The Daily Bible Quotes

“RASH OATHS. [James 5:12] Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“REWARD AND DESTRUCTION. [Rev. 21:6–8] He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“ANTICHRISTS’ WORLDLY DOCTRINES. [1 Jn. 4:4–6] You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit10 of truth and the spirit of falsehood.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“LOVE EVIDENCED BY ACTIONS. [1 Jn. 3:16–18] This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“SINNING IS CONTRARY TO FAITH. [1 Jn. 3:4–6] Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“LOVE GOD, NOT THE WORLD. [1 Jn. 2:15–17] Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father6 is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“DO NOT TRUST WEALTH. [Heb. 13:5, 6] Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”17 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“For this reason he had to be made like them,18 fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“BEYOND KNOWLEDGE INTO LOVE. [2 Pet. 1:5–9] For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“RESPECT AND HUMILITY. [1 Pet. 5:5–7] In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”16 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“BROTHERLY LOVE. [1 Pet. 4:7–11] The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“IN LOVE AND UNITY. [1 Pet. 3:8–12] Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“AS A CITIZEN. [1 Pet. 2:13–17] Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“PERSPECTIVE AND PRIORITIES. [James 4:13–17] Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“You adulterous people,7 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.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“CHANGED LIFE EVIDENCES FAITH. [James 2:14–17] What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“FAITH WITHOUT WORKS. [James 2:18–20] But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless5?”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“WORD PRODUCES RIGHTEOUSNESS. [James 1:19–21] My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“GOODNESS COMES FROM GOD. [James 1:16–18] Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“RICHES WILL FADE. [James 1:9–11] Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“TRIALS HELP DEVELOPMENT. [James 1:2–4] Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,1 whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“REWARD FOR FAITHFUL MINISTRY. [2 Tim. 4:6–8] For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible

“PREDICTION OF GODLESS TIMES. [2 Tim. 3:1–5] But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.”
― F. LaGard Smith, The Daily Bible