Weekly Memory Verses
 
 
Genesis - Beginnings
"I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse."  Genesis 12:3
 
Exodus - Redemption
"I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians."  Exodus 6:6
 
Leviticus - Holiness
"Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God."  Leviticus 20:7
 
Numbers - Wanderings
"Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I gave them."  Numbers 20:12
 
Deuteronomy - Covenant
"...what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord's commands and decrees."  Deuteronomy 10:12
 
Joshua - Conquest
"Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.  Then you will be prosperous and successful."  Joshua 1:8
 
Judges - Cycles
"In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit."  Judges 21:25
 
I Samuel: Transition
 
15:22—”To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams”

II Samuel: David

22:21—” The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

I Kings: Division of the Kingdom

11:11-“ Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.”

II Kings: Captivities of the Kingdom

17:23-“ So the people of Israel were taken from their homeland into exile in Assyria”

I Chronicles: Davidic Covenant
 
17:14 – “I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.”

II Chronicles: Priestly view of Judah

7:14 – “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

Ezra: Temple

1:3 – “may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem.”

Nehemiah: Walls

6:15 – “So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.”
 
Esther: Providence
4:14 - "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish.  And who knows but that you have come to royal position fo such a time as this?"
 
Job: Sovereignty
13:15 - "Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face."
 
Psalms: Worship
19:14 - "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer."
 
Proverbs: Wisdom
1:7 - "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline."
 
Ecclesiastes: Vanity
2:24 - "A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work.  This too, I see, is from the hand of God..."
 
Song of Songs: Love
7:10 - "I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me."
 
Isaiah: Salvation
9:6 - "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.  And he will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." 

Jeremiah: Judah’s Last Hour

7:23 – “Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you.” 

Lamentations: Lamentations

2:5 – “The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.” 

Ezekiel: Restoration of Israel

36:24 – “For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.” 

Daniel: God’s Plan for Israel

2:20 – “Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his.” 

Hosea: God’s Loyal Love for Israel

4:1 – “Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: ‘There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.’”

Joel: The Day of the Lord

2:11 – “The Lord thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey his command. The day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?” 

Amos: Judgment of Israel

3:2 – “You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.” 

Obadiah: Judgment of Edom

10 – “Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever.”

Jonah: Revival in Nineveh

2:9 – “But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the Lord.”

Micah: Judgment & Restoration of Judah

6:8 – “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

Nahum: Judgment of Nineveh

1:7 – “The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.” 

Habakkuk: Faith

2:4 – “See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright – but the righteous will live by his faith – “

Zephaniah: Judgment & Restoration in the Day of the Lord

1:14 – “The great day of the Lord is near – near and coming quickly. Listen! The cry on the day of the Lord will be bitter, the shouting of the warrior there.” 

Haggai: Reconstruction of the Temple

1:7 – “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Give careful thought to your ways.’”

Zechariah: Preparation for the Messiah

8:3 – “This is what the Lord says: ‘I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain’” 

Malachi: Appeal to Backsliders

3:1 – “’See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,’ says the Lord Almighty.”