Take-home slipsHebrews 13:5

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Hebrews 13:5 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Let your manners ___ without covetousness, contented ____ such things as ___ have; for he ____ said: I will ___ leave thee, neither ____ I forsake thee.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Let ____ ______ be ______ ______, contented ____ ____ things ___ ___ have; ___ ___ hath ____: ___ will ___ _____ thee, ______ ____ I ______ ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L y m b w c, c w s t a y h; f h h s: I w n l t, n w I f t.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Hebrews 13:5

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

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Hebrews 13:5 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Let your manners ___ without covetousness, contented ____ such things as ___ have; for he ____ said: I will ___ leave thee, neither ____ I forsake thee.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Let ____ ______ be ______ ______, contented ____ ____ things ___ ___ have; ___ ___ hath ____: ___ will ___ _____ thee, ______ ____ I ______ ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L y m b w c, c w s t a y h; f h h s: I w n l t, n w I f t.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Hebrews 13:5

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