20 Morning Bible Verses to Start Your Day With God

Morning Bible verses can greatly impact your spiritual life and set a positive tone for your day.

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Starting our day with God’s Word gives us guidance, comfort, and inspiration. When we read Scripture in the morning, we open our hearts to God’s wisdom and align our thoughts with His truth.

When we read Scripture, God often speaks to us through specific verses. This verse might offer comfort, guidance, or encouragement that we need for the day ahead.

It’s like God is giving us a spiritual boost to face whatever challenges may come. Sometimes, the verse that catches our attention becomes a source of strength we can hold onto throughout the day. It might pop into our mind when we’re facing a tough decision or feeling discouraged.

Here are 20 powerful morning Bible verses to help you start your day with God.

  1. Psalm 5:3 (NIV)
    “In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.”
  2. Psalm 143:8 (NIV)
    “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.”
  3. Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV)
    “Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
  4. Isaiah 50:4 (NIV)
    “The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.”
  5. Psalm 90:14 (NIV)
    “Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.”
  6. Psalm 30:5 (NIV)
    “For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”
  7. Proverbs 8:17 (NIV)
    “I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.”
  8. Psalm 119:147 (NIV)
    “I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.”
  9. Mark 1:35 (NIV)
    “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”
  10. Psalm 139:17-18 (NIV)
    “How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you.”
  11. Proverbs 3:24 (NIV)
    “When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.”
  12. Psalm 19:14 (NIV)
    “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
  13. Ephesians 5:14 (NIV)
    “This is why it is said: ‘Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.'”
  14. Psalm 23:6 (NIV)
    “Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
  15. Psalm 143:6 (NIV)
    “I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.”
  16. Zephaniah 3:5 (NIV)
    “The Lord within her is righteous; he does no wrong. Morning by morning, he dispenses his justice, and every new day he does not fail, yet the unrighteous know no shame.”
  17. Psalm 63:1 (NIV)
    “You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”
  18. Psalm 59:16 (NIV)
    “But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.”
  19. Proverbs 31:15 (NIV)
    “She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants.”
  20. Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
    “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Verse of the Day

“[The Birth of Jesus] In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.”

Luke 2:1, 4-5