A Bible Chapter a Day (RSV)- 2009-11-26 A new Bible Chapter every day starting with Genesis 1.1. The default start date is 2008-01-27 GMT, but you can change the start date by changing the date in the url of the feed. For example, if you wanted to start with Genesis 1.1 today, and today is Janu
Book of Ecclesiastes - Chapter 12 (RSV) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:01:04 1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them"; 2before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain; 3in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look through the windows are dimmed, 4and the doors on the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low; 5they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along and desire fails; because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets; 6before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, 7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 8Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity. 9Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging proverbs with great care. 10The Preacher sought to find pleasing words, and uprightly he wrote words of truth. 11The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings which are given by one Shepherd. 12My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. 13The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. 14For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
Book of Ecclesiastes - Chapter 11 (RSV) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:01:04 1Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. 2Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what evil may happen on earth. 3If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. 4He who observes the wind will not sow; and he who regards the clouds will not reap. 5As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. 6In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good. 7Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun. 8For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity. 9Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 10Remove vexation from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
