Bible Verse for Today

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

—Proverbs 10:30 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

This proverb's promise to ancient Israel is even truer for those of us who live on this side of Calvary and the empty tomb! As the apostle Paul declared:

...our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the LORD Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform...

 

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

—Hebrews 10:29 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

We often look at the swift and dramatic discipline and punishment God used with his people in the Old Testament and are struck by its severity. The Holy Spirit reminds us that...

 

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

—1 Samuel 10:27 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Some folks didn't want Saul to serve them as King because of his simple background and non-aristocratic family history. So often, we tend to do the same thing today — label people and discount their ability to lead God's people or serve in God's Kingdom because of their heritage or past. God...

 

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

—Proverbs 10:28 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Good news! When we seek righteousness, justice, holiness, mercy, and godliness — qualities of our Father in heaven — our future is with him and will be full of joy. Don't let the darkness that may be around you now steal away the glorious dawn of joy that has already begun to appear but will dawn brighter than the sun with the return...

 

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

—Hebrews 10:25 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

"Going to church" isn't a very attractive phrase to many folks. This reality shouldn't surprise us. Doing things as an act of discipline isn't very popular and often isn't easy. Plus, doing things for others doesn't always fill our hearts with joy — although it probably...

 

For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

—1 Corinthians 10:26 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

When we talk about giving to God and the work of God, we must remember that all we have is his. He doesn't need our gifts to do his work in the world — after all, he made all creation without us. On the other hand, we need to share the blessings he has entrusted to us because he commanded us to do so and because we are most like God when we give and forgive. What we...

 

O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

—Jeremiah 10:24 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Jeremiah frequently struggled with the hard message the LORD gave him to communicate to God's people. He often wept over and complained to God about what he was given to communicate. While he knew he was wrong to complain, he begged the LORD to correct him with justice and mercy, not anger and punishment. This request reminds me of a...

 

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

—1 Corinthians 10:23-24 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Freedom is a wonderful gift! Freedom in Christ is more significant than any other kind of freedom. God entrusts it to us. But we don't want to use our freedom to impinge on someone else's freedom or damage their faith. We don't want our liberty...

 

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

—1 Corinthians 10:16 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

The Apostle Paul makes clear, as Jesus earlier made certain when he instituted the LORD's Supper, that believers anchor the heart of the Gospel in the death, burial, resurrection, and resurrection appearances of Jesus (1 Corinthians 15:1-8). The LORD's Supper...

 

He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

—Deuteronomy 10:21 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

God is our praise! The God who parted the Red Sea and supplied manna to the Israelites in the wilderness is also the God who did the most amazing miracles for us and in us — he has turned our selfish hearts to do his will, turned our lives to do his eternal work in the world, and tuned us through the...