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Jeremiah 17 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Like a Tree Planted by the Waters

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.

PreschoolA Tree by the Water

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

KindergartenTrust God

TREE → picture 3WATER → picture 1FRUIT → picture 4TRUST → picture 2

Grade 1Roots by the River

A tree grows by the water. → picture 4A bush in the desert is dry. → picture 3The tree keeps giving fruit. → picture 1God searches the heart. → picture 5Jeremiah asked God to heal him. → picture 2

Order:

1. Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh2. It won’t cease from yielding fruit3. A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary4. Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed

Grade 2Two Plants

  1. Where was the dry bush? In the desert (circle)
  2. Where was the tree? By a river (circle)
  3. What did the tree have? Deep roots (circle)
  4. What did the tree give? Fruit (circle)
  5. Who is like the tree? People who trust God (circle)
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Grade 3Blessed Is the Man Who Trusts

  1. What is the person who trusts in people like? A bush in the desert
  2. What is the person who trusts in Yahweh like? A tree planted by the waters
  3. What happens to the tree's leaf when heat comes? It stays green
  4. What does God search? The mind and the heart
  5. What did God tell them about the Sabbath? Keep it holy and rest from carrying loads
1: Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh2: It won’t cease from yielding fruit3: A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary4: Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed
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Grade 4Two Ways to Live

  1. What is the person who trusts in man like? A bush in the desert that misses good when it comes
  2. What does trusting God mean in hard times? Having roots in a source that does not run dry
  3. Who can know the deceitful heart? Only God, who searches the mind and tries the heart
  4. What did God ask about the Sabbath? Keep it holy and carry no burdens through the gates

Word bank: 1. God; 2. trusts; 3. good; 4. waters; 5. leaf

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

Grade 5Blessed Is the One Whose Confidence Is in Yahweh

  1. What wisdom passage does this contrast echo? Psalm 1
  2. What does the tree image promise and not promise? It does not promise no drought but promises the tree will keep yielding fruit
  3. What does verse 9 say about the heart? It is deceitful above all things and exceedingly corrupt
  4. What would keeping the Sabbath show? Trust in God
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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