Deuteronomy 5, Psalm 88, Isaiah 33, Revelation 3

Deuteronomy 5,

1 Moses summoned all Israel and said: Hear, O Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them.
 
2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
 
3 It was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today.
 
4 The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
 
5 (At that time I stood between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:
 
6 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
 
7 "You shall have no other gods before me.
 
8 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
 
9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
 
10 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
 
11 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
 
12 "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
 
13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
 
14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor the alien within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest, as you do.
 
15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
 
16 "Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
 
17 "You shall not murder.
 
18 "You shall not commit adultery.
 
19 "You shall not steal.
 
20 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
 
21 "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor's house or land, his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
 
22 These are the commandments the LORD proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
 
23 When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leading men of your tribes and your elders came to me.
 
24 And you said, "The LORD our God has shown us his glory and his majesty, and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
 
25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
 
26 For what mortal man has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived?
 
27 Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then tell us whatever the LORD our God tells you. We will listen and obey."
 
28 The LORD heard you when you spoke to me and the LORD said to me, "I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good.
 
29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!
 
30 "Go, tell them to return to their tents.
 
31 But you stay here with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess."
 
32 So be careful to do what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left.
 
33 Walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

Psalm 88,

1 O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you.
 
2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
 
3 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave.
 
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.
 
5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
 
6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
 
7 Your wrath lies heavily upon me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah
 
8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
 
9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
 
10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? Selah
 
11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?
 
12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
 
13 But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
 
14 Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
 
15 From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.
 
16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
 
17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
 
18 You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.

Isaiah 33,

1 Woe to you, O destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, O traitor, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
 
2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
 
3 At the thunder of your voice, the peoples flee; when you rise up, the nations scatter.
 
4 Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts; like a swarm of locusts men pounce on it.
 
5 The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.
 
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure.
 
7 Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
 
8 The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected.
 
9 The land mourns and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
 
10 "Now will I arise," says the LORD. "Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up.
 
11 You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you.
 
12 The peoples will be burned as if to lime; like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze."
 
13 You who are far away, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my power!
 
14 The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: "Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?"
 
15 He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil-
 
16 this is the man who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. His bread will be supplied, and water will not fail him.
 
17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.
 
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: "Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?"
 
19 You will see those arrogant people no more, those people of an obscure speech, with their strange, incomprehensible tongue.
 
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.
 
21 There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.
 
22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.
 
23 Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.
 
24 No one living in Zion will say, "I am ill"; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.

Revelation 3

1 "To the angel of the church in Sardis write:These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
 
2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.
 
3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
 
4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
 
5 He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.
 
6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
 
7 "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
 
8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
 
9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars-I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
 
10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.
 
11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
 
12 Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.
 
13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
 
14 "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation.
 
15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!
 
16 So, because you are lukewarm-neither hot nor cold-I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
 
17 You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
 
18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
 
19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.
 
20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
 
21 To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.
 
22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."