Reflective Bible Study

³⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “When I sent you out without a wallet, traveling bag, or sandals, you didn’t lack anything, did you?”

“Not a thing!” they answered.

³⁶ Then he said to them, “But now, the person who has a wallet and a traveling bag should take them along. The person who doesn’t have a sword should sell his coat and buy one. ³⁷ I can guarantee that the Scripture passage which says, ‘He was counted with criminals,’ must find its fulfillment in me. Indeed, whatever is written about me will come true.”

³⁸ The disciples said, “Lord, look! Here are two swords!”

Then Jesus said to them, “That’s enough!”

Read Luke 22:35-38 in context and/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!

¹ Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness.
    Let the whole world know what he has done.

² Sing to him; yes, sing his praises.
    Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.

³ Exult in his holy name;
    rejoice, you who worship the Lord.

⁴ Search for the Lord and for his strength;
    continually seek him.

⁵ Remember the wonders he has performed,
    his miracles, and the rulings he has given,

⁶ you children of his servant Abraham,
    you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Read Psalm 105:1-6 in context and/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!

¹ My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
² Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
³ For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
⁴ If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
⁵ Then you will discern the fear of the LORD
And discover the knowledge of God.
⁶ For the LORD gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
⁷ He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
⁸ Guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
⁹ Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.
¹⁰ For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
¹¹ Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
¹² To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
¹³ From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
¹⁴ Who delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
¹⁵ Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
¹⁶ To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
¹⁷ That leaves the companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;
¹⁸ For her house sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the dead;
¹⁹ None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
²⁰ So you will walk in the way of good men
And keep to the paths of the righteous.
²¹ For the upright will live in the land
And the blameless will remain in it;
²² But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

Read Proverbs 2:1-22 in context and/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!

¹ My spirit is broken;
    the days of my life are almost gone.
    The grave is waiting for me.
² Those who laugh at me surround me;
    I watch them insult me.

³ “God, make me a promise.
    No one will make a pledge for me.
⁴ You have closed their minds to understanding.
    Do not let them win over me.
⁵ People might speak against their friends for money,
    but if they do, the eyes of their children go blind.

⁶ “God has made my name a curse word;
    people spit in my face.
⁷ My sight has grown weak because of my sadness,
    and my body is as thin as a shadow.
⁸ Honest people are upset about this;
    innocent people are upset with those who do wrong.
⁹ But those who do right will continue to do right,
    and those whose hands are not dirty with sin will grow stronger.

¹⁰ “But, all of you, come and try again!
    I do not find a wise person among you.
¹¹ My days are gone, and my plans have been destroyed,
    along with the desires of my heart.
¹² These men think night is day;
    when it is dark, they say, ‘Light is near.’
¹³ If the only home I hope for is the grave,
    if I spread out my bed in darkness,
¹⁴ if I say to the grave, ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm, ‘You are my mother’ or ‘You are my sister,’
¹⁵ where, then, is my hope?
    Who can see any hope for me?
¹⁶ Will hope go down to the gates of death?
    Will we go down together into the dust?”

Read Job 17:1-16 in context and/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!