52 free printable scripture cards (KJV)
One verse for every week of the year, in large, easy-to-read type. Print on card stock, cut on the marks and you have a deck that lasts the whole year. Unlike most free decks, there's no email form, the translation is named (KJV) and every card has a prayer on the back.
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52 Scripture Prayer Cards
Fifty-two KJV verses on 3.5×5-inch cards, sorted by theme with one accent color for each. The file prints double-sided, so every verse has its prayer prompt on the back.
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Print at 100% scale on 65–110 lb (176–300 gsm) card stock, double-sided, flipping on the long edge. No duplex printer? Print the odd pages, put the stack back in the tray and print the even pages. White card works, and cream looks warmer. If you want more to print, everything we make is free on the prayer printables page.
How to use scripture cards
There's no right way. These habits tend to stick.
One card a week
Fifty-two cards means one for each week. Pull the next card on Sunday night or Monday morning and keep it with you until the next Sunday. Check it off on the checklist when the week ends. If you miss a week, pick up where you are. The year doesn't have to start in January.
Pray it for someone by name
This is the part most decks leave out. The back of each card has a "Pray this for" line. Write a name on it: a friend in the hospital, your daughter at college, a neighbor who's just lost his job. All week, the verse becomes your prayer for that person. There's more on how to do this below. If you keep a prayer journal, its "Pray the Scripture" page is a good place to write down how the week went.
Keep it in sight
- Tucked into the edge of the bathroom mirror
- Clipped to the car's sun visor
- Propped against the coffee maker or the kettle
- Inside the cover of your Bible or journal
- On the fridge door, at eye level
A ring or a recipe box
Punch a hole in the top corner of each card and slide them onto a 1.5-inch binder ring. The ring hangs on a hook by the door or goes in a bag. If you'd rather keep them in a box, a 4×6 recipe box holds the whole deck. Any 4×6 index dividers work: label them with the seven themes, and the theme colors make it easy to find the verse you need on a hard day.
Make them last
Cards that travel get bent. Laminate the ones you use most, or cover them with wide clear packing tape on both sides. It's cheap and does nearly the same job.
How to pray a Bible verse for someone
Praying scripture for someone means letting a verse shape what you ask God for them. You borrow the Bible's words when your own run thin.
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Read the verse slowly, twice
Once to hear it, once to notice which words stand out for the person you have in mind.
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Read it in context
Open your Bible and read the verses around it. Who was it first said to, and why? Isaiah 41:10 was spoken to Israel in exile. Knowing that keeps you from turning a verse into a promise it doesn't make.
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Turn it into a request
Ask God to be to your friend what the verse says He is. "Fear thou not; for I am with thee" becomes "Lord, be with [Name] this week, and take away the fear that's keeping her up at night."
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Say their name
Out loud if you can. A name keeps the prayer about a real person and not about the idea of one.
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Tell them, if it would help
Send them the verse with a short note, or give them the card at the end of the week. For more ways to let someone know, see our guide on how to pray for someone.
A word of care: praying a verse for someone isn't a way to guarantee an outcome. Psalm 23 doesn't promise your friend a short illness, and Joshua 1:9 doesn't promise a safe flight. What these verses do promise, again and again, is God's presence. That's the part you can pray with confidence.
Who to pray this week's card for
If no name comes to mind on Monday morning, try one of these:
- The last person who told you they were having a hard week
- Someone you haven't spoken to since last Christmas
- A person you find difficult (this is harder, and often better)
- Your pastor, your child's teacher or the nurse who looked after your mom
- Yourself, when the verse is one you need first
Keep a short list of names inside the lid of your recipe box. Over a year, 52 cards can carry 52 different people, or the same beloved few again and again. Both are good ways to pray. If the names are piling up, our guide to keeping a prayer list can help you organize them.
The themes in the scripture card deck
The 52 cards are grouped into seven themes, each with its own accent color: eight cards for each of the first six themes and four for gratitude. Sort by color when you need a verse for a particular day, or go straight through from card 1 to card 52.
- Peace and worry. For anxious nights, waiting rooms and the week before something big.
- Strength. For people who are worn out: new parents, caregivers, anyone working two jobs.
- Healing. For sickness, surgery, recovery and long illness, and for the people who sit with them.
- Friendship. For the friends you love, the ones who've drifted and the ones who need you right now.
- Family. For children, parents, marriages and the home you go back to each night.
- Hope. For grief, disappointment and prayers that are taking a long time.
- Gratitude. For remembering what God has already done, and for weeks when things are good.
All 52 verses in the deck
- Peace (cards 1–8): Philippians 4:6, Philippians 4:7, John 14:27, 1 Peter 5:7, Isaiah 26:3, Matthew 11:28, Psalm 4:8, Psalm 23:4
- Strength (cards 9–16): Isaiah 40:29, Isaiah 40:31, Philippians 4:13, Isaiah 41:10, Joshua 1:9, 2 Corinthians 12:9a, Psalm 46:1, Psalm 73:26
- Healing (cards 17–24): Jeremiah 17:14, James 5:16, Psalm 147:3, 3 John 1:2, Psalm 30:2, Psalm 34:18, Psalm 6:2, 2 Corinthians 4:16
- Friendship (cards 25–32): Proverbs 17:17, Ecclesiastes 4:9–10, Proverbs 27:17, John 15:13, Galatians 6:2, Proverbs 18:24, Romans 12:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:11
- Family (cards 33–40): Numbers 6:24–26, Psalm 127:3, Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:4, Psalm 133:1, Colossians 3:13, Ephesians 4:32, Mark 10:9
- Hope (cards 41–48): Romans 15:13, Lamentations 3:22–23, Romans 8:28, Psalm 42:11, Psalm 30:5b, Revelation 21:4, Psalm 31:24, Psalm 130:5
- Gratitude (cards 49–52): Psalm 107:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Psalm 100:4, James 1:17
The first page of the PDF has the same color key. If someone you love is going through something specific, use this list to find the right card rather than waiting for its week to come around.
Six of the verses, and how to pray each one for a friend
Here are six cards from the deck, written out in full, each with a prayer you can pray for someone by name. Swap in your friend's name where you see [Name].
Peace: Philippians 4:6–7 (cards 1 and 2)
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
"Be careful for nothing" is old English for "don't be anxious about anything." Paul wrote it from prison.
Praying Philippians 4:6–7 for a worried friend
Father, [Name] is anxious about [the results, the move, the money], and it's taking up every quiet minute. Here's the request, plainly: please help. And while we wait for the answer, give [Name] the peace Paul talks about, the kind that doesn't make sense on paper. Guard [Name]'s heart and mind tonight. Amen.
Strength: Isaiah 41:10 (card 12)
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Spoken to God's people far from home. Notice how many times God says "I will."
Praying Isaiah 41:10 for a friend who is worn out
Lord, You said "I will strengthen thee," and [Name] needs that today. They've been holding everything together for weeks. Hold them up. Help them with the next small thing, and the one after that. Be the right hand they can lean on when they've got nothing left. Amen.
Healing: 3 John 1:2 (card 20)
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
John wrote this as a greeting to his friend Gaius, the kind of "I hope you're well" that opened most letters of the time. It's a wish, not a promise of health or wealth. But it's one friend praying for another, which is exactly what this card is for. For longer prayers, see our healing prayers for a friend.
Praying 3 John 1:2 for a friend who is sick
God, I want what John wanted for his friend. Let [Name] be well, in body and in soul. Be with the doctors and nurses on their team, ease the pain in the long hours and give [Name] the rest the body needs to heal. Amen.
Friendship: Proverbs 17:17 (card 25)
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A good card to pray for a friend, and a good one to pray over yourself as that friend.
Praying Proverbs 17:17 for a friendship
Jesus, thank You for [Name]. They've loved me at all times, including the times I made it hard. Now it's their turn to have a rough year. Make me the friend this verse describes. Show me when to call, when to bring dinner and when to just sit with them. Amen.
Family: Colossians 3:13 (card 38)
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
"Forbearing" means putting up with each other patiently. Paul wrote it to a church, but few places need it more than a family kitchen. Forgiving isn't the same as pretending nothing happened. Where someone has been harmed or isn't safe, forgiveness never means going back.
Praying Colossians 3:13 for a family in conflict
Lord, [Name] and [his brother, her mom] haven't spoken properly since [the argument at Easter]. Both of them are hurt and both of them are stubborn. Soften what has gone hard. Give one of them the courage to call first, and give the other the grace to pick up. Remind them both how much they have been forgiven. Amen.
Hope: Lamentations 3:22–23 (card 42)
It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
These lines sit in the middle of a book of grief. They don't deny the sorrow. They find God's mercy inside it.
Praying Lamentations 3:22–23 for a friend who is grieving
Holy Spirit, [Name] wakes up every morning and remembers all over again. Meet them in that first minute. Give them enough mercy for today, and then again tomorrow. I won't ask them to feel hopeful yet. Hold the hope for them until they can. Amen.
If grief is part of what your friend is carrying, our prayers for grief may help too.
Memory verse cards: how to memorize scripture with them
A week with one verse is usually long enough to learn it. A few small habits help it stay.
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Read it aloud three times a day
Morning, midday and bedtime. Hearing your own voice say it helps more than reading silently.
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Learn it in pieces
KJV verses fall naturally at the colons and semicolons. Learn the first phrase on Monday, add the next on Tuesday and so on.
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Turn the card over
Once you think you know it, turn the card over. The reference is printed at the foot of the back, so you can read it and try to say the verse from memory.
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Review the old ones
On Sundays, flip back through the cards you've already done. Five minutes of review keeps last month's verses from slipping.
Don't worry if you forget a word or two. You're not aiming for a perfect recital, just God's words in your head when you need them and can't reach for a card.
Scripture cards for families, classes and small groups
The same deck works around a table, in a classroom or at the start of a meeting.
- At the dinner table. Keep the deck in the middle of the table. On Monday, one child picks the week's card and chooses who the family will pray it for.
- In a small group. Read the week's card to open the meeting. Each person writes a name on a blank card and prays the verse for that person through the week.
- In Sunday school or homeschool. One card a week is a gentle memory verse plan. Little ones can learn the first line, and older kids the whole verse.
- As a gift. Tie a few cards with string and slip them into a care package or a sympathy card, with "I'm praying this for you" written on the back.
If you keep a prayer board at home, pin the week's card at the top. Our prayer board ideas show a few ways to set one up.
One-line prayers to go with any verse
- Lord, let [Name] know this verse is true this week. Amen.
- Father, I'm praying Your words because mine ran out. Amen.
- Holy Spirit, bring this verse to [Name]'s mind when they need it. Amen.
- Jesus, thank You that Your word doesn't change when our week does. Amen.
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Questions people ask
What are scripture cards?
Scripture cards are small cards with one Bible verse each, printed or handwritten, that you carry, post or keep in a box so you see the verse through the day. People use them to memorize scripture, to pray and to encourage friends.
How do you use scripture cards?
Pick one card a week. Read it in the morning, keep it somewhere you'll see it and pray it for one person by name. Many people find they know it by heart by Sunday.
What size are scripture cards?
Common sizes are 3×5 inches (index card) and 3.5×5 inches. Ours are 3.5×5, four to a US Letter page, so they fit a recipe box, a binder ring or the corner of a mirror.
Why are these cards in the King James Version?
The KJV is in the public domain in the US, so we can print it freely and you can copy it freely. Many people also memorized it as children, and its rhythm makes it easy to remember.
What are good Bible verses to memorize first?
Short, well-loved verses are easiest: 1 Peter 5:7, Psalm 46:1, Philippians 4:6–7, Isaiah 41:10 and Lamentations 3:22–23. Start with one that speaks to what you're facing this month.
Can I print these scripture cards for my church or class?
Yes. Copy them for your Sunday school, homeschool co-op, Bible study or whole congregation, free of charge. The only thing we ask is that nobody sells them.
