Readings for 7 March 2028
23 February 2028 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: purple
Old Testament (Vespers): Genesis 4:8-15
Translation: Brenton's English Septuagint
8And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 9And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper? 10And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cries to me out of the ground. 11And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 12When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth. 13And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven. 14If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me. 15And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.
Old Testament (Vespers): Proverbs 5:1-15
Translation: Brenton's English Septuagint
1My son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words; 2that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman; 3for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate: 4but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword. 5For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established. 6For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known. 7Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect. 8Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: 9lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless: 10lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers; 11and thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed, 12and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! 13I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear. 14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. 15Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.