Scripture of the Day

1 Peter 2:15

2012-01-30T04:30:00.001-06:00

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men-- as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.

Revelation 20:12

2012-01-29T04:30:00.002-06:00

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is [the Book] of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

Proverbs 17:13

2012-01-28T04:30:00.000-06:00

Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.

Hebrews 12:27-28 (NLT)

2012-01-27T04:30:00.001-06:00

This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain.

Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.

Deuteronomy 8:2

2012-01-26T04:30:00.000-06:00

"And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you [and] test you, to know what [was] in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

Psalms 46:2-6 (NLT)

2012-01-25T04:30:00.000-06:00

So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.

Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude

A river brings joy to the city of our God, the sacred home of the Most High.

God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God will protect it.

The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble! God's voice thunders, and the earth melts!

Psalm 101:3

2012-01-24T04:30:00.000-06:00

I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.

Psalm 105:19

2012-01-23T04:30:00.000-06:00

Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him.

Romans 13:14

2012-01-22T04:30:00.000-06:00

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to [fulfill its] lusts.

Exodus 16:4

2012-01-21T04:30:00.000-06:00

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not.

Job 9:14

2012-01-20T04:30:00.000-06:00

"How then can I answer Him, [And] choose my words [to reason] with Him?

Genesis 40:8

2012-01-19T04:30:00.002-06:00

And they said to him, "We each have had a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it." So Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell [them] to me, please."

Proverbs 15:13 (NIV)

2012-01-18T04:30:00.000-06:00

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

Matthew 11:25 (NLT)

2012-01-17T04:30:00.000-06:00

At that time Jesus prayed this prayer: "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.

Revelation 15:1

2012-01-16T04:30:00.000-06:00

Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.

Genesis 6:4

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There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore [children] to them. Those [were] the mighty men who [were] of old, men of renown.

1 Corinthians 6:7-8

2012-01-14T04:30:00.001-06:00

Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather [let yourselves] be cheated? No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and [you do] these things [to your] brethren!

Romans 13:1

2012-01-13T04:30:00.002-06:00

Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.

Ephesians 2:14-16 (NIV)

2012-01-12T04:30:00.000-06:00

For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

Joshua 22:25 (NLT)

2012-01-11T04:30:00.000-06:00

The LORD has placed the Jordan River as a barrier between our people and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have no claim to the LORD.' So your descendants may prevent our descendants from worshiping the LORD.

Colossians 3:2

2012-01-10T04:30:00.001-06:00

Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

1 Corinthians 3:18 (NLT)

2012-01-09T04:30:00.001-06:00

Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world's standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise.

1 Timothy 4:1-3

2012-01-08T04:30:00.001-06:00

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 6:7

2012-01-07T04:30:00.000-06:00

For we brought nothing into [this] world, [and it is] certain we can carry nothing out.

2 Timothy 4:5

2012-01-06T04:30:00.001-06:00

But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Exodus 31:3-5

2012-01-05T04:30:00.000-06:00

"And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all [manner of] workmanship, "to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, "in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all [manner of] workmanship.

Acts 7:52-53

2012-01-04T04:30:00.001-06:00

"Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, "who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept [it]."

Jeremiah 5:22 (NIV)

2012-01-03T04:30:00.000-06:00

Should you not fear me?" declares the LORD. "Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.

James 5:3 (NLT)

2012-01-02T04:30:00.000-06:00

Your gold and silver have become worthless. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh like fire. This treasure you have accumulated will stand as evidence against you on the day of judgment.

Matthew 9:29

2012-01-01T04:30:00.000-06:00

Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you."

Jeremiah 7:19 (NLT)

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"Am I the one they are hurting?" asks the LORD. "Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame."

Proverbs 29:11

2011-12-30T04:30:00.000-06:00

A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise [man] holds them back.

Matthew 17:20

2011-12-29T04:30:00.001-06:00

So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Ezra 10:4 (NLT)

2011-12-28T04:30:00.000-06:00

Get up, for it is your duty to tell us how to proceed in setting things straight. We are behind you, so be strong and take action.

Malachi 1:4

2011-12-27T04:30:00.002-06:00

Even though Edom has said, "We have been impoverished, But we will return and build the desolate places," Thus says the LORD of hosts: "They may build, but I will throw down; They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness, And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever."

Romans 14:23

2011-12-26T04:30:00.001-06:00

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because [he does] not [eat] from faith; for whatever [is] not from faith is sin.

Luke 12:42-44

2011-12-25T04:30:00.003-06:00

And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom [his] master will make ruler over his household, to give [them their] portion of food in due season?

Blessed [is] that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has."

Psalm 146:5-7

2011-12-24T04:30:00.003-06:00

Happy [is he] who [has] the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope [is] in the LORD his God, Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that [is] in them; Who keeps truth forever, Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD gives freedom to the prisoners.

Zephaniah 3:8-9

2011-12-23T04:30:00.002-06:00

"Therefore wait for Me," says the LORD, "Until the day I rise up for plunder; My determination [is] to gather the nations To My assembly of kingdoms, To pour on them My indignation, All My fierce anger; All the earth shall be devoured With the fire of My jealousy.

"For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, That they all may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him with one accord.

Hebrews 12:1-2

2011-12-22T04:30:00.001-06:00

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares [us], and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

1 John 4:18

2011-12-21T04:30:00.000-06:00

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

1 Kings 18:27 (NLT)

2011-12-20T04:30:00.000-06:00

About noontime Elijah began mocking them. "You'll have to shout louder," he scoffed, "for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself. [fn] Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!"

Mark 12:36 (NLT)

2011-12-19T04:30:00.000-06:00

For David himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said, 'The LORD said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.'

Psalm 89:22 (NLT)

2011-12-18T04:30:00.001-06:00

His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him.

Proverbs 12:25

2011-12-17T04:30:00.000-06:00

Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.

Jeremiah 29:8-9

2011-12-16T04:30:00.002-06:00

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.

For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the LORD.

Isaiah 59:19

2011-12-15T04:30:00.001-06:00

So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.

James 2:2-4

2011-12-14T04:30:00.002-06:00

For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, "You sit here in a good place," and say to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here at my footstool," have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Proverbs 16:28

2011-12-13T04:30:00.002-06:00

A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

Esther 1:18 (NIV)

2011-12-12T04:30:00.000-06:00

This very day the Persian and Median women of the nobility who have heard about the queen's conduct will respond to all the king's nobles in the same way. There will be no end of disrespect and discord.

Job 18:12

2011-12-11T04:30:00.000-06:00

His strength is starved, And destruction [is] ready at his side.

Numbers 15:31

2011-12-10T04:30:00.000-06:00

'Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt [shall be] upon him.' "

Ezekiel 5:13

2011-12-09T04:30:00.000-06:00

'Thus shall My anger be spent, and I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be avenged; and they shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken [it] in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon them.

Isaiah 40:18

2011-12-08T04:30:00.000-06:00

To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?

James 4:9 (RSV)

2011-12-07T04:30:00.001-06:00

Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to dejection.

Isaiah 26:16

2011-12-06T04:30:00.000-06:00

LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer [when] Your chastening [was] upon them.

Isaiah 29:10-16

2011-12-05T04:30:00.001-06:00

For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, [namely], the seers.

The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one who is literate, saying, "Read this, please." And he says, "I cannot, for it [is] sealed."

Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, "Read this, please." And he says, "I am not literate."

Therefore the Lord said: "Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men, Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work Among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder; For the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, And the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hidden."

Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the LORD, And their works are in the dark; They say, "Who sees us?" and, "Who knows us?"

Surely you have things turned around! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; For shall the thing made say of him who made it, "He did not make me"? Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?

Hebrews 10:28

2011-12-04T04:30:00.000-06:00

Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses.

Leviticus 21:12

2011-12-03T04:30:00.000-06:00

...'nor shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD.

Exodus 23:13 (NLT)

2011-12-02T04:30:00.001-06:00

"Pay close attention to all my instructions. You must not call on the name of any other gods. Do not even speak their names.

2 Corinthians 1:21-22 (NLT)

2011-12-01T04:30:00.000-06:00

It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us, and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us.

1 Peter 3:23-24

2011-11-30T04:30:00.000-06:00

There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

Judges 11:27

2011-11-29T04:30:00.000-06:00

'Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you wronged me by fighting against me. May the LORD, the Judge, render judgment this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon.' "

Psalm 7:11 (NIV)

2011-11-28T04:30:00.001-06:00

God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.

Colossians 2:10 (NLT)

2011-11-27T04:30:00.001-06:00

So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

Isaiah 2:6 (NASB)

2011-11-26T04:30:00.000-06:00

For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with influences from the east, And they are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they strike bargains with the children of foreigners.

Psalm 10:14

2011-11-25T04:30:00.001-06:00

But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay [it] by Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Leviticus 22:29

2011-11-24T04:30:00.001-06:00

And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer [it] of your own free will.

Psalm 31:7-8

2011-11-23T04:30:00.000-06:00

I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, For You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities, And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.

Revelation 11:11 (NLT)

2011-11-22T04:30:00.000-06:00

But after three and a half days, God breathed life into them, and they stood up! Terror struck all who were staring at them.

Romans 6:19 (ESV)

2011-11-21T04:30:00.001-06:00

I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

John 21:18 (NLT)

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"I tell you the truth, when you were young, you were able to do as you liked; you dressed yourself and went wherever you wanted to go. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others [fn]will dress you and take you where you don't want to go."

1 Peter 1:22-23

2011-11-19T04:30:00.000-06:00

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever...

Proverbs 14:10

2011-11-18T04:30:00.001-06:00

The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.

1 Peter 1:6-9

2011-11-17T04:30:00.000-06:00

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, [being] much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see [Him], yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of [your] souls.

Romans 13:14

2011-11-16T04:30:00.000-06:00

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to [fulfill its] lusts.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

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Nothing [is] better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God.

Proverbs 17:28

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Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; [When] he shuts his lips, [he is considered] perceptive.

Philippians 4:6-7

2011-11-13T04:30:00.001-06:00

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Romans 13:3

2011-11-12T04:30:00.000-06:00

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.

Proverbs 14:7

2011-11-11T04:30:00.000-06:00

Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

Deuteronomy 10:17

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For the LORD your God [is] God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.

Acts 4:15-16

2011-11-09T04:30:00.000-06:00

But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, "What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them [is] evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny [it].

Exodus 35:35

2011-11-08T04:30:00.000-06:00

He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet [thread], and fine linen, and of the weaver--those who do every work and those who design artistic works.

Ephesians 6:9 (NLT)

2011-11-07T04:30:00.000-06:00

Masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Don't threaten them; remember, you both have the same Master in heaven, and he has no favorites.

Job 5:27

2011-11-06T04:30:00.000-06:00

Behold, this we have searched out; It [is] true. Hear it, and know for yourself."

1 Peter 5:5

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Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to [your] elders. Yes, all of [you] be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

Hebrews 1:2 (NLT)

2011-11-04T04:30:00.000-05:00

And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.

1 Corinthians 3:15

2011-11-03T04:30:00.000-05:00

If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

Isaiah 58:8

2011-11-02T04:30:00.000-05:00

Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

Matthew 21:22

2011-11-01T04:30:00.000-05:00

"And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

Psalm 136:12

2011-10-31T04:30:00.001-05:00

...With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, For His mercy [endures] forever...

Deuteronomy 4:33

2011-10-30T04:30:00.001-05:00

Did [any] people [ever] hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?

Psalm 109:15-16

2011-10-29T04:30:00.000-05:00

Let them be continually before the LORD, That He may cut off the memory of them from the earth; Because he did not remember to show mercy, But persecuted the poor and needy man, That he might even slay the broken in heart.

Matthew 13:22

2011-10-28T04:30:00.000-05:00

"Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Romans 5:18 (NLT)

2011-10-27T04:30:00.000-05:00

Yes, Adam's one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone.

Matthew 27:14 (NLT)

2011-10-26T04:30:00.000-05:00

But Jesus made no response to any of the charges, much to the governor's surprise.

Job 41:8-9 (NIV)

2011-10-25T04:30:00.000-05:00

If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!

Any hope of subduing him is false; the mere sight of him is overpowering.

1 Corinthians 11:5-6 (ASV)

2011-10-24T04:30:00.000-05:00

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

Psalm 18:3

2011-10-23T04:30:00.000-05:00

I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.