How to learn a verseDarby Bible
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, to return from [following] after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, to return from [following] after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And Ruth said, ___ not intreat me ___ leave thee, to ______ from [following] after ____; for whither thou _____ I will go, ___ where thou lodgest ___ will lodge: thy ______ shall be my ______, and thy God ___ God;
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ____ ____, Do ___ ______ me ___ _____ thee, ___ ______ from [______] _____ thee; ___ ______ thou _____ ___ will ___, ___ where ____ ______ I ____ _____: thy ______ _____ be ___ ______, and ___ ___ my ___;
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A R s, D n i m t l t, t r f [f] a t; f w t g I w g, a w t l I w l: t p s b m p, a t G m G;
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Ruth 1:16
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.