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Proverbs 27 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Iron Sharpens Iron

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.

PreschoolFriends Help Friends

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

KindergartenFriends

FRIEND → picture 4HELP → picture 3SHEEP → picture 1TODAY → picture 2

Grade 1Sharp Friends

Don't boast about tomorrow. → picture 5Let another praise you. → picture 1Iron sharpens iron. → picture 4Water reflects a face. → picture 2Know well your flocks. → picture 3

Order:

1. Don’t boast about tomorrow2. Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend3. Iron sharpens iron4. Know well the state of your flocks

Grade 2Iron Sharpens Iron

  1. Why should we not boast about tomorrow? We don't know what a day may bring.
  2. Who knows what a day may bring? God
  3. Who should praise you? Another man, not your own mouth
  4. What do good friends help each other do? Do better
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Grade 3Faithful Friends

  1. What should not praise you? Your own mouth
  2. What are the wounds of a friend? Faithful
  3. What does a true friend tell us? The truth
  4. What sharpens iron? Iron
1: Don’t boast about tomorrow2: Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend3: Iron sharpens iron4: Know well the state of your flocks
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Grade 4Sharpening Each Other

  1. Who should praise you? Another man, a stranger
  2. What is better than hidden love? Open rebuke
  3. What brings joy to the heart like perfume? Earnest counsel from a man's friend
  4. What does a man's heart reflect? The man
  5. Why should you know your flocks well? Riches are not forever.

Word bank: 1. praise; 2. friend; 3. flocks

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

Grade 5Friends Who Sharpen

  1. How is man refined? By his praise
  2. What shows our character? How we respond to praise
  3. How do friends shape each other? Through honest conversation
  4. What does not endure to all generations? The crown
  5. What does James say we should say about tomorrow? If the Lord wills
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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