Proverbs 30:8-9: Printable Verse Cards (Bible in Basic English)

One verse, eight to a sheet, Letter or A4. Print at 100%, then cut along the dashes. A cover sheet with the five steps prints first.

How to learn a verseBBE

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Proverbs 30:8-9 Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food: For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food: For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Put far from ___ all false and ______ things: do not ____ me great wealth ___ let me be ___ need, but give ___ only enough food: ___ fear that if ___ am full, I ___ be false to ___ and say, Who ___ the Lord? or ___ I am poor, ___ may become a _____, using the name ___ my God wrongly.
3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Put ___ ____ me ___ _____ and ______ ______: do ___ ____ me _____ ______ or ___ ___ be ___ ____, but ____ ___ only ______ ____: For ____ ____ if ___ ___ full, ___ ___ be _____ ___ you ___ ___, Who ___ ___ Lord? ___ ___ I ___ ____, I ___ ______ a _____, _____ the ____ ___ my ___ ______.
4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.P f f m a f a f t: d n g m g w o l m b i n, b g m o e f: F f t i I a f, I m b f t y a s, W i t L? o i I a p, I m b a t, u t n o m G w.
5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Proverbs 30:8-9

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

Proverbs 30:8-9BBE

Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food: For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.