Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: One of the Proverbs reads, "Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the ---------- and depart from evil. It will be------- to your flesh, And -----to your bones."

2. One of the proverbs says, "My son, do not despise the ------ of the Lord,

For whom the Lord loves He------, Just as a father the son in whom he delights."

1. Lord---health---strength (Prov. 3: 7, 8 )

2. chastening---corrects (Prov. 3: 11,12 )

"Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but grievous; nevertheless, afterwards it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness.

(Heb.12: 11 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: A familiar proverb reads, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart,-----"

And lean not on your own understanding" (Prov. 3: 5 )

2. A verse which ends a longer quotation begins, "In all your ways acknowledge Him,----"

"And He shell direct your paths" ( Prov. 3: 6 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: Psalm 150 is a pure psalm of praise. In verse 2, the psalmist exhorts us, "Praise Him for His mighty--------; Praise Him

according to His excellent-------!"

2. One of the proverbs says,"---------calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the --------squares."

1. Acts---greatness" (Ps. 150: 2)

This calls attention to Gods works and to His character.

2. Wisdom-----open (Prov. 1: 20)

Poetry---Memory

Sentence completion: "Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?

Or the son of man, that You are-------"

"Mindful of him" (Ps. 144 :3 )

The author of Hebrews applies this verse to Jesus in arguing Christ's

superiority to the angels (Heb. 2: 6 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Search me, O God , and know------- -------; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way------- ."

"My heart---everlasting" ( Ps.139: 23,24 )

2. "Set a guard, O Lord, over my --------; Keep watch over the door of my--------."

"Mouth------lips" ( Ps.141 :3 )

Even the psalmist finds it impossible to control his tongue.

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "If I ascend into -------, You are there; If I make my bed in --------,behold,You are there".

2. I will praise You ,for I am------- and ------- made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well."

3. "My--------- was not hidden from You , When I was made in ---------, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth."

1. Heaven----hell (Ps. 139:8 )

2. Fearfully---wonderfully ( Ps. 139: 14 )

3. Frame--- secret ( Ps. 139 : 15 )

"The lowest part of the earth" refers to the mother's womb. The verse acknowledges God's

personal activity in the formation of every child.

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Behold, -------- are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the -------is His reward."

2. "Like------in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth."

3. "Where can I go from Your--------? Or where can I flee from Your

-------?

1. children---womb (Ps. 127: 3 )

2. "Arrows" (Ps. 127: 4 )

To be useful the arrow must be taken from the quiver and shot. So

there comes a time to skillfully release our children.

3. "Spirit-----presence" (Ps. 139: 7 )

The psalmist does not speak this way because he wants to escape God's

presence, but because he is awed by how much God desires to be with him.