Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Proverbs 29:23 　　(Read Proverbs 29:23) 　　Only those who humble themselves shall be exalted and established. 　　Proverbs 29:23 In-Context 　　21 A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent. 　　22 An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins. 　　23 Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in...

　　Romans 8:1-2 In-Context 　　1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 　　2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set youThe Greek is singular; some manuscripts me free from the law of sin and death. 　　3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Luke 10:25-37 　　(Read Luke 10:25-37) 　　If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbour with any measure of pure, spiritual love, who is not made a partaker of converting grace. But...

　　Deuteronomy 8:1-3 In-Context 　　1 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors. 　　2 Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you...

　　Philippians 4:6-7 In-Context 　　4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 　　5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 　　6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 　　7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on John 15:1-8 　　(Read John 15:1-8) 　　Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. The union of the human and Divine natures, and the fulness of the Spirit that is in him, resemble the root of the vine made fruitful by the moisture from a rich soil. Believers are branches of this Vine. The root...

　　Psalm 34:10 In-Context 　　8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. 　　9 Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing. 　　10 The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. 　　11 Come, my children, listen to...

　　1 John 3:11 In-Context 　　9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 　　10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Psalm 94:12-23 　　(Read Psalm 94:12-23) 　　That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their...

　　John 13:34-35 In-Context 　　32 If God is glorified in him,Many early manuscripts do not have If God is glorified in him.God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. 　　33 My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell...

　　Micah 6:8 In-Context 　　6 With what shall I come before the Lordand bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 　　7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my...

　　Commentary on Today's Verse 　　Commentary on Ephesians 4:29-32 　　(Read Ephesians 4:29-32) 　　Filthy words proceed from corruption in the speaker, and they corrupt the minds and manners of those who hear them: Christians should beware of all such discourse. It is the duty of Christians to seek, by the blessing of God, to bring persons to think seriously, and to encourage...