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122 Bible Verses to Meditate
When you think about God's word, you find the peace you need. In the middle of those daily battles in your mind, the best way to overcome them and come out victorious is to focus on the scriptures.
I encourage you to hold onto the Bible and make it one of your favorite books. In it, you'll find direction, wisdom, knowledge, freedom, restoration, and so much more.
Today is the day to rethink what fills your mind, get rid of what's not good for you, and let God fill you up as you meditate on His word.
The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.
“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”
You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh.
Jesus looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God.”
I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior.
Those who are eager to do wrong draw near; they are far from your law.
You are near, O Lord, and all your commands are reliable.
I learned long ago that you ordained your rules to last. ר (Resh)
See my pain and rescue me! For I do not forget your law.
Fight for me and defend me! Revive me with your word!
The wicked have no chance for deliverance, for they do not seek your statutes.
Your compassion is great, O Lord. Revive me, as you typically do!
The enemies who chase me are numerous. Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.
I take note of the treacherous and despise them, because they do not keep your instructions.
See how I love your precepts! O Lord, revive me with your loyal love!
I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions. ג (Gimel)
Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.
He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.
May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.
‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.’
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
I will lift my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. ז (Zayin)
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.
I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments.
My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.
Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;
for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.
He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.
But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.
Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!
God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,
and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.
He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.
May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.
Wait patiently for the Lord! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”
For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
“Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,
for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!
But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.
Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.
Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,
And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
Always rejoice,
constantly pray,
in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Praise the Lord, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name!
He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.
For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.
As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.
For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.
A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,
to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.
The Lord has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything.
Praise the Lord, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds!
Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!
Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, you servants of his who carry out his desires!
Praise the Lord, all that he has made, in all the regions of his kingdom! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,
who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,
who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.
And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,
not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.
People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.
For this is what the master, the Lord, the Holy One of Israel says: “If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.
So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
The Lord is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me?
The Lord is on my side as my helper. I look in triumph on those who hate me.
So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.
You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.
For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.
When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. י (Yod)
And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?
Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned –
for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.
Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed.
But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many!
And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification.
For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ!
Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.
For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.
through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.
There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.
I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth!
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.
to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help.
Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison
because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain.
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available – eternal life.
Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.