Micah 6 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: What God Requires

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.

PreschoolBe Kind and Humble

Pathheartpersonscroll

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

KindergartenWhat Is Good

FAIR → picture 4KIND → picture 3WALK → picture 2GOD → picture 1

Grade 1Walk Humbly with God

The mountains hear God's case. → picture 3God brought them out of Egypt. → picture 5Gifts alone could not please God. → picture 2Walk humbly with your God. → picture 4God hates dishonest scales. → picture 1

Order:

1. My people, what have I done to you2. For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt3. He has shown you, O man, what is good

Grade 2What God Wants

Where did God bring his people from? Egypt (circle)
Who did God send to lead them? Moses, Aaron, and Miriam (circle)
What did the people ask? What gift to bring God
What three things does God want? Be fair, love mercy, and walk humbly with God
What does God not want? Cheating or lying (circle)

Grade 3He Has Shown You What Is Good

Who hears Yahweh's case? The mountains
Who did God send before his people? Moses, Aaron, and Miriam
What offering did the people think about? Burnt offerings or thousands of rams
What does Yahweh require? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God
What dishonest tool did some people use? Dishonest scales

1: My people, what have I done to you2: For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt3: He has shown you, O man, what is good

Grade 4Justice, Mercy, and Humility

Why is Micah 6 like a court case? Yahweh calls the mountains to hear his case against his people.
What acts of kindness does God remind them of? Bringing them out of Egypt and sending Moses, Aaron, and Miriam
What three things does Yahweh require? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God
How were merchants cheating? With a short ephah, dishonest scales, and deceitful weights

Word bank: 1. mountains; 2. people; 3. Egypt; 4. God; 5. good

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

Grade 5What Does the Lord Require?

What does God ask his people in verse 3, and what tone does it show? What have I done to you? It shows hurt and tenderness, not just anger.
Why do the worshiper's offers keep growing larger? The offers grow bigger, as if God could be bought.
What three requirements does verse 8 give? Act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God
Whose example were the people following, according to verse 16? Omri and the house of Ahab

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