Let’s face it – except for the story of Jonah, it’s hard to incorporate the books of Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah into the cycle of learning for the kids in our lives. Why not make it fun with some puzzles and activities to help them commit a key passage from each book to heart? This set of Bible verse memorization activities includes crossword puzzles, handwriting practice, decoding, word searches, and more for the key verses. All quotations are from the King James Version of Scripture. The following verses are included:

“Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.” Joel 2:12-13

“For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, ‘Seek ye me, and ye shall live . . . Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.’” Amos 5:4, 14

‘“The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down,’ saith the Lord.” Obadiah 1:3-4

“And said, ‘I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me . . . When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.’” Jonah 2:2, 7

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Bible Verse Word Puzzles, Vol. 8: Joel-Jonah

Here are our previous volumes if you missed them:

• Bible Verse Word Puzzles, Vol. 1: Genesis-Numbers
• Bible Verse Word Puzzles, Vol. 2: Deuteronomy-Ruth
• Bible Verse Word Puzzles, Vol. 3: 1 Samuel-2 Kings
• Bible Verse Word Puzzles, Vol. 4: 1 Chronicles-Nehemiah
• Bible Verse Word Puzzles, Vol. 5: Esther-Proverbs
• Bible Verse Word Puzzles, Vol. 6: Ecclesiastes-Jeremiah
• Bible Verse Word Puzzles, Vol. 7: Lamentations-Hosea