Stand on the Word with Tony Perkins
A daily devotional podcast hosted by Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, complementing the Stand on the Word Bible reading plan. Each episode offers a short reflection to accompany the day's Scripture reading. The goal is to help listeners encounter God through His word. Additional resources like a Bible reading calendar and devotional materials are available at frc.org/bible.
Episodes
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 21-23
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. - 2 Chronicles 21:5-6
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 19-20
O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you. - 2 Chronicles 20:12
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 17-18
The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the practices of Israel. - 2 Chronicles 17:3-4
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 13-16
[A]nd he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you." - 2 Chronicles 15:2
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 10-12
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is righteous." - 2 Chronicles 12:6
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 11-12
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil. - Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 9-10
A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. - Ecclesiastes 10:2
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 7-8
A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. — Ecclesiastes 7:1
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 5-6
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. — Ecclesiastes 5:10
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 3-4
So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him? - Ecclesiastes 3:22
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 1-2
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. — Ecclesiastes 1:2
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 8-9
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. - 2 Chronicles 9:23
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 6-7
"[I]f my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." - 2 Chronicles 7:14
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 4-5
[A]nd it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever," the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud. - 2 Chronicles 5:13
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 2-3
"Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of incense of sweet spices before him, and for the regular arrangement of the showbread, and for burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel." - 2 Chronicles 2:4
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 1
"Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?" - 2 Chronicles 1:10
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 11
And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. - 1 Kings 11:9
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 9-10
And the Lord said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time." - 1 Kings 9:3
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 8
"The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us." - 1 Kings 8:57
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 7
The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits. - 1 Kings 7:10
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 5-6
"Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father." - 1 Kings 6:12
Bible Reading: Proverbs 31
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. - Proverbs 31:30
Bible Reading: Proverbs 30
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. - Proverbs 30:5
Bible Reading: Proverbs 28-29
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. - Proverbs 28:1
Bible Reading: Proverbs 27
Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. - Proverbs 27:17
Bible Reading: Proverbs 25-26
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. - Proverbs 25:28
Bible Reading: Proverbs 24
If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. - Proverbs 24:10
Bible Reading: Proverbs 23
Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day. - Proverbs 23:17
Bible Reading: Proverbs 21-22
Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. - Proverbs 22:29
Bible Reading: Proverbs 19-20
The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm. - Proverbs 19:23
Bible Reading: Proverbs 17-18
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. - Proverbs 17:27
Bible Reading: Proverbs 15-16
Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. - Proverbs 16:20
Bible Reading: Proverbs 13-14
In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge. - Proverbs 14:26
Bible Reading: Proverbs 11-12
With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. - Proverbs 11:9
Bible Reading: Proverbs 9-10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. - Proverbs 9:10
Bible Reading: Proverbs 7-8
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. - Proverbs 8:33
Bible Reading: Proverbs 5-6
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. - Proverbs 5:22
Bible Reading: Proverbs 3-4
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. - Proverbs 3:5
Bible Reading: Proverbs 1-2
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. - Proverbs 1:7
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 3-4
It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. - 1 Kings 3:10
Bible Reading: Song of Solomon 5-8
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised. - Song of Solomon 8:7
Bible Reading: Song of Solomon 1-4
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! - Song of Solomon 4:10
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 2
"I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn." - 1 Kings 2:2-3
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 1
"As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David." - 1 Kings 1:37
Bible Reading: Psalm 145-150
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God. - Psalm 146:5
Bible Reading: Psalm 141-144
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. — Psalm 143:8
Bible Reading: Psalm 138-140
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. - Psalm 139:14
Bible Reading: Psalm 135-137
Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps. - Psalm 135:6
Bible Reading: Psalm 129-134
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! — Psalm 133:1
Bible Reading: Psalm 120-128
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame. — Psalm 127:3–5
Bible Reading: Psalm 119:145-176
But you are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are true. — Psalm 119:151
Bible Reading: Psalm 119:97-144
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. — Psalm 119:105
Bible Reading: Psalm 119:49-96
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. - Psalm 119:72
Bible Reading: Psalm 119:1-48
Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. - Psalm 119:18
Bible Reading: Psalm 116-118
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord. — Psalm 116:17
Bible Reading: Psalm 111-115
Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. - Psalm 111:2
Bible Reading: Psalm 108-110
Help me, O Lord my God! Save me according to your steadfast love! Let them know that this is your hand; you, O Lord, have done it! - Psalm 109:26-27
Bible Reading: Psalm 107
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. — Psalm 107:28
Bible Reading: Psalm 106
But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel. - Psalm 106:13
Bible Reading: Psalm 105
Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Sing to him, sing psalms to him; tell of all his wondrous works! - Psalm 105:1-2
Bible Reading: Psalm 103-104
But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. — Psalm 103:17–18
Bible Reading: Psalm 98-102
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. — Psalm 100:5
Bible Reading: Psalm 94-97
O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked. — Psalm 97:10
Bible Reading: Psalm 90-93
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. . . . Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands! — Psalm 90:12, 17
Bible Reading: Psalm 89
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face. - Psalm 89:14-15
Bible Reading: Psalm 86-88
All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. - Psalm 86:9
Bible Reading: Psalm 82-85
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. — Psalm 84:10
Bible Reading: Psalm 79-81
"But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise." - Psalm 79:13
Bible Reading: Psalm 78
We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. — Psalm 78:4
Bible Reading: Psalm 75-77
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up, but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another. — Psalm 75:6–7
Bible Reading: Psalm 73-74
My flesh and my heart may fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. — Psalm 73:26
Bible Reading: Psalm 71-72
Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. - Psalm 71:3
Bible Reading: Psalm 69-70
May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!” — Psalm 70:4
Bible Reading: Psalm 66-68
Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man. — Psalm 66:5
Bible Reading: Psalm 62-65
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. — Psalm 62:5–6
Bible Reading: Psalm 58-61
Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man! With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. - Psalm 60:11-12
Bible Reading: Psalm 55-57
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. — Psalm 55:22
Bible Reading: Psalm 51-54
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. - Psalm 51:10
Bible Reading: Psalm 49-50
Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest. — Psalm 50:3
Bible Reading: Psalm 45-48
"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" - Psalm 46:10
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