Bible Verses: Ecclesiastes 3:5-6 (ESV-English Standard Version)

An important part of keeping God’s word in your heart and having it available for when you need to quote it to fight against the devil’s temptations is to memorize scripture. There are many ways to do this including singing verses, using pneumonic devices, and old-fashioned look and don’t look as you try to say the verse. Here is a technique that I learned from memverse.com. Try it out and see if it works for you. The goal for the Seasons series is to memorize Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. This is passage is famous for the concept that there are different stages in human life. It is frequently read at funerals, but it is about more than death. At two verses a weeks, it should take four weeks to memorize this passage, but you can work faster if you wish.

Step 1: First read or sing or chant the verses several times.

(Verse 5) a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
(Verse 6)  a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 

Step 2: Now try saying the verses with words missing.

(Verse 5)  a ___________ to cast away stones, and a ___________ to gather stones together; a ___________ to embrace, and a ___________ to refrain from embracing; 

(Verse 6) a ___________ to seek, and a ___________ to lose; a ___________ to keep, and a ___________ to cast away; 

Step 3: Try saying the verses with more words missing.

(Verse 5)  a ___________ to cast ___________ ___________, and a ___________ to gather ___________ together; a ___________ to embrace, and a ___________ to ___________ from embracing; 

(Verse 6) a ___________ to ___________, and a ___________ to lose; a ___________ to ___________, and a ___________ to cast ___________; 

Step 4: Try saying the verses with even more words missing.

(Verse 5)  a ___________ to ___________ ___________ ___________, and a ___________ to ___________ ___________ ___________; a ___________ to ___________, and a ___________ to ___________ from ___________; 

(Verse 6) a ___________ to ___________, and a ___________ to ___________; a ___________ to ___________, and a ___________ to ___________ ___________; 

Step 5: Try saying the verses with only blanks.

(Verse 5)  ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________; ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________; 

(Verse 6) ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________; ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________; 

Final Step: Try saying the verses without blanks: Ecclesiastes 3:5-6.