Memorize Luke 12:15
Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Luke 12:15, NET BibleFree, no account, nothing to install. The path opens with this verse already in it. Or print it: a copywork sheet to write it out by hand, a sheet of wallet cards, take-home slips or bulletin cards for a church's verse of the week, each with a code back to this page.
The five steps
- Meet the verse. Hear it read aloud, then echo it phrase by phrase, with a small hand motion for each phrase.
- 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.
- Half hidden. Most of the words are gone now. Say it once more at bedtime; sleep locks it in overnight.
- First letters. Every word reduced to its first letter. Recite it with only those to guide you.
- 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.
Luke 12:15 in context
Jesus warns against hypocrisy, fear, greed, and anxious accumulation. He teaches trust in God’s care, generous treasure, vigilant readiness, faithful stewardship, the cost of division, and discernment of the present time.
Read Luke 12:15 in its chapter · Luke 12, in the NET Bible.
Verses that keep it company
- Proverbs 11:25Bible verses about money
- Proverbs 19:17Bible verses about money
- Proverbs 22:7Bible verses about money
- Proverbs 30:8-9Bible verses about money
- Ecclesiastes 5:10Bible verses about money
- Matthew 6:21Bible verses about money
Luke 12:15 is on Bible verses about money.
In other translations
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The reference is the same in every one; the path lets you switch mid-way, and pasting any wording you like works too.