song of Solomon 8The final chapter of the Song of Solomon, containing the woman's longing for her beloved, the confession that "love is strong as death," the account …

Isaiah 66

1The first chapter of the Book of Isaiah. It indicts Judah and Jerusalem for rebelling against God, rejects sacrifices and feasts devoid of justice, c…
2Isaiah 2 sets side by side a vision of peace, in which Zion is exalted "in the last days," the nations learn the ways of the LORD, and swords are bea…
3Isaiah 3 is a prophecy declaring that God will remove the leaders and provisions on which Judah and Jerusalem relied, and that He will judge both the…
4Isaiah 4 portrays Jerusalem after a judgment that has sharply reduced its male population (v. 1) and promises a restoration in which the glory of the…
5Isaiah 5 rebukes Judah and Israel through the Song of the Unfruitful Vineyard and pronounces judgment through six woes and a prophecy of invasion by …
6Isaiah 6 recounts Isaiah's call: in the year King Uzziah died, Isaiah sees the Lord seated on a throne in the temple, attended by seraphim. He is cle…
7In Isaiah 7, Isaiah urges Ahaz, king of Judah, who is afraid of the allied forces of Aram and the northern kingdom of Israel, to have faith, and he d…
8Isaiah 8 uses the name of Isaiah's son, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, to foretell the fall of Aram and the northern kingdom of Israel. It announces both the…
9Isaiah 9 contains the promise that a great light will shine on Galilee in its darkness and that a child will be born to sit on the throne of David, f…
10Isaiah 10 pronounces woe on unjust leaders who trample the weak and prophesies both the judgment of Assyria, which served as God's instrument but gre…
11Isaiah 11 is a prophecy that sings of a righteous king who will come forth from the stem of Jesse, a kingdom of peace in which wild and domestic anim…
12Isaiah 12 is a short hymn of praise that concludes the section of Isaiah comprising chapters 1–12. It depicts a people saved "in that day" who give t…
13Isaiah 13 opens the oracles against the nations (chapters 13–23), proclaiming that on the Day of the LORD, Babylon will be destroyed by the Medes and…
14Isaiah 14 follows a promise of Israel's restoration with a taunt song over the fall of the king of Babylon, a declaration of judgment on Assyria, and…
15Isaiah 15 is the oracle against Moab among the oracles concerning the nations. Written in the manner of a lament (a song of mourning), it portrays th…
16Isaiah 16 continues the oracle against Moab that begins in Isaiah 15. It contains a lament over Moab's flight, its pride, and the devastation of its …
17Isaiah 17 is a chapter within the oracles against the nations in the Book of Isaiah. It foretells the destruction of Damascus (Aram) and Ephraim (the…
18Isaiah 18 is a prophecy concerning Cush, the land along the upper Nile. It describes the LORD quietly watching until the appointed time, when He judg…
19Isaiah 19 is the part of the Book of Isaiah's oracles against the nations that concerns Egypt. After declaring that Egypt will collapse through civil…
20Isaiah 20 records a symbolic act performed at God's command in the year Assyria captured Ashdod: for three years Isaiah went about naked and barefoot…
21Isaiah 21 is one of the "burdens" against the nations in the Book of Isaiah. Its seventeen verses contain the burden of the "desert of the sea," whic…
22Isaiah 22 contains the oracle against Jerusalem concerning the "valley of vision" and a prophecy that Shebna, an official of the royal household, wil…
23Isaiah 23 is an oracle announcing the fall of Tyre and Sidon, the Mediterranean trading cities. It closes by declaring that Tyre will be forgotten fo…
24Isaiah 24 is a prophecy depicting the LORD judging the whole earth and laying it waste, and then reigning as King on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. It …
25Isaiah 25 contains a song of praise to the LORD who saves and a prophecy promising a feast he will prepare for all peoples on Mount Zion and the dest…
26Isaiah 26 opens with a song to be sung "in that day" in the land of Judah. It speaks of the peace enjoyed by those who trust in the Lord, judgment on…
27Isaiah 27 is a prophecy that "in that day" the LORD will punish Leviathan, guard Israel as his vineyard, and summon his scattered people with a great…
28Isaiah 28 is a prophetic chapter that rebukes the pride of the drunken leaders of Ephraim and Judah and, through the image of a foundation stone laid…
29Isaiah 29 prophesies that Jerusalem, called "Ariel," will be besieged and then delivered. It rebukes a people who honor God only with their lips and …
30Isaiah 30 is a prophecy that rebukes Judah for relying on Egypt without seeking counsel from God, yet proclaims that the LORD waits to be gracious, p…
31Isaiah 31 is a prophecy that rebukes Judah for relying on Egypt's military power in the face of the Assyrian threat and declares that the LORD of hos…
32Isaiah 32 is a prophecy that foretells a king who will reign in righteousness and the restoration that comes under his rule, warns complacent women o…
33Isaiah 33 is the final chapter in the series of "woe" pronouncements that begins in Isaiah 28. It announces judgment on the destroyer and, alongside …
34Isaiah 34 is a prophecy that the LORD is angry with all nations and that, judging Edom as their representative, he will turn it into an uninhabitable…
35Isaiah 35 is a prophetic poem presenting a vision of restoration in which the parched wilderness blossoms, those with disabilities are healed, and th…
36Isaiah 36 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the scene in which his official, the Rabshakeh, stands before Jerusalem, dema…
37Isaiah 37 recounts how Hezekiah prays in the face of threats from Sennacherib, king of Assyria; how Isaiah prophesies deliverance; and how the angel …
38Isaiah 38 recounts how Hezekiah, king of Judah, fell mortally ill, prayed, and was granted fifteen more years of life, along with the sign of the sha…
39Isaiah 39 is the chapter in which Hezekiah shows all his treasures to the envoys of Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon, and Isaiah foretells that the …
40Isaiah 40, set against the background of the Babylonian exile, opens the second half of the Book of Isaiah. Beginning with the proclamation "Comfort …
41Isaiah 41 is the chapter in which the LORD summons the nations and their idols to court to establish who governs history, and in which he tells his s…
42Isaiah 42 proclaims that the "servant" whom the LORD has appointed, and upon whom he has put his spirit, will gently bring forth justice to the Genti…
43Isaiah 43 is a prophecy in which the LORD, who created and redeemed Israel, comforts his captive people with the words "Fear not," promises the "new …
44Isaiah 44 is a prophecy in which God promises His Spirit and blessing to His servant Jacob, satirizes the making of wooden idols, and declares that J…
45Isaiah 45 is a prophecy in which God calls Cyrus his "anointed" and uses him to set captive Israel free. The chapter also declares that there is no G…
46Isaiah 46 contrasts Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon, which become burdens loaded onto beasts and hauled away, with the God who carries His people f…
47Isaiah 47 is a prophetic poem announcing the fall of Babylon, portraying the city as a woman dragged down from her throne to sit in the dust. It decl…
48Isaiah 48 rebukes the stubbornness of Israel, God's people in name only, while declaring that God, for His own name's sake, will not destroy them but…
49Isaiah 49 contains the second "Servant Song," in which the Servant of the LORD declares that he has been called to be a light to the Gentiles. It als…
50In Isaiah 50 the LORD answers the charge that he has abandoned his exiled people, after which the Servant of the LORD speaks in the first person of r…
51Isaiah 51 recalls God's calling of Abraham and the Exodus as it promises the restoration of Zion. It also proclaims to Jerusalem, which has drunk the…
52Isaiah 52 calls captive Zion to awake and arise, proclaiming the Lord's redemption and the return of His people. Verse 13 begins a song about the "Se…
53Isaiah 53 is the central portion of the "Servant Song" that begins in Isaiah 52:13. It portrays a sinless servant who is despised and afflicted and w…
54Isaiah 54 is a prophecy promising restoration to Zion, who has become like a forsaken woman. Drawing on God's oath after Noah's flood, it proclaims a…
55Isaiah 55 is a prophetic chapter that opens with a free invitation to all who thirst, continues with an exhortation to seek the LORD and return to hi…
56Isaiah 56 declares that foreigners and eunuchs who keep the covenant are received as part of God's people, and it calls God's house "an house of pray…
57Isaiah 57 is a prophetic chapter that denounces a situation in which no one takes to heart the death of the righteous, indicts idolatry, and then con…
58Isaiah 58 rebukes merely outward fasting and declares that the fast God delights in is to set the oppressed free and to care for one's poor neighbors…
59Isaiah 59 declares that salvation is delayed not because God is unable to save but because of the people's sin. The chapter goes on to record the peo…
60Isaiah 60 prophesies that the glory of the LORD will rise upon Zion, which had lain in darkness, that nations and kings will come to its light, and t…
61Isaiah 61 is a chapter in which one anointed by the Spirit of the LORD proclaims liberty and "the acceptable year of the LORD" to the poor and the ca…
62Isaiah 62 is a prophecy celebrating the restoration of Zion (Jerusalem). The forsaken city receives the new names "Hephzibah" and "Beulah," watchmen …
63Isaiah 63 portrays one clothed in red garments who comes from Edom and alone executes judgment on the enemies. It then presents the people's prayer o…
64Isaiah 64 concludes the communal prayer of lament that begins in Isaiah 63:7. It asks God to rend the heavens and come down, confesses the people's s…
65Isaiah 65 is a prophecy that contrasts judgment on a rebellious people who have forsaken God with the blessings promised to the remnant of his "serva…
66Isaiah 66 is the final chapter of the Book of Isaiah. It concludes the book by addressing true worship, the restoration of Zion, the gathering of the…

Jeremiah 52

1Jeremiah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Jeremiah. It contains the book's superscription, the account of Jeremiah's call to be a prophet, and t…
2Jeremiah 2 is a prophecy in which the LORD recalls Israel's first love in the wilderness and rebukes the people for forsaking him, the fountain of li…
3Jeremiah 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Jeremiah. It rebukes idolatrous Israel and Judah by likening them to a wife who has betrayed her husba…
4Jeremiah 4 urges Israel to return to God and circumcise their hearts, then depicts an invasion from the north and the desolation of the land of Judah…
5Jeremiah 5 opens with the charge that not a single person who acts justly can be found in Jerusalem. The chapter rebukes idolatry, injustice, and fal…
6Jeremiah 6 is a prophecy warning that an enemy from the north will besiege Jerusalem. It rebukes a people who refuse to repent, along with the prophe…
7Jeremiah 7 contains the so-called "Temple Sermon," which Jeremiah proclaimed at the gate of the temple. It rebukes Judah for trusting in the mere pre…
8Jeremiah 8 indicts Judah for its idolatry and refusal to repent, announces the coming judgment, and then laments deeply over the wounded people.
9Jeremiah 9 is a chapter in which the prophet and the LORD lament over Judah, a nation filled with deceit and idolatry, and pronounce judgment upon it…
10Jeremiah 10 contrasts the idols of the nations, carved from wood by human hands, with the living LORD who made heaven and earth, and records Judah's …
11Jeremiah 11 is the chapter in which Jeremiah proclaims disaster on Judah for breaking the covenant made at the time of the Exodus. Its latter part re…
12Jeremiah 12 contains Jeremiah's complaint asking why the wicked prosper, the LORD's reply, the LORD's lament over having given His own people into th…
13In this chapter Jeremiah hides a linen girdle by the Euphrates and later recovers it ruined, a symbolic act showing that Judah's pride will be marred…
14Jeremiah 14 is set against the backdrop of a drought that has struck Judah. It records the people's confession of sin and their lament, the LORD's re…
15Jeremiah 15 contains God's irrevocable declaration of judgment against the people, along with Jeremiah's lament amid persecution and God's promise of…
16Jeremiah 16 is the chapter in which God forbids Jeremiah to marry or to enter houses of mourning and feasting, making his life a sign of the judgment…
17Jeremiah 17 addresses Judah's deep-rooted sin and coming judgment, contrasts the one who trusts in man with the one who trusts in the LORD, records J…
18Jeremiah 18 uses the parable of the potter to speak of God's sovereignty and the opportunity for repentance. It also contains a warning of judgment a…
19Jeremiah 19 is the chapter in which Jeremiah buys a potter's earthen bottle and breaks it in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, proclaiming that Jerusa…
20Jeremiah 20 recounts how Pashur, the official in charge of the temple, struck Jeremiah and put him in the stocks. It also records the complaint and c…
21A chapter set during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, in which King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to entreat the LORD for deliverance and Jeremiah instead…
22Jeremiah 22 opens with a call for the royal house of Judah to execute justice and righteousness. It then pronounces judgment, in turn, on Shallum, Je…
23Jeremiah 23 rebukes the shepherds of Judah who scattered the people, promises a "righteous Branch" to be raised up from David, and then delivers an e…
24Jeremiah 24 records the vision Jeremiah saw before the temple after Jeconiah was carried away to Babylon: two baskets of figs, one good and one bad. …
25Jeremiah 25 records a word given in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. It foretells that Judah will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years, after whi…
26Jeremiah 26 recounts how, early in the reign of Jehoiakim, Jeremiah stood in the temple court and prophesied the temple's destruction. He was threate…
27Jeremiah 27 is the chapter in which Jeremiah wears a yoke on his neck and tells Judah and five neighboring nations to serve the king of Babylon. He a…
28Jeremiah 28 is the chapter in which Hananiah prophesies that the yoke of Babylon will be broken within two years and breaks Jeremiah's wooden yoke, a…
29Jeremiah 29 contains the letter Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the exiles in Babylon. It urges them to build houses in exile and to pray for the pea…
30Jeremiah 30 is a prophecy of restoration in which God promises to bring again the captivity of Israel and Judah and return them to the land of their …
31Jeremiah 31 celebrates the promise that scattered Israel and Judah will return and be restored. The chapter also contains the promise of the "new cov…
32Jeremiah 32 tells how Jeremiah, imprisoned while the Babylonian army besieged Jerusalem, bought a field in his hometown of Anathoth. Through this sym…
33Jeremiah 33 contains a promise of restoration given to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guard. It speaks of the healing of Jerusale…
34Jeremiah 34 is a 22-verse chapter containing an oracle delivered to King Zedekiah while the Babylonian army besieged Jerusalem, together with a decla…
35Jeremiah 35 recounts how, in the days of King Jehoiakim, Jeremiah offered wine to the Rechabites, who refused it in obedience to the command of their…
36Jeremiah 36 recounts how, during the reign of King Jehoiakim, Baruch wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah had received and read them aloud in the tem…
37Jeremiah 37 recounts how, during the reign of King Zedekiah, Jeremiah is arrested on a charge of desertion and imprisoned while the Babylonian army h…
38Jeremiah 38 recounts how, near the end of the siege of Jerusalem, the princes cast Jeremiah into a miry cistern, Ebed-melech the Cushite rescues him,…
39Jeremiah 39 records the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian army, the capture of King Zedekiah, the release of Jeremiah, and the promise of deliveran…
40Jeremiah 40 recounts how, after the fall of Jerusalem, Nebuzaradan, the Babylonian captain of the guard, releases Jeremiah, who then goes to Gedaliah…
41Jeremiah 41 tells how Gedaliah, the governor appointed by Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem, is murdered by Ishmael at Mizpah, and how Johanan reco…
42Jeremiah 42 is the chapter in which the people left in Judah after the assassination of Gedaliah ask Jeremiah to seek the LORD's direction for them. …
43Jeremiah 43 records how Johanan and the remnant of Judah rejected Jeremiah's warning as false and went down to Tahpanhes in Egypt, taking Jeremiah an…
44Jeremiah 44 is the chapter in which Jeremiah rebukes the people of Judah who had gone down to Egypt for burning incense to the queen of heaven, and p…
45Jeremiah 45 is a brief oracle addressed to Baruch, who was writing down Jeremiah's words in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. Responding to Baruch's lame…
46Jeremiah 46 opens the oracles against the nations (chapters 46–51). It portrays the Egyptian army's defeat by Babylon at Carchemish and Nebuchadnezza…
47Jeremiah 47 is a prophecy of judgment against the Philistines. Using the images of waters overflowing from the north and the unresting "sword of the …
48Jeremiah 48, part of the oracles against the nations, laments the destruction of Moab. It names Moab's pride and its worship of Chemosh as the reason…
49Jeremiah 49 is part of the oracles against the nations. It proclaims judgment on Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazor, and Elam, and it also promis…
50Jeremiah 50 is a prophecy that Babylon, which overthrew Judah, will be destroyed by a nation from the north, and that the scattered people of Israel …
51Jeremiah 51 continues the prophecy of chapter 50 announcing the fall of Babylon. At the close of the chapter, Jeremiah gives Seraiah a book containin…
52The final chapter of the Book of Jeremiah records the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon under Zedekiah, the burning of the temple, the number of captives …

Lamentations 5

1Lamentations 1 is a lament that portrays fallen Jerusalem as a widow left alone and mourns her devastation. Its 22 verses follow the order of the Heb…
2The second poem of the Book of Lamentations, which portrays the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple as the result of the LORD's wrath. It depicts…
3Lamentations 3 is a sixty-six-verse lament in which an individual speaker, "I," mourns the suffering endured under God's wrath and then regains hope …
4Lamentations 4 is a lament over the devastation of Jerusalem during and after its siege and capture by Babylon, contrasting "once" with "now." It clo…
5The final chapter of Lamentations, a communal prayer in which the people who remain after the fall of Jerusalem lay their hunger and disgrace before …

Ezekiel 48

1The first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel, in which Ezekiel, a priest taken captive to Babylon, sees by the river Chebar a vision of "the glory of the…
2Ezekiel 2 recounts Ezekiel's call to be a prophet. God addresses him as "son of man," sends him to the rebellious children of Israel, and holds out t…
3Ezekiel 3 is the chapter of Ezekiel's call narrative in which the prophet eats the scroll given to him by God, is appointed a "watchman" over the cap…
4Ezekiel 4 is the chapter in which Ezekiel portrays Jerusalem on a clay tile and builds a model of its siege, lies on his side for a set number of day…
5In this chapter Ezekiel performs a symbolic act, shaving his head and beard and dividing the hair into three parts, which God then interprets as the …
6Ezekiel 6 is the chapter in which Ezekiel prophesies against the mountains of Israel. Judgment by sword, famine, and pestilence falls on a people who…
7Ezekiel 7 is a prophecy of judgment proclaiming that "the end" has come upon the land of Israel. It declares that sword, pestilence, and famine will …
8Ezekiel 8 is the chapter in which Ezekiel, while in Babylon, is brought in a vision to the temple in Jerusalem, where he sees in succession four abom…
9Ezekiel 9 describes a scene of judgment on Jerusalem that Ezekiel saw in a vision. A mark is set on the foreheads of those who sigh and cry over the …
10Ezekiel 10 is part of Ezekiel's vision of the Jerusalem temple. It describes the cherubim and the wheels once more and depicts the glory of the LORD …
11Ezekiel 11 is the final chapter of the vision of the Jerusalem temple (chapters 8–11). It recounts the judgment on the leaders who remained in Jerusa…
12Ezekiel 12 is a chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in which the prophet packs an exile's belongings and digs through a wall, a symbolic act foretelling t…
13Ezekiel 13 rebukes the prophets of Israel who prophesy on their own initiative though the LORD has not sent them, together with the women who practic…
14Ezekiel 14 rebukes the elders of Israel who come to inquire of the prophet while harboring idols in their hearts. It pronounces judgment on Jerusalem…
15Ezekiel 15 is a short prophetic parable declaring that, just as a useless vine branch becomes firewood, the inhabitants of Jerusalem will be given ov…
16Ezekiel 16 portrays Jerusalem as an infant abandoned in an open field who is taken into covenant by the LORD and raised to the rank of queen, but who…
17Ezekiel 17 uses the parable of two eagles and a vine to rebuke the king of Judah for breaking his covenant with Babylon and relying on Egypt. The cha…
18Ezekiel 18 is a prophecy that rejects the proverb "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge," and declares that e…
19Ezekiel 19 is a lament, or funeral song, composed for the kings of Judah, whom it calls "the princes of Israel." Through two images, a lioness with h…
20In Ezekiel 20, God answers the elders of Israel who have come to inquire of him by recounting Israel's history of rebellion in Egypt, in the wilderne…
21Ezekiel 21 contains prophecies that the LORD will draw His sword to judge Jerusalem and the king of Israel, that the king of Babylon will practice di…
22Ezekiel 22 is a prophecy that calls Jerusalem "the bloody city," indicts its sins one by one, and announces the coming judgment through the image of …
23Ezekiel 23 is a prophetic parable that likens Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, and Jerusalem, the capital of Judah, to two sis…
24Ezekiel 24 records the word that came to Ezekiel on the day the king of Babylon began the siege of Jerusalem. Through the parable of the rusted pot a…
25Ezekiel 25 is the first chapter of the oracles against the foreign nations (chapters 25–32). It pronounces judgment on Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philist…
26Ezekiel 26 is a prophecy of judgment against the maritime city of Tyre, which rejoiced at the fall of Jerusalem. It describes the assault of Nebuchad…
27Ezekiel 27 is the chapter in which God commands Ezekiel to compose a lament (a song of mourning) for Tyre. It portrays Tyre as a magnificently adorne…
28Ezekiel 28 contains a prophecy rebuking the pride of the king of Tyre, a lament over him, a prophecy of judgment against Sidon, and a promise to rega…
29Ezekiel 29 opens the book's prophecies against Egypt. It pronounces judgment on Pharaoh, who boasts that the Nile is his own, by likening him to a gr…
30Ezekiel 30 contains a prophecy that "the day of the LORD" is coming upon Egypt and its allies (vv. 1–19) and a prophecy that God will break Pharaoh's…
31Ezekiel 31 is a prophecy addressed to Pharaoh, king of Egypt. It declares that just as Assyria, once as lofty as a cedar of Lebanon, was cut down for…
32Ezekiel 32 is the final chapter of the oracles against the nations in the Book of Ezekiel. It contains two laments over Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and d…
33Ezekiel 33 is the chapter in which news of the fall of Jerusalem arrives. God again appoints Ezekiel as a watchman for Israel and, declaring that He …
34Ezekiel 34 is a prophecy that rebukes the shepherds (leaders) of Israel who fed only themselves and promises that God himself will shepherd his flock…
35Ezekiel 35 is a prophecy of judgment against Mount Seir, a name for Edom. Because Edom harbored a long-standing hostility toward Israel, coveted its …
36Ezekiel 36 is a prophecy promising restoration to the desolate mountains of Israel and declaring that God will gather His people for the sake of His …
37Ezekiel 37 contains Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones and the sign of joining the two sticks of Judah and Ephraim into one. It conveys the …
38Ezekiel 38 is a prophecy in which Gog of the land of Magog leads many nations against Israel while it dwells in safety, but God judges him with an ea…
39Ezekiel 39 is a prophecy that Gog and his army will fall on the mountains of Israel and be buried in the Valley of Hamon-gog. It closes with God's pr…
40Ezekiel 40 is the first chapter of the vision of the new temple, which forms the final section of the Book of Ezekiel (chapters 40–48). In a vision E…
41Ezekiel 41 records the part of Ezekiel's vision in which a guide measures the new temple's holy place and Most Holy Place, the side chambers surround…
42Ezekiel 42 records Ezekiel's vision of the northern and southern chambers of the new temple, where the priests eat the holy offerings and change thei…
43A chapter in Ezekiel's vision of the new temple. It describes the departed glory of the LORD returning through the east gate and filling the temple, …
44Ezekiel 44 is part of the vision of the new temple. It contains the command to keep shut the outer east gate through which the LORD entered, along wi…
45Ezekiel 45, part of the vision of the new temple, sets out the allotment of a holy district in the land, the prince's duty to practice justice and ma…
46A chapter in the Book of Ezekiel's vision of the new temple. It sets out the order of worship for the prince and the people on Sabbaths, new moons, a…
47A chapter in Ezekiel's vision of the new temple in which water flowing from beneath the temple threshold grows into an ever-deepening river that brin…
48Ezekiel 48 is the final chapter of the Book of Ezekiel. It divides the restored land among the twelve tribes of Israel in long east-west strips, plac…

Daniel 12

1The first chapter of the Book of Daniel. It tells how Daniel and his three friends, taken captive to Babylon, refused the king's food, were tested fo…
2Daniel 2 is the chapter in which Daniel receives from God, reveals, and interprets King Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a great image. It centers on the vi…
3Daniel 3 tells how Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down to the golden image set up by King Nebuchadnezzar, were cast into the burning …
4Daniel 4 is the chapter in which King Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a great tree and, as Daniel had interpreted, lives like a beast for seven times before…
5Daniel 5 tells how Belshazzar, king of Babylon, held a feast using vessels from the temple in Jerusalem, saw handwriting appear on the wall, and hear…
6Daniel 6 recounts how Daniel, defying King Darius's decree by praying three times a day, was thrown into the lions' den yet emerged unharmed. The cha…
7The first chapter of the visions in the second half of the Book of Daniel. It records the vision of four beasts rising from the sea, the little horn,…
8Daniel 8 records Daniel's vision of a ram and a male goat in the third year of King Belshazzar, together with its interpretation by the angel Gabriel…
9Daniel 9 is the chapter in which Daniel reads Jeremiah's prophecy of seventy years, fasts, and offers a prayer confessing the sins of his people. He …
10Daniel 10 is the chapter in which, in the third year of Cyrus, Daniel mourns and fasts for three weeks and then sees a vision of a man clothed in lin…
11Daniel 11 is part of the final vision in the Book of Daniel. It foretells the rise of kings in Persia, the division of a mighty king's kingdom, the c…
12The final chapter of the Book of Daniel, which speaks of the tribulation and deliverance of the last days and of the awakening of the dead. To the qu…

Hosea 14

1Hosea 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Hosea. Through the names of three children born to the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer, it announces jud…
2Hosea 2 rebukes Israel for following Baal, likening the nation to an unfaithful wife, and pronounces judgment on her. It then promises that God will …
3Hosea 3 is the chapter in which God commands Hosea to love an adulterous woman once more. Hosea buys the woman back at a price, and this act leads in…
4Hosea 4 is the chapter in which the LORD brings charges against the people and priests of the northern kingdom of Israel. It pronounces judgment on t…
5Hosea 5 summons the priests, the house of Israel, and the house of the king and pronounces judgment on northern Israel (Ephraim) and southern Judah. …
6Hosea 6 contains a song in which the people of Israel urge one another to return to the LORD (vv. 1–3), followed by God's lament and rebuke that thei…
7Hosea 7 is a prophecy rebuking the Northern Kingdom of Israel (Ephraim) for its court intrigues, the successive downfall of its kings, and its diplom…
8Hosea 8 is a fourteen-verse prophecy that indicts the northern kingdom of Israel for setting up kings without God, worshiping the calf of Samaria, re…
9Hosea 9 is a prophecy of judgment declaring that, because of the idolatry of the northern kingdom of Israel (Ephraim), the joy of harvest and the fea…
10Hosea 10 is a prophecy that rebukes the Northern Kingdom of Israel for multiplying altars and images as its prosperity grew and for serving the calf …
11Hosea 11 portrays God's love through the image of a father who raised Israel as a young son. Though Israel turns away, God confesses a compassion tha…
12Hosea 12 is a prophecy rebuking northern Israel (Ephraim) for its deceit, its reliance on foreign alliances, and its dishonest commerce. Looking back…
13Hosea 13 is a declaration of judgment against Ephraim (the northern kingdom of Israel), which had forgotten God through idolatry and pride. It forete…
14Hosea 14 is the final chapter of the Book of Hosea. It calls Israel to return to the LORD and teaches the people a confession of repentance, then clo…

Joel 3

1The first chapter of the Book of Joel describes a locust plague and drought that have devastated the land of Judah, calls the people and priests to l…
2Joel 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Joel. It warns of the day of the LORD, when an army like a swarm of locusts advances, and calls the peopl…
3Joel 3 is the final chapter of the Book of Joel. It is a prophecy in which God gathers the nations into the valley of Jehoshaphat for judgment, resto…

Amos 9

1Amos 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Amos. It opens with a superscription identifying the book as the prophecy of Amos, a herdsman of Tekoa, an…
2Amos 2 continues the oracles against the nations begun in chapter 1, extending them to Moab and Judah, and finally indicts the northern kingdom of Is…
3Amos 3 is a prophecy declaring that Israel, precisely because it was chosen by God, will be punished for its sins. It warns that the violence of Sama…
4Amos 4 is a prophecy that rebukes the luxury-loving leaders of northern Israel and their hollow worship, and warns a people who did not return to God…
5Amos 5 anticipates the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel in the form of a funeral song (lament) and calls the people to repentance with the word…
6Amos 6 pronounces woe on the leaders in Zion and Samaria who live at ease and are not grieved by the nation's ruin. It announces that they will be th…
7Amos 7 contains three of Amos's visions—locusts, fire, and a plumb line—along with the account of Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, who tries to silence…
8Amos 8 announces the "end" of the northern kingdom of Israel through the vision of a basket of summer fruit, indicts those who cheat the poor, and fo…
9Amos 9 is the final chapter of the Book of Amos. After a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar that proclaims inescapable judgment, the book c…

Obadiah 1

1Obadiah 1 constitutes the entire single-chapter Book of Obadiah. It prophesies judgment on Edom, which stood by and plundered when its brother Jacob …

Jonah 4

1Jonah 1 tells how Jonah, fleeing the LORD's command to go to Nineveh, boards a ship bound for Tarshish, is thrown into the sea during a storm, and is…
2Jonah 2 is the chapter containing the prayer Jonah offered to the LORD from the belly of the great fish. Jonah thanks God for delivering him from the…
3Jonah 3 is the chapter in which Jonah, having received God's second call, proclaims Nineveh's destruction; the king and the people fast and repent, a…
4Jonah 4 is the final chapter of the Book of Jonah. When Jonah becomes angry that Nineveh has been spared, God teaches him through a gourd vine, and t…

Micah 7

1The first chapter of the Book of Micah. It identifies the prophet Micah's era and hometown, proclaims the coming of the LORD and the judgment to fall…
2Micah 2 pronounces judgment on those who seize the fields and houses of others, indicts the people who try to silence prophecy as well as the false p…
3Micah 3 indicts the leaders of the house of Jacob, the prophets who prophesy for money, and the priests who teach for hire, and it declares that beca…
4Micah 4 follows announcements of judgment with promises of restoration. It speaks of the nations streaming to Zion in the last days, a peace in which…
5Micah 5 foretells that, amid the humiliation of a besieged Israel, one who is to be ruler in Israel will come forth from the small town of Bethlehem …
6Micah 6 is the chapter in which the LORD calls the mountains as witnesses and pleads His case against His people. He requires justice, mercy, and a h…
7The final chapter of the Book of Micah. It begins with a lament over a collapsed society, moves through a confession of trust in God and a prayer for…

Nahum 3

1Nahum 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Nahum. Following the superscription, it extols the LORD, who is wrathful yet a stronghold to those who tr…
2Nahum 2 is a prophecy that depicts in vivid poetry the siege, fall, and plundering of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. It closes with the image of th…
3Nahum 3, the final chapter of the Book of Nahum, pronounces woe upon Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, calling it "the bloody city." Citing the fall of …

Habakkuk 3

1Habakkuk 1 is the chapter in which the prophet Habakkuk cries out to God over injustice in Israel. When God answers that He will raise up the Chaldea…
2Habakkuk 2 is the chapter in which the LORD answers the prophet's question with a vision declaring that "the just shall live by his faith," and then …
3The final chapter of the Book of Habakkuk, a prayer-poem in which the prophet Habakkuk celebrates God's past acts of deliverance and declares that ev…

Zephaniah 3

1Zephaniah 1 records the word that came to Zephaniah in the days of Josiah. It indicts Judah and Jerusalem for idolatry and religious indifference and…
2Zephaniah 2 calls Judah to repentance and then prophesies judgment on the surrounding nations (Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Cush, and Assyria), along with…
3Zephaniah 3 is the final chapter of the Book of Zephaniah. It opens with a declaration of judgment rebuking the sins of Jerusalem's leaders and close…

Haggai 2

1Haggai 1 records the message the prophet Haggai delivered to the people of Judah, who had returned from exile but kept postponing the rebuilding of t…
2Haggai 2 records three messages that Haggai received while the rebuilding of the temple was underway. It presents the promise of the latter glory of …

Zechariah 14

1The first chapter of the Book of Zechariah. It opens with a call to the people who had returned from exile to "turn ye unto me," followed by the firs…
2This chapter contains the vision of the measuring line, the third of Zechariah's night visions. It promises that Jerusalem will flourish without wall…
3Zechariah 3 records one of Zechariah's visions, in which Joshua the high priest, accused by Satan, has his filthy garments removed and receives clean…
4Zechariah 4 records the vision of the golden lampstand and the two olive trees, one of Zechariah's night visions. In it, Zerubbabel, who was entruste…
5Zechariah 5 contains the sixth and seventh of Zechariah's night visions: a flying scroll that punishes thieves and those who swear falsely, and a wom…
6Zechariah 6 contains the vision of the four chariots, the last of Zechariah's eight night visions. It also records the crowning of Joshua the high pr…
7Zechariah 7 records how, in the fourth year of King Darius, the people of Bethel ask whether they should continue the fast of the fifth month. God an…
8Zechariah 8 contains God's promise to return to Zion and restore Jerusalem, commands calling for truth and justice, and prophecies that the fasts wil…
9Zechariah 9 opens the second half of the Book of Zechariah (chapters 9–14). It proclaims judgment on the surrounding nations, announces a humble king…
10Zechariah 10 is a prophecy declaring that the LORD, not idols, gives rain. It announces judgment on false shepherds and promises that God will streng…
11Zechariah 11 records the prophet's symbolic actions: he takes two staffs, "Beauty" and "Bands," feeds the flock of the slaughter, and then breaks the…
12Zechariah 12 is a prophecy that "in that day" the LORD will defeat the nations gathered against Jerusalem and will defend Judah and Jerusalem. It als…
13Zechariah 13 is a prophecy that in that day a fountain will be opened to cleanse sin, idols and false prophets will disappear, and, after the shepher…
14Zechariah 14 is the final chapter of the Book of Zechariah. On the Day of the LORD the nations attack Jerusalem, but the LORD stands on the Mount of …

Malachi 4

1The first chapter of the Book of Malachi, in which God declares that He chose and loved Jacob, rebukes the priests for offering blemished sacrifices,…
2Malachi 2 rebukes the priests for breaking the covenant made with Levi and reproves the people for marrying women who serve foreign gods and for deal…
3Malachi 3 speaks of the messenger who will prepare the way, the messenger of the covenant who will come to the temple, and his purifying judgment. It…
4Malachi 4 is the final chapter of the Book of Malachi. It describes the day of the LORD, which will burn up the wicked and heal those who fear Him, u…

Matthew 28

1The first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. It records a genealogy from Abraham to Jesus arranged in three periods of fourteen generations each, and,…
2Matthew 2 recounts how the wise men from the east came to worship the infant Jesus, and how Joseph's family fled from Herod to Egypt before settling …
3Matthew 3 is the chapter in which John the Baptist preaches repentance and baptizes in the wilderness of Judea, and Jesus is baptized by John in the …
4Matthew 4 is the chapter in which Jesus is tempted by the devil in the wilderness, goes to Galilee and begins to preach, "Repent: for the kingdom of …
5Matthew 5 is the first part of the Sermon on the Mount. It contains the Beatitudes, the sayings about salt and light, Jesus' declaration that he came…
6Matthew 6 is the central portion of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus teaches that almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are not to be done to be seen by othe…
7Matthew 7 is the final chapter of the Sermon on the Mount. It contains the teaching against judging others, the exhortation to ask, seek, and knock i…
8Matthew 8 recounts how Jesus, after coming down from the mountain where he delivered the Sermon on the Mount, heals a leper, a centurion's servant, a…
9Matthew 9 is the chapter in which Jesus heals a paralytic, calls Matthew the tax collector, answers a question about fasting, heals several sick peop…
10Matthew 10 contains the missionary discourse Jesus delivered when He called the twelve disciples, gave them power, and sent them to the cities of Isr…
11Matthew 11 records John the Baptist sending his disciples from prison to question Jesus, Jesus' testimony about John, His rebuke of the towns that di…
12Matthew 12 contains the Sabbath controversies, the Beelzebub controversy, the warning against blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, the sign of Jonah, and Je…
13Matthew 13 is the chapter in which Jesus teaches the crowds by the sea about the kingdom of heaven (the kingdom of God) through seven parables, expla…
14Matthew 14 records Herod's execution of John the Baptist, Jesus' feeding of the five thousand with five loaves and two fish, and His walking on the s…
15Matthew 15 recounts the dispute over handwashing and the tradition of the elders, the faith of a Canaanite woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon, h…
16Matthew 16 is the chapter in which Jesus rebuffs the Pharisees and Sadducees who seek a sign, Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ at Caesarea Philipp…
17Matthew 17 records Jesus' transfiguration on a high mountain, the healing of a demon-possessed boy, the second prediction of the Passion, and Jesus' …
18Matthew 18 is the fourth of the five discourses in the Gospel of Matthew. It teaches humility within the community of disciples, care for the little …
19Matthew 19 is the chapter in which Jesus, traveling from Galilee to the region of Judea, answers the Pharisees' question about divorce, lays his hand…
20Matthew 20 contains the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, Jesus' third prediction of his passion, the request of the mother of Zebedee's sons a…
21The chapter in which Jesus rides a donkey into Jerusalem, cleanses the temple, and causes a fig tree to wither, then confronts the religious leaders …
22Matthew 22 contains the parable of the wedding feast; the questions put to Jesus by the Pharisees, the Herodians, the Sadducees, and a lawyer concern…
23Matthew 23 is the chapter in which Jesus rebukes the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees with seven pronouncements of "Woe unto you" and laments o…
24Matthew 24 is the chapter in which Jesus, after foretelling the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, teaches his disciples on the Mount of Olives …
25Matthew 25 concludes Jesus' teaching on the end times. It presents, in succession, the parable of the ten virgins, the parable of the talents, and th…
26Matthew 26 is the chapter in which the Passion narrative of Jesus begins. It recounts, in order, the plot to kill him, the anointing at Bethany, Juda…
27This chapter records the events from Jesus' being handed over to the governor Pilate for trial, through His crucifixion and death at Golgotha, to His…
28The final chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. It records the resurrection of Jesus and the empty tomb, the chief priests' bribing of the guards, and th…

Mark 16

1Mark 1 is the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark. It contains the superscription announcing the beginning of the gospel, the ministry of John the Ba…
2The second chapter of the Gospel of Mark, in which Jesus forgives and heals a paralytic in Capernaum, calls Levi the tax collector, and disputes with…
3Mark 3 records Jesus healing a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath, appointing the twelve disciples, the Beelzebub controversy and his warning ag…
4Mark 4 records Jesus teaching parables about the kingdom of God by the Sea of Galilee, including the parables of the sower, the seed growing secretly…
5Mark 5 is the chapter in which Jesus heals a demon-possessed man called "Legion" in the country of the Gerasenes and, after returning across the sea,…
6Mark 6 is the chapter of the Gospel of Mark that recounts Jesus' rejection in his hometown, the sending out of the Twelve, the death of John the Bapt…
7Mark 7 records Jesus' dispute with the Pharisees and scribes over the tradition of the elders, his teaching that what defiles a person comes from the…
8Mark 8 is the chapter in which Jesus feeds the four thousand, heals a blind man at Bethsaida, and, after hearing Peter confess that he is the Christ,…
9Mark 9 is the chapter of the Gospel of Mark that recounts Jesus' transfiguration on a high mountain, the healing of a boy possessed by a spirit, the …
10Mark 10 is the chapter in which Jesus, on the road up to Jerusalem, teaches about divorce, little children, wealth and eternal life, and service; for…
11Mark 11 is the chapter in which Jesus enters Jerusalem riding a colt, curses a fig tree, and drives out those who were buying and selling in the temp…
12Mark 12 is the chapter in which Jesus, teaching in the temple at Jerusalem, tells the parable of the wicked husbandmen; answers questions about tribu…
13Mark 13 is the chapter in which Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and, on the Mount of Olives, teaches four disciples about …
14Mark 14 covers the events surrounding Jesus' final Passover: the chief priests' plot, the woman who anointed him with ointment at Bethany, the Last S…
15Mark 15 recounts how Jesus was handed over to Pilate and tried, sentenced to crucifixion in place of Barabbas, put to death at Golgotha, and buried i…
16Mark 16 is the final chapter of the Gospel of Mark. It contains the account of the women hearing the news of Jesus' resurrection at the empty tomb (v…

Luke 24

1Luke 1 opens with a preface in which the author explains to Theophilus his purpose in writing. The angel Gabriel then announces the births of John th…
2Luke 2 records the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, the visit of the shepherds, the encounter with Simeon and Anna in the temple, and the twelve-year-old…
3Luke 3 recounts John the Baptist's preaching of a baptism of repentance and his imprisonment, the descent of the Holy Spirit and the voice from heave…
4Luke 4 recounts how Jesus, after being tempted by the devil in the wilderness, returns to Galilee, reads from the book of Isaiah in the synagogue at …
5Luke 5 is the chapter in which Jesus calls Simon Peter, James, and John as disciples by the lake of Gennesaret, heals a leper and a paralytic, calls …
6Luke 6 records two Sabbath controversies and the choosing of the twelve apostles, followed by the so-called Sermon on the Plain, which consists of bl…
7Luke 7 is the chapter in which Jesus heals a centurion's servant in Capernaum, raises a widow's son at Nain, answers a question from John the Baptist…
8Luke 8 is the chapter in which Jesus travels through the region of Galilee proclaiming the kingdom of God. He teaches the parable of the sower, calms…
9Luke 9 recounts the sending of the Twelve, the feeding of the five thousand, Peter's confession, and the Transfiguration. Beginning at verse 51, Jesu…
10Luke 10 is the chapter in which Jesus sends out the seventy, two by two, to proclaim the kingdom of God. It also contains the parable of the Good Sam…
11Luke 11 is the chapter in which Jesus teaches his disciples the Lord's Prayer and persistent prayer, addresses the Beelzebub controversy and the sign…
12Luke 12 is the chapter in which Jesus, before a crowd of many thousands, teaches his disciples to beware of hypocrisy and gives the parable of the ri…
13Luke 13 is the chapter in which Jesus, on his way to Jerusalem, calls for repentance, heals a bent-over woman on the Sabbath, teaches about the kingd…
14Luke 14 is the chapter in which Jesus, dining on the Sabbath at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, heals a sick man and tells parables about hum…
15Luke 15 is the chapter in which Jesus answers the complaint of the Pharisees and scribes that he eats with sinners by telling three parables: the los…
16Luke 16 centers on the Parable of the Unjust Steward and the account of the rich man and Lazarus, addressing the proper attitude toward wealth, the e…
17Luke 17 is a chapter in which Jesus, on the way to Jerusalem, teaches about forgiveness, faith, and the attitude of a servant; heals ten lepers; and …
18Luke 18 contains two parables about prayer (the unjust judge, and the Pharisee and the tax collector), Jesus' blessing of little children, his conver…
19Luke 19 contains the account of Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector who welcomed Jesus in Jericho, the parable of the minas, the entry into Jerusalem,…
20Luke 20 records Jesus' debates with the religious leaders in the Jerusalem temple over the source of his authority, paying tribute to Caesar, the res…
21Luke 21 contains the account of the poor widow's offering of two mites and Jesus' eschatological discourse (an extended teaching on the end times), w…
22Luke 22 records Judas's plot to betray Jesus, the Last Supper and the institution of the Lord's Supper, the prayer on the Mount of Olives, the arrest…
23Luke 23 records Jesus' trial before Pilate and Herod, his crucifixion and death, and his burial in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea.
24Luke 24 is the final chapter of the Gospel of Luke. It recounts the women's discovery of the empty tomb, Jesus' appearance to two disciples on the ro…

John 21

1The first chapter of the Gospel of John. It contains the prologue declaring that the Word, who was in the beginning, became flesh; the testimony of J…
2John 2 records Jesus' "first sign," in which he turned water into wine at a wedding feast in Cana of Galilee, and his driving out of those who were s…
3John 3 is the chapter of the Gospel of John that records the nighttime conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus about being born again, along with Jo…
4John 4 is the chapter of the Gospel of John in which Jesus speaks with a woman at Jacob's well in Sychar of Samaria about living water and worship, a…
5John 5 is the chapter in which Jesus heals, on the Sabbath, a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years at the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem. In th…
6John 6 is the chapter in which Jesus feeds the five thousand on the far side of the Sea of Galilee, walks on the water, and then delivers the "Bread …
7John 7 is the chapter in which Jesus teaches in the temple at Jerusalem during the Feast of Tabernacles and, on the last day of the feast, cries out,…
8John 8 opens with the account of Jesus declining to condemn the woman caught in adultery. It also contains his declaration "I am the light of the wor…
9John 9 recounts how Jesus healed a man blind from birth on the Sabbath, and how the Pharisees, after questioning the healed man and his parents about…
10John 10 is the chapter in which Jesus presents himself as "the door of the sheep" and "the good shepherd." It also recounts how, at the Feast of Dedi…
11John 11 is the chapter of the Gospel of John that records Jesus raising Lazarus at Bethany after he had been dead four days, and how this event led t…
12John 12 recounts Mary's anointing of Jesus with ointment at Bethany and his entry into Jerusalem. Prompted by a visit from some Greeks, Jesus then sp…
13John 13 is the chapter in which, on the evening before Passover, Jesus washes his disciples' feet, foretells Judas Iscariot's betrayal and Peter's de…
14John 14 is the opening portion of the farewell discourse Jesus delivered to his disciples at the Last Supper. It contains his promise of a place in t…
15John 15 is the chapter in which Jesus likens himself to the true vine and his disciples to the branches, telling them to "abide in me." In it he also…
16John 16 is a farewell teaching in which Jesus, before his departure, warns his disciples of coming persecution, promises the coming of the Comforter,…
17John 17 records the prayer Jesus offered, lifting up his eyes to heaven, after concluding the Farewell Discourse. In it he asks for his own glorifica…
18John 18 recounts the arrest of Jesus in a garden across the brook Kidron, his appearances before Annas and Caiaphas, and his interrogation by the Rom…
19John 19 records how, at the close of Pilate's trial, Jesus is crucified and dies, and how Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus bury his body in a new to…
20John 20 opens with Mary Magdalene's discovery of the empty tomb and recounts the appearances of the risen Jesus to Mary, to the disciples, and to Tho…
21John 21 is the final chapter of the Gospel of John. The risen Jesus appears to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, gives them a large catch of fish…

Acts 28

1Acts 1 is the chapter in which the risen Jesus appears to his disciples over forty days, promises the Holy Spirit, and ascends into heaven, and in wh…
2Acts 2 is the chapter in which the Holy Spirit comes upon the disciples on the day of Pentecost and, following Peter's sermon, about three thousand p…
3Acts 3 is the chapter in which Peter and John raise up a man lame from birth at the Beautiful Gate of the temple in the name of Jesus, and Peter prea…
4Acts 4 describes Peter and John bearing witness to the name of Jesus before the council and being released, after which the Jerusalem church prays to…
5Acts 5 recounts the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira, who lied about the price of their land; the signs performed by the apostles and their imprisonmen…
6Acts 6 is the chapter that recounts how the Jerusalem church chose seven men to oversee the daily distribution to the needy after complaints arose ov…
7Acts 7 records Stephen's defense before the council, in which he retraces the history of Israel from Abraham to Solomon, followed immediately by his …
8Acts 8 describes the great persecution that followed the martyrdom of Stephen and the scattered believers who preached the gospel wherever they went.…
9Acts 9 recounts how Saul, who had been persecuting the church, encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus, was converted, and began to preach the gosp…
10Acts 10 is the chapter in which Cornelius, a Roman centurion at Caesarea, and the apostle Peter each receive a vision and then meet, after which the …
11In this chapter Peter explains to the church in Jerusalem what happened at the house of Cornelius, and the church accepts that salvation has come to …
12Acts 12 is the chapter in which King Herod kills James and imprisons Peter, an angel leads Peter out of prison, and Herod is struck down and dies.
13Acts 13 is the chapter in which the church at Antioch sends out Barnabas and Saul as missionaries, beginning Paul's first missionary journey. It reco…
14In this chapter Paul and Barnabas preach in Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe and suffer persecution. They appoint elders in every church, then return to An…
15Acts 15 is the chapter of the Book of Acts that recounts the Jerusalem Council, which considered whether Gentile believers should be required to be c…
16Acts 16 recounts how, during Paul's second missionary journey, Timothy joins him, a vision leads him across to Macedonia, and in Philippi the househo…
17Acts 17 recounts how Paul, during his second missionary journey, preaches the gospel in Thessalonica and Berea and meets opposition, and then, at the…
18In Acts 18, Paul meets Priscilla and Aquila in Corinth, stays there a year and six months teaching, returns to Antioch, and then sets out again. The …
19Acts 19 records Paul's stay in Ephesus during his third missionary journey. There he baptizes disciples who had received only John's baptism, teaches…
20Acts 20 is the chapter in which Paul, having completed his third missionary journey and setting out for Jerusalem, restores to life the young man Eut…
21Acts 21 is the chapter in which Paul, having completed his third missionary journey, goes up to Jerusalem despite warnings, meets with James and the …
22Acts 22 is the chapter in which Paul, seized in the temple at Jerusalem, makes his defense before the crowd by recounting his conversion. When the cr…
23Acts 23 recounts how Paul makes his defense before the Jewish council (the Sanhedrin), escapes a plot by more than forty men to kill him, and is sent…
24Acts 24 is the chapter in which Paul stands trial before the governor Felix at Caesarea. The accusation brought by the high priest's party is followe…
25Acts 25 is the chapter in which the new governor, Festus, tries Paul, who is imprisoned at Caesarea. It covers the events from Paul's appeal to Caesa…
26Acts 26 records the defense Paul made before King Agrippa and the governor Festus while imprisoned in Caesarea, recounting his life and his encounter…
27Acts 27 is the chapter in which Paul, being taken to Rome as a prisoner, encounters the tempestuous wind Euroclydon near Crete and drifts for fourtee…
28Acts 28 is the closing chapter of the book of Acts. After the shipwreck, Paul comes ashore on the island of Melita and stays there three months. He t…

Romans 16

1Romans 1 contains Paul's greeting and his desire to visit Rome, announces the letter's theme, "the righteousness of God revealed in the gospel," and …
2Romans 2 declares that those who judge others, as well as Jews who possess the law, cannot escape God's righteous judgment, and it teaches that the t…
3Romans 3 concludes that Jews and Gentiles alike are under sin and declares that the righteousness of God is received not by the works of the law but …
4Romans 4 argues that Abraham was justified not by works or by circumcision but by believing God, and that the way of being made righteous by faith is…
5Romans 5 describes the peace with God and the hope enjoyed by those who have been justified by faith, and it contrasts the sin and death that entered…
6Romans 6 answers the question of whether believers who are under grace may continue in sin. It explains that those who have been united with Christ's…
7Romans 7 uses the analogy of marriage to explain that believers have died to the law with Christ. It addresses the relationship between the law and s…
8Romans 8 opens with the declaration that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ, speaks of life in the Spirit, adoption as children of …
9Romans 9 is the chapter in which Paul pours out his grief over his fellow Israelites and, drawing on Old Testament quotations, explains God's promise…
10Romans 10 states that Israel, being ignorant of God's righteousness, sought to establish its own righteousness. It explains that whoever confesses Je…
11Romans 11 contains Paul's argument that God has not cast away Israel. It speaks of a remnant chosen by grace, uses the image of branches grafted into…
12Romans 12 opens with an appeal to present one's body to God as a living sacrifice and goes on to teach about the diverse gifts within one body, love …
13Romans 13 is a chapter of the Epistle to the Romans containing exhortations to submit to the higher powers and pay taxes, to love one's neighbor as t…
14Romans 14 is addressed to believers in the church at Rome who were divided over food and the observance of days. It urges them not to judge one anoth…
15Romans 15 concludes the exhortation that the strong should bear with the weak and that Jewish and Gentile believers should receive one another. Paul …
16Romans 16 is the final chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. Paul commends Phoebe and sends greetings to the believers in Rome. He then warns them to…

1 Corinthians 14

11 Corinthians 1 is the first chapter of Paul's letter to the church at Corinth. It opens with a greeting and thanksgiving, rebukes the divisions with…
21 Corinthians 2 is the chapter in which Paul recalls that in Corinth he preached only Christ crucified rather than relying on eloquent speech, and ex…
3In 1 Corinthians 3, Paul rebukes the factional strife in the Corinthian church, teaching that ministers are merely God's fellow workers, that the chu…
41 Corinthians 4 is the chapter in which Paul presents the apostles as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. He contrasts the suff…
51 Corinthians 5 addresses a case of sexual immorality in the church at Corinth. Paul instructs the church to remove the offender from the community a…
61 Corinthians 6 is the chapter in which Paul rebukes the believers of the Corinthian church for bringing disputes with one another before secular cou…
71 Corinthians 7 is the chapter in which Paul answers questions about marriage, celibacy, and divorce that the Corinthian believers had raised in a le…
81 Corinthians 8 addresses the question of eating food offered to idols. Paul places love above knowledge and teaches that one's freedom must not caus…
9In this chapter Paul affirms that as an apostle he has the right to receive support from the church but explains that he has not used that right, for…
10First Corinthians 10 warns against idolatry, holding up the failures of Israel in the wilderness as an example. It then declares that believers canno…
111 Corinthians 11 is the chapter in which Paul addresses problems in the worship of the Corinthian church. In correcting practices concerning head cov…
121 Corinthians 12 teaches that one Spirit distributes various gifts to each person and, comparing the church to a single body with many members, calls…
141 Corinthians 14 compares tongues and prophecy, urges believers to seek the gifts that build up the church, and addresses order in the worship assemb…
16The final chapter of 1 Corinthians. Paul requests a collection (offering) for the saints in Jerusalem, outlines his travel plans, commends his cowork…

2 Corinthians 13

12 Corinthians 1 opens with Paul's greeting to the church at Corinth and a doxology to God for the comfort He gives in tribulation. Paul then explains…
22 Corinthians 2 is the chapter in which Paul explains why, instead of returning to the church at Corinth, he wrote to them with many tears, and urges…
3Second Corinthians 3 is the chapter in which Paul calls the Corinthian believers an "epistle of Christ" written on human hearts and, using the image …
42 Corinthians 4 is the chapter in which Paul explains why he, as a minister of the gospel, does not lose heart. It contains the image of treasure hel…
52 Corinthians 5 is the chapter in which Paul speaks of the earthly body that will be dissolved and of the hope of an eternal house in heaven, and pro…
6In 2 Corinthians 6, Paul urges the Corinthian believers not to receive the grace of God in vain and describes the ministry he has maintained through …
72 Corinthians 7 is the chapter in which Paul urges a holy life and recounts how he was comforted when he met Titus in Macedonia and heard of the Cori…
82 Corinthians 8 is the chapter in which Paul holds up the generous giving of the churches of Macedonia as an example, urges the Corinthian church to …
92 Corinthians 9 is the chapter in which Paul urges the Corinthian believers to prepare in advance the collection for the saints in Jerusalem, and exp…
102 Corinthians 10 is the chapter in which Paul defends his apostolic authority against those who disparage him as weak. It speaks of the weapons of sp…
112 Corinthians 11 is the chapter in which Paul defends his apostleship against the false apostles who had entered the Corinthian church, boasting of h…
12Second Corinthians 12 recounts Paul's experience of being caught up to the third heaven and his "thorn in the flesh," records his confession that whe…
132 Corinthians 13 is the final chapter of 2 Corinthians. As Paul prepares for his third visit, he urges the Corinthian believers to examine their own …

Galatians 6

1The first chapter of Paul's letter to the churches of Galatia. Immediately after the greeting, Paul rebukes believers who have turned to "another gos…
2Galatians 2 recounts how the apostles in Jerusalem recognized Paul as the apostle to the Gentiles and how Paul rebuked Cephas (Peter) at Antioch. The…
3Galatians 3 is the chapter in which Paul uses the example of Abraham and quotations from the Old Testament to argue that a person is justified not by…
4The fourth chapter of Galatians, in which Paul uses the analogy of an underage heir who is no different from a servant and the allegory of Hagar and …
5Galatians 5 is the chapter in which Paul urges believers to stand fast in the liberty they have in Christ, warns against seeking justification throug…
6Galatians 6 is the final chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians. It contains exhortations to restore an erring brother gently and to bear one anothe…

Ephesians 6

1Ephesians 1 opens with Paul's greeting, praises God for the election, redemption, and sealing with the Holy Spirit that believers have received in Ch…
2Ephesians 2 teaches that those who were dead in trespasses and sins have been saved by grace through faith, and that through the cross of Christ, Jew…
3Ephesians 3 is the chapter in which Paul explains "the mystery of Christ" (that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs) and describes his o…
4Ephesians 4 urges a life worthy of the Christian calling and the preservation of the church's unity, which the Holy Spirit has brought about. It teac…
5Ephesians 5 exhorts believers to imitate God and to live in love and light, describes a life filled with the Spirit and marked by thanksgiving, and a…
6Ephesians 6 is the final chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians. It gives exhortations to children and parents and to servants and masters, calls be…

Philippians 4

1Philippians 1 is the chapter in which the imprisoned Paul offers thanksgiving and prayer for the church at Philippi, states that his bonds have actua…
2Philippians 2 is the chapter in which Paul urges the church at Philippi to unity and humility, presents as their example Christ, who emptied himself …
3Philippians 3 is the chapter in which Paul warns against those who insist on circumcision and, in place of the righteousness of the law, speaks of th…
4In Philippians 4, Paul urges the church at Philippi to unity, joy, prayer, and peace. He thanks them for the support sent through Epaphroditus and sp…

Colossians 4

1The first chapter of Colossians, in which Paul greets the believers at Colossae, gives thanks for them, and prays for them. It contains a hymn (verse…
2In Colossians 2, Paul urges the Colossian believers to stand firm in Christ and warns against teaching that promotes philosophy, human tradition, reg…
3Colossians 3 urges believers who have been raised with Christ to seek those things which are above and to put off the old man and put on the new. The…
4Colossians 4 is the final chapter of the Epistle to the Colossians. It completes the household code of chapter 3 with instructions to masters and clo…

1 Thessalonians 5

11 Thessalonians 1 contains the greeting of Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church at Thessalonica and their thanksgiving for the faith of believer…
2First Thessalonians 2 recalls the conduct and labors of Paul and his companions while they preached the gospel in Thessalonica, gives thanks for the …
31 Thessalonians 3 recounts Paul's sending of Timothy from Athens to Thessalonica, his thanksgiving for the news Timothy brought back of the believers…
41 Thessalonians 4 is the chapter in which Paul urges the church at Thessalonica to live holy lives, to love one another as brethren, and to work dili…
5The final chapter of 1 Thessalonians. It contains an exhortation to meet the day of the Lord watchfully, counsel on church life, including "Rejoice e…

2 Thessalonians 3

1Second Thessalonians 1 records the thanksgiving of Paul and his companions for the Thessalonian church, whose faith and love are growing in the midst…
22 Thessalonians 2 corrects the Thessalonian church, which had been unsettled by claims that "the day of the Lord" had already come, by teaching that …
3The final chapter of 2 Thessalonians, which follows a request for prayer with instructions for correcting church members who live disorderly lives an…

1 Timothy 6

1The first chapter of 1 Timothy. Paul urges Timothy, whom he has left in Ephesus, to restrain the teaching of other doctrines. He then explains the pr…
21 Timothy 2 is the chapter in which Paul addresses public prayer and order in the church's worship. It contains instructions on prayer for all people…
31 Timothy 3 lists the qualifications for bishops (overseers) and deacons in the church, calls the church "the pillar and ground of the truth," and cl…
4First Timothy 4 warns that in the latter times false teaching will arise that forbids marriage and commands abstinence from foods. It urges Timothy t…
5In this chapter Paul instructs Timothy on how to treat older and younger members of the church, widows, and elders. It addresses the care of widows w…
6The final chapter of 1 Timothy addresses the conduct of servants, the greed of those who teach other doctrines, godliness with contentment and the da…

2 Timothy 4

1Second Timothy 1 is the first chapter of the letter that Paul, imprisoned in Rome, sent to Timothy. Expressing confidence in Timothy's faith, Paul gi…
2Second Timothy 2 is the chapter in which Paul urges Timothy to be strong in grace, to pass the gospel on to the next generation, to endure hardship, …
32 Timothy 3 warns against the vices of people who will appear in the last days and against false teachers. Looking back on the persecutions he has en…
4The final chapter of 2 Timothy, in which Paul charges Timothy to preach the word in season and out of season, then closes the letter with his own tes…

Titus 3

1The first chapter of the Epistle to Titus, in which Paul greets Titus and gives him standards for appointing elders in every city of Crete, along wit…
2Titus 2 is the chapter in which Paul exhorts Titus to teach older men, older women, younger women, younger men, and servants to live in a manner cons…
3Titus 3 is the final chapter of the Epistle to Titus. It urges the believers in Crete to submit to those in authority and to devote themselves to goo…

Philemon 1

1Philemon 1 is the entire Epistle to Philemon, a book of a single chapter. It is a short letter in which the imprisoned Paul asks Philemon to receive …

Hebrews 12

1The first chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews. It declares that God has spoken in the last days by his Son and weaves together quotations from the …
2Hebrews 2 opens with a warning not to neglect so great a salvation. It then explains that Jesus, made for a little while lower than the angels, took …
3Hebrews 3 presents Jesus as the Son over God's house, greater than Moses. Quoting Psalm 95, it exhorts readers not to harden their hearts, lest, like…
4Hebrews 4 uses the disobedience of the wilderness generation as a warning and urges readers to strive to enter God's rest. It also presents the livin…
5Hebrews 5 sets out the qualifications of a high priest and states that Christ, called by God, became a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. It…
6Hebrews 6 urges readers not to remain with elementary teachings but to press on to maturity, and it warns about those who were once enlightened and t…
7Hebrews 7 describes Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest, and teaches that the priesthood of Jesus after the order of Melchizedek is superior to the…
8Hebrews 8 presents Jesus as the high priest who ministers in the heavenly sanctuary and as the mediator of a better covenant, and it quotes the new c…
9Hebrews 9 compares the tabernacle sacrifices of the first covenant with the sacrifice of Christ. The chapter teaches that Christ entered the heavenly…
10Hebrews 10 concludes that Christ, by offering his body once for all, brought the repeated sacrifices of the Old Testament to an end. It then urges re…
12Hebrews 12 builds on the witnesses of faith in chapter 11 and exhorts readers to run the race with patience, looking unto Jesus. It addresses the mea…
13The final chapter of Hebrews, containing practical exhortations on brotherly love, hospitality, marriage, and money; an appeal to go forth to Christ …

James 5

1James 1 opens with James's greeting to the twelve tribes scattered abroad. It then addresses, in turn, endurance under trials, asking God for wisdom …
2James 2 urges believers not to show partiality based on outward appearance and declares that faith without works is dead, citing Abraham and Rahab as…
3James 3 warns of the responsibility borne by those who teach and of the difficulty of controlling the tongue (speech), and it contrasts earthly wisdo…
4James 4 traces the root of quarrels to lusts and to friendship with the world, and it urges readers to submit to God and humble themselves. It goes o…
5James 5 is the final chapter of the Epistle of James. It warns the rich and urges believers to be patient until the coming of the Lord. It then addre…

1 Peter 5

11 Peter 1 is the opening chapter of the epistle. After greeting the believers scattered as strangers, it speaks of the living hope obtained through t…
2First Peter 2 calls believers a spiritual house built of living stones and a royal priesthood, and exhorts them to follow Christ's example by doing g…
3First Peter 3 contains exhortations to wives and husbands, the teaching to repay evil with blessing, instruction on suffering for righteousness' sake…
41 Peter 4 urges believers to follow the example of Christ's suffering by abandoning their former way of life and, mindful that the end is near, to lo…
5The final chapter of 1 Peter exhorts the elders to tend the flock and the younger members to be humble. The letter closes with a charge to resist the…

2 Peter 3

1The first chapter of 2 Peter. After the greeting, it urges believers to add virtue, knowledge, and other qualities to their faith, grounds the apostl…
22 Peter 2 warns against false teachers who will arise within the church. Citing God's judgment of the angels who sinned, the Flood in Noah's day, and…
3The final chapter of 2 Peter answers those who scoff at the Lord's return, explaining that the apparent delay of the Second Coming reflects God's pat…

1 John 5

1First John 1 opens the letter with the testimony of witnesses who personally saw and heard "the Word of life." It then presents the message that "God…
21 John 2 presents Jesus Christ as the advocate and the propitiation for sins, and addresses keeping the commandments and loving one's brother, the ex…
31 John 3 teaches that the children of God are revealed by a life of doing righteousness and loving one another, and it presents Christ's laying down …
41 John 4 is a chapter that sets out the criteria for discerning spirits and teaches that, because God is love, those who have received his love ought…
51 John 5 is the final chapter of the First Epistle of John. It addresses the faith and love of those born of God, the witness of the Spirit, the wate…

2 John 1

12 John 1 is the whole of 2 John, a book consisting of a single chapter. In this short letter "the elder" urges the elect lady and her children to lov…

3 John 1

13 John 1 constitutes the whole of the single-chapter book of 3 John. It is a brief personal letter in which the elder commends Gaius for showing hosp…

Jude 1

1Jude 1 is the only chapter of the Epistle of Jude. It warns against false teachers who have crept into the church, comparing them with examples of ju…

Revelation 22

1The first chapter of the Book of Revelation, containing the book's prologue, the greeting to the seven churches, and John's first vision on Patmos of…
2Revelation 2 contains four of the letters addressed to the seven churches of Asia Minor: those to the churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thya…
3Revelation 3 contains the last three of the letters to the seven churches of Asia Minor, namely the messages addressed to the churches in Sardis, Phi…
4Revelation 4 records John's vision, seen through a door opened in heaven, of the throne of God and the worship offered by the twenty-four elders and …
5Revelation 5 is the chapter in which the slain Lamb takes the book sealed with seven seals from the hand of the One seated on the heavenly throne, an…
6Revelation 6 depicts the Lamb opening the first through the sixth of the seven seals. In succession appear the four horses and their riders, the cry …
7Revelation 7 is the chapter that stands between the sixth and seventh seals. It contains the scene in which the servants of God are sealed on their f…
8Revelation 8 is the chapter in which the Lamb opens the seventh seal and heaven falls silent. Seven angels receive trumpets, and four of them sound i…
9Revelation 9 records the fifth and sixth trumpet judgments. Locusts from the bottomless pit torment people, and four angels released from the Euphrat…
10Revelation 10 is the chapter set between the sixth and seventh trumpets. A mighty angel comes down holding an open little book, and John, after takin…
11Revelation 11 records the measuring of the temple; the two witnesses who prophesy for 1,260 days, are killed, and rise again; the sounding of the sev…
12Revelation 12 contains the vision of a woman clothed with the sun who gives birth to a son, a great red dragon who seeks to harm the child and the wo…
13Revelation 13 contains the vision of two beasts that receive authority from the dragon: the beast that rises out of the sea and the beast that comes …
14Revelation 14 is the chapter of Revelation that presents the Lamb standing on Mount Zion with the 144,000, the proclamations of the three angels, the…
15Revelation 15 is the chapter in which seven angels appear holding the seven last plagues. Beside the sea of glass, those who have overcome the beast …
16Revelation 16 is the chapter in which seven angels pour out, one after another, the seven bowls of God's wrath. The plagues follow in succession, kin…
17Revelation 17 is the chapter in which one of the angels with the seven bowls shows John the "great whore" riding a scarlet beast and explains the mea…
18Revelation 18 opens with an angel's proclamation that the great city Babylon has fallen. Through the laments of the kings of the earth, the merchants…
19Revelation 19 depicts heaven praising God with hallelujahs for the judgment of Babylon, the great whore, and announcing the marriage supper of the La…
20Revelation 20 depicts Satan bound in the bottomless pit for a thousand years while the saints reign with Christ, followed by Satan's final rebellion …
21Revelation 21 depicts the vision of a new heaven and a new earth and of the holy city, the New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven. It desc…
22Revelation 22 is the final chapter of the Book of Revelation and of the entire Bible. It opens with a vision of the river of the water of life and th…