| God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. | God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. |
| Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. | Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. |
| Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. | Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth. |
| Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests. | Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors! |
| I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. | I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. |
| So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. | So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. |
| I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? | See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too hard for me? |
| Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. | Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah |
| He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” | But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” |
| Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. | Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. |
| Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. | Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. |
| The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever. | The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever. |
| You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. | Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. |
| Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. | Likewise all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them, and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their toil—this is the gift of God. |
| Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. |
| Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. | So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation. |
| Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. | Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. |
| The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. | And the Lord God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them. |
| God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. | For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. |
| This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. | God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. |
| Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” | Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” |
| How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. | Therefore you are great, O Lord God; for there is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. |
| Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. |
| And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.” | The people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and him we will obey.” |
| You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. | You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder. |
Bible verse of the day
Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.