Take-home slipsHabakkuk 3:17-18

How to learn a verseDarby Bible

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

Habakkuk 3:17-18 For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.For though the ___-tree shall not ______, Neither shall fruit ___ in the vines; ___ labour of the _____-tree shall fail, ___ the fields shall _____ no food; The _____ shall be cut ___ from the fold, ___ there shall be ___ herd in the ______: Yet I will ______ in Jehovah, I ____ joy in the ___ of my salvation.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.For ______ ___ fig-____ _____ not ______, ______ shall _____ ___ in ___ _____; The ______ ___ the _____-____ shall ____, ___ the ______ _____ yield ___ ____; The _____ _____ be ___ ___ from ___ ____, And _____ _____ be ___ ____ in ___ ______: Yet ___ ____ rejoice ___ ______, I ____ ___ in ___ ___ of ___ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.F t t f-t s n b, N s f b i t v; T l o t o-t s f, A t f s y n f; T f s b c o f t f, A t s b n h i t s: Y I w r i J, I w j i t G o m s.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Habakkuk 3:17-18

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

How to learn a verseDarby Bible

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

Habakkuk 3:17-18 For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.For though the ___-tree shall not ______, Neither shall fruit ___ in the vines; ___ labour of the _____-tree shall fail, ___ the fields shall _____ no food; The _____ shall be cut ___ from the fold, ___ there shall be ___ herd in the ______: Yet I will ______ in Jehovah, I ____ joy in the ___ of my salvation.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.For ______ ___ fig-____ _____ not ______, ______ shall _____ ___ in ___ _____; The ______ ___ the _____-____ shall ____, ___ the ______ _____ yield ___ ____; The _____ _____ be ___ ___ from ___ ____, And _____ _____ be ___ ____ in ___ ______: Yet ___ ____ rejoice ___ ______, I ____ ___ in ___ ___ of ___ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.F t t f-t s n b, N s f b i t v; T l o t o-t s f, A t f s y n f; T f s b c o f t f, A t s b n h i t s: Y I w r i J, I w j i t G o m s.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Habakkuk 3:17-18

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