There is no more powerful way to pray for the people you love than to pray God's own Word over them. When you take a promise of Scripture and speak it — in faith, by name — over your husband, your wife, your children, or a loved one who has wandered, you are agreeing with what God has already said. This is a complete list of 31 Bible verses to pray over your family, grouped by need, each quoted in full from the King James Version with a short prompt for how to pray it.
You do not need to pray all thirty-one at once. Choose the ones that match your season — protection when you are anxious, promises for your children when you are believing for them, verses for the unsaved when you are interceding. Speak each one slowly, personalise it with the names of the people you love, and close every prayer in the name of Jesus.
Scriptures for the protection and covering of your household
1. Psalm 91:1 (KJV) — "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." Declare that your home lives hidden and safe in the presence of God.
2. Psalm 91:2 (KJV) — "I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust." Name the Lord as the refuge of everyone under your roof.
3. Joshua 24:15 (KJV) — "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Set the spiritual allegiance of your household as a deliberate declaration.
4. Genesis 18:19 (KJV) — "For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." Ask God for the grace to lead your family in His ways as Abraham did.
5. Proverbs 14:1 (KJV) — "Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands." Pray for wisdom to build, not tear down, the home you are making.
Scriptures for your children
6. Psalm 127:3 (KJV) — "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward." Receive your children as a gift and give thanks over each one by name.
7. Psalm 127:4 (KJV) — "As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth." Pray that your children are aimed well and sent out on purpose.
8. Psalm 128:3 (KJV) — "Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table." Bless the fruitfulness and health of your household.
9. Proverbs 22:6 (KJV) — "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Stand on this promise for a child who has strayed from the way.
10. Isaiah 54:13 (KJV) — "And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children." Ask that God Himself would teach and settle your children in peace.
11. 3 John 1:4 (KJV) — "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." Make it your prayer that your children walk in truth.
12. Proverbs 17:6 (KJV) — "Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers." Pray blessing over your grandchildren and the generations to come.
13. Psalm 112:2 (KJV) — "His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed." Declare might and blessing over your line.
14. Psalm 115:14 (KJV) — "The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children." Ask the Lord to increase you and your children.
15. Isaiah 44:3 (KJV) — "For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:" Pray for the outpouring of God's Spirit on your offspring.
Scriptures for raising and teaching your children
16. Deuteronomy 6:6 (KJV) — "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:" Ask God to write His Word first on your own heart.
17. Deuteronomy 6:7 (KJV) — "And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Pray for grace to teach the Word through the ordinary hours of the day.
18. Ephesians 6:1 (KJV) — "Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right." Pray for obedience and honour in your children.
19. Ephesians 6:4 (KJV) — "And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." Ask for patience and gentleness as you raise them.
20. Colossians 3:20 (KJV) — "Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord." Pray that a willing, glad obedience would take root in your home.
21. Colossians 3:21 (KJV) — "Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged." Ask God to guard your children's hearts from discouragement.
Scriptures for marriage and provision
22. Ephesians 5:25 (KJV) — "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;" Pray for a sacrificial, Christlike love in your marriage.
23. Proverbs 31:28 (KJV) — "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her." Bless the mother of your home and honour her before God.
24. 1 Corinthians 7:14 (KJV) — "For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy." Stand in faith for a spouse who does not yet believe.
25. 1 Timothy 5:8 (KJV) — "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." Pray for the grace and the means to provide faithfully for your household.
Scriptures for unity and generations
26. Psalm 133:1 (KJV) — "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" Ask God for unity and peace between every member of your family.
27. Psalm 103:17 (KJV) — "But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;" Pray God's covenant mercy over the generations of your family.
28. Malachi 4:6 (KJV) — "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." Pray for reconciliation and turned hearts within your family.
Scriptures for loved ones far from God
29. Acts 16:31 (KJV) — "And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Believe God for the salvation of your whole household.
30. Romans 10:1 (KJV) — "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved." Make the salvation of your loved ones your heart's desire in prayer.
31. 2 Timothy 1:5 (KJV) — "When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also." Thank God for the faith passed down your family line, and ask Him to carry it forward.
When you are ready, gather these into one prayer. For example: "Father, I thank You that my household dwells in the secret place of the Most High. I cover my spouse and my children under Your shadow; let them be taught by You, and great be their peace. Turn every heart in my family toward home, and let those still far from You believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord — in the mighty name of Jesus."
RhemaOS takes any of these verses and generates a personalised, Scripture-anchored family prayer in seconds — for protection, your children, your marriage, or a loved one you are interceding for. Every prayer stays rooted in the Word and closes in the name of Jesus.