40+ Encouraging Bible Verses for Teachers
Published July 5, 2022
They say that teaching is one of the most noble of professions. And we couldn’t agree more. Without teachers, we won’t have doctors, nurses, lawyers, engineers – basically any other profession. But contrary to popular belief, teaching is far from easy.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re teaching in elementary, high school, university, or Sunday school, imparting knowledge to someone isn’t as simple as it sounds. Aside from the endless lesson plans, you are also held to the highest standards of behavior. Not to mention having to deal with different personalities and learning styles. It’s a small wonder why teaching isn’t really a popular profession.
But as a teacher, you should be proud because Jesus himself was a teacher – the greatest in history. So if you’re feeling exhausted right now, here are some bible verses for teachers to remind you how noble this profession is.
Top Bible Verses for Teachers
- A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. – Proverbs 11:25
- I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. – Psalms 32:8
- Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. – Proverbs 9:9
- 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 15:4
- 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. – James 1:5
- He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. – 1 Thessalonians 5:24
- One who is taught the word must share all good things with the one who teaches. – Galatians 6:6
- The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom and their tongues speak what is just. – Psalms 37:30
Bible Verses to Inspire Teachers
- 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. – 1 Corinthians 15:58
- When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. – John 16:13
- I can do all things through him who strengthens me. – Philippians 4:13
- For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say. – Luke 12:12
- Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! – 1 Chronicles 16:11
- The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip. – Psalm 37:31
- Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. – Isaiah 41:10
- For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. – 2 Timothy 1:7
- The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. – Isaiah 50:4
- Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. – Proverbs 3:5-6
Bible Verses About Teaching the Youth
- Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. – Proverbs 22:6
- Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. – Exodus 18:20
- If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever. – Psalms 132:12
- 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. – Deuteronomy 4:9
- 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. – Deuteronomy 11:18-19
- Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. – Ephesians 6:4
- The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher. – Luke 6:40
- He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit. – Jeremiah 17:8
- You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. – Deuteronomy 6:7
Bible Verses About the Responsibility of Teachers
- And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. – 1 Corinthians 12:28
- Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. – Matthew 28:19-20
- All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. – 2 Timothy 3:16-17
- 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. – Titus 2:7-8
- Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. – Deuteronomy 32:2
- Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. – 2 Timothy 2:15
- But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect. – 1 Peter 3:15
- 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; – Romans 12:6-7
- 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. – Colossians 3:16
- Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check. – James 3:1-2
- As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace – 1 Peter 4:10
- They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm. – 1 Timothy 1:7
- Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. – 2 Timothy 4:2
- If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. – John 13:14
- But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. – 1 Corinthians 9:27
- For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. – John 13:15-17
- Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak. – Exodus 4:12
- Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 3:12-14
- Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12
- It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. – Matthew 20:26-28
(Related: 50 Bible Verses About Eternal Life)
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