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The Bible is full of passages that can change your life forever. Join us as we discuss the profound truths and encouraging promises of God’s inspired Word—verse by verse. Verse by Verse is a companion podcast to the Daily Bible Verse Blog, which is available on the Life Hope & Truth website.

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    • Feb 6, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Verse by Verse podcast is an excellent resource for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of the Bible. With its quick and informative episodes, it provides a convenient way to engage with God's word in the midst of a busy day. The speakers are clear and emphasize God's love and the hope that can be found within the scriptures. I especially appreciate how each episode takes a verse or a few verses and discusses them in the context of the whole Bible, allowing for a comprehensive understanding of the passage being explored.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is its ability to deliver meaningful content in bite-sized chunks. Whether you have a few minutes during your morning routine or are looking for something to listen to while running errands, these short episodes allow you to fit in some biblical study whenever and wherever it is most convenient for you. Additionally, the speakers consistently provide thoughtful explanations or considerations of each verse, encouraging listeners to reflect on the deeper meaning behind God's word.

    While there are many positive aspects to The Verse by Verse podcast, one potential downside is its brevity. While it offers a quick lesson from the Bible, some listeners may crave more in-depth analysis or discussion surrounding certain passages. However, it is important to remember that this podcast serves as a supplementary resource and not necessarily meant to replace more extensive study methods.

    In conclusion, The Verse by Verse podcast is a wonderful tool for those seeking a deeper understanding of God's word. Its short yet thorough episodes provide meaningful insights into various verses from the Bible while emphasizing God's love and hope. Whether you have just a few minutes or are looking for something longer and more drawn out, this podcast offers valuable content that can be enjoyed at any time of day. So grab your coffee and start your day off right with The Verse by Verse podcast!



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    Latest episodes from Verse by Verse

    “And for My Next Trick . . .” (2 Thessalonians 2:9-10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2026 5:53


    Mark Winner discusses 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10—“The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”

    The Rock of the Church (Matthew 16:18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2026 4:28


    Jim Franks discusses Matthew 16:18—“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”

    The Replacement Principle (Ephesians 4:28)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 4:41


    Erik Jones discusses Ephesians 4:28—“Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.”

    Our Suffering Has Meaning (1 Peter 4:12-13)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2026 4:36


    Kendrick Diaz discusses 1 Peter 4:12-13—“Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.”

    The Names Written in Heaven (Luke 10:20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 5:56


    Tom Clark discusses Luke 10:20—“Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

    Whose Side Are You On? (Joshua 5:13-14)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 5:14


    Jeremy Lallier discusses Joshua 5:13-14—“And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, ‘Are You for us or for our adversaries?' So He said, ‘No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.' And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, ‘What does my Lord say to His servant?'”

    The Parables Maintain the Mystery (Mark 4:11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2026 4:25


    Dave Myers discusses Mark 4:11—“And He said to them, ‘To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables.'”

    Peace and Mercy Depend on This (Psalm 85:9-10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2026 5:03


    Caleb Froedge discusses Psalm 85:9-10—“Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed.”

    The Spirit in Man (Ecclesiastes 12:7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 5:04


    Erik Jones discusses Ecclesiastes 12:7—“Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.”

    The Brothers of Jesus Christ (Mark 3:31-32)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 5:01


    Dave Myers discusses Mark 3:31-32—“Then His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him. And a multitude was sitting around Him; and they said to Him, ‘Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside seeking You.'”Jesus' brothers and sisters are mentioned in Matthew 13:55-56 and Mark 6:3.

    The Revelation . . . of Who? About What? (Revelation 1:1-2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 4:32


    Jim Franks discusses Revelation 1:1-2—“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.”

    “Do Not Swear at All” (Matthew 5:33-37)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 5:19


    Erik Jones discusses Matthew 5:33-37—“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.' But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. But let your ‘Yes' be ‘Yes,' and your ‘No,' ‘No.' For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.”

    Did Paul See the Holy Days as Obsolete? (Galatians 4:10-11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2026 5:53


    Kendrick Diaz discusses Galatians 4:10-11—“You observe days and months and seasons and years. I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.”

    Justice Must Be DONE (Proverbs 21:3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2026 5:08


    Scott Lord discusses Proverbs 21:3—“To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.”

    The God of Reversals Cares for Us (1 Peter 5:6-7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 6:05


    Jeremy Lallier discusses 1 Peter 5:6-7—“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”

    Where Can I Go From Your Spirit? (Psalm 139:7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 3:29


    Jeremy Lallier discusses Psalm 139:7—“Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?”

    God's Spirit Is Not a God-Being (2 Timothy 1:7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 5:40


    Jim Franks discusses 2 Timothy 1:7—“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

    Christ Is the END of the Law? (Romans 10:4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2025 4:29


    Caleb Froedge discusses Romans 10:4—“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.”

    The Safest Kind of Judgment (Luke 13:2-3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2025 4:25


    Kendrick Diaz discusses Luke 13:2-3—“And Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.'”

    Jesus Didn't Come to Bring Peace (Matthew 10:34)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 5:49


    Jeremy Lallier discusses Matthew 10:34—“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.”

    Jesus Christ and the Feasts of the LORD (Leviticus 23:1-2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 5:28


    Caleb Froedge discusses Leviticus 23:1-2—“And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: “The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.”'”

    God Clothes the Unworthy (Zechariah 3:3-4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 5:14


    Kendrick Diaz discusses Zechariah 3:3-4—“Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel. Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, ‘Take away the filthy garments from him.' And to him He said, ‘See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes.'”

    When Converted Christians Disagree (Philippians 4:2-3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2025 5:17


    Erik Jones discusses Philippians 4:2-3—“I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.”

    How to Be Baptized (and Why It Matters) (Mark 1:9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 4:39


    Dave Myers discusses Mark 1:9—“And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan” (ASV).

    The Integrity of the Upright (Proverbs 11:3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 5:38


    David Johnson discusses Proverbs 11:3—“The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.”

    There Is a Sin God Will Not Forgive (Mark 3:28-29)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 5:32


    Dave Myers discusses Mark 3:28-29—“Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation.”

    The Value of Enduring Suffering (Hebrews 2:10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2025 4:06


    Kendrick Diaz discusses Hebrews 2:10—“For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.”

    It's Good to Know That You Don't Know (Psalm 119:96)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 5:31


    David Johnson discusses Psalm 119:96—“I have seen the consummation of all perfection, But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.”

    Repentance Is a Change of Mind (Matthew 4:17)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 4:55


    Dave Myers discusses Matthew 4:17—“From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.'”

    The Proof of God Is in His Creation (Romans 1:20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 5:29


    Doug Horchak discusses Romans 1:20—“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.”

    Why Is Love Greater Than Faith and Hope? (1 Corinthians 13:13)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 5:28


    Erik Jones discusses 1 Corinthians 13:13—“In this life we have three great lasting qualities—faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love” (Phillips).

    Hand to the Plow and Don't Look Back (Luke 9:62)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 5:17


    Tom Clark discusses Luke 9:62—“But Jesus said to him, ‘No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.'”

    Why Accountability Matters (Psalm 51:3-4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 4:24


    Kendrick Diaz discusses Psalm 51:3-4—“For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight—that You may be found just when You speak, and blameless when You judge.”

    Do Not Forget to Entertain Strangers (Hebrews 13:1-2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 5:07


    Jeremy Lallier discusses Hebrews 13:1-2—“Let brotherly love continue. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.”

    Why We (Still) Keep the Passover (Leviticus 23:4-5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 4:46


    Dave Myers discusses Leviticus 23:4-5—“These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the LORD's Passover.”

    Why Is Peace So Elusive? (Isaiah 32:17)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 5:54


    David Johnson discusses Isaiah 32:17—“The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.”

    False Teachers Creep Into Christianity (Jude 1:3-4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 5:30


    Doug Horchak discusses Jude 1:3-4—“Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.”

    The Conquering Messiah (Psalm 9:5, 7-8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 4:36


    Cecil Maranville discusses Psalm 9:5, 7-8—“You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever . . . But the LORD shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment. He shall judge the world in righteousness, and He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.”

    Taking Up Our Cross (Mark 8:34)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 5:28


    Jeremy Lallier discusses Mark 8:34—“When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, ‘Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.'”

    Can We Be Perfect? (Matthew 5:48)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 5:15


    Erik Jones discusses Matthew 5:48—“Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”

    When God Calls Us on the Carpet (Proverbs 12:1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 5:10


    David Johnson discusses Proverbs 12:1—“Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.”

    Are You a Good and Faithful Servant? (Matthew 25:21)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2025 4:29


    Dave Myers discusses Matthew 25:21—“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'”

    Effective Prayer (Psalm 5:1-3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 4:24


    Cecil Maranville discusses Psalm 5:1-3—“Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Give heed to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I will pray. My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up.”

    The Path of God's Commandments (Psalm 119:35)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 4:17


    Jeremy Lallier discusses Psalm 119:35—“Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it.”

    The “Give” Way or the “Get” Way (Acts 20:35)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 4:56


    Erik Jones discusses Acts 20:35—“I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.'”

    Does God Want Us to Judge? (Matthew 7:1-2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 4:58


    Mark Winner discusses Matthew 7:1-2—“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

    In Whatever State I Am (Philippians 4:11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 3:57


    Jeremy Lallier discusses Philippians 4:11—“I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content.”

    Can You Discern Between Good and Evil? (Ezekiel 44:23)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 5:31


    Tom Clark discusses Ezekiel 44:23—“And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.”

    Christianity, in a Word (2 Corinthians 8:7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 5:35


    Erik Jones discusses 2 Corinthians 8:7—“But as you abound in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us—see that you abound in this grace also.”

    The End of the Commandments? (1 Timothy 1:5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 5:10


    David Johnson discusses 1 Timothy 1:5 (KJV)—“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.”

    The Never-Ending Prayer? (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 4:28


    Jeremy Lallier discusses 1 Thessalonians 5:17—“Pray without ceasing.”

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