Memorize Jeremiah 17:7-8

Young's Literal Translation

Blessed [is] the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah. And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.

Jeremiah 17:7-8, Young's Literal Translation

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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.

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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.

Jeremiah 17:7-8 in context

Judah's sin is deeply engraved, and trusting mere human strength produces barrenness, while trusting God resembles a tree flourishing beside water. Jeremiah prays for vindication and warns Jerusalem's gates that carrying burdens on the Sabbath will determine the city's future.

Read Jeremiah 17:7-8 in its chapter · Jeremiah 17, in the Young's Literal Translation.

Verses that keep it company

Jeremiah 17:7-8 is on Bible verses about trusting God.

In other translations

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