How to learn a verseDarby Bible
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Proverbs 30:8-9 Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need: lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need: lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Remove far from ___ vanity and lies; ____ me neither poverty ___ riches; feed me ____ the bread of ___ daily need: lest ___ be full and ____ [thee], and say, ___ is Jehovah? or ____ I be poor ___ steal, and outrage ___ name of my ___.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Remove ___ ____ me ______ ___ lies; ____ ___ neither ______ ___ riches; ____ ___ with ___ _____ of ___ _____ need: ____ ___ be ____ ___ deny [____], ___ say, ___ ___ Jehovah? ___ ____ I ___ ____ and _____, ___ outrage ___ ____ of ___ ___.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.R f f m v a l; g m n p n r; f m w t b o m d n: l I b f a d [t], a s, W i J? o l I b p a s, a o t n o m G.
- 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.