Bible Verse for Kids

Memorization is important. It is how we master facts and refine skills. Bible verses are a perfect way to exercise your family’s brains and hide God’s truths in their hearts. Memorizing just one verse per week will have lasting impacts in your homeschool. These are wonderful bible verses for kids that will shape their character and deepen their faith. When hard times come, for the rest of their life, your child will be able to recall these words of comfort and instruction. Are you up for the challenge? Here are 52 bible verses to memorize in your homeschool for every week of 2020.

Character of God

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.  James 1:17

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Numbers 23:19

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. Psalm 18:30

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. Psalm 116:5

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23

For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? 2 Samuel 22:32

Moral Character for Kids

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. Genesis 33:5

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 18:10

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. Proverbs 1:8-9

And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Romans 5:3-5

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 1 John 4:8

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Matthew 12:35

Beatitudes

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Matthew 5:9

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Matthew 5:11

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Matthew 5:12

10 Commandments

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3

Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I [am] the LORD. Leviticus 22:31

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.  Matthew 5:17-22

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Exodus 34:28

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. Deuteronomy 4:13

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 1 John 2:3-6

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth Exodus 20:4

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me Exodus 20:5

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Exodus 20:6

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:7

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates  Exodus 20:8-9

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Exodus 20:12

 Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Exodus 20:13-15

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour’s. Exodus 20:17

Love of God 

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us. 1 John 4:18-19

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1 Corinthians 13:13

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Jeremiah 31:3

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Psalm 86:15

Love of Neighbor

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.  John 12:12-13

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 1 John 4:7

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Luke 6:35

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Hebrew 13:2

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Ephesians 4:2

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2

Looking for more ways to hide God’s Word in your children’s hearts? Check out these bible verses at Bible Memory 4 Kids: Ten Commandments