Bible Verse of the Day

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Today's Verse for Wednesday, October 07

Hosea 6:6

6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

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Today's Verse in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

English Standard Version (ESV)

6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

New Living Translation (NLT)

6 I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.

The Message Bible (MSG)

6 I'm after love that lasts, not more religion. I want you to know God, not go to more prayer meetings.

American Standard Version (ASV)

6 For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

6 I want your loyalty, not your sacrifices. I want you to know me, not to give me burnt offerings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

6 For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

6 I want mercy and not sacrifice. I want you to recognize me as God instead of bringing me burnt offerings.

Today's Verse In-Context

4 “What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.

5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth— then my judgments go forth like the sun.

6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.

This Week's Daily Bible Verses

Tuesday, October 06
2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.

12 We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Monday, October 05
Zechariah 8:16

16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts;

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Sunday, October 04
Judges 5:31

31 “So may all your enemies perish, LORD! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace forty years.

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Saturday, October 03
Proverbs 22:23-24

23 for the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life.

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,

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Friday, October 02
2 John 1:6

6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

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Thursday, October 01
Luke 6:35

35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

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Wednesday, September 30
1 John 4:18-19

18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

19 We love because he first loved us.

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Tuesday, September 29
Proverbs 12:25

25 Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.

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