Daily Bible Verses

¹ Hear, Yahweh, and answer me,
    for I am poor and needy.
² Preserve my soul, for I am godly.
    You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
³ Be merciful to me, Lord,
    for I call to you all day long.
⁴ Bring joy to the soul of your servant,
    for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Heavenly father
give us grace to bring our burdens to you today

²⁸ “Come to me, all you who labour and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. 
²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart;
and you will find rest for your souls. 
³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace to seek you today and turn away from what is wrong

⁶ Seek Yahweh while he may be found.
    Call on him while he is near.
⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts.
Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him,
    to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to not be afraid, particularly when we are speaking

¹³ Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good? 
¹⁴ But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed.
“Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.” 
¹⁵ But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.
Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who…

Heavenly father
give us grace to listen to you today as a small child listens to a parent

²⁵ At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants. 
²⁶ Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight. 
²⁷ All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except…

¹⁶ Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory, ¹⁸ while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

⁸ I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak,
    for he will speak peace to his people, his saints;
    but let them not turn again to folly.
⁹ Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,
    that glory may dwell in our land.
¹⁰ Mercy and truth meet together.
    Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.…

Heavenly father
give us grace to turn towards you when we have turned away.

²⁰ Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn’t repent. 
²¹ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you,
they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 
²² But I…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to listen to your voice today and to bear witness to what we have heard.

³ Turn your ear, and come to me.
    Hear, and your soul will live.
    I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
⁴ Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples,
    a leader and commander to…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be wise and not have a critical spirit today

¹⁶ “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions 
¹⁷ and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’ 
¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 
^19 …

[Looking back at God’s mercy in the past]

¹ Yahweh, you have been favourable to your land.
    You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
² You have forgiven the iniquity of your people.
    You have covered all their sin. Selah.
³ You have taken away all your wrath.
    You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

[…

Heavenly father
give us grace to love you with all our strength today

¹² From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. 
¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 
¹⁴ If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come. 
¹⁵ He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Heavenly Father
give us grace to feed on you and delight in you today

¹ “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters!
    Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat!
    Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
² Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,
    and your labour for that which doesn’t satisfy?
Listen diligently to me,…

Heavenly father give us grace to turn away from deceit, and seek peace today

¹⁰ For, “He who would love life
    and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
    and his lips from speaking deceit.
¹¹ Let him turn away from evil and do good.
    Let him seek peace and pursue it.
¹² For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
 …

Heavenly father
give us grace to live as citizens of the kingdom of Heaven today

⁷ As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 
“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 
⁸ But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. 
⁹ But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I…

12 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. 2 Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

⁹ Behold, God our shield,
    look at the face of your anointed.
¹⁰ For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
    I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
    than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹ For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield.
    Yahweh will give grace and glory.
…

Heavenly father
give us grace to see you at work today

⁴ Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: 
⁵ the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear,
the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
⁶ Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace to only use the weapons of your spirit today

¹⁶ “Behold, I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame,
    and forges a weapon for his work;
    and I have created the destroyer to destroy.
¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against you will prevail;
    and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in…

Heavenly father give us grace today to  do this: 

⁸ Finally, all of you be like-minded,
compassionate, loving as brothers,
tenderhearted, courteous, 
⁹ not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult;
but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to voice our deepest fears to you when we are in difficulty

¹ When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

² Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples 
³ and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”

⁸ Oh give thanks to Yahweh.
    Call on his name.
    Make what he has done known among the peoples.
⁹ Sing to him.
    Sing praises to him.
    Tell of all his marvellous works.
¹⁰ Glory in his holy name.
    Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
¹¹ Seek Yahweh and his strength.
…

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
⁶ Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.
    Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
⁷ They go from strength to strength.
    Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
^8 …

Heavenly father
give us grace to be generous to those around us today

⁴⁰ “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 
⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward.
He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 
⁴² Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to see the immense and eternal power that is in you and with us today. 

¹⁴ You will be established in righteousness.
    You will be far from oppression,
    for you will not be afraid,
    and far from terror,
    for it shall not come near you.
¹⁵ Behold, they may…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to honour all people

⁷ You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge,
giving honour to the woman, as to the weaker vessel,
as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

Heavenly father
give us grace to follow you today, whatever the cost  

³⁸ He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me. 
³⁹ He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

¹ Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. ² Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. ³ For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ⁴ But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself…

¹ How lovely are your dwellings,
    Yahweh of Armies!
² My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh.
    My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
³ Yes, the sparrow has found a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young,
    near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.
…

Heavenly father
give us grace be faithful to you particularly when it would be more peaceful not to.

³⁴ “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. 
³⁵ For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 
³⁶ A man’s foes will be those of his own household. …

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be a blessing to the next generation 

¹¹ “You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted,
    behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colours,
    and lay your foundations with sapphires.
¹² I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
    your gates of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to gentle and quiet in our spirits

³ Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; 
⁴ but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit,
which is very precious in the sight of God. 
⁵ For this is how in the past, the holy women who hoped in…

Heavenly father
give us grace to stand by the truths that we know about you today.  

³² Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. 
³³ But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

1 May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;
    may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
2 May he send you help from the sanctuary
    and grant you support from Zion.
3 May he remember all your sacrifices
    and accept your burnt offerings.[b]

4…

¹ God, don’t keep silent.
    Don’t keep silent,
    and don’t be still, God.
² For, behold, your enemies are stirred up.
    Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
³ They conspire with cunning against your people.
    They plot against your cherished ones.
⁵ For they have conspired together with…

Heavenly father
give us grace to know that we are loved today

²⁹ “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? 
Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 
³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 
³¹ Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. 

Heavenly Father
give us hope when life is bleak 

⁷ “For a small moment I have forsaken you,
    but I will gather you with great mercies.
⁸ In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment,
    but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer.

⁹ “For this is like the waters of Noah to me;
 …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be pure in our behaviour today

¹ In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;
so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behaviour of their wives without a word, 
² seeing your pure behaviour in fear. 

Heavenly father
give us the courage to live in the truth today and the wisdom to know what needs to spoken and proclaimed 

²⁶ Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 
²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 
²⁸ …

¹ Praise Yah!
    Praise, you servants of Yahweh,
    praise Yahweh’s name.
² Blessed be Yahweh’s name,
    from this time forward and forever more.
³ From the rising of the sun to its going down,
    Yahweh’s name is to be praised.
⁴ Yahweh is high above all nations,
    his glory above the heavens…

[The author is speaking about those in power encouraging them to have humility]

⁵ They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
    they walk about in darkness;
    all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶ I said, “You are gods,
    sons of the Most High, all of you;
⁷ nevertheless,…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be like our teacher Jesus today, even when things go badly

²⁴ “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. 
²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord.
If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! 

Heavenly Father
give us grace to love you with our whole heart today

⁴ “Don’t be afraid, for you will not be ashamed.
    Don’t be confounded, for you will not be disappointed.
For you will forget the shame of your youth.
    You will remember the reproach of your widowhood no more.
⁵ For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name.
    The Holy One…

Heavenly father
give us grace today so that we can be gracious to others, particularly when we not in a position of power
 

[previous chapter ends with slaves showing grace to their masters]

¹ In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;
so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behaviour of their wives without a word, 
² seeing your pure behaviour in fear. 

…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be faithful today, whatever the circumstances

²¹ “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child.
Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 
²² You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. 
²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most…

¹ God has taken his place in the divine council;
    in the midst of the gods he holds judgement: [and speaks to the rulers of the nations, and also, by implication, to the electorate in democracies]
² “How long will you judge unjustly
    and…

Heavenly father
give us grace to speak your words, particularly in any difficult situation we encounter today.

¹⁷ But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. 
¹⁸ Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. 
¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to hear and your words of hope for ourselves and speak your words of hope to others  

¹ “Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth;
    break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child:
    for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh.
² “Enlarge the place of your tent,
  …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to die to sin and live to righteousness

²⁴ He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree,
that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness.
You were healed by his wounds. 
²⁵ For you were going astray like sheep;
but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Heavenly father
give us grace to be both wise and gentle today.

¹⁶ “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves.
Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.