Scriptures for Kids

Below are some bible verses we encourage children in each age group to memorise.

Pre-School Glow

John 3:16 New Century Version (NCV)
16 “God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.

1 John 3:1 New Century Version (NCV)
3 The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children.

Kindergarten

Psalm 23 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
(A psalm by David.)
You, LORD, are my shepherd. I will never be in need.
You let me rest in fields of green grass. You lead me to streams of peaceful water,
and you refresh my life. You are true to your name, and you lead me along the right paths.
I may walk through valleys as dark as death, but I won’t be afraid.
You are with me and your shepherd’s rod[a]makes me feel safe.
You treat me to a feast, while my enemies watch.
You honor me as your guest, and you fill my cup until it overflows.
Your kindness and love will always be with me each day of my life, and will live forever in your house, LORD.

Matthew 6:8-13 New Century Version (NCV)
‘Our Father in heaven,
may your name always be kept holy.
10 May your kingdom come
and what you want be done,
here on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us the food we need for each day.
12 Forgive us for our sins,
just as we have forgiven those who sinned against us.
13 And do not cause us to be tempted,
but save us from the Evil One.’ [The kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours forever. Amen.][a]

Year One

Proverbs 3:5-8 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
5 With all your heart you must trust the LORD and not your own judgment.
6 Always let him lead you, and he will clear the road for you to follow.
7 Don’t ever think that you are wise enough, but respect the LORD and stay away from evil.
8 This will make you healthy, and you will feel strong.

John 3:16-17 New Century Version (NCV)
16 “God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life. 17 God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.

Romans 8:38-39 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
38-39 Yes, I am sure that nothing can separate us from God’s love—not death, life, angels, or ruling spirits. I am sure that nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers, nothing above us or nothing below us—nothing in the whole created world—will ever be able to separate us from the love God has shown us in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Year Two

1 John 5:12 New Century Version (NCV)
12 Whoever has the Son has life, but whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Romans 3:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

Romans 6:23 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
23 When people sin, they earn what sin pays—death. But God gives his people a free gift—eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 5:8 New Century Version (NCV)
8 But God shows his great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

Romans 10:9-13 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
9 If you openly say, “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from death, you will be saved. 10 Yes, we believe in Jesus deep in our hearts, and so we are made right with God. And we openly say that we believe in him, and so we are saved.

11 Yes, the Scriptures say, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disappointed.”12 It says this because there is no difference between those who are Jews and those who are not. The same Lord is the Lord of all people. And he richly blesses everyone who looks to him for help.13 Yes, “everyone who trusts in the Lord will be saved.”

Year Three

Psalm 1 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
1 Great blessings belong to those who don’t listen to evil advice, who don’t live like sinners, and who don’t join those who make fun of God.[a]
2 Instead, they love the LORD’s teachings and think about them day and night.
3 So they grow strong, like a tree planted by a stream—a tree that produces fruit when it should and has leaves that never fall.
Everything they do is successful.
4 But the wicked are not like that. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
5 When the time for judgment comes, the wicked will be found guilty. Sinners have no place among those who do what is right.[b]
6 The LORD shows his people how to live, but the wicked have lost their way.

Galatians 2:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Romans 8:15-16 (NCV)
15 The Spirit we received does not make us slaves again to fear; it makes us children of God. With that Spirit we cry out, “Father.”[a] 16 And the Spirit himself joins with our spirits to say we are God’s children.

1 John 4:9-10 (NIRV)
9 Here is how God showed his love among us. He sent his one and only Son into the world. He sent him so we could receive life through him.10 Here is what love is. It is not that we loved God. It is that he loved us and sent his Son to give his life to pay for our sins.

Year Four

Ephesians 3:16-19 New Century Version (NCV)
16 I ask the Father in his great glory to give you the power to be strong inwardly through his Spirit. 17 I pray that Christ will live in your hearts by faith and that your life will be strong in love and be built on love. 18 And I pray that you and all God’s holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ’s love—how wide and how long and how high and how deep that love is. 19 Christ’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with the fullness of God.

Colossians 1:15-22 New Century Version (NCV)
15 No one can see God, but Jesus Christ is exactly like him. He ranks higher than everything that has been made.16 Through his power all things were made—things in heaven and on earth, things seen and unseen, all powers, authorities, lords, and rulers. All things were made through Christ and for Christ. 17 He was there before anything was made, and all things continue because of him.18 He is the head of the body, which is the church. Everything comes from him. He is the first one who was raised from the dead. So in all things Jesus has first place. 19 God was pleased for all of himself to live in Christ. 20 And through Christ, God has brought all things back to himself again—things on earth and things in heaven. God made peace through the blood of Christ’s death on the cross.

21 At one time you were separated from God. You were his enemies in your minds, and the evil things you did were against God. 22 But now God has made you his friends again. He did this through Christ’s death in the body so that he might bring you into God’s presence as people who are holy, with no wrong, and with nothing of which God can judge you guilty.

Psalm 119:11 New International Version (NIV)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.

Year Five

Psalm 103 New Century Version (NCV)
Praise to the Lord of Love
Of David.

103 All that I am, praise the LORD; everything in me, praise his holy name.
2 My whole being, praise the LORD and do not forget all his kindnesses.
3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.
4 He saves my life from the grave and loads me with love and mercy.
5 He satisfies me with good things and makes me young again, like the eagle.
6 The LORD does what is right and fair for all who are wronged by others.
7 He showed his ways to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel.
8 The LORD shows mercy and is kind. He does not become angry quickly, and he has great love.
9 He will not always accuse us, and he will not be angry forever.
10 He has not punished us as our sins should be punished; he has not repaid us for the evil we have done.
11 As high as the sky is above the earth, so great is his love for those who respect him.
12 He has taken our sins away from us as far as the east is from west.
13 The LORD has mercy on those who respect him, as a father has mercy on his children.
14 He knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust.
15 Human life is like grass; we grow like a flower in the field.
16 After the wind blows, the flower is gone, and there is no sign of where it was.
17 But the LORD’s love for those who respect him continues forever and ever, and his goodness continues to their grandchildren
18 and to those who keep his agreement and who remember to obey his orders.
19 The LORD has set his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over everything.
20 You who are his angels, praise the LORD.
You are the mighty warriors who do what he say and who obey his voice.
21 You, his armies, praise the LORD; you are his servants who do what he wants.
22 Everything the LORD has made should praise him in all the places he rules. My whole being, praise the LORD

Romans 8:31-37 New Century Version (NCV)
31 So what should we say about this? If God is for us, no one can defeat us.32 He did not spare his own Son but gave him for us all. So with Jesus, God will surely give us all things. 33 Who can accuse the people God has chosen? No one, because God is the One who makes them right. 34 Who can say God’s people are guilty? No one, because Christ Jesus died, but he was also raised from the dead, and now he is on God’s right side, appealing to God for us. 35 Can anything separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can troubles or problems or sufferings or hunger or nakedness or danger or violent death? 36 As it is written in the Scriptures:

“For you we are in danger of death all the time.
People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed.” Psalm 44:22
37 But in all these things we are completely victorious through God who showed his love for us.

Psalm 119:11 New International Version (NIV)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:105 New International Version (NIV)
Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path.

Year Six

Isaiah 40:28-31 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
28 Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard?
The LORD is the eternal God, Creator of the earth.
He never gets weary or tired; his wisdom cannot be measured.
29 The LORD gives strength to those who are weary.
30 Even young people get tired, then stumble and fall.
31 But those who trust the LORD will find new strength. They will be strong like eagles soaring upward on wings; they will walk and run without getting tired.

Philippians 3:7-14 New Century Version (NCV)
7 Those things were important to me, but now I think they are worth nothing because of Christ. 8 Not only those things, but I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him, I have lost all those things, and now I know they are worthless trash. This allows me to have Christ 9 and to belong to him. Now I am right with God, not because I followed the law, but because I believed in Christ. God uses my faith to make me right with him. 10 I want to know Christ and the power that raised him from the dead. I want to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death. 11 Then I have hope that I myself will be raised from the dead.

12 I do not mean that I am already as God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal, but I continue trying to reach it and to make it mine. Christ wants me to do that, which is the reason he made me his.13 Brothers and sisters, I know that I have not yet reached that goal, but there is one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me through Christ to the life above.

Philippians 4:4-8New Living Translation (NLT)
4 Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! 5 Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon.
6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

1 Timothy 4:12New Century Version (NCV)
12 Do not let anyone treat you as if you are unimportant because you are young. Instead, be an example to the believers with your words, your actions, your love, your faith, and your pure life.

Psalm 63:1-8Contemporary English Version (CEV)
63 You are my God. I worship you. In my heart, I long for you, as I would long for a stream in a scorching desert.
2 I have seen your power and your glory in the place of worship.
3 Your love means more than life to me, and I praise you.
4 As long as I live, I will pray to you.
5 I will sing joyful praises and be filled with excitement like a guest at a banquet.
6 I think about you before I go to sleep, and my thoughts turn to you during the night.
7 You have helped me, and I sing happy songs in the shadow of your wings.
8 I stay close to you, and your powerful arm supports me.

Psalm 119:11New International Version (NIV)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.