Scripture Passage for the Day

Out of the mouths of babes and infants
you have founded a bulwark because of your foes,
to silence the enemy and the avenger.

Ps 8:2 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.

Ps 8:2 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Seek to be honest, not evil,
and so live;
that the Eternal may be with you,
as you think he is.
Hate evil and love honesty,
set justice up again;

Amos 5:14-15a Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

Seek good and not evil, that you may live; so shall the LORD, the God of hosts, be with you, as you say. Hate evil, and love good. Place justice up high in the gate,

Amos 5:14-15a Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live,
that the LORD, the God of Hosts,
may be with you,
as you claim he is.

Hate evil, and love good;
establish justice in the courts;

Amos 5:14-15a Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Seek good and not evil,
that you may live;
and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
just as you have said.

Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;

Amos 5:14-15a New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.
Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.

Hate evil, love good;
maintain justice in the courts.

Amos 5:14-15a New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Then shall it be that I pour out
my spirit on all;
your sons and daughters shall be inspired,
your old men shall dream dreams,
your young men shall see visions;
even upon your slaves, both
men and women,
I will pour out my spirit in those days.

Joel 2:28-29 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

It shall come to pass after this
that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh,
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy;
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.

Even upon the servants and the maids
I will, in those days, pour out My Spirit.

Joel 2:28-29 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

After this I shall pour out my spirit on all mankind;
your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams
and your young men see visions;
I shall pour out my spirit in those days
even on slaves and slave-girls.

Joel 2:28-29 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Then afterward
I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.

Even on the male and female slaves,
in those days, I will pour out my spirit.

Joel 2:28-29 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.

Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.

Joel 2:28 New International Version

Playing with Photoshop

Playing with Filter Forge to add a shoji screen to a koi picture. I left out the rice paper in the screen to view the koi better.

Scripture Passage for the Day

Then will I grant the peoples a clean speech,
that all may call on the Eternal's name,
and worship him with one consent;

Zeph 3:9 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

For then I will give the people a pure language that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Zeph 3:9 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Then I shall restore pure lips to all peoples,
that they may invoke the LORD by name
and serve him with one accord.

Zeph 3:9 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

At that time I will change the speech of the peoples
to a pure speech,
that all of them may call on the name of the Lord
and serve him with one accord.

Zeph 3:9 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Then will I purify the lips of the peoples,
that all of them may call on the name of the LORD
and serve him shoulder to shoulder.

Zeph 3:9 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

"Give in," he cries, "admit that
I am God,
high over nations, high over
the world."

Ps 46:10 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

Be still and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted on the earth.

Ps 46:10 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

"Let be then; learn that I am God,
exalted among the nations, exalted in
the earth."

Ps 46:10 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

“Be still, and know that I am God!
I am exalted among the nations,
I am exalted in the earth.”

Ps 46:10 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”

Ps 46:10 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

for the Eternal does not see as man sees; man looks at the outward appearance, but the Eternal looks at the heart.

I Sam 16:7b Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

It is not what man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.

I Sam 16:7b Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

The LORD does not see as a mortal sees; mortals see only appearances but the LORD sees into the heart.

I Sam 16:7b Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.

1 Sam 16:7b New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.

1 Sam 16:7b New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

lo, I create new heavens
and a new earth!
The past shall be forgotten,
and never come to mind;

Is 65:17 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

For behold, I am creating new heavens and a new earth. The past shall be forgotten and shall never come to mind;

Is 65:17 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

See, I am creating new heavens and
a new earth!
The past will no more be
remembered
nor will it ever come to mind.

Is 65:17 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

For I am about to create new heavens
and a new earth;
the former things shall not be remembered
or come to mind.

Is 65:17 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Behold, I will create
new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered,
nor will they come to mind.

Is 65:17 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Fasting like yours to-day
will never bear your prayers
on high.
Would I choose such a fast,
such penances?

To droop your head like a bulrush,
to lie in sackcloth and ashes --
is that what you call 'fasting'
a day the Eternal would
approve?

Is not this my chosen fast,
the Lord, the Eternal, asks,
to loosen all that fetters men
unfairly,
and to relax its grip,

to free poor debtors from their
bonds,
and break what binds them?
It is to share your food with
hungry men,
and take the homeless to your
home,
to clothe the naked when you
see them,
and never turn from any
fellow-creature.
Then shall light dawn for you,
with healing for your wounds;

you shall advance, your goodness
in the van,
and the Eternal's glory as
your rear-guard;
the Eternal will answer when
you call,
and, when you cry, he will say,
'Here am I!'

Is 58:4b-9a Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

You are not fasting today so as to have your voice reach on high. Can such a fast be the kind I choose -- a man to bow down his head like a rush, to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call fasting, or an acceptable day to the LORD? Is not this the fast I have chosen: to loosen the bonds of wickedness; to undo the bands of the yoke; to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and to take the outcast poor into your home; not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Then shall your light break forth lilke the dawn, and your healing shall follow speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, and the glory of the LORD shall follow your as your rear guard. Then you will call and the LORD shall answer; you will cry and He shall say, Here am I.

Is 58:4b-9a Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

On such a day the fast you are keeping
is not one that will carry your voice to heaven.

Is this the kind of fast that I require,
a day of mortification such as this:
that a person should bow his head like a bulrush
and use sackcloth and ashes for a bed?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the LORD?

Rather, is not this the fast I require
to loose the fetters of injustice,
to untie the knots of the yoke,
and set free those who are oppressed,
tearing off every yoke?

Is it not sharing your food with the hungry,
taking the homeless poor into your house,
clothing the naked when you meet them,
and never evading a duty to your kinsfolk?

Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and new skin will speedily grow over your wound;
your righteousness will be your vanguard
an the glory of the LORD your rearguard.

Then, when you call, the LORD will answer;
when your cry to him, he will say, 'Here I am.'


Is 58:4b-9a Revised English Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Such fasting as you do today
will not make your voice heard on high.

Is such the fast that I choose,
a day to humble oneself?
Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush,
and to lie in sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?

Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover them,
and not to hide yourself from your own kin?

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly;
your vindicatora shall go before you,
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.

Is 58:4b-9a New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

You cannot fast as you do today
and expect your voice to be heard on high.

Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,
only a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed
and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the LORD?

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?

Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe him,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go
before you,
and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

Is 58:4b-9a New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

He will decide disputes of many races,
and arbitrate between strong foreign powers,
till swords are beaten into ploughshares,
spears into pruning-hooks;
no nation draws the sword against another,
no longer shall men learn to fight,
but live each underneath his vine
and underneath his fig-tree,
in terror of no one:
for so the lips of the Lord of hosts decree.

Micah 4:3-4 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

He shall judge among many peoples and decide for mighty nations afar off. Then they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into prunning shears; nation shall lift up no sword against nation, and they shall not learn war any more. A man shall dwell beneath his vine and fig tree and no one shall make him afraid; for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken it.

Micah 4:3-4 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

He will be judge between many peoples
and arbiter among great and distant nations.
They will hammer their swords into mattocks
and their spears into pruning-knives.
Nation will not take up sword against nation;
they will never again be trained for war.
Each man will sit under his own vine
or his own fig tree, with none to cause alarm.

The LORD of Hosts himself has spoken.

Micah 4:34 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more;

but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees,
and no one shall make them afraid;
for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

Micah 4:3-4 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

He will judge between many peoples
and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.

Every man will sit under his own vine
and under his own fig tree,
and no one will make them afraid,
for the LORD Almighty has spoken.

Micah 4:3-4 New International Version

Fake Flood

With all the flooding going on, I decided to join the crowd in a virtual fashion. Using a Photoshop plug-in I'm trying out, I flooded a car show after the fact. Fortunately, there's no real flooding in my neighbourhood.

Scripture Passage for the Day

Come (says the Lord of hosts), consider how you have fared. You have sown much and harvested little, you eat and yet you never have enough, you drink but you never can drink your fill, you clothe yourselves but you cannot keep warm, and he who earns a wage puts it into a bag with holes. Consider you you have been faring, says the Lord of hosts.

Hag 1:5-7 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. You have sown much, but you brought in little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages for a purse with holes.

Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

Hag 1:57 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Now these are the words of the LORD of Hosts: Consider your way of life; you have sown much but reaped little, you eat but never enough to satisfy, you drink but never enough to cheer you, you are clothed but never warm, and he who earns wages puts them into a purse with a hole in it.

These are the words of the LORD of Hosts; Consider your way of life.

Hag 1:5-7 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Now therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared. You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes.

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.

Hag 1:5-7 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.

Hag 1:5-7 New International Version

Garvan Woodland Gardens

Seldom do Kathy and I have the same day off, so we seldom get to do anything special. Thursday I took off for the Friends of the Library Book Sale (was Kathy's regular day off) and rather than go back to work for just one day, took off Friday as well (also Kathy's regular day off). That gave us the opportunity to go to Garvan Woodland Gardens to watch the koi. The water was muddy from the recent heavy rains, but it was still a peaceful and enjoyable afternoon. These are what I created from some of my photos.

Quote for the Day

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

-- Alan B. Shepard Jr., American astronaut (1923-1998)

Scripture Passage for the Day

"I the Eternal search the mind,
I test the heart,
rewarding every man as he has
lived,
and as his deeds deserve."

Jer 17:10 Moffatt Translation

Quote for the Day

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

-- Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian political philosopher (1469-1527)

Scripture Passage for the Day

I the LORD search the heart and test the inner self to give to everyone according to his ways, in accordance with the fruit of his actions.

Jer 17:10 Berkeley Version

Quote for the Day

Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a radical by those who are content with stagnation and willing to endure disaster.

-- William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher (1863-1951)

Scripture Passage for the Day

I, the LORD, search the mind
and test the heart,
requiting each one for his conduct
and as his deeds deserve.

Jer 17:10 Revised English Bible

Quote for the Day

Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?

-- Phillip G. Hamerton, English artist and essayist (1834-1894)

Scripture Passage for the Day

I the Lord test the mind
and search the heart,
to give to all according to their ways,
according to the fruit of their doings.

Jer 17:10 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

“I the LORD search the heart
and examine the mind,
to reward a man according to his conduct,
according to what his deeds deserve.”

Jer 17:10 New International Version

Quote for the Day

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.

-- Anatole France, French author and critic (1844-1924)

Quote for the Day

It takes a long time to understand nothing.

-- Edward Dahlberg, American author and critic (1900-1977)

Scripture Passage for the Day

he rights those who are
wronged,
he feeds those who are hungry;
the Eternal sets the captives free.
the Eternal gives the blind
their sight,
the Eternal raises those who are
bowed down,
the Eternal preserves poor
foreigners,
the widow and the orphan he
relieves;
the Eternal loves those who are
good,
but the ungodly life he ruins.

Ps 146:7-9 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

who administers justice on behalf of
the oppressed; who gives bread to
the hungry --
the LORD, who loosens the chains of
those who are bound.
The Lord opens the eyes of the
blind;
the LORD loves the righteous.
The LORD protects the immigrants;
He relieves orphans and widows,
and He reverses the path of the
ungodly toward ruin.

Ps 146:7-9 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

and deals out justice to the oppressed.
The LORD feeds the hungry
and sets the prisoner free.
The LORD restores sight to the blind
and raises those who are bowed
down;
the LORD loves the righteous
and protects the stranger in the
land;
the LORD gives support to the
fatherless and the widow,
but thwarts the course of the
wicked.

Ps 146:7-9 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;

the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Ps 146:7-9 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets prisoners free,

the LORD gives sight to the blind,
the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,
the LORD loves the righteous.

The LORD watches over the alien
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

Ps 146:7-9 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

For two boons from thy hand I cry
(deny me not, before I die):

put lies and falsehood far from me,
give neither wealth nor poverty,
but feed me with the food I need;

lest I be full and disclaim thee,
saying, "Who is the Eternal?"
or sink to poverty and steal,
discrediting my God.

Prov. 30:7-9 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

Two things I have asked of Thee; deny them not to me before I die: remove far from me falsehood and lying; grant me neither poverty nor riches; feed me my portion of nourishment, lest I be full and deny thee and say, "Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and violate God's name.

Prov. 30:7-9 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Two things I ask of you --
do not withhold them in my lifetime:

put fraud and lying far from me;
give me neither poverty nor wealth,
but provide me with the food I need,

for if I have too much I shall deny you
and say, 'Who is the LORD?'
and if I am reduced to poverty I shall steal
and besmirch the name of my God.

Prov. 30:7-9 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Two things I ask of you;
do not deny them to me before I die:

Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that I need,

or I shall be full, and deny you,
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or I shall be poor, and steal,
and profane the name of my God.

Prov. 30:7-9 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

“Two things I ask of you, O LORD;
do not refuse me before I die:

Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.

Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’

Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.

Prov. 30:7-9 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to men who add house to house,
who join one field to another,
till there is room for none but them in all the land!
The Lord of hosts has sworn to me,
"Many a mansion is to lie forlorn,
splendid and spacious and --
empty!"

Is. 5:8-9 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to those joining house to house, who unite field to field until there is no more room; you shall be made to live alone in the middle of the land. In my ears the LORD of hosts has spoken. Most certainly will many houses become desolate, spacious and fair, without occupants.

Is. 5:8-9 Berkeley Version

Quote for the Day

Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.

-- Charles Louis de Montesquieu, French philosopher (1689-1755)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe betide those who add house to house
and join field to field,
until everyone else is displaced,
and you are left as sole inhabitants of the countryside.

In my hearing the LORD of Hosts made this solemn oath:
'Great houses will be brought to ruin,
fine mansions left uninhabited.'

Is. 5:8-9 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Ah, you who join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is room for no one but you,
and you are left to live alone
in the midst of the land!

The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.

Is 5:8-9 New Revised Standard Version

Quote for the Day

If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.

-- George Aiken, U.S. senator (1892-1984)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to you who add house to house
and join field to field
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.

The LORD Almighty has declared in my hearing:
“Surely the great houses will become desolate,
the fine mansions left without occupants.

Is 5:8-9 New International Version

Looking for Jesus

Thanks to James L. Evans for posting about this great song writer. And how come my Hawaii friends who were at the BWA meeting in Honolulu never mentioned her? Shish!

Feast for the Ears

Quote for the Day

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

-- Pablo Picasso

Scripture Passage for the Day

He will decide disputes of many races,
and arbitrate between strong foreign powers,
till swords are beaten into ploughshares,
spears into pruning-hooks;
no nation draws the sword against another,
no longer shall men learn to fight,
but live each underneath his vine
and underneath his fig-tree,
in terror of no one:
for so the lips of the Lord of hosts decree.

Micah 4:3-4 Moffatt Translation

Quote for the Day

Verba movent, exempla trahunt.

(Words move people, examples lead them.)

--Latin proverb

Scripture Passage for the Day

He shall judge among many peoples and decide for mighty nations afar off. Then they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears; nation shall lift up no sword against nation, and they shall not learn war any more. A man shall dwell beneath his vine and fig tree and no one shall make him afraid; for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken it.

Micah 4:3-4 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

He will be judge between many peoples
and arbiter among great and distant nations.
They will hammer their swords into mattocks
and their spears into pruning-knives.
Nation will not take up sword against nation;
they will never again be trained for war.
Each man will sit under his own vine
or his own fig tree, with none to cause alarm.
The LORD of Hosts himself has spoken.

Micah 4:3-4 Revised English Bible

U.S. Senator's Top 10 List of Corporate Tax Avoiders

U.S. Senator's Top 10 List of Corporate Tax Avoiders

Here's why we have a budget deficit. Rather than cut services to the poor (who provided the big business profits by receiving low wages and benefits), shouldn't we get the big boys to pay their share? After all, they get plenty of benefits from the taxes WE pay.

Scripture Passage for the Day

He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more;
but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees,
and no one shall make them afraid;
for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

Micah 4:3-4 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

He will judge between many peoples
and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.

Every man will sit under his own vine
and under his own fig tree,
and no one will make them afraid,
for the LORD Almighty has spoken.

Micah 4:3-4 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to those who call good evil,
and call evil good,
who make out darkness to be
light,light to be darkness,
who make out bitter to be sweet,
sweet to be bitter!

Woe to those who think themselves
so wise,
fancy themselves shrewd!

Is. 5:20-21 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; who place darkness as light and light as darkness; who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and shrewd in their own sight!

Is. 5:20-21 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe betide those who call evil good
and good evil,
who make karkness light and light
darkness,
who make biter sweet and sweet
bitter.
Woe betide those who are wise in
their own sight
and prudent in their own esteem.

Is. 5:20-21 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Ah, you who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
Ah, you who are wise in your own eyes,
and shrewd in your own sight!

Is. 5:20-21 New Revised Standard Version

Quote for the Day

Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.

-- T. S. Eliot

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.

Is. 5:20-21 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to him who builds his
palace on injustice,
his chambers upon fraud,
who forces other men to work
for nothing,
holding back their wages,

Jer. 22:13 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe betide him who builds his palace by unfairness and his roof chambers by injustice; who forces his neighbor to work for nothing and does not give him his wages;

Jer. 22:13 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe betide him who builds his
palace on unfairness
and completes its roof-chambers with
injustice,
compelling his countrymen to work
without payment,
giving them no wage for their
labour!

Jer, 22:13 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice;
who makes his neighbors work for nothing,
and does not give them their wages;

Jer. 22:13 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness,
his upper rooms by injustice,
making his countrymen work for nothing,
not paying them for their labor.

Jer. 22:13 New International Version

Hot Springs Village Mountain Mist

Click on photo above to see the mountain mist near Hot Springs Village, AR.