Bible verses about God's love for kids
Bible verses that show children how much God loves them, including John 3:16, with a simple line they can remember.
1 John 4:19: God Loves You
We love him, because he first loved us.1 John 4:19 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: We love because God loved us first.
God's love came first.
Psalm 139:14: God Made Me
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.Psalm 139:14 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God made me wonderfully, just the way I am!
You are one of a kind.
John 3:16: God So Loved
For 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 3:16 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, Jesus.
God loves the whole world, and you.
Romans 8:38-39: Nothing Can Stop It
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans 8:38-39 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: Nothing in the whole world can ever stop God from loving you.
God's love never runs out.
Jeremiah 31:3: Forever Love
The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.”Jeremiah 31:3 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God says, "I have loved you with a love that lasts forever."
God will love you forever.
Zephaniah 3:17: God Sings Over You
The LORD, your God, is amongst you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.Zephaniah 3:17 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God is so happy with you that he sings over you!
God delights in you.
Matthew 19:14: Let the Children Come
But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”Matthew 19:14 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me."
Jesus always has time for kids.
Luke 15:7: The Lost Lamb
I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.Luke 15:7 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: Heaven has a big party when one lost sheep is found!
God will always look for you.
1 John 4:8: God Is Love
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.1 John 4:8 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God is love.
Everything God does is love.
Isaiah 49:16: Written on His Hands
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.Isaiah 49:16 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God says, "I have written your name on my hands."
God never forgets you.
Matthew 10:30: Every Hair
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Matthew 10:30 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God even knows how many hairs are on your head!
God knows every tiny thing about you.
1 John 3:1: God's Children
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.1 John 3:1 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: See how much the Father loves us! We are called children of God.
You are part of God's family.
Isaiah 43:1: You Are Mine
But now the LORD who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.”Isaiah 43:1 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God says, "I have called you by name. You are mine."
God knows your name.
Lamentations 3:22-23: New Every Morning
It is because of The LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.Lamentations 3:22-23 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God's love never stops. It is new every morning!
Every morning, God's love starts fresh.
Psalm 103:13: Like a Loving Dad
Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.Psalm 103:13 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God loves his children like a kind father loves his kids.
God cares for you like the best dad.
Ephesians 3:18-19: So Big!
may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.Ephesians 3:18-19 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God's love is so wide, so long, so high and so deep!
God's love is bigger than everything.
Isaiah 40:11: Close to His Heart
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.Isaiah 40:11 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: God carries his little lambs in his arms, close to his heart.
You are held close by God.
1 Corinthians 13:13: The Greatest
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.1 Corinthians 13:13 · World English Bible (British Edition)
For kids: Faith, hope and love are great, but the greatest is love.
Love is the most important thing.
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