- I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope. - But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.
- My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
- I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
- The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
- If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
- Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
- The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me? - Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”
- I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely. - For this is what the high and exalted One says—
he who lives forever, whose name is holy:
“I live in a high and holy place,
but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and to revive the heart of the contrite.” - Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
- I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
- Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
- When I said, “My foot is slipping,”
your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
- But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
- I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.
- Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
my hope comes from him. - Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life. - These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Bible verse of the day
Do not be wise in your own eyes;fear the Lord and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.