Adults and everyone · 20 passages
Essential Bible Memory Verses
Twenty passages many Christians learn first, from creation to the gospel and the Christian life.
Genesis 1:1 WEB
1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Psalm 23:1 WEB
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.
Proverbs 3:5–6 WEB
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. 6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Isaiah 40:31 WEB
31but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Micah 6:8 WEB
8He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Matthew 6:33 WEB
33But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 22:37–39 WEB
37Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38This is the first and great commandment. 39A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
John 3:16 WEB
16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 14:6 WEB
6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Romans 3:23 WEB
23for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
Romans 5:8 WEB
8But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 6:23 WEB
23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:28 WEB
28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Romans 12:2 WEB
2Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Galatians 5:22–23 WEB
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, 23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Ephesians 2:8–9 WEB
8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not of works, that no one would boast.
Philippians 4:6–7 WEB
6In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:16–17 WEB
16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Hebrews 11:1 WEB
1Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
1 John 1:9 WEB
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.