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Proverbs 23 · Preschool

Make Mom and Dad Glad

Name Date

Color the happy family!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!”

Proverbs 23:25 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: When we obey and make wise choices, our moms and dads are glad. What is one way you can make your family happy today?

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Proverbs 23 · Kindergarten

Glad

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

GLAD
TRUTH
HEART
MOM
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

Proverbs 23:25 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

GLAD
TRUTH
HEART
MOM

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw someone listening to a parent.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your truth. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you make your family glad?
  • What is true?

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Proverbs 23 · Grade 1

Buy the Truth

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

TRUTH
WISE
GLAD
HOPE
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

Proverbs 23:23 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Buy the truth, and don't sell it.
Riches fly away like an eagle.
Make your parents glad.
Fear Yahweh all day long.
My son, give me your heart.

Buy the Truth

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Apply your heart to instruction

Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path

Let your father and your mother be glad

Buy the truth

Draw someone listening to a parent.

Memory Verse

“Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.”

Proverbs 23:23 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your truth. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What flies away like an eagle?
  • What should we buy and not sell?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Proverbs 23 · Grade 2

Make Your Parents Glad

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Read the Story

Proverbs says riches can fly away like an eagle. Money does not last forever.

Proverbs says, Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Truth is worth more than anything we can buy.

Proverbs says, Let your father and your mother be glad! When we are wise, our parents are happy.

Memory Verse

“Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.”

Proverbs 23:23 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. What can fly away like an eagle?

    Our father and motherThe truthRiches

  2. What should we buy and not sell?

    Our father and motherThe truthWhen we are wise

  3. Who should we let be glad?

    RichesThe truthOur father and mother

  4. When are our parents happy?

    RichesOur father and motherWhen we are wise

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

PEFARSMCFMGELGFLAKOLTHEARTFTADRNROFAHDSRUAFLTEYMLSTMOHRGSBUYHYEMBLISTENRSFWISDOMS
  • WISDOM
  • LISTEN
  • FATHER
  • MOTHER
  • TRUTH
  • HEART
  • GLAD
  • BUY

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your truth. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you make your mom and dad happy?
  • Who defends the fatherless?

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Proverbs 23 · Grade 3

Your Hope Will Not Be Cut Off

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Read the Story

Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. Riches certainly sprout wings like an eagle and fly in the sky.

Don't let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long. Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. Let your father and your mother be glad! My son, give me your heart.

Memory Verse

“Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.”

Proverbs 23:23 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What should we not weary ourselves to be?

  2. What should we not envy?

  3. What will not be cut off?

  4. What should we get?

Buy the Truth

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

BGCFATHERMLLNDANCMWIHEARTHOLISTENGKTBTSORFTFHUVRDGLADEYMWUOFDIRLLTOTMDVGKBAAAHMYV
  • WISDOM
  • LISTEN
  • FATHER
  • MOTHER
  • TRUTH
  • HEART
  • GLAD
  • BUY

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your truth. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you work for God instead of only for money?
  • How can you hold on to the truth?

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Proverbs 23 · Grade 4

Truth Is Worth Buying

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Read and Think

Proverbs 23 warns about chasing money. Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

God protects the weak. Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless, for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you. Fatherless children have God as their Defender.

Parents long for wise children. My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine. Don't let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long. Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. Let your father and your mother be glad! My son, give me your heart.

Show What You Know

  1. What does wealth sprout?

  2. Whose fields should we not take?

  3. Who is the Defender of the fatherless?

  4. When will the father's heart be glad?

  5. What does the father ask his son to give?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

wisdomfatherheartGod
  1. In your , show restraint.
  2. protects the weak.
  3. My son, if your is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
  4. Let your and your mother be glad!

Think About It

  1. Riches sprout wings like an eagle. Why is it foolish to make money the main goal of life?

  2. Buy the truth, and don't sell it. What could tempt someone to sell the truth, and how can you hold on to it?

Memory Verse

“Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.”

Proverbs 23:23 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your truth. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you help children who have no father?
  • How should we treat parents when they are old?

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Proverbs 23 · Grade 5

Give Me Your Heart

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Read and Think

Chapter 23 continues the words of the wise with warnings about appetite and greed. When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you. Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. Wealth is fleeting: it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

God is the protector of the vulnerable. Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless, for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you. Envy is another danger. Don't let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long. Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

The chapter closes with a father's appeal. Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old. Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways. The chapter also warns against drinking too much wine. In the New Testament, Jesus says, For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also (Matthew 6:21).

Show What You Know

  1. What should you consider when you sit to eat with a ruler?

  2. Who is the Defender of the fatherless?

  3. What should we do instead of envying sinners?

  4. How should we treat our mother when she is old?

  5. In the New Testament, what does Jesus say about treasure?

Crossword

23154

Across

  1. For it certainly sprouts wings like an ____
  2. My son, if your heart is ____
  3. Buy the ____

Down

  1. In your wisdom, show ____
  2. Let your father and your mother be ____

Think About It

  1. Don't let your heart envy sinners. Why might someone envy people who do wrong, and what does this chapter say instead?

  2. Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old. How can you honor your parents now and later?

Memory Verse

“Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.”

Proverbs 23:23 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your truth. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can your choices make your parents glad?
  • How can you give God your heart?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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