Daily Lectionary

June 15, 2024

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These daily readings from the EHV follow the one-year daily lectionary provided in Christian Worship: Hymnal, the Lutheran Service Book, and the Treasury of Daily Prayer. In this lectionary, two readings of 15-25 verses each are provided for each day. Under this plan, nearly all of the New Testament and approximately one-third of the Old Testament are read each year. These readings fit well within the daily offices of Matins, Vespers, or Compline as daily family devotions.

Proverbs 15:1-29

More Wise Ways to Live

15¹A gentle answer turns away wrath,

but a harsh word stirs up anger.

²The tongue of the wise enhances knowledge,

but the mouths of fools spout stupidity.

³The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,

watching evil people as well as the good.

⁴A healing tongue is a tree of life,

but a perverse tongue shatters the spirit.

⁵A stubborn fool despises his father's discipline,

but whoever heeds correction is sensible.

⁶The house of the righteous contains great wealth,

but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

⁷The lips of the wise spread knowledge,

but the heart of fools—not so.

⁸A sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination^[] to the Lord,

but a prayer of the upright gains his favor.

⁹The way of a wicked person is repulsive^[] to the Lord,

but he loves those who pursue righteousness.

¹⁰Harsh discipline waits for anyone who leaves the path,

and a person who hates correction will die.

¹¹Death and Destruction^[] lie open before the Lord—

how much more human hearts!

¹²A scoffer does not love anyone who corrects him.

He will not go to wise people.

¹³A joyful heart makes a cheerful face,

but a sorrowful heart crushes the spirit.

¹⁴The heart of a discerning person seeks knowledge,

but the mouths of fools feed on stupidity.

¹⁵All the days of an oppressed person are evil,

but a cheerful heart enjoys a continuous celebration.^[]

¹⁶Better a little with the fear of the Lord

than great wealth with turmoil.

¹⁷Better a meal of vegetables where there is love

than a fattened calf with hatred.

¹⁸A hothead stirs up a fight,

but a patient person calms a dispute.

¹⁹The way of a lazy person is like a thorny hedge,

but the path of upright people is a highway.

Advice for a Wise Son

²⁰A wise son brings joy to his father,

but a foolish person despises his mother.

²¹Stupidity delights a person who lacks sense,

but one who has understanding stays on course.

²²Plans fail without advice,

but where there are many advisors the plans succeed.

²³Giving an apt response with his own mouth makes a person happy,

and a word at the right time—oh how good!

²⁴The path of life leads upward for a person with insight,

so that he may turn away from hell^[] below.

²⁵The Lord tears down the house of the arrogant,

but he maintains the property line of a widow.

²⁶The plans of the wicked are disgusting^[] to the Lord,

but pleasant words are pure to him.

²⁷Someone who is greedy for gain brings trouble to his own household,

but a person who hates bribes will live.

²⁸The heart of a righteous person ponders his answer,

but the mouth of a wicked person gushes evil.

²⁹The Lord is far away from the wicked,

but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

John 15:12-27

¹²“This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you. ¹³No one has greater love than this: that someone lays down his life for his friends. ¹⁴You are my friends if you continue to do the things I instruct you. ¹⁵I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you. ¹⁶You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will endure, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. ¹⁷These things I am instructing you, so that you love one another.

¹⁸“If the world hates you, you know that it hated me first. ¹⁹If you were of the world, the world would love its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, for that very reason the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the saying I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too. If they held on to my word, they will hold on to yours as well. ²¹But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³The one who hates me also hates my Father. ²⁴If I had not done the works among them that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵This was to fulfill the word which is written in their Law: ‘They hated me for no reason.’^[]

²⁶“When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me. ²⁷And you also are going to testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.”