Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace not to lose hope, giving thanks for your provision through people going about their business (ishmaelites)

 ²³ When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic of many colours ; 
²⁴ and they took him, and threw him into the pit which was empty.
²⁵ They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites
bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 
²⁶ Judah said to his...

Heavenly father
give us grace not to lose hope in grief and mourning, thanking you that you are working your purposes out. 

²⁹ Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes. 
³⁰ He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?” 
³¹ They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 
³² They took the tunic of many colours, and they brought it to their father, and said,...

Heavenly father
give us grace to live life in all its fullness, and not be led into temptation of doing anything which is the opposite of life.

²  Judah took a Canaanite woman as his wife, . ³ who bore him sons named Er, ⁴  Onan. ⁵  and Shelah. ⁶ Judah took a wife for Er, and her name was Tamar. 
⁷ Er was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him. 
⁸ Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and raise up offspring for...

Heavenly father
give us grace to do the right thing, particularly when we may be embarrassed to do so.

¹² After Judah’s wife died, Judah went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah. 
¹³ Tamar was told this. ¹⁴ She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and sat on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife. 
¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face....

Heavenly father
give us grace to see you at work, particularly in bad circumstances (such as slavery)

¹Joseph was brought down to Egypt by the Ishmaelites and sold as a slave to an officer of Pharaoh called Potiphar. 
² Yahweh was with Joseph, who then prospered in the house of the Egyptian. 
³ His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand. 
⁴ Joseph found favour in his sight. He...

Heavenly father
give us grace to refrain from doing what is wrong, whatever the consequences are,
and open our eyes to see your grace whatever our circumstances

⁶ Joseph was well-built and handsome. 
⁷ His master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”
⁸ But he refused, and said to his master’s wife,
“Behold, my master has put all that he has into my hand. 
⁹ How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
¹⁰ As she spoke to Joseph...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to notice others today and share their joys and sorrows 

40 After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, . 
² Pharaoh ³ put them in the prison, where ⁴ The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days. ⁵ They both dreamed a dream, in one night,
⁶ Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw that they were sad,...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to understand dreams (like Joseph)
and give us grace to be a blessing to others when we are blessed (unlike the cupbearer)

⁹ The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph:  “In my dream, there was a vine ¹⁰ with three branches, on which were clusters of ripe grapes,  ¹¹ which I took and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”
¹² Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. ...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be prudent in times of plenty, so that we may be able to help ourselves and others in time of scarcity. 

¹ After two years, Pharaoh dreamed that he stood by the river. ² out of which came seven sleek and fat cattle ³ followed by seven ugly and thin cattle,  ⁴ which ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle.  ⁵ In a second dream, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good. ⁶ after which, seven...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to face up to what we have done in the past and make amends for it as opportunity presents itself

¹  Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, so said to his sons, ²  “ Go to Egypt, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.” 
³ Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. 
⁴ But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.” 
⁵ The...