Take-home slips1 Samuel 16:7

How to learn a verseBSB

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

1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But the LORD ____ to Samuel, “Do ___ consider his appearance ___ height, for I ____ rejected him; the ____ does not see ___ man does. For ___ sees the outward ______, but the LORD ____ the heart.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But ___ ____ said ___ ______, “Do ___ ______ his ______ ___ height, ___ ___ have ______ ___; the ____ ____ not ___ ___ man ____. ___ man ____ ___ outward ______, ___ the ____ ____ the _____.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B t L s t S, “D n c h a o h, f I h r h; t L d n s a m d. F m s t o a, b t L s t h.”
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.1 Samuel 16:7

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

How to learn a verseBSB

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

1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But the LORD ____ to Samuel, “Do ___ consider his appearance ___ height, for I ____ rejected him; the ____ does not see ___ man does. For ___ sees the outward ______, but the LORD ____ the heart.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But ___ ____ said ___ ______, “Do ___ ______ his ______ ___ height, ___ ___ have ______ ___; the ____ ____ not ___ ___ man ____. ___ man ____ ___ outward ______, ___ the ____ ____ the _____.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B t L s t S, “D n c h a o h, f I h r h; t L d n s a m d. F m s t o a, b t L s t h.”
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.1 Samuel 16:7

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