Memorize Habakkuk 2:3

King James (Authorized) Version

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Habakkuk 2:3, King James (Authorized) Version

34 words · a five-day project, a phrase or two at a time ·

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The five steps

  1. Meet the verse. Hear it read aloud, then echo it phrase by phrase, with a small hand motion for each phrase.
  2. Fill the gaps. About a third of the words become blanks. Say it out loud, supplying them; peek if you need to, trying is the point.
  3. Half hidden. Most of the words are gone now. Say it once more at bedtime; sleep locks it in overnight.
  4. First letters. Every word reduced to its first letter. Recite it with only those to guide you.
  5. All by yourself. Nothing but the reference. One confident recite, then it goes into your Verse Book to come back for review.

Each step makes a fine "tonight's step" spread over five days, and nothing is locked: the numbered dots jump anywhere. How to memorize Bible verses walks through the whole method.

Why it works

Three of the most replicated findings in learning science: retrieval practice (pulling a word from memory strengthens it more than rereading it), spacing (short tries on separate days beat one long one), and sleep (a verse said at bedtime is consolidated overnight). The blanks grow in stages so that every try is hard enough to count and never so hard that you give up.

Habakkuk 2:3 in context

Habakkuk waits for an answer and is told to preserve the vision because it will surely come. The arrogant are not upright, but the righteous live by faithfulness. Five woes expose conquest, unjust gain, bloodshed, exploitation, and idolatry, while the earth will be filled with knowledge of divine glory.

Read Habakkuk 2:3 in its chapter · Habakkuk 2, in the King James (Authorized) Version.

Verses that keep it company

Habakkuk 2:3 is on Bible verses about doubt.

In other translations

BSB · Berean Standard BibleNET · New English TranslationWEB · World English BibleESV · English Standard VersionASV · American Standard (1901)YLT · Young's Literal Translation

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