| He must increase; I must decrease. | He must increase, but I must decrease. |
| Whom do I have in heaven except you? And besides you there is nothing else I desire on earth. | Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. |
| Does it now appear to you that I am trying to gain the approval of human beings rather than the approval of God? Am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. | For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. |
| I keep the Lord always before me, for with him at my right hand I will never fall. | I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. |
| If I give away everything to feed the poor and hand over my body to be burned, but do not have love, I achieve nothing. | And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. |
| I will extol you, my God and King; I will bless your name forever and ever. | I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. |
| I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee. |
| I will offer praise to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all your wondrous deeds. | I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. |
| At dawn let me experience your kindness, for in you I place my trust. Show me the path I must walk, for to you I lift up my soul. | Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. |
| For this reason, I rejoice when I endure weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and distress for the sake of Christ. For it is when I am weak that I am strong. | Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. |
| Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled; be not afraid. | Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. |
| I will give thanks to you among the peoples, O Lord; I will sing your praises among the nations. | I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. |
| But as for me, I will look to the Lord. I place my hope in God my savior; my God will hear me. | Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. |
| I shall forgive them for their wicked deeds, and I shall remember their sins no more. | For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes not to look with desire upon a virgin. | I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? |
| Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. | Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. |
| Jesus then said, “I will remain with you only for a short time longer, and then I shall return to him who sent me.” | Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. |
| Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. | Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. |
| I have made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them. | And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. |
| I will instruct you and guide you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and keep my eyes upon you. | I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. |
| Amen, amen, I say to you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do, and indeed will do even greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. | Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. |
| For I will provide the weary with all they need, and I will restore the strength of all those who have grown faint with hunger. | For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. |
| I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and returning to the Father. | I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. |
| Return, rebel Israel, says the Lord. I will not look upon you in anger. For I am merciful, says the Lord; my wrath will not continue forever. | Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. |
| And now it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. The life I live now in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me. | I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. |
Bible verse of the day
Place your hope in the Lord:be strong and courageous in your heart,
and place your hope in the Lord.