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.