Wednesday, July 31, 2019

1 Peter 1:1-2 Part 2 of 2

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to God's elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.  

throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia 
Acts 16:6-7  Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.
Acts 18:1-2  After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. 

who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father 
Romans 8:29  For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

through the sanctifying work of the Spirit 
2 Thessalonians 2:13  But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved by the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 

to be obedient to Jesus Christ 
1 Peter 1:14  As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 
1 Peter 1:22  Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. 

and sprinkled with his blood 
Hebrews 10:22  ... let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 
Hebrews 12:22-24  But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. 

Grace and peace be yours in abundance 
Romans 1:7  To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

1 Peter 1:1-2 Part 1 of 2

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to God's elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. 

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ 
2 Peter 1:1-2  Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

To God's elect 
Matthew 24:22  "If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened."
Matthew 24:24  "For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and will perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect."
Matthew 24:31  "And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other."

exiles 
Hebrews 11:13  All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
Philippians 3:20  But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
1 Peter 2:11  Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.

scattered 
James 1:1  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.

throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia 
Acts 2:8-11  "Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs--we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!"

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Monday, July 29, 2019

Psalm 78:69-72

He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever. He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance. And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them. 

He built his sanctuary like the heights 
Psalm 15:1  LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

He chose David his servant 
1 Samuel 16:1  The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king."
2 Samuel 7:8  "Now then, tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.' "
1 Kings 8:16  " 'Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.' "
Acts 13:22  "After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.' "

from tending the sheep 
1 Samuel 16:11  "Are these all the sons you have?"  "There is still the youngest," Jesse answered. "He is tending the sheep." Samuel said, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives."

to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance 
Psalm 28:9  Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever. 
Psalm 23:1  The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 
Psalm 78:52  But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness.

And David shepherded them with integrity of heart 
John 10:11  "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."
Revelation 7:17  "For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; 'he will lead them to springs of living water.' (Isaiah 49:10) 'And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.' (Isaiah 25:8)"

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Sunday, July 28, 2019

Psalm 78:65-68

Then the LORD awoke as from sleep, as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine. He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame. Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved. 

Then the LORD awoke as from sleep 
Psalm 44:23  Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.

He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame 
1 Samuel 5:6  The LORD's hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors.

he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim 
Jeremiah 7:15  " 'I will thrust you from my presence, just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.' "
Hosea 9:13  "I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim will bring out their children to the slayer."
Hosea 12:1  Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

but he chose the tribe of Judah 
Psalm 108:8  "Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter."

Mount Zion, which he loved 
Exodus 15:17  "You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance--the place, LORD, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established."
Psalm 68:15-16  Mount Bashan, majestic mountain, Mount Bashan, rugged mountain, why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?

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Saturday, July 27, 2019

Psalm 78:62-64

He gave his people over to the sword; he was furious with his inheritance. Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs; their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep. 

He gave his people over to the sword 
Deuteronomy 28:25  The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth.

he was furious with his inheritance 
Exodus 34:9  "Lord," he said, "if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance."

Fire consumed their young men 
Numbers 11:1  Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

and their young women had no wedding songs 
Jeremiah 7:34  " 'I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.' "
Jeremiah 16:9  "For this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place."
Jeremiah 25:10  "I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp,"

and their priests were put to the sword 
1 Samuel 4:17  The man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."
1 Samuel 22:18  The king (Saul) then ordered Doeg, "You turn and strike down the priests." So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

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Friday, July 26, 2019

Psalm 78:59-61

When God heard them, he was furious; he rejected Israel completely. He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among humans. He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy. 

When God heard them 
Psalm 55:19  God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change--he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God.

he was furious 
Leviticus 26:27-28  " 'If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be hostile toward me, then in my anger I will be hostile toward you and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over.' "
Numbers 32:14-15  "And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the LORD even more angry with Israel. If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction."

he rejected Israel completely 
Deuteronomy 32:19  The LORD saw this and rejected them because he was angered by his sons and daughters.

He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh 
Joshua 18:1a  The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there.

the tent he had set up among humans 
Ezekiel 8:6  And he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing--the utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable."

He sent the ark of his might 
Psalm 132:8  " 'Arise, LORD, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.' "

into captivity 
1 Samuel 4:17  The man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Psalm 78:56-58

But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes. Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow. They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.

Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless 
2 Chronicles 30:7  "Do not be like your parents and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see." 
Ezekiel 20:27-28  "Therefore, son of man, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In this also your ancestors blasphemed me by being unfaithful to me: When I brought them into the land I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, made offerings that aroused my anger, presented their fragrant incense and poured out their drink offerings.' "

as unreliable as a faulty bow 
Psalm 78:9-10  The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle; they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law.

They angered him 
Judges 2:12-13  They forsook the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They aroused the LORD's anger because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

with their high places 
Leviticus 26:30  " 'I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you.' "

they aroused his jealousy with their idols 
Exodus 20:4  "You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below." (also Deuteronomy 5:8)
Deuteronomy 32:21  "They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols. I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding."

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Psalm 78:54-55

And so he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken. He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

And so he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken 
Psalm 44:3  It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.

He drove out nations before them 
Psalm 44:2  With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish. 
Joshua 3:10  "This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites."
Acts 7:45  "After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David, ..."

and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance 
Deuteronomy 1:37-38  Because of you the LORD became angry with me also and said, "You shall not enter it either. But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him because he will lead Israel to inherit it."
Joshua 13:6-7  "As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you, and divide it as an inheritance among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh."
Acts 13:17-19  "The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power he led them out of that country; for about forty years he endured their conduct in the wilderness; and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan, giving their land to his people as their inheritance."

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Psalm 78:52-53

But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness. He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.

But he brought out his people like a flock 
Job 21:11  "They send forth their children like a flock; their little ones dance about."
Psalm 28:9  Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever. 
Psalm 23:1  The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
Psalm 77:20  You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

but the sea engulfed 
Exodus 14:28  The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen--the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

their enemies 
Exodus 15:7  "In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble."
Psalm 106:10  He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.

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Monday, July 22, 2019

Psalm 78:50-51

He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague. He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.

He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt 
Exodus 12:12-13  "On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt." 
Psalm 135:8-9  He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of people and animals. He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham 
Psalm 105:23  Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
Psalm 105:26-27  He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
Psalm 106:21-22  They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
Genesis 10:6  The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.

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Sunday, July 21, 2019

Psalm 78:47-49

He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet. He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning. He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility--a band of destroying angels. 

He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet 
Exodus 9:22-24  Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt--on people and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt." When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt; hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.
Psalm 105:32-33  He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land; he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
Psalm 147:17  He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?

He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning 
Exodus 9:25  Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields--both people and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.

He unleashed against them his hot anger 
Exodus 15:7  "In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble."

his wrath, indignation and hostility--a band of destroying angels 
Genesis 19:12-13  The two men said to Lot, "Do you have anyone else here--sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."
1 Corinthians 10:10  And do not grumble, as some of them did--and were killed by the destroying angel.
Exodus 12:23  "When the LORD goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down."

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Saturday, July 20, 2019

Psalm 78:44-46

He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams. He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.

He turned their river into blood 
Exodus 7:20-21  Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded. He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water changed to blood. The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt.
Psalm 105:29  He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.

He sent swarms of flies that devoured them 
Exodus 8:24  And the LORD did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses of his officials; throughout Egypt the land was ruined by flies. 
Psalm 105:31  He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.

and frogs that devastated them 
Exodus 8:2  "If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on  your whole country. The Nile will teem with frogs."
Exodus 8:6  So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land.

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust 
Exodus 10:13-15  So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the LORD made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts; they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail--everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

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Friday, July 19, 2019

Psalm 78:42-43

They did not remember his power--the day he redeemed them from the oppressor, the day he displayed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan. 

They did not remember his power 
Judges 3:7  The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Nehemiah 9:16-18  "But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked, and they did not obey your commands.They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them, even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, 'This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,' or when they committed awful blasphemies."

the day he redeemed them from the oppressor 
Psalm 27:11  Teach me your way, LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.
Psalm 72:4  May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.
Jeremiah 21:12  " 'This is what the LORD says to you, house of David: Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil you have done--burn with no one to quench it.' " 

the day he displayed his signs in Egypt 
Exodus 10:1-2  Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the LORD."

his wonders in the region of Zoan 
Exodus 3:18-20  "The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God.' But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go."

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Thursday, July 18, 2019

Psalm 78:40-41 Part 2 of 2

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland! Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.  

in the wilderness 
Psalm 95:8-9  "Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did." 
Psalm 106:14  In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test.

and grieved him in the wasteland 
Ephesians 4:30  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Again and again they put God to the test 
Exodus 17:2  So they quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses replied, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the LORD to the test?" 

they vexed the Holy One if Israel 
2 Kings 19:22  " 'Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!' " 
Psalm 71:22  I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 89:18  Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Psalm 78:40-41 Part 1 of 2

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland! Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel. 

How often they rebelled against him 
Exodus 23:20-21  "See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him."
Numbers 17:10  The LORD said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's staff in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die."
Deuteronomy 9:7  Remember this and never forget how you aroused the anger of the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious against the LORD.
Deuteronomy 31:26-27  "Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. There it will remain as a witness against you. For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the LORD while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!"
Psalm 25:7  Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, LORD, are good.
Psalm 78:8  They would not be like their ancestors--a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
Psalm 78:56  But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.
Psalm 106:32-33  By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them; for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips.
Psalm 107:10-11  Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains, because they rebelled against God's commands and despised the plans of the Most High.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Psalm 78:38-39 Part 2 of 2

Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath. He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.  
 
Time after time he restrained his anger 
Job 9:13  "God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet."
Isaiah 30:18  Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! 
Isaiah 48:9  "For my own name's sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely."
Jonah 3:10  When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.
Jeremiah 18:7-8  "If at any time I announce that a nation or a kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and will not inflict on it the disaster I had planned."
Exodus 32:14  Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
Numbers 14:19-20  "In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now." The LORD replied, "I have forgiven them as your asked."

He remembered that they were but flesh 
Genesis 6:3  Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years."
Isaiah 29:5  But your many enemies will become like fine dust, the ruthless hordes like blown chaff.

a passing breeze that does not return 
Job 7:7  "Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again."
James 4:14  Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

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Monday, July 15, 2019

Psalm 78:38-39 Part 1 of 2

Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath. He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. 

Yet he was merciful 
Exodus 34:6  And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, bounding in love and faithfulness, ..."

he forgave 
Isaiah 1:25  "I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities."
Isaiah 27:9  By this, then, will Jacob's guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.
Isaiah 48:10  "See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction."
Daniel 11:35  "Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time."

their iniquities 
Psalm 25:11  For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
Psalm 85:2  You forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins.

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Sunday, July 14, 2019

Psalm 78:35-37

They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues; their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.

They remembered that God was their Rock 
Genesis 49:24  "But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, ..." 
Deuteronomy 32:4  He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
2 Samuel 22:32  "For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?"
Psalm 18:2  The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Isaiah 26:4  Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.

that God Most High was their Redeemer 
Deuteronomy 9:26  I prayed to the LORD and said, "Sovereign LORD, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand."
2 Samuel 7:23  "And who is like your people Israel--the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?"

But they would flatter him with their mouths 
Ezekiel 33:30-32  "As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, 'Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD.' My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice."

their hearts were not loyal to him 
Psalm 78:8  They would not be like their ancestors--a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
Acts 8:21  "You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God."

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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Psalm 78:32-34

In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe. So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror. Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again. 

In spite of all this, they kept on sinning 
Psalm 78:17  But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.

in spite of his wonders 
Psalm 78:11  They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.

they did not believe 
Psalm 78:22  ... for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance.

So he ended their days in futility 
Numbers 14:29-30  " 'In this wilderness your bodies will fall--every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.' "
Numbers 14:35  "I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die."

Whenever God slew them, they would seek him 
Deuteronomy 4:29  But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Hosea 5:15  "Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face--in their misery they will earnestly seek me."

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Friday, July 12, 2019

Psalm 78:26-31

He let loose the east wind from the heavens and by his power made the south wind blow. He rained meat down on them like dust, birds like sand on the seashore. He made them come down inside their camp, all around their tents. They ate till they were gorged--he had given them what they craved. But before they turned from what they craved, even while the food was still in their mouths, God's anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel. 

He let loose the east wind from the heavens 
Numbers 11:31  Now a wind went out from the LORD and drove quail in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits (about 3 feet or 90 centimeters) deep all around the camp, as far as a day's walk in any direction.

He rained meat down on them like dust, birds like sand on the seashore 
Exodus 16:13  That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

The ate till they were gorged 
Numbers 11:20  " '... but for a whole month--until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it--because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?" ' "

even while the food was still in their mouths 
Numbers 11:33  But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.

he put to death the sturdiest among them 
Isaiah 10:16  Therefore, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame.

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

Psalm 78:21-25

When the LORD heard them, he was furious; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel, for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance. Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens; he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven. Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat. 

his fire broke out against Jacob 
Numbers 11:1  Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance 
Deuteronomy 1:32-33  In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God, who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.
Hebrews 3:19  So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

and opened the doors of the heavens 
Genesis 7:11-12  In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month--on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
2 Kings 7:2  The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, "Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?"  "You will see it with your own eyes," answered Elisha, "but you will not eat any of it." (read all of chapter 7)

he rained down manna for the people to eat 
Exodus 16:4-5  Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. On the sixth day they are to prepare twice as much as they gather on the other days."
John 6:31  "Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' (Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15)"

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Psalm 78:19-20

They spoke against God; they said, "Can God really spread a table in the wilderness? True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly, but can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?"

They spoke against God 
Numbers 21:4-5  They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!" 

True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out 
Numbers 20:11  Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
Isaiah 35:6-7  Then will the lame leap like deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

Can he supply meat for his people? 
Numbers 11:18-20  "Tell the people: 'Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, "If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!" Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat it. You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days, but for a whole month--until it comes out of your nostrils and you loath it--because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?" ' "

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Psalm 78:17-18

But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High. They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.

But they continued to sin against him 
Psalm 78:32  In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
Psalm 78:40  How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland!
Deuteronomy 9:22  You also made the LORD angry at Taberah, at Massah and at Kiboth Hattaavah. 
Isaiah 30:1  "Woe to the obstinate children," declares the LORD, "to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin; ..."
Isaiah 63:10  Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.
Hebrews 3:15-16  As has been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion." (Psalm 95:7-8) Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?

They willfully put God to the test 
Exodus 17:2  So they quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses replied, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the LORD to the test?" 
1 Corinthians 10:9  We should not test Christ, as some of them did--and were killed by snakes.

by demanding the food they craved 
Exodus 16:2-3  In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death."
Numbers 11:4-5  The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, "If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost--also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!"

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Monday, July 8, 2019

Psalm 78:14-16

He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night. He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas; he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.

He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night 
Exodus 13:21  By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. 
Psalm 105:39  He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.

He split the rocks in the wilderness 
Numbers 20:11  Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
1 Corinthians 10:3-4  They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

he brought streams out of a rocky crag 
Exodus 17:5-6  The LORD answered Moses, "Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Numbers 20:8  "Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink."
Psalm 78:19-20  They spoke against God; they said, "Can God really spread a table in the wilderness? True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly, but can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?"

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Sunday, July 7, 2019

Psalm 78:12-13

He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall. 

He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors 
Nehemiah 9:17-18  "They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them, even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, 'This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,' or when they committed awful blasphemies."
Psalm 106:20-22  They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass. They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

in the land of Egypt 
Exodus 11:9  The LORD had said to Moses, "Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you--so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt."

in the region of Zoan 
Numbers 13:22  They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

He divided the sea and led them through 
Exodus 14:21-22  Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
Psalm 66:6  He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the waters on foot--come, let us rejoice in him.
Psalm 136:13  ... to him who divided the Red Sea asunder ... His love endures forever. 

he made the water stand up like a wall 
Exodus 15:8  "By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood up like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea."

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Saturday, July 6, 2019

Psalm 78:9-11 Part 2 of 2

The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle; they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law. They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them. 

they did not keep God's covenant 
Joshua 7:11-12  "Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction." 
2 Kings 17:15  They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the LORD had ordered them, "Do not do as they do." 

and refused to live by his law 
Exodus 16:28  Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?"
Jeremiah 11:8  "But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep." 

They forgot what he had done 
Psalm 106:13  But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold. 

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Friday, July 5, 2019

Psalm 78:9-11 Part 1 of 2

The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle; they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law. They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them. 

The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows 
Psalm 78:57  Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.
1 Chronicles 12:1-2  These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle; they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin): ...
Hosea 7:16  "They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt."

turned back on the day of battle 
Judges 20:36b-41  Now the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah. Those who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword. The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they would send up a great cloud of smoke from the city, and then the Israelites would counterattack. The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites (about thirty), and they said, "We are defeating them as in the first battle." But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the whole city going up in smoke. Then the Israelites counterattacked, and the Benjamites were terrified, because they realized that disaster had come on them.

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