Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace today to respond to the needs of others in faith

¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? 
¹⁵ And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 
¹⁶ and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;”
yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it? 
¹⁷ Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. 
¹⁸ Yes…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be your friend today in all that we do.

¹⁹ You believe that God is one. You do well.
The demons also believe, and shudder. 
²⁰ But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? 
²¹ Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 
²² You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected. 
²³ So the Scripture was…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be alive in spirit and in faith and for this to flow out in good works. 

²⁴ You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith. 
²⁵ In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works,
in that she received the messengers and sent them out another way? 
²⁶ For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to have integrity today, putting into practice those things that we have said that we believe.  
 

¹ Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgement. 
² For we all stumble in many things.
Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person,
able to bridle the whole body also. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to let our words be guided by your Spirit. 

³ Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths
so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. 
⁴ Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds,
are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires. 
⁵ So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things.
See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to bless other people, particularly in what we say. 

⁶ And the tongue is a fire.
The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue,
which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. 
⁷ For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind; 
⁸ but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 
⁹ With…

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, and demonic. 
¹⁶ For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is…

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 make war.
You don’t have, because you don’t ask. 
³ You ask, and don’t…

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 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.