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Proverbs 7 · Grade 3

Guard My Teaching

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Read the Story

My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. Tell wisdom, You are my sister. Wisdom should be as close to us as family.

The father tells a story about a young man who did not have understanding. He listened to words that tricked him, and he made a bad choice. The father says, Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Don't let your heart turn to wrong ways.

Memory Verse

“Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.”

Proverbs 7:2 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How should we guard God's teaching?

  2. Where should we write God's commandments?

  3. What should we call wisdom?

  4. What did the young man not have?

The Apple of Your Eye

Write what happened in each box.

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Word Search

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

PMMOFWHFIPTFKWOEICWHABNRANAHYNBTDRGPDEYELSTEPNWTYLEPRLWISDOMTSETFEEBKEEPDOKIVWLPC
  • FINGERS
  • TABLET
  • WISDOM
  • WORDS
  • APPLE
  • HEART
  • KEEP
  • EYE

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you keep God's word close every day?
  • What did the father see from his window?

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