Take-home slips1 Kings 3:9

How to learn a verseKJV with the Apocrypha

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

1 Kings 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Give therefore thy ______ an understanding heart ___ judge thy people, ____ I may discern ______ good and bad: ___ who is able ___ judge this thy ___ great a people?
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Give ______ ___ servant ___ ______ heart ___ _____ thy ______, ____ I ___ ______ between ____ ___ bad: ___ ___ is ____ ___ judge ____ ___ so _____ ___ people?
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.G t t s a u h t j t p, t I m d b g a b: f w i a t j t t s g a p?
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.1 Kings 3:9

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

How to learn a verseKJV with the Apocrypha

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

1 Kings 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Give therefore thy ______ an understanding heart ___ judge thy people, ____ I may discern ______ good and bad: ___ who is able ___ judge this thy ___ great a people?
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Give ______ ___ servant ___ ______ heart ___ _____ thy ______, ____ I ___ ______ between ____ ___ bad: ___ ___ is ____ ___ judge ____ ___ so _____ ___ people?
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.G t t s a u h t j t p, t I m d b g a b: f w i a t j t t s g a p?
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.1 Kings 3:9

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