Week 705 · about 45 minutes
Ecclesiastes 10
Ecclesiastes 10 · Memory verse Ecclesiastes 10:2
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Ecclesiastes 10), the matching word search and answer key (Ecclesiastes 10 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a piece of bread
Hold a piece of bread. Read Ecclesiastes 10 in about four minutes, stopping at Ecclesiastes 10:2: “A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Ecclesiastes 10?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Ecclesiastes 10 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.” 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, “If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.” Ecclesiastes 10 opens with these words: “Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.” The line to keep is Ecclesiastes 10:2: “A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.” Carry the word “wise” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Ecclesiastes 10:2: “A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Ecclesiastes 10? Then try this: Read “A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.” 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 Ecclesiastes 10. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Ecclesiastes 10:2. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Ecclesiastes 10 and write Ecclesiastes 10:2 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Ecclesiastes 10:2
“A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Ecclesiastes 10. Help us remember Ecclesiastes 10:2 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.