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Jeremiah 22 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Wasn't This to Know Me

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.

PreschoolHelp the Poor

housepersonheartsun

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

KindergartenBe Fair

KING → picture 4HELP → picture 3HOUSE → picture 2LOVE → picture 1

Grade 1A Good King and a Proud King

Josiah helped the poor. → picture 3A proud king built a big house. → picture 5He did not pay his workers. → picture 2God wants kings to be fair. → picture 4Helping the poor shows people know God. → picture 1

Order:

1. Execute justice and righteousness2. Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness3. He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well4. Wasn’t this to know me

Grade 2Helping the Poor

  1. Where did God send Jeremiah? To the king's house (circle)
  2. What did God tell the king to be? Fair (circle)
  3. What did one king build? A big house (circle)
  4. Who did he not pay? His workers (circle)
  5. Who helped the poor? Josiah (circle)
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Grade 3Do Justice and Righteousness

  1. What did God tell the king to execute? Justice and righteousness
  2. Who were they not to wrong? The foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow
  3. What did Jehoiakim build? A large house with wide rooms and cedar walls
  4. What did Jehoiakim do to his neighbor? Made him work without wages
  5. Whose cause did Josiah judge? The poor and needy
1: Execute justice and righteousness2: Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness3: He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well4: Wasn’t this to know me
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Grade 4Knowing God Means Doing Justice

  1. Who did God tell the king to deliver? Him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor
  2. How did Jehoiakim build his house? By injustice, using his neighbor's service without wages
  3. Who was the better example? His father, Josiah
  4. According to verse 16, what does knowing God look like? Judging the cause of the poor and needy

Word bank: 1. justice; 2. house; 3. cedar; 4. poor; 5. God

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

Grade 5Competing in Cedar

  1. What would the house of David stand or fall by? Its treatment of the vulnerable
  2. What was Jehoiakim's great sin in building his palace? He forced labor without pay and built by injustice
  3. How is Josiah described? He did justice and righteousness and judged the cause of the poor and needy
  4. What does verse 16 teach about knowing God? It is a relationship that shows itself in mercy, not just information
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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