It’s hard to believe that we going back to school in four weeks. It’s been a rough couple of years and we all know that teachers are getting well passed COVID-19 fatigue. My kids attend a local private Christian school and we LOVE their teachers. We pray for them and appreciate them all so much. So in honor of all the amazing teachers, I wanted to share 25 Bible verses that are especially for teachers. Use one or two teacher bible verses in a back-to-school card, with a gift on the tag, or in a social media post or thank you email.
25 Bible Verses for Teachers
- Proverbs 22:6 NIV
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”
- Exodus 18:20 NIV
“Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave.”
- Luke 6:40 NIV
“The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.”
- Titus 2:7-8 NIV
“In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.”
- Proverbs 9:9 NIV
“Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.’
- Matthew 28:20 NIV
“and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
- Deuteronomy 32:2 NIV
“Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.”
- Proverbs 11:25 NIV
“A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.”
- Deuteronomy 4:9 NIV
“Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
- Psalms 32:8 NIV
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.”
- Philippians 4:13 NIV
“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
- Galatians 6:6 NIV
“Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor.”
- Proverbs 4:13 NIV
“Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.”
- Colossians 3:16 NIV
“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.”
- James 1:5 NIV
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
- Romans 15:4 NIV
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”
- Romans 12:6-7 NIV
“We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach.”
- Ephesians 4:11-13 NIV
“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.”
- Deuteronomy 11:18-19 NIV
“Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 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.”
- Proverbs 1:2-4 NIV
“For gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight; for receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair; for giving prudence to those who are simple, knowledge and discretion to the young.”
- Matthew 10:24 NIV
“The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.”
- Romans 2:18-20 NIV
“If you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth.”
- Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
- 1 Timothy 4:11-12 NIV
“Command and teach these things. Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.”
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