Bible Verse for Today

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

—Proverbs 11:22 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

To take what is physically beautiful and then profane it with sin is to waste a great gift. It is sinfully sharing with someone who is clueless why God gave the blessing of physical beauty in the first place. It is debasing to the person given the beauty to waste it in what and on what is sinful. No matter what gifts we have been given...

 

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

—John 11:21 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

If you have ever stood at the grave side of a loved one, this thought probably crossed your mind, too — "if you had only been here, LORD..."! Where is Jesus when we hurt? Why couldn't he be here to help us? There are a couple of crucial answers to remember.

1. Jesus is with us in our moments of loss and grief. The Church is Jesus' Body...

 

They that are... upright in their way are his [the Lord's] delight.

—Proverbs 11:20 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Blameless? We can't make a claim to be blameless in our own achievements so how will the LORD delight in me? We are blameless because of Jesus' perfect sacrifice. God has forgiven and cleansed us and the Holy Spirit is working to perfect us so that we can be blameless like Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). Paul told Timothy that he had been the worst of sinners (1...

 

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

—Acts 11:18 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Breaking through racial and cultural barriers is never easy, but this was the challenge early church leaders faced when the Holy Spirit led Peter to share the gospel with Cornelius and his household, and they became disciples of Jesus. The Jewish disciples had not anticipated Gentiles to...

 

And ye shall teach them [God's commandments] to your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

—Deuteronomy 11:19 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Moses gives us three crucial messages about God's commandments that were given to Moses for the people of God.

1. As parents, it is our responsibility to teach God's commandments to our children — not the responsibility of the...

 

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

—Zechariah 11:17 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

While we do not like to hear bad news and may not appreciate the pronouncement of judgment on others, there is a time when it is appropriate. Jesus was not only our sacrificial lamb, but he is also our Chief Shepherd serving on earth as God with...

 

But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

—Hebrews 11:16 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Hebrews 11:1-40 is full of reminders of the great heroes of faith from long ago. Many of them risked everything. Others even paid the ultimate price with their lives rather than betraying their faith. How did they live with such a strong faith in the face of such hostility and...

 

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

—1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

In the face of temptation, God has promised us two things:

1. A way out.
2. The power to stand up under trial.

Can we really believe this? Yes, because Jesus demonstrated this...

 

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

—2 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

While we wait for God's great victory for us to be fully realized, we also need to know that we are in a very intense battle. Our most brutal struggles are not with flesh and blood people, but spiritual powers and wickedness in spiritual places (Ephesians 6:10-12). These evil powers often use "false apostles, deceitful workers" and people...

 

As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.

—Joshua 11:15 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Joshua is one of my favorite Bible heroes. He was a great servant to Moses. He refused to be swayed by his peers or by the crowd when he spied out the Promised Land. He followed in the footsteps of a great leader and was a great leader himself — that's not an easy task! Joshua was...