Daily Readings - 07/11/2026

^4:10 It is a great joy to me, in the Lord, that at last you have shown some concern for me again; though of course you were concerned before, and only lacked an opportunity.

^4:11 I am not talking about shortage of money: I have learnt to manage on whatever I have,

^4:12 I know how to be poor and I know how to be rich too. I have been through my initiation and now I am ready for anything anywhere: full stomach or empty stomach, poverty or plenty.

^4:13 There is nothing I cannot master with the help of the One who gives me strength.

^4:14 All the same, it was good of you to share with me in my hardships.

^4:15 In the early days of the Good News, as you people of Philippi well know, when I left Macedonia, no other church helped me with gifts of money. You were the only ones;

^4:16 and twice since my stay in Thessalonika you have sent me what I needed.

^4:17 It is not your gift that I value; what is valuable to me is the interest that is mounting up in your account.

^4:18 Now for the time being I have everything that I need and more: I am fully provided now that I have received from Epaphroditus the offering that you sent, a sweet fragrance-the sacrifice that God accepts and finds pleasing.

^4:19 In return my God will fulfil all your needs, in Christ Jesus, as lavishly as only God can.

^112:1 Alleluia!

^112:2 Children of such a man will be powers on earth,

^112:3 There will be riches and wealth for his family,

^112:4 For the upright he shines like a lamp in the dark,

^112:5 Interest is not charged by this good man,

^112:6 Kept safe by virtue, he is ever steadfast,

^112:7 with constant heart, and confidence in Yahweh,

^112:8 Steadfast in heart he overcomes his fears:

^112:9 Quick to be generous, he gives to the poor,

^112:10 though this fills the wicked with fury

^16:9 ‘And so I tell you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into the tents of eternity.

^16:10 The man who can be trusted in little things can be trusted in great; the man who is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in great.

^16:11 If then you cannot be trusted with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches?

^16:12 And if you cannot be trusted with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own?

^16:13 ‘No servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or treat the first with respect and the second with scorn. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.’

^16:14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and laughed at him.

^16:15 He said to them, ‘You are the very ones who pass yourselves off as virtuous in people’s sight, but God knows your hearts. For what is thought highly of by men is loathsome in the sight of God.

^6:12 Wisdom is bright, and does not grow dim. By those who love her she is readily seen, and found by those who look for her.

^6:13 Quick to anticipate those who desire her, she makes herself known to them.

^6:14 Watch for her early and you will have no trouble; you will find her sitting at your gates.

^6:15 Even to think about her is understanding fully grown; be on the alert for her and anxiety will quickly leave you.

^6:16 She herself walks about looking for those who are worthy of her and graciously shows herself to them as they go, in every thought of theirs coming to meet them.

^63:1 God, you are my God, I am seeking you, my soul is thirsting for you, my flesh is longing for you, a land parched, weary and waterless;

^63:2 I long to gaze on you in the Sanctuary, and to see your power and glory.

^63:3 Your love is better than life itself, my lips will recite your praise;

^63:4 all my life I will bless you, in your name lift up my hands;

^63:5 my soul will feast most richly, on my lips a song of joy and, in my mouth, praise.

^63:6 On my bed I think of you, I meditate on you all night long,

^63:7 for you have always helped me. I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings;

^63:8 my soul clings close to you, your right hand supports me.

^63:9 But may those now hounding me to death go down to the earth below,

^63:10 consigned to the edge of the sword, and left as food for jackals.

^63:11 Then will the king rejoice in God, and all who swear by him be able to boast once these lying mouths are silenced.

^4:13 We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died,[*d] to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope.

^4:14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him.

^4:15 We can tell you this from the Lord’s own teaching, that any of us who are left alive until the Lord’s coming will not have any advantage over those who have died.

^4:16 At the trumpet of God, the voice of the archangel will call out the command and the Lord himself will come down from heaven; those who have died in Christ will be the first to rise,

^4:17 and then those of us who are still alive will be taken up in the clouds, together with them; to meet the Lord in the air. So we shall stay with the Lord for ever.

^4:18 With such thoughts as these you should comfort one another.

^25:1 ‘Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this: Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

^25:2 Five of them were foolish and five were sensible:

^25:3 the foolish ones did take their lamps, but they brought no oil,

^25:4 whereas the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps.

^25:5 The bridegroom was late, and they all grew drowsy and fell asleep.

^25:6 But at midnight there was a cry, “The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet him.”

^25:7 At this, all those bridesmaids woke up and trimmed their lamps,

^25:8 and the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, “Give us some of your oil: our lamps are going out”.

^25:9 But they replied, “There may not be enough for us and for you; you had better go to those who sell it and buy some for yourselves”.

^25:10 They had gone off to buy it when the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding hall and the door was closed.

^25:11 The other bridesmaids arrived later. “Lord, Lord,” they said “open the door for us.”

^25:12 But he replied, “I tell you solemnly, I do not know you”.

^25:13 So stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour.