The best Bible verses for losing a child include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for losing a child, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands."1 John 5:2
"This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands."1 John 5:2
"We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one."1 John 5:19
"As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance."1 Peter 1:14
"For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,"1 Thessalonians 2:11
"But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety."1 Timothy 2:15
"He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect."1 Timothy 3:4
"A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well."1 Timothy 3:12
"and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the saints, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds."1 Timothy 5:10
"So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander."1 Timothy 5:14
"And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it."Deuteronomy 1:39
Scripture returns to losing a child often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for losing a child are 1 John 5:2, 1 John 5:19, 1 John 5:21. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to losing a child across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for losing a child, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.