Parent’s Prayer Verses

I promised to share these verses for a “Revised Parent’s Prayer” that I edited and published earlier on the blog. Click over and read the prayer – and print these verses out to go along with it!

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Philippians 2:4 – Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Luke 6:31 – Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Matthew 12:36 – But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 – Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Proverbs 31:26 – She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

Hebrews 3:13 – But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

1 Thessalonians 5:21 – Test everything. Hold on to the good.

Deuteronomy 11:19 – Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

1 Corinthians 16:14 – Do everything in love.

Isaiah 26:9 – My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

* 2 Timothy 2:15 – Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Ephesians 6:18 – And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

Proverbs 19:13 – A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

James 1:26 – If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

Proverbs 12:25 – An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.

Luke 21:34 – “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.

Acts 17:11 – Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

Proverbs 3:6 – in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

2 Peter 1:5-8 – 5) For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7) and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8) For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Job 1:5 – When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

Ephesians 5:11 – Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Ephesians 4:26 – “In your anger do not sin”. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry

James 5:16 – Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Psalm 38:18 – I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

Proverbs 28:13 – He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Matthew 18:6 – But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Psalm 25:5 – guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

Colossians 3:9 – Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

Proverbs 31:30 – Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Proverbs 13:9 – The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

Psalm 97:10 – Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

1 Peter 5:8 – Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

Titus 1:15 – To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

Ephesians 5:10 – and find out what pleases the Lord. and… Colossians 3:20 – Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Isaiah 43:10 – “You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.”

Colossians 3:12 – Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. and Luke 2:40 – And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

Hebrews 13:7 – Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

1 Corinthians 14:33 – For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.

* Luke 12:42 – And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

Isaiah 61:3 b – … They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.

* Psalm 23:6 – Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

{ Amen and Amen. }

* King James Version

Credits: All unmarked verses above are from the New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.