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Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan
Welcome to the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan where we are seeking to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength with God's Word lighting the way!
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November 12, 2026 - 2 Samuel 4 & Proverbs 26:1-4
Today’s reading covers 2 Samuel 4 and Proverbs 26:1–4. In 2 Samuel 4, Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, is murdered in his sleep by two of his own captains, Rechab and…
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November 11, 2026 - 2 Samuel 3 & Proverbs 25:15-28
Today’s reading covers 2 Samuel 3 and Proverbs 25:15–28. The reflection follows a prolonged conflict between David’s forces and the remaining house of Saul…
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November 10, 2026 - 2 Samuel 2 & Proverbs 25:1-14
Today’s reading covers 2 Samuel 2 and Proverbs 25:1–14. The reflection follows David asking the Lord whether he should go up into the cities of Judah, and…
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November 9, 2026 - 2 Samuel 1 & Proverbs 24:18-34
Today’s reading covers 2 Samuel 1 and Proverbs 24:18–34. The reflection follows an Amalekite messenger who brings David news of Saul’s death, along with Saul’s…
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November 7, 2026 - 1 Samuel 31 & Proverbs 24:1-17
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 31 and Proverbs 24:1–17. Israel falls to the Philistines on Mount Gilboa. Saul’s sons are killed, and the wounded Saul falls on…
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November 6, 2026 - 1 Samuel 30 & Proverbs 23:30-35
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 30 and Proverbs 23:30–35. The reflection follows David and his men returning to Ziklag to find it burned and their families…
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November 5, 2026 - 1 Samuel 29 & Proverbs 23:21-29
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 29 and Proverbs 23:21–29. The reflection follows the Philistine commanders refusing to let David join their battle against…
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November 4, 2026 - 1 Samuel 28 & Proverbs 23:11-20
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 28 and Proverbs 23:11–20. The reflection follows the Philistines gathering for war against Israel, with David now serving as…
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November 3, 2025 - 1 Samuel 27 & Proverbs 23:1-10
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 27 and Proverbs 23:1–10. The reflection examines David’s turning point, a move to Philistine territory out of desperation and a…
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November 2, 2026 - 1 Samuel 26 & Proverbs 22:21-29
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 26 and Proverbs 22:21–29. The reflection follows the final face-off between David and Saul, as David again spares the king’s…
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October 31, 2026 - 1 Samuel 25 & Proverbs 22:11-20
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 25 and Proverbs 22:11–20. The reflection follows David, still hiding from Saul in the wilderness after Samuel’s death, as his…
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October 30, 2026 - 1 Samuel 24 & Proverbs 22:1-10
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 24 and Proverbs 22:1–10. The reflection follows Saul as he tracks David into a cave where David and his men are hiding, and…
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October 29, 2026 - 1 Samuel 23 & Proverbs 21:21-31
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 23 and Proverbs 21:21–31. The reflection follows David evading Saul’s relentless pursuit. Despite Saul’s armies, spies, and…
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October 28, 2026 - 1 Samuel 22 & Proverbs 21:11-20
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 22 and Proverbs 21:11–20. In 1 Samuel 22, David gathers about 400 distressed and discontented men at Adullam and leads them…
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October 27, 2026 - 1 Samuel 21 & Proverbs 21:1-10
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 21 and Proverbs 21:1–10. The reflection follows David's flight from Saul to Ahimelech the priest at Nob, where he lies about…
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October 26, 2026 - 1 Samuel 20 & Proverbs 20:21-30
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 20 and Proverbs 20:21–30. The reflection follows Saul’s continued hostility toward David, leaving his son Jonathan caught…
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October 24, 2026 - 1 Samuel 19 & Proverbs 20:11-20
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 19 and Proverbs 20:11–20. The reflection follows Saul’s repeated attempts to kill David — Jonathan talks his father into…
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October 23, 2026 - 1 Samuel 18 & Proverbs 20:1-10
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 18 and Proverbs 20:1–10. The reflection follows Jonathan’s bond with David as it deepens while Saul’s jealousy grows as the…
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October 22, 2026 - 1 Samuel 17 & Proverbs 19:25-29
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 17 and Proverbs 19:25–29. The reflection follows Israel and the Philistines as they face off in the Valley of Elah, where…
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October 21, 2026 - 1 Samuel 16 & Proverbs 19:17-24
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 16 and Proverbs 19:17–24. The reflection follows Samuel being sent to Bethlehem to anoint Israel’s next king from among Jesse’s…
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October 20, 2026 - 1 Samuel 15 & Proverbs 19:9-16
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 15 and Proverbs 19:9–16. The reflection follows Saul receiving a clear command from the Lord to destroy the Amalekites, only to…
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October 19, 2026 - 1 Samuel 14 & Proverbs 19:1-8
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 14 and Proverbs 19:1–8. The reflection follows Jonathan and his armor-bearer as they attack a Philistine garrison in faith…
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October 17, 2026 - 1 Samuel 13 & Proverbs 18:21-24
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 13 and Proverbs 18:21–24. The reflection follows Jonathan’s victory over a Philistine garrison, which Saul takes credit for…
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October 16, 2026 - 1 Samuel 12 & Proverbs 18:17-20
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 12 and Proverbs 18:17–20. The reflection follows Samuel’s farewell address as Israel’s leader, where he invites anyone to…
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October 15, 2026 - 1 Samuel 11 & Proverbs 18:13-16
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 11 and Proverbs 18:13–16. The reflection follows the Ammonite king Nahash’s siege of Jabesh-gilead and his cruel ultimatum…
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October 14, 2026 - 1 Samuel 10 & Proverbs 18:9-12
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 10 and Proverbs 18:9–12. The reflection follows Samuel as he anoints Saul as prince over Israel and gives him a series of…
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October 13, 2026 - 1 Samuel 9 & Proverbs 18:5-8
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 9 and Proverbs 18:5–8. The reflection follows Saul, a tall and handsome Benjaminite, sent by his father to track down lost…
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October 12, 2026 - 1 Samuel 8 & Proverbs 18:1-4
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 8 and Proverbs 18:1–4. The reflection follows the elders’ demand for a king after Samuel’s own sons take bribes and pervert…
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October 10, 2026 - 1 Samuel 7 & Proverbs 17:26-28
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 7 and Proverbs 17:26–28. The reflection follows Israel’s genuine national repentance after roughly twenty years under…
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October 9, 2026 - 1 Samuel 6 & Proverbs 17:21-25
Today’s reading covers 1 Samuel 6 and Proverbs 17:21–25. The reflection follows the Philistines’ decision to return the Ark of the Covenant after seven months…
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October 8, 2026 - 1 Samuel 5 & Proverbs 17: 17-20
Today's reading covers 1 Samuel 5 and Proverbs 17:17–20. The reflection follows the Philistines as they carry the captured Ark of the Covenant into the temple…
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October 7, 2026 - 1 Samuel 4 & Proverbs 17:13-16
Today's reading covers 1 Samuel 4 and Proverbs 17:13–16. The reflection follows Israel's crushing defeat by the Philistines despite carrying the Ark of the…
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October 6, 2026 - 1 Samuel 3 & Proverbs 17:9-12
Today's reading covers 1 Samuel 3 and Proverbs 17:9–12. The reflection follows God's call to the young Samuel in the night and the sobering judgment pronounced…
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October 5, 2026 - 1 Samuel 2 & Proverbs 17:5-8
Today's reading covers 1 Samuel 2 and Proverbs 17:5–8. The reflection opens with Hannah's prayer of praise after God answers her years of barrenness, lifting…
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October 3, 2026 - 1 Samuel 1 & Proverbs 17:1-4
Today's reading covers 1 Samuel 1 and Proverbs 17:1–4, opening a new book. Our reflection follows Hannah's barrenness and the pain of her rival Peninnah's…
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October 2, 2026 - Ruth 4 & Proverbs 16:30-33
Today's reading covers Ruth 4 and Proverbs 16:30–33, closing out the book of Ruth. Our reflection follows Boaz as he goes to the city gate, settles the…
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October 1, 2026 - Ruth 3 & Proverbs 16:26-29
Today's reading covers Ruth 3 and Proverbs 16:26–29. The reflection explains levirate marriage and the role of the kinsman-redeemer, then follows Naomi's plan…
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September 30, 2026 - Ruth 2 & Proverbs 16:21-25
Today's reading covers Ruth 2 and Proverbs 16:21–25, plus a listener question on whether modern-day prophetic words are biblically legitimate. The reflection…
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September 29, 2026 - Ruth 1 & Proverbs 16:17-20
Today's reading begins the book of Ruth alongside Proverbs 16:17–20. The reflection sets Ruth against the dark backdrop of the judges era — famine, a family's…
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September 28, 2026 - Judges 21 & Proverbs 16:13-16
Today's reading covers Judges 21 and Proverbs 16:13–16, closing out the book of Judges. The reflection follows the disastrous aftermath of the war against…
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September 26, 2026 - Judges 20 & Proverbs 16:9-12
Today's reading covers Judges 20 and Proverbs 16:9–12. Our reflection follows Israel's descent into civil war after the tribe of Benjamin refuses to hand over…
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September 25, 2026 - Judges 19 & Proverbs 16:5-8
Today's reading covers Judges 19 and Proverbs 16:5–8, one of the darkest chapters in the book of Judges. The reflection follows a Levite's journey with his…
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September 24, 2026 - Judges 18 & Proverbs 16:1-4
Today's reading covers Judges 18 and Proverbs 16:1–4. Our reflection follows the tribe of Dan as they search for territory to inherit and stumble upon Micah's…
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September 23, 2026 - Judges 17 & Proverbs 15:30-33
Today's reading covers Judges 17 and Proverbs 15:30–33. Our reflection follows Micah's confession of stealing 1,100 pieces of silver from his mother, who then…
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September 22, 2026 - Judges 16 & Proverbs 15:26-29
Today's reading covers Judges 16 and Proverbs 15:26–29. Our reflection traces Samson's fatal entanglement with Delilah, who presses him day after day until he…
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September 21, 2026 - Judges 15 & Proverbs 15:21-25
Today's reading covers Judges 15 and Proverbs 15:21–25. Our reflection follows Samson's escalating conflict with the Philistines after his wife is given to…
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September 19, 2026 - Judges 14 & Proverbs 15:17-20
Today's reading covers Judges 14 and Proverbs 15:17–20. Our reflection follows Samson's pursuit of a Philistine woman against his parents' hesitations, his…
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September 18, 2026 - Judges 13 & Proverbs 15:13-16
Today's reading covers Judges 13 and Proverbs 15:13–16. Our reflection follows Samson's birth narrative, as the angel of the Lord appears to Manoah's barren…
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September 17, 2026 - Judges 12 & Proverbs 15:9-12
Today's reading covers Judges 12 and Proverbs 15:9–12. Our reflection follows the conflict between Jephthah and the Ephraimites, and the brief succession of…
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September 16, 2026 - Judges 11 & Proverbs 15:5-8
Today's reading covers Judges 11 and Proverbs 15:5–8. Our reflections follow Jephthah, a mighty warrior once rejected for his questionable parentage. Gilead's…
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September 15, 2026 - Judges 10 & Proverbs 15:1-4
Today's reading covers Judges 10 and Proverbs 15:1–4. The reflection traces Israel's continued descent into idolatry — worshiping the gods of five surrounding…
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September 14, 2026 - Judges 9 & Proverbs 14:33-35
Today's reading covers Judges 9 and Proverbs 14:33–35. The reflection traces Abimelech's violent rise to power, Jotham's parable of the trees, and the…
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September 12, 2026 - Judges 8 & Proverbs 14:29-32
Today's reading covers Judges 8 and Proverbs 14:29–32. Our reflection follows Gideon's pursuit and defeat of the Midianite kings, his harsh dealings with…
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September 11, 2026 - Judges 7 & Proverbs 14:25-28
Today's reading covers Judges 7 and Proverbs 14:25–28. The reflection follows Gideon's army being whittled down from 32,000 to just 300 men before facing the…
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September 10, 2026 - Judges 6 & Proverbs 14:21-24
Today's reading covers Judges 6 and Proverbs 14:21–24. The reflection follows Israel's oppression under the Midianites and the introduction of Gideon — a…
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September 9, 2026 - Judges 5 & Proverbs 14:17-20
Today's reading covers Judges 5 and Proverbs 14:17–20. The reflection walks through the Song of Deborah and Barak, a poetic retelling of Judges 4's victory…
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September 8, 2026 - Judges 4 & Proverbs 14:13-16
Today's reading covers Judges 4 and Proverbs 14:13–16. The reflection follows Israel's fall back into oppression under Jabin, king of Canaan, and his commander…
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September 7, 2026 - Judges 3 & Proverbs 14:9-12
Today's reading covers Judges 3 and Proverbs 14:9–12. The reflection traces how God leaves certain nations in Canaan to test Israel, only for Israel to drift…
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September 5, 2026 - Judges 2 & Proverbs 14:5-8
Today's reading covers Judges 2 and Proverbs 14:5–8. The reflection opens with the angel of the Lord's confrontation at Bochim, unpacking it as a likely…
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September 4, 2026 - Judges 1 & Proverbs 14:1-4
Today's reading covers Judges 1 and Proverbs 14:1–4, opening a new book in the Lamp and Light Bible reading plan. Our reflection lays out Judges as a whole —…