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My Key Verse Bible

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22 Great Bible Verses to Memorize

- each illustrated with a well-known Bible story

Contents Perfectly Created

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Nothing to Fear

Do not be afraid, for I am with you.

A God Who Cares

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. (NLT)

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God’s Good Plan

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” 18

God’s Ways Are Best

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

A Brave General

Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Daring to Ask

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

The Shepherd Boy and Warrior King The Lord is my shepherd, I have all that I need. (NLT)

A Beautiful Queen Saves a Nation

Don’t worry about anything, instead pray about everything. (NLT)

Fearless Love

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

God’s Forgiveness

The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.

26 30 34 38 42 46

A Savior Is Born

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

Give Thanks

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures for ever.

Costly Kindness

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Forgive each Other

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

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Come to Me

“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these”. 66

Forgiven and Free

He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.

Jesus Made a Way

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 74

Jesus Is Alive!

“I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.” (NLT)

God Takes Care of His Followers

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Changed by the Truth

If we believe that Jesus is truly Christ, we are God’s Children (CEV).

Sing Praise to God

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

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I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14

Perfectly Created After God created the universe—earth and sky, sun, moon, stars, and all living creatures—He made man. He gathered some soil and shaped the first human to look like Himself. God created the man in his image. Then God blew His breath of life into Adam and he came alive. Adam was wonderfully made by a perfect God. God was pleased with all He had created and saw that it was good.

Adam lived in the beautiful Garden of Eden, but God saw that it wasn’t good for Adam to be alone. So God made Adam fall into a deep sleep. From one of Adam’s ribs, God made a woman and brought her to Adam. She was wonderfully made—perfect, just like Adam. “Wow! She is just like me!” Adam said, and he named her Eve. - Genesis 1:1-27 & 3:20

Not only were Adam and Eve fearful ly and wonderful ly made—so were you! You were perfectly made-created in the image of a perfect God. 9

Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Isaiah 43:5

Nothing to Fear In the beautiful world God made, everyone had become wicked. This made God sad, and He decided to put an end to it all. But one man still loved God, so God said to him: “Noah, build an ark big enough for your family and two of each animal. I am going to send a flood to destroy everything on earth. Don’t be afraid. I will keep you and your family safe.” Noah did as God said, and even when the thunder and rainstorms came, Noah, his family, and the animals were safe in the ark.

It rained for forty days and forty nights, and the entire world was under water. Even the highest mountains were covered! But God saved Noah, his family, and the animals. After many months of floating, God caused the water to dry up. And finally, everyone inside the ark could come out into the open again. What a sight! A beautiful rainbow covered the sky, and God said to Noah, “This rainbow is a sign that I will never again flood the earth. From this day on, I will be with you and your family.” - Genesis 6:5-8:22

Even when the flood destroyed everything on Earth and the rain stil came pouring, God stood by His promise to Noah and kept him safe. God wil keep this promise to you and keep you safe, too. 13

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. 1 Peter 5:7 (NLT)

A God Who Cares Abraham was a friend of God, and God had blessed him with everything he could ask for—except a child. “Who will inherit my possessions?” Abraham wondered. Without a child, Abraham would be a faint memory after he died, and his family line would end. This was heavy on Abraham’s heart, but God had a plan. One night God said to Abraham, “Look at the stars and count them.” This was impossible for Abraham because the sky was filled with innumerable twinkling lights. “This is how it will be with your family,” God said. “They will be as many as the stars.”

But Abraham and Sarah became old enough to be great grandparents and they still did not have a child. One day God came to visit them. “Remember the promise I gave you?” He said. “Next year, you will have a son.” Abraham wondered, “I am almost one hundred years old!” Sarah laughed, thinking, “How will I have a child in my old age?” But God had not forgotten His promise, and one year later they had a son. They named him Isaac, which means laughter. Isaac grew up and became the first “star in the sky” of the promise God had given to His friend Abraham. – Genesis 15:1-5, 17, 18:10-12 & 21:1-7

God cares greatly for you, so when something bothers you or makes you sad, God says to tel l him al l about it and leave it with him . God is much better at handl ing your worries than you are. 17

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

God’s Good Plan Joseph’s father, Jacob, loved Joseph very much. In fact, Jacob loved Joseph more than his older brothers and one day he gave him a beautiful coat made of rich colored cloth. This special attention made Joseph’s older brothers jealous, and they hated him. One day, Joseph told his brothers, “I dreamed that all of you would bow down to me one day and that I would be the greatest one of all.” Joseph’s brothers hated him even more. “Who does he think he is?” they thought. One day they decided to get rid of him, so they trapped him in a pit and sold him as a slave!