Week 682 · about 45 minutes
Proverbs 18
Proverbs 18 · Memory verse Proverbs 18:2
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Proverbs 18), the matching word search and answer key (Proverbs 18 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Proverbs 18 in about four minutes, stopping at Proverbs 18:2: “A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Proverbs 18?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Proverbs 18 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.” Proverbs 18 opens with these words: “An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.” The line to keep is Proverbs 18:2: “A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.” Carry the word “fool” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Proverbs 18:2: “A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Proverbs 18? Then try this: Read “A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through Proverbs 18. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Proverbs 18:2. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Proverbs 18 and write Proverbs 18:2 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Proverbs 18:2
“A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Proverbs 18. Help us remember Proverbs 18:2 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.