Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace to be peacemakers today, whatever the cost.

⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they shall be called children of God.
¹⁰ Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
    for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

¹¹ “Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for...

“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh,
    and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

For he will be as a tree planted by the waters,
    who spreads out its roots by the river,
and will not fear when heat comes,
    but its leaf will be green,
and will not be concerned in the year of drought.
    It won’t cease from yielding fruit.

¹ God, give the king your justice;
    your righteousness to the royal son.
² He will judge your people with righteousness,
    and your poor with justice.
³ The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people.
    The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
⁴ He will judge the poor of the people.
    He will save...

Heavenly father
give us grace to be merciful and pure in heart today.

⁷ Blessed are the merciful,
    for they shall obtain mercy.
⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart,
    for they shall see God.

Heavenly Father
give us grace to live as Jesus did- finding strength in you and being a blessing to others

⁵ Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
    says to bring Jacob again to him,
    and to gather Israel to him,
    for I am honourable in Yahweh’s eyes,
    and my God has become my strength.
⁶ Indeed, he...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to draw near to you with a repentant and humble spirit

⁸ Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded. 
⁹ Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 
¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you....

Heavenly father
give us grace to be gentle in our seeking after righteousness today

⁵ Blessed are the gentle,
    for they shall inherit the earth.
⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they shall be filled.

¹⁹ God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens.
    You have done great things.
    God, who is like you?
²⁰ You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles,
    you will let me live.
    You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
²¹ Increase my honour
    and comfort me again....

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek you today in our poverty of spirit and our mourning, and to be a blessing to others in their poverty of spirit and their mourning

¹ Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain.
When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. 
² He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,³ “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to live in the knowledge that our pasts, our presents and our futures are in you.

¹ Listen, islands, to me.
    Listen, you peoples, from afar:
Yahweh has called me from the womb;
    from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.
² He has made my mouth like a sharp sword.
    He has hidden me in the shadow of his...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to walk humbly and obediently in relationship with you

⁵ Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”? 
⁶ But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
⁷ Be subject therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek first your kingdom today and to be channels of healing to others.

²³ Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
preaching the Good News of the Kingdom,
and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 
²⁴ The report about him went out into all Syria.
They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments,
...

1 Praise the Lord, all you nations;
    extol him, all you peoples.
2 For great is his love toward us,
    and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord

¹⁵ My mouth will tell about your righteousness,
    and of your salvation all day,
    though I don’t know its full measure.
¹⁶ I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh.
    I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
¹⁷ God, you have taught me from my youth.
    Until now, I have declared your...

Heavenly father
give us grace to turn to you today and live in the Kingdom of Heaven  

¹⁷ From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, 
“Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

¹⁸ Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother,
casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 
¹⁹ He said to them,...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be obedient to you today so that we may live in peace and righteousness

¹⁷ Yahweh,
    your Redeemer,
    the Holy One of Israel says:
“I am Yahweh your God,
    who teaches you to profit,
    who leads you by the way that you should go.
¹⁸ Oh that you had listened to my commandments!
  ...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to walk in the gentle way of wisdom

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you?
Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom. 
¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth. 
¹⁵ This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual,...

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Heavenly father
give us grace to be those who look for your light in the dark places of our lives, and in the lives of others; and are transformed by it. 

¹² Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee. 
¹³ Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, 
¹⁴ that it might be...

9 Don’t reject me in my old age.
    Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies talk about me.
    Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
11     saying, “God has forsaken him.
    Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
12 God, don’t be far from me.
    My God, hurry to help me.
13 Let my accusers be...

Heavenly father
give us grace to treasure you and your kingdom above all else giving you worship  today, particularly when we are in positions of power over others. 

⁸ Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 
⁹ He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”
¹⁰ Then...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to open our hearts to you today so that we may live in peace

²⁰ Leave Babylon!  [The place where Israel went into exile]
    Flee from the Chaldeans!  [The new power who will return Israel to their own land]
With a voice of singing announce this,
    tell it even to the end of the earth:
    say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
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Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern the difference between thankful enjoyment of the life in the world that you created, and an unhealthy focus on gratifying our pleasures

¹ Where do wars and fightings among you come from?
Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? 
² You lust, and don’t have.
You murder and covet, and can’t obtain.
You fight and...

Heavenly father
give us grace to keep our eyes fixed on you, particularly when we are dazzled by success and wealth. 

⁵ Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple, 
⁶ and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and,
‘On their hands they will bear you up,
    so...

22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,...

⁴ Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
    from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
⁵ For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh,
    my confidence from my youth.
⁶ I have relied on you from the womb.
    You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb.
    I will always praise you.
⁷ I am a marvel to many,
...