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Ecclesiastes 9 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Poor Wise Man

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolWork Hard for God

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenDo Your Best

WORK → picture 3HAND → picture 1CITY → picture 4WISE → picture 2

Grade 1Wisdom Is Better

Do it with your might. → picture 4There was a little city. → picture 3A great king came against it. → picture 1A poor wise man delivered the city. → picture 5Wisdom is better than weapons of war. → picture 2

Order:

1. I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift2. Wisdom is better than strength3. The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools4. Wisdom is better than weapons of war

Grade 2A Poor Wise Man

  1. How should we do our work? With our might (circle)
  2. Who came to attack the little city? A great king (circle)
  3. Who saved the city? A poor wise man (circle)
  4. What is wisdom better than? Weapons of war (circle)
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Grade 3Wisdom Delivered the City

  1. Whose hand are the righteous in? The hand of God
  2. What is better than a dead lion? A living dog
  3. Who is the race not to? The swift
  4. How did the poor man deliver the city? By his wisdom
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Grade 4With Your Might

  1. What are in the hand of God? The righteous, and the wise, and their works
  2. What is there while we live? Hope
  3. What did the great king build against the city? Great bulwarks
  4. What did no man do for the poor wise man? Remember him
  5. What does one sinner destroy? Much good

Word bank: 1. wise; 2. good; 3. wisdom; 4. poor; 5. strength

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Wisdom Better Than Strength

  1. What should we do with whatever our hand finds to do? Do it with your might
  2. What happen to them all? Time and chance
  3. What happened to the poor man's wisdom? It is despised.
  4. What is better than the cry of him who rules among fools? The words of the wise heard in quiet
  5. How does Paul say to work? Heartily, as for the Lord and not for men

Word bank: 1. wise; 2. wisdom; 3. strength; 4. words

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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