How to Get a Bible Verse of the Day on Your iPhone

How to add a verse of the day widget to your Home Screen

These steps use Versomi, which has free Daily Verse, Hourly Verse and Favorite Verse widgets. Most Bible apps with widgets work the same way.

1. Install Versomi from the App Store and open it once.
2. Touch and hold an empty area of your Home Screen until the apps start to jiggle.
3. Tap Edit, then Add Widget. On earlier versions of iOS, tap the + button.
4. Search for Versomi. Swipe to choose Daily Verse, Hourly Verse or Favorite Verse, and a size.
5. Tap Add Widget, move it where you like, then tap Done.

How to put a Bible verse on your Lock Screen

1. Unlock your iPhone, stay on the Lock Screen, and touch and hold the background.
2. Tap Customize, then Lock Screen if asked.
3. Tap Add Widgets below the clock. For a one-line verse, tap the date above the clock instead.
4. Find Versomi, then tap a Daily Verse, Hourly Verse or Favorite Verse widget. If there’s no room, remove an existing widget first.
5. Close the widget picker and tap Done to save.

Lock Screen widgets take your wallpaper’s colors, while Home Screen widgets use the theme you pick in the app.

Daily, Hourly or Favorite: which verse widget should you use?

• Daily Verse: a new verse each day. Best if you want one verse to carry through the day.
• Hourly Verse: a new verse each hour. Good if you check your phone often and like variety.
• Favorite Verse: one verse you choose. Best for memorizing. In Versomi, touch and hold a verse in the reader and choose Set as widget verse.

Whichever you pick, tap the widget to read the full passage around the verse.

Turn the verse of the day into a reading habit

A widget puts Scripture in front of you, but the habit forms when you tap it. Try this: when you first see the verse in the morning, open it and read the paragraph around it. That takes a minute or two, and it turns a glance into reading.

Once that feels normal, give it a goal. Versomi lets you set 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes a day and keeps your place. Our guide to building a daily Bible reading habit has a four-week starter rhythm.

31 short Bible verses for a month of mornings

If you would rather choose your own verse of the day, read one of these each morning, or set it as your Favorite Verse widget. All are quoted from the World English Bible.

1. Psalm 118:24. “This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!”
2. Lamentations 3:23. “They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.”
3. Psalm 5:3. “LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.”
4. Psalm 90:14. “Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.”
5. Psalm 143:8. “Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you.”
6. Psalm 46:10. “Be still, and know that I am God.”
7. Psalm 23:1. “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.”
8. Psalm 121:2. “My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”
9. Proverbs 3:5. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.”
10. Proverbs 16:3. “Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.”
11. Proverbs 4:23. “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.”
12. Isaiah 30:15. “Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.”
13. Jeremiah 31:3. “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love.”
14. Numbers 6:24–26. “The LORD bless you, and keep you. The LORD make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you. The LORD lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.”
15. Psalm 34:8. “Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.”
16. Psalm 100:5. “For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.”
17. Psalm 145:18. “The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.”
18. Psalm 16:11. “You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.”
19. Hebrews 11:1. “Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.”
20. Ephesians 4:32. “And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.”
21. Philippians 4:4. “Rejoice in the Lord always!”
22. 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18. “Always rejoice. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.”
23. 1 John 4:19. “We love him, because he first loved us.”
24. James 1:17. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.”
25. Isaiah 55:6. “Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.”
26. Psalm 27:14. “Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.”
27. Micah 7:7. “But as for me, I will look to the LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.”
28. Psalm 37:4. “Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
29. Psalm 19:14. “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.”
30. Psalm 86:11. “Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.”
31. Psalm 119:114. “You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.”

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