22 Bible Verses to Pray Over Your Son

God gives each parent a special responsibility to care for their children and raise them to know the Lord. While this is the role of a parent, it is cannot be done without the strength of Holy Spirit and guidance of God’s word. One major way that parents can contribute to the spiritual maturity is through prayer. These verses can serve as an easy guideline when praying over for your son.

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What Does the Bible Say to Our Sons?

Old Testament

Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.

Proverbs 3:11
My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,

Proverbs 3:5–6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the LORD and the king,
and do not join with those who do otherwise,

New Testament

John 17:17
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Ephesians 3:16–19
that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Colossians 1:9–10
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Colossians 2:6–7
Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Colossians 3:2
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

1 Thessalonians 3:12–13
and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

2 Timothy 2:22–23
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels

1 John 2:14
I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God abides in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.

1 John 2:28
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.