How to learn a verseDarby Bible
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Joel 2:13 and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.and rend your _____, and not your ______, and turn unto ______ your God: for ___ is gracious and ______, slow to anger, ___ of great loving-______, and repenteth him ___ the evil.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.and ____ ____ heart, ___ ___ your ______, ___ turn ____ ______ your ___: ___ he ___ ______ and ______, ____ to _____, ___ of _____ ______-kindness, ___ ______ him ___ ___ evil.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.a r y h, a n y g, a t u J y G: f h i g a m, s t a, a o g l-k, a r h o t e.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Joel 2:13
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.