Take-home slipsHabakkuk 3:17-18

How to learn a verseKJV

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

Habakkuk 3:17-18 ¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.¶ Although the fig ____ shall not blossom, ______ shall fruit be ___ the vines; the ______ of the olive _____ fail, and the ______ shall yield no ____; the flock shall ___ cut off from ___ fold, and there _____ be no herd ___ the stalls: Yet ___ will rejoice in ___ LORD, I will ___ in the God ___ my salvation.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.¶ Although ___ ___ tree _____ ___ blossom, ______ _____ fruit ___ ___ the _____; ___ labour ___ ___ olive _____ ____, and ___ ______ shall _____ ___ meat; ___ _____ shall ___ ___ off ____ ___ fold, ___ _____ shall ___ ___ herd ___ ___ stalls: ___ ___ will ______ ___ the ____, ___ will ___ ___ the ___ ___ my ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.¶ A t f t s n b, n s f b i t v; t l o t o s f, a t f s y n m; t f s b c o f t f, a t s b n h i t s: Y I w r i t L, 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 verseKJV

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

Habakkuk 3:17-18 ¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.¶ Although the fig ____ shall not blossom, ______ shall fruit be ___ the vines; the ______ of the olive _____ fail, and the ______ shall yield no ____; the flock shall ___ cut off from ___ fold, and there _____ be no herd ___ the stalls: Yet ___ will rejoice in ___ LORD, I will ___ in the God ___ my salvation.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.¶ Although ___ ___ tree _____ ___ blossom, ______ _____ fruit ___ ___ the _____; ___ labour ___ ___ olive _____ ____, and ___ ______ shall _____ ___ meat; ___ _____ shall ___ ___ off ____ ___ fold, ___ _____ shall ___ ___ herd ___ ___ stalls: ___ ___ will ______ ___ the ____, ___ will ___ ___ the ___ ___ my ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.¶ A t f t s n b, n s f b i t v; t l o t o s f, a t f s y n m; t f s b c o f t f, a t s b n h i t s: Y I w r i t L, 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.