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Proverbs 7 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Apple of Your Eye

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.

PreschoolKeep God's Words

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

KindergartenKeep

WORDS → picture 4HEART → picture 3EYE → picture 1KEEP → picture 2

Grade 1Keep My Words

Keep God's words. → picture 5Guard them like the apple of your eye. → picture 1Tie them on your fingers. → picture 4Write them on your heart. → picture 2Wisdom is like a sister. → picture 3

Order:

1. My son, keep my words2. Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye3. Write them on the tablet of your heart4. Call understanding your relative

Grade 2Like the Apple of Your Eye

  1. What did the father tell his son to keep? His words (circle)
  2. What is the apple of your eye? The middle of your eye
  3. Where should we tie God's words? On our fingers (circle)
  4. Where should we write them? On our heart (circle)
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Grade 3Guard My Teaching

  1. How should we guard God's teaching? As the apple of your eye
  2. Where should we write God's commandments? On the tablet of your heart
  3. What should we call wisdom? Our sister
  4. What did the young man not have? Understanding
1: My son, keep my words2: Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye3: Write them on the tablet of your heart4: Call understanding your relative
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Grade 4Lay Up My Commandments

  1. What should we lay up within us? God's commandments
  2. What is the apple of the eye? The pupil, the part we protect most quickly
  3. What should we call understanding? Our relative
  4. Where did the father look out? At the window of his house
  5. How was the young man led into sin? By flattering words

Word bank: 1. words; 2. Keep; 3. apple; 4. eye; 5. fingers

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

Grade 5The Way of Wisdom and the Way of Folly

  1. Where should God's commandments be written? On the tablet of your heart
  2. What did the father see from his window? A young man void of understanding
  3. How was the young man led into sin? By flattering words
  4. What did the young man do before he fell into sin? He drifted toward it.
  5. What does Paul say God will make when we are tempted? The way of escape
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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