Celebrating Birthdays

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day <FI>alike<Fi> ; let each in his own mind be fully assured. — read the full passage →

And his sons have gone and made a banquet--the house of each <FI>in<Fi> his day--and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;

Better <FI>is<Fi> a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he maketh a banquet to all his servants, and lifteth up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants, — read the full passage →

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.

Better <FI>is<Fi> the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better <FI>is<Fi> the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day <FI>alike<Fi> ; let each in his own mind be fully assured.

And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not.

To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he maketh a banquet to all his servants, and lifteth up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants,

`See, I have set before thee to-day life and good, and death and evil, — read the full passage →

`Jehovah bless thee and keep thee; — read the full passage →

A man there hath been in the land of Uz--Job his name--and that man hath been perfect and upright--both fearing God, and turning aside from evil. — read the full passage →

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod, — read the full passage →

He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil.

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness? — read the full passage →

And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock, — read the full passage →

Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!

Even to old age I <FI>am<Fi> He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.

But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

Thou hast crowned the year of Thy goodness, And Thy paths drop fatness.

Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed--And not one among them.

A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou <FI>art<Fi> my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters. — read the full passage →

thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!

and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys <FI>is<Fi> with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

`The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, after these things--the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt; — read the full passage →

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

O Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember mercy.

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life <FI>are<Fi> multiplied to thee. — read the full passage →

With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee <FI>is<Fi> my praise continually. — read the full passage →

Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?

but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized--and thou dost come unto me!' — read the full passage →

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

Precious in the eyes of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the death for His saints.

but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice--exulting;

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning; — read the full passage →

Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

They do praise the name of Jehovah, For He commanded, and they were created.

On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou <FI>art<Fi> my God.

we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord. — read the full passage →

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it; — read the full passage →

and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land--therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish--that I have known that Thou <FI>art<Fi> a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil? — read the full passage →

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

Know that Jehovah He <FI>is<Fi> God, He made us, and we are His, His people--and the flock of His pasture.

After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day. — read the full passage →

and rejoiced in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee, and to thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the sojourner who <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst.

I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him, — read the full passage →

At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus, — read the full passage →

Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name. — read the full passage →

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, — read the full passage →

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, <FI>are<Fi> in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole <FI>is<Fi> before them. — read the full passage →

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants--they have not seen light.)

So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved. — read the full passage →

for as the woman <FI>is<Fi> of the man, so also the man <FI>is<Fi> through the woman, and the all things <FI>are<Fi> of God.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed! — read the full passage →

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy <FI>is<Fi> affliction. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

By faith Enoch was translated--not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to--that he had pleased God well, — read the full passage →

for by one offering he hath perfected to the end those sanctified; — read the full passage →

Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants; — read the full passage →

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life--unto death; — read the full passage →

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up; — read the full passage →

A crown of beauty <FI>are<Fi> grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found. — read the full passage →

`Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days--what it <FI>is<Fi> ,' I know how frail I <FI>am<Fi> . — read the full passage →

and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not eaten bread nor drunk water three days and three nights. — read the full passage →