Daily Devotionals

But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. — Deuteronomy 8:18

When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land He has given you. — Deuteronomy 8:10

Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. — Deuteronomy 8:5

Unless the LORD builds the house, >the builders labor in vain. >Unless the LORD watches over the city, >the guards stand watch in vain. >In vain you rise early >and stay up late, >toiling for food to eat— >for he grants sleep to those he loves. — Psalm 127:1–2

One who is full loathes honey from the comb, >but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet. — Proverbs 27:7

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. — Deuteronomy 6:4

Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do. — Deuteronomy 5:13-14

But all of you who held fast to the LORD your God are still alive today. — Deuteronomy 4:4

At that time I pleaded with the LORD… “Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.” — Deuteronomy 3:23,25

Those who go out weeping, >carrying seed to sow, >will return with songs of joy, >carrying sheaves with them. — Psalm 126:6

We continue with devotional thoughts from the Book of Proverbs every Friday. One of the 11 books in the Torah known as the Ketuvim, Hebrew for “writings,” Proverbs is part of the “wisdom tradition,” which also includes Job and Ecclesiastes.

Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.” — Deuteronomy 2:9