Read Through The Bible

And thus begins another season of reading through...continuing to read and research on the original order of the OT / NT, here is the graphic I've been using to solidify this current offering of daily reading:

January 2017:

Psalm 128:3 - Thy wife...

Thy wife H802 - The first form is the feminine of H376 or H582; the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582).  Used 780 x in 685 verses.

Gen 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman (H802), and brought her unto the man.

Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife (H802): and they shall be one flesh.

Last usage:

2Ch 34:22  And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

Only used 3 times in Psalms:

58:8

109:9

128:3

Provers 25 times 24 verses – this one echoes 128:3:

Proverbs 5:18 – Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Psalm 128:2 - ...shalt thou be, and it shall be well...

shalt thou be, and it shall be well - H2896 - From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well).

·        H2895 - A primitive root, to be (transitively do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense:

 H2896 is used 553 times in 512 verses, first usage,

Gen 1:4 (good);

Gen 6;2 (fair);

Gen 16:6 (pleaseth);

Gen 29:19 (better);

Num 10:32 (goodness);

Num 36:6 (best);

Deu 3:25 (good, goodly);

Deu 15:16 (well);

Deu 23:6 (prosperity);

Judge 15:2 (fairer);

Judge 16:25 (merry);

1 Samuel 2:26 (favour);

1 Samuel 8:16 (goodliest);

1 Samuel 9;2 (goodly, goodlier);

2 Samuel 2:26 (kindness);

2 Samuel 11:2 (beautiful);

1 Kings 8:66 (glad, goodness);

2 Kings 2:19 (pleasant);

2 Kings 20:13 (precious);

2 Kings 25:28 (kindly);

2 Chronicles 3:5 (fine);

2 Chronicles 21:13 (better)

Ezra 9:12 (wealth);

Neh 2:10 (welfare);

Neh 6:19 (good deeds);

Ester 8:8 (liketh);

Job 21:25 (pleasure)

Job 36:11 (prosperity)

Psalm 25:13 (ease)

Pro 22:1 (loving)

Pro 22:9 (bountiful)

Ecc 2:1 (pleasure)

Ecc 7:14 (prosperity, joyful)

Isa 41:7 (ready)

Jer 6:20 (sweet)

Lam 4:1 (most)

Dan 1:15 (fairer)

Nah 3:4 (wellfavoured)

Zec 8:19 (cheerful)

 Current last usage, Mal 2:17 (good); original last usage, 2 Chronicles 31:29 (good)

...with thee.

Psalm 128:2 - ...happy...

happy - H835 - From H833; happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!

·        H833 - A primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy).

H835 is used 45 times in 42 verses, first usage, Deu 33:29 (happy); Psalm 1:1 (blessed) – same as Psalm 128:1; last usage, Daniel 12:12 (blessed).

Deu 33:29 Happy (H835) art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Job 5:17 Behold, happy (H835) is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

2Ch 9:7 Happy (H835) are thy men, and happy (H8335) are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

Psa 144:15 Happy (H835) is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

Pro 3:13 Happy (H835) is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Heart Opened - Acts 16:14

Act 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Had spoken to someone recently about election, then this verse was in my daily reading.  Tried looking up other references to ‘open’ and ‘heart’.  Gives a new perspective on ‘open heart surgery’.

Heart – G2588

Prolonged from a primary κάρ kar (Latin cor, “heart”); the heart, that is, (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle.

Opened – G1272 – Used 8 times in 8 verses (new beginnings).

From G1223 and G455; to open thoroughly, literally (as a first born) or figuratively (to expound).

• ·         G1223 - A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import.
• ·         G455 - From G303 and οἴγω oigō (to open); to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications).

The word ‘election’ is used 20 times in 20 verses.

OT - Isaiah 42:1, 45:4, 65:9, 65:22

NT – Matthew 24:22, 24, 31; Mar 13:20, 22, 27; Luke 18:7; Romans 8:33; Colossians 3:12; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 Timothy 2:10; Titus 1:1; 1 Peter 1:2, 2:6; 2 John 1:1, 13.

1Pe 1:2 Elect (G1588) according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

G1588 - From G1586; select; by implication favorite.

• ·         G1586 - Middle voice from G1537 and G3004 (in its primary sense); to select.

Rom 9:11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election (G1589) might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth (G2564;)

Election

G1589 - From G1586; (divine) selection (abstractly or concretely).

Called

G2564 - Akin to the base of G2753; to “call” (properly aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise).

This article, “Who are the elect of God?” gives a comprehensive explanation.  I’m appreciating the challenge to know and understand, and hopefully share in a concise, understandable method why I believe in the Sovereignty of God and man’s total depravity and inability to choose anything good, especially salvation.

God grant each of us to be an accurate reflection of this passage:

2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Psalm 128:2 - ...of thine hands...

of thine hands: - H3709 - From H3721; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm tree); figuratively power.

·        H3721 - A primitive root; to curve.

H3709 is used 192 times in 179 verses, first usage, Gen 8:9 (sole); Gen 20:5 (hands); Gen 32:25 (hollow); Exodus 25:29 (spoons); Lev 9:17 (handful); Lev 11:27 (paws); Lev 14:15 (palm); Lev 23:40 (branches); Son 5:5 (handles); Eze 21:11 (handled); Hab 2:9 (power); current last usage, Malachi 4:3 (soles); original last, 2 Chronicles 32:11 (hand).

Psalm 128:2 - ...the labour...

the labour - H3018 - From H3021; toil; hence a work, produce, property (as the result of labor).

·        H3021 - A primitive root; properly to gasp; hence to be exhausted, to tire, to toil.

H3018 is used 16 times in 16 verses, first usage, Gen 31:42 (labour); Job 10:3 (work); last usage, Hag 1:11 (labour).

Gen 31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour (H3018) of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Job 10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work (3018) of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Psalm 128:2 ...thou shalt eat...

thou shalt eat - H398 – A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).  Used 809 times in 700 verses.

First usage, Gen 2:16 (eat); current last Malachi 3:11 (devourer); original last, 2 Chronicles 31:10 (eat); also translated feed, consumed, dine.

Jos 24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat (H398).

Rth 2:14And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat (H398) of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat (H398), and was sufficed, and left.

Pro 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat (H398) the fruit thereof.

Psalm 128:2 For...

For - H3588 - A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.

Used 4454 times in 3887 verses – used in every book.  First usage, Gen 1:4 (that); current last, Malachi 4:3 (for); original last, 2 Chronicles 36:15 (because).

Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Mal 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

2Ch 36:15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

Psalm 128:1 ...in his ways.

in his ways.H1870

H1870 - From H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of action, often adverbially.

·         H1869 - A primitive root; to tread; by implication to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending).

H1870 – is used 704 times in 624 verses.  First usage:

Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way (H1870) of the tree of life.

Last (speaking of Josiah):

2Ch 34:2  And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways (H1870) of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

Psalms uses the word 66 times in 64 verses, Proverbs 75 times in 69 verses.

Pro 2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way (H1870) of his saints.

Pro 2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way (H1870) of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

Pro 4:11 I have taught thee in the way (H1870) of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

Pro 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way (H1870) of life:

Pro 8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way (H1870), before his works of old.

Oh Lord, help me to walk in Your way, to seek You with all of my spirit, soul and body.

Psalm 128:1 ...that walketh...

that walketh - H1980

Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).

H3212 - A primitive root (compare H1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively to carry (in various senses).

H1980 is used 1545 times in 1346 verses – first usage is:

Gen 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth (H1980) toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Used of Enoch walking with God, the ark going upon the face of the water.

Used 68 times in the Psalms – specifically:

Psa 1:1  Blessed is the man that walketh (H1980) not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psa 12:8  The wicked walk (H1980) on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Psa 15:2  He that walketh (H1980) uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

And the classic:

Psa 23:4  Yea, though I walk (H1980) through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

The Book of Proverbs – used 38 times in 337 verses.

Pro 1:15  My son, walk (H1980) not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Pro 4:18  But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more (H1980) unto the perfect day.

Pro 10:9  He that walketh (H1980) uprightly walketh (H1980) surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Pro 13:20  He that walketh (H1980) with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

So dear saints, how, or where, are you walking?  Has your journey been fraught with delays, detours, distractions?  Mine has…continuing to struggle to stay faithful and study His word.  Prayers for all His people to be diligent in where we walk and how.

Psalm 128:1 - ...the Lord...

the LORD; H3068

H3068 - From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:.

·         H1961 - A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary.

H3068 is used 6521 times in 5524 verses – I may have to forebear reviewing each entry. J

Genesis	141 verses found	162 matches
Exodus	341 verses found	397 matches
Leviticus	281 verses found	311 matches
Numbers	350 verses found	396 matches
Deuteronomy	438 verses found	548 matches
Joshua	169 verses found	223 matches
Judges	137 verses found	172 matches
Ruth	15 verses found	18 matches
1 Samuel	240 verses found	320 matches
2 Samuel	124 verses found	145 matches
1 Kings	212 verses found	257 matches
2 Kings	227 verses found	277 matches
1 Chronicles	144 verses found	174 matches
2 Chronicles	307 verses found	384 matches
Ezra	28 verses found	37 matches
Nehemiah	15 verses found	17 matches
Job	23 verses found	32 matches
Psalms	624 verses found	687 matches
Proverbs	87 verses found	87 matches
Isaiah	373 verses found	426 matches
Jeremiah	614 verses found	712 matches
Lamentations	32 verses found	32 matches
Ezekiel	200 verses found	217 matches
Daniel	7 verses found	8 matches
Hosea	39 verses found	46 matches
Joel	26 verses found	33 matches
Amos	56 verses found	60 matches
Obadiah	6 verses found	6 matches
Jonah	21 verses found	26 matches
Micah	35 verses found	39 matches
Nahum	10 verses found	13 matches
Habakkuk	11 verses found	13 matches
Zephaniah	27 verses found	33 matches
Haggai	24 verses found	35 matches
Zechariah	102 verses found	132 matches
Malachi	38 verses found	46 matches

Intriguing – Ruth, a book of 4 small chapters has 18 usages; Nehemiah – 17; Daniel only 8 (new beginnings); and Obadiah, 1 small chapter (21 verses total) has 6 references.  First usage:

Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Last usage:

Mal 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

Middle – (6521/2 = 3260.5) based upon current OT book order:

1Ch 15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

Or depending on how you want to divide the .5.

1Ch 16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

And caving into my OCD…I ‘had’ to number the books – the middle based upon Original Bible Order would be 2 Kings (since 1 and 2 Chronicles is at the end).  For those who don’t think it matters, try reading the Bible in the original order and see if there’s not a noticeable difference in flow.

But I digress – interestingly by numbering the books, I discovered 3 which did not have Lord – H3068.  And because…I had to double check.  J

Esther – No usage of H3068, or H430 (God).

Ecclesiastes – No usage of H3068, however a search for God netted H430 (40x).

Song of Solomon - No usage of H3068, or H430 (God).

That’s pretty intriguing – no mention at all?  Hmmm…I’ll definitely need to reread those books and pay better attention!