The paths of the world
are bloodshed and deceit,
lusting for plunder and booty.
They lead to captivity and killing.
Your paths, O God, are steadfast love
and faithfulness for all who follow them,
who keep your covenant and your decrees.
Remind us that life does not consist in
the abundance of our possessions;
keep us on guard against greed
in all of its manifestations;
give us faith to endure.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40
Nahum 2:13-3:7
Rev. 13:1-10
Luke 12:13-31
Selected Verses
Ps. 25:10
All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and
faithfulness,
for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
Nahum 3:1
Ah! City of
bloodshed,
utterly deceitful, full of booty —
no end to the plunder!
utterly deceitful, full of booty —
no end to the plunder!
Rev. 13:9-10
Let anyone who has an ear listen: If you are to be taken
captive, into captivity you go; if you kill with the sword, with the sword you
must be killed. Here is a call for the
endurance and faith of the saints.
Luke 12:15
And [Jesus] said to [the crowd], "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed;
for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions."
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