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Today's Bible verse is Romans 15:13“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.” Everyone who opens this page today gets the same verse: one of twenty-six passages in a published rotation, quoted from the World English Bible, changing each morning. Free to read, no account needed.

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“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.”
ROMANS 15:13

Hope is the thing being given, not the thing being demanded of you. Paul prays for it to be filled in from outside rather than worked up from inside.

More in the same vein: Bible verses about hope.

The week ahead

Nothing here is a surprise — the rotation is published, so you can read ahead, pray ahead, or pick the one you want to sit with on Sunday.

Thursday
Sep 10
1 Peter 5:7
“Casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.”
Friday
Sep 11
Deuteronomy 31:6
“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for the LORD your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
Saturday
Sep 12
Psalm 119:105
“Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.”
Sunday
Sep 13
Colossians 3:13
“Bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.”
Monday
Sep 14
James 1:2-4
“The testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”
Tuesday
Sep 15
Isaiah 26:3
“You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.”
Wednesday
Sep 16
2 Timothy 1:7
“For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”

Looking back instead? Every day since July 28, 2026 is in the verse of the day archive, each verse on the date it was live.

How the verse is chosen

Not at random, and not by what is trending. Twenty-six passages sit in a fixed order, and the order matters: comfort is followed by challenge, challenge by gratitude, so no week lands entirely on one note and a hard verse is never followed by another hard one.

Everyone reading on the same day gets the same verse. That is the small thing that makes it shareable — you can text someone about it and know they have already seen it.

Every verse in the rotation

Twenty-six in all. If one of them is the verse you needed today rather than the one the calendar handed you, take that one instead.

01
Isaiah 41:10
“Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you.”
02
Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.”
03
Psalm 46:1
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
04
Philippians 4:6-7
“In everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts.”
05
Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”
06
Lamentations 3:22-23
“It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. They are new every morning.”
07
Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.”
08
Romans 8:28
“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
09
Psalm 23:4
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.”
10
Isaiah 40:31
“But those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.”
11
2 Corinthians 12:9
“He has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
12
Psalm 34:18
“The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.”
13
Joshua 1:9
“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
14
Philippians 4:13
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
15
Psalm 27:1
“The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?”
16
John 14:27
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.”
17
Micah 6:8
“He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”
18
Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control.”
19
Romans 15:13
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.”
20
1 Peter 5:7
“Casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.”
21
Deuteronomy 31:6
“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for the LORD your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
22
Psalm 119:105
“Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.”
23
Colossians 3:13
“Bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.”
24
James 1:2-4
“The testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”
25
Isaiah 26:3
“You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.”
26
2 Timothy 1:7
“For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”
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Frequently asked questions

What is the Bible verse of the day?

One verse chosen for that calendar day, the same for everyone who opens the page. This one moves through a rotation of twenty-six passages, so the verse you get today is the verse a friend on the other side of the world gets today.

How is the verse of the day chosen?

Deliberately, not at random. The rotation is ordered so that comfort, challenge and gratitude alternate — no week lands entirely on one note, and a hard verse is never followed by another hard verse.

What is a good Bible verse to start the day with?

Lamentations 3:22-23 is hard to improve on: his compassion doesn’t fail, and it is new every morning. It says the day is not a continuation of yesterday’s failure, which is the thing most of us need to hear before eight in the morning.

Which Bible translation is the verse of the day in?

The World English Bible, a public-domain translation, with the divine name rendered as “the LORD”. The VerseMates app reads the Berean Standard Bible by default, with the King James Version and the Reina-Valera 1909 available in Settings.

Can I get the verse of the day on my home screen?

Yes. VerseMates ships an iOS home-screen widget that shows the day’s verse without opening anything, so it arrives in the ordinary course of looking at your phone rather than as one more thing to remember.

Do I need to sign up to read the verse of the day?

No. This page is free and needs no account. Signing in only matters if you want to check in on how the day went, or walk through the verses alongside a friend.

Read by topic instead

Hope

Bible verses about hope

Peace

Bible verses about peace

Gratitude

Bible verses about gratitude

Two of those change daily the way this page does, drawing on the whole collection rather than the rotation: a Bible verse of the day about strength and a Bible verse of the day about love.

Or start a rhythm rather than a single day: how to build a daily Bible verse habit that lasts.

Scripture quotations are adapted from the World English Bible, a public domain translation, with the divine name rendered as “the LORD”. The VerseMates app reads the Berean Standard Bible by default, with the King James Version and the Reina-Valera 1909 available in Settings.