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Proverbs 25 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Apples of Gold

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.

PreschoolGood News

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

KindergartenKind Words

WORD → picture 3GOLD → picture 1WATER → picture 4SHARE → picture 2

Grade 1Words Like Gold

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold. → picture 4Give your enemy food to eat. → picture 3Give him water to drink. → picture 1Good news is like cold water. → picture 5Self-control is like a city wall. → picture 2

Order:

1. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver2. By patience a ruler is persuaded3. If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat4. Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country

Grade 2Words Like Gold

  1. What is a word fitly spoken like? Apples of gold in settings of silver
  2. What should we give a hungry enemy? Food to eat
  3. What should we give a thirsty enemy? Water to drink
  4. What is good news like? Cold water to a thirsty soul
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Grade 3Kindness to Enemies

  1. Who copied out these proverbs? The men of Hezekiah king of Judah
  2. How is a ruler persuaded? By patience
  3. What breaks the bone? A soft tongue
  4. What is a man without restraint like? A city that is broken down and without walls
1: A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver2: By patience a ruler is persuaded3: If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat4: Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country
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Grade 4Fitting Words

  1. What is the glory of kings? To search out a matter
  2. Why should we not exalt ourselves? It is better to be invited to come up than to be put lower.
  3. What is a wise reprover to an obedient ear like? An earring of gold
  4. What can even gentle words be? Very powerful
  5. What will Yahweh do for one who feeds his enemy? Reward him

Word bank: 1. God; 2. apples; 3. gold; 4. patience; 5. hungry

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

Grade 5Heaping Coals of Kindness

  1. What does Hezekiah's collection show? How God's people preserved these sayings
  2. In the New Testament, what parable does Jesus tell? About taking the lowest place at a wedding feast
  3. What is one who boasts of gifts deceptively like? Clouds and wind without rain
  4. What may kindness to an enemy bring? Shame that leads to change
  5. In the New Testament, what does Paul say to overcome evil with? Good
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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