Bible memory verses · 34 verses
Bible Verses for Special Occasions to learn, write in a card, or say aloud
These are Bible verses for the days that matter: a birthday, a new baby, graduation, a wedding, a new job or a new home, a hospital stay, a funeral, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, and the holidays. Each occasion has two verses, word for word from the Berean Standard Bible, with a line on why it fits.
Learn one to say over someone you love, write it in a card, or read it aloud at the table or the bedside. Press Practice to learn a verse by heart, Copy all to paste them into a message, or print them as flashcards to tuck into a gift or a card.
Bible verses for a birthday
This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 · 17 words
Every day is a gift from God, and a birthday is a good day to say so.
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139:16 · 25 words
God knew every one of your days before the first one came.
Bible verses for a new baby
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Psalm 139:13 · 14 words
God made this little one, carefully, before anyone saw them.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Psalm 127:3 · 17 words
Children are a gift and a reward from the LORD.
Bible verses for graduation
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 · 28 words
For every choice that lies ahead.
Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6 · 25 words
God finishes what He starts in a person.
Bible verses for a wedding
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Genesis 2:24 · 23 words
God’s design for marriage from the beginning.
And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 · 19 words
Two together are strong; with God, stronger still.
Bible verses for an anniversary
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7 · 13 words
The love that keeps a marriage through the years.
Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away.
Song of Solomon 8:7 · 10 words
Love that floods cannot drown.
Bible verses for a new job
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men.
Colossians 3:23 · 18 words
Work done for the Lord, whoever the boss is.
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Proverbs 16:3 · 12 words
Bring your plans to God first.
Bible verses for moving to a new home
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
Psalm 121:8 · 13 words
God watches every coming and going.
The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
Deuteronomy 31:8 · 25 words
The LORD goes ahead of you into the new place.
Bible verses for the first day of school
Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9 · 19 words
For new classrooms and new faces.
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5 · 26 words
Ask God for wisdom. He gives it generously.
Bible verses for illness or surgery
The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
Psalm 41:3 · 18 words
God sustains the sick on their bed. Pray it alongside the doctors’ care.
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3 · 15 words
Peace for the waiting room and the night before.
Bible verses for a funeral or a loss
I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.
John 11:25-26 · 28 words
Jesus’ words to Martha as she mourned her brother.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Psalm 34:18 · 13 words
God is near when the heart is broken.
Bible verses for Mother’s Day
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well.
Proverbs 31:28 · 14 words
A mother honored by her family.
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:30 · 18 words
What lasts: a heart that fears the LORD.
Bible verses for Father’s Day
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Psalm 103:13 · 18 words
A father’s compassion, and God’s.
The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
Proverbs 20:7 · 12 words
A father’s integrity blesses his children.
Bible verses for grandparents
One generation will commend Your works to the next.
Psalm 145:4 · 9 words
Faith handed down.
Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray.
Isaiah 46:4 · 20 words
God’s promise for every age.
Bible verses for Thanksgiving
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
Psalm 100:4 · 18 words
Enter God’s presence with thanks.
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalm 107:1 · 14 words
Say it together before the meal.
Bible verses for Christmas
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 · 35 words
The promise, seven hundred years before Bethlehem.
Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
Luke 2:11 · 18 words
The promise kept.
Bible verses for the New Year
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
Lamentations 3:22-23 · 26 words
Mercies new every morning, and every year.
Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming.
Isaiah 43:19 · 13 words
God is never finished.
Bible verses for Easter
He is not here; He has risen, just as He said!
Matthew 28:6 · 11 words
The first Easter announcement.
Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?
1 Corinthians 15:55 · 12 words
Death has lost its sting because Christ is risen.
How to use a verse on a special day
- Write it by hand. A verse written in a card in your own handwriting means more than a printed one. Add one sentence about why you chose it.
- Say it over them. At a birthday dinner or a bedside, read the verse aloud and then pray it for the person by name.
- Learn it first. Practice the verse here until you can say it without reading it. It will be ready when you need it.
- Keep it. Tick the verses you learn on this page. Over the years they become your own collection for every season.
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Questions
What is a good Bible verse for a birthday?
Psalm 118:24, This is the day that the LORD has made, is a favorite, and Psalm 139:16 reminds a person that God knew all their days before one of them came to be. Numbers 6:24-26, the priestly blessing, is a lovely one to say over someone.
What Bible verse is good for a graduation card?
Proverbs 3:5-6 (trust in the LORD with all your heart) and Philippians 1:6 (He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion) are both well loved and fit the step ahead.
What Bible verse can I read at a funeral?
John 11:25-26, Jesus’ words, I am the resurrection and the life, and Psalm 34:18, The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, are often read. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 speaks of grieving with hope.