Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be creative in our use of resources in the pursuit of peace

13 Jacob stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother: 
14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 
15 thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals. 
16 He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants,
“Pass over before me, and put a space…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to dare to be alone with you, and the grace to have an honest struggle with you. 

22 He rose up that night, and took his two wives and eleven sons and 23 sent them over the Jabbok stream.
24 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day. 
25 When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him,
the man touched the hollow of his thigh,
and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled. 
26 The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.”
Jacob…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be courageous and humble in difficult situations today, like Jacob
give us grace to so focus on loving relationships that we are forgiving

1 Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men.
He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two servants. 
2 He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. 
3 He himself passed over in front of them,
and bowed…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to act graciously to others (as Jacob did), and faithfully to you (which Jacob didn’t) 

8 Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?”
Jacob said, “To find favour in the sight of my lord.”
9 Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.”
10 Jacob said, “Please, no, if I have now found favour in your sight,
then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face,
as one sees the face…

Heavenly Father
fill us with your grace, even after we have done what is wrong (like Shechem) 
fill us with your grace when others have done wrong (like Jacob and Hamor)

34 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, went out to see the daughters of the land. 
² Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her. 
³ His soul joined to Dinah, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady. 
⁴ Shechem spoke to…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to speak peace to others today without deceit
give us wisdom to discern the difference between truth and deceit in others. 

¹¹ Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favour in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give. 
¹² Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”

¹³ The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke,
…

Heavenly Father
give us grace not to repay evil for evil (like Simeon and Levi), but to be peacemakers (like Jesus)

²⁴ All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son;
and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. 
²⁵ On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers,
each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males. 
²⁶ They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be obedient to what you call us to do, and put nothing in your way 

35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there.
Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

² Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him,
“Put away the foreign gods that are among you,
purify yourselves, change your garments. 
³ Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel.
I…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to dwell with you today, particularly in our struggles, so that we may be blessed

⁹ God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him. 
¹⁰ God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel (Wrestles-with-God). 
He named him Israel. 
¹¹ God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply.
A nation and a company…

Heavenly Father
give us grace when faced with sorrow to be nourished by thankfulness

¹⁶ They travelled from Bethel. [House of God]
There was still some distance to come to Ephrath [Fruitful],
and Rachel travailed. She had hard labour. 
¹⁷ When she was in hard labour, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

¹⁸ As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni [Son of my sorrow], 
but his…