Bible Verse of the Day — January (KJV)

Every daily verse for January, all 31 of them, in the King James Version. The verse for a given date is the same for everyone and does not change, so you can look ahead, catch up on a day you missed, or find the one you half-remember.

Today's verse is always on the verse of the day page. Where a verse has a fuller treatment on the site, its reference links to it.

January 1“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
Psalm 118:24 (KJV)
January 2“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
Proverbs 3:5 (KJV)
January 3“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Psalm 119:105 (KJV)
January 4“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
— Proverbs 3:6 (KJV)
January 5“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
Psalm 23:1 (KJV)
January 6“Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.”
Proverbs 16:3 (KJV)
January 7“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?”
Psalm 27:1 (KJV)
January 8“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6 (KJV)
January 9“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.”
Psalm 27:14 (KJV)
January 10“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
Proverbs 1:7 (KJV)
January 11“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
— Psalm 30:5 (KJV)
January 12“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”
— Proverbs 10:12 (KJV)
January 13“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
Psalm 37:4 (KJV)
January 14“The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.”
— Proverbs 10:22 (KJV)
January 15“Be still, and know that I am God.”
Psalm 46:10 (KJV)
January 16“He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.”
— Proverbs 10:4 (KJV)
January 17“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10 (KJV)
January 18“Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.”
— Proverbs 11:14 (KJV)
January 19“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”
Psalm 139:14 (KJV)
January 20“The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.”
— Proverbs 11:17 (KJV)
January 21“O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”
Psalm 34:8 (KJV)
January 22“When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.”
— Proverbs 11:2 (KJV)
January 23“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”
Psalm 91:1 (KJV)
January 24“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.”
— Proverbs 11:25 (KJV)
January 25“Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”
— Psalm 100:3 (KJV)
January 26“He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.”
— Proverbs 11:28 (KJV)
January 27“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”
— Psalm 100:4 (KJV)
January 28“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.”
— Proverbs 11:29 (KJV)
January 29“I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.”
— Psalm 102:7 (KJV)
January 30“Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”
— Proverbs 12:25 (KJV)
January 31“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.”
Psalm 103:12 (KJV)

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