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Proverbs 4 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Guard Your Heart

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.

PreschoolGuard Your Heart

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

KindergartenMy Heart

HEART → picture 2LIGHT → picture 4PATH → picture 1EYES → picture 3

Grade 1Keep Your Heart

Get wisdom. → picture 2Walk on straight paths. → picture 4The right path is like the dawning light. → picture 5Keep your heart. → picture 1Let your eyes look straight ahead. → picture 3

Order:

1. Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction2. Wisdom is supreme3. But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day4. Keep your heart with all diligence

Grade 2Get Wisdom

  1. What did the father's father teach him? Get wisdom. Get understanding.
  2. What is the right path like? The morning light (circle)
  3. What is the way of wicked people like? Darkness (circle)
  4. What should we keep with all diligence? Our heart (circle)
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Grade 3The Dawning Light

  1. Who taught the father when he was young? His own father
  2. What will wisdom do if you don't forsake her? She will preserve you.
  3. What is the path of the righteous like? The dawning light that shines more and more
  4. What comes out of the heart? The wellspring of life
1: Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction2: Wisdom is supreme3: But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day4: Keep your heart with all diligence
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Grade 4Wisdom Is Supreme

  1. What did the father's father tell him to get? Wisdom and understanding
  2. What should you do even if it costs all your possessions? Get understanding.
  3. What is the path of the righteous like? The dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day
  4. What do the wicked not know? What they stumble over
  5. Why should we keep our heart with all diligence? Out of it is the wellspring of life.

Word bank: 1. heart; 2. wisdom; 3. supreme; 4. path; 5. life

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

Grade 5The Wellspring of Life

  1. What did the grandfather say is supreme? Wisdom
  2. What will wisdom do if you esteem her? She will exalt you.
  3. How is growing in wisdom like sunrise? It gets brighter over time.
  4. In the New Testament, what does Jesus say about those who follow Him? They will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.
  5. Which three parts of the body follow the heart in this chapter? The mouth, the eyes, and the feet
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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