Memorizing Bible verses *
Memorizing Scripture
So...If you are 10, 20 or under (you have a better chance to do so.) Possibly a healthy 40 year old! But those 40 and older might be better off simply focusing just on memorizing the NT. If God wills you live thru 90s you can tackle the OT or important OT verses after the NT.
Psalm 119:11
"Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee."
There's wonderful benefits to memorizing and treasuring Scripture in your heart and mind.
The Holy Spirit will bring it to your memory as needed in your daily walk with Christ, but also when you give godly advice, answer Seekers Questions, and helps you when you share the Gospel (witnessing), it also helps you exhort, adminish and correct both believers and people in false religions.
It is also great to play as songs in the car to your kids, regardless of age. It's great to all memorize and hide Scripture in our hearts at every age. Train a child up in the Lord 😀. It also helps keep you focused in God's Word during the day. Even if you are humming at work, in public, in the Garden, wherever.
Today we have such a blessing through the internet as most of these are now available as free resources online!
Here is a song playlist that is growing daily. Save it and enjoy!
Below are a list of Verses that are great for memorizing. Later on I will put a Excel sheet together to note which verses have a Scripture song, to help you quickly memorize it. 😊
This will be a very big project that takes a very long time to compile and put together for your usage. Please share with everyone Christian you know 😀🙏.
Memorizing Scripture
Easily memorize 100 verses a year
Important memory verses
Essential Memory verses (soon)
52 Verses in a year (in book)
Listening to 100 memory verses
* Download these top audio.
* You can repeat one verse over and over
* You can listen to one of the 7 audios every week over and over (between classes, at lunch, on the ride to and from school, on a walk to a friends house, window shopping in the mall, getting ready in the morning and at bed, standing in line at the store or bank, etc). Then, move on to the next audio the next week and just repeat all until theyre all memorized.
* Do a annual review of all the verses you have memorized every year, before Christmas or the New Year
* Get a Bible dedicated to your memory verses only. Highlight in yellow all the verses to memorize.
>Use a red pen to underline words you tend to forget, (after a long time trying to memorize), to aid you in the future and to make fun missing words flash cards with.
>Then use a green highlighter to highlight the verse once you memorized it and can recall it at the end of the month. Or write M next to it.
>Additionally at the end of the year you could put a pens red dot next to the verse if you dont recall it perfectly, and a yellow dot if you do. The next year if you still remember it perfectly, use a green highlighter to dot over that pen mark. 😊
--Come up with a plan.
Is it possible to actually memorize the actual entire Bible? Yes!
So...If you are 10, 20 or under (you have a better chance to do so.) Possibly a healthy 40 year old! But those 40 and older might be better off simply focusing just on memorizing the NT. If God wills you live thru 90s you can tackle the OT or important OT verses after the NT.
MEMORIZING SYSTEMS:
1. Memorizing Verses
Letter memorizing
Bible Memory teaches you to memorize based on first letter of each word. You memorize faster.
Topical Memory System by Navigators
B. Similarly based on this system *
4 Bucket Memory System
Whole family can do this together
You can write them on index cards
* File them in a recipe type box and pull out today's memory verse.
>Put on the bathroom mirror at almost eye level. 😀👏 you will see it every time you wash your hands or go to the mirror.
>or create a 4 slot vertical verse holder for a wall you pass by regularly in the home, even by the bathroom sink or on the door.
Additional idea- Include a digital copy on your phone, either in notes app or on VerseLock for looking at when you have idle time, and on computer when you take a short mental break you can pop over to that open verse page.
For writing verses:
There's also erasable ball point pens in black, so that could be useful to you in Bible marking and for paper notebook journaling. Pick a plan and go for it 😊
For storing the verses:
Get an inexpensove plastic tub about the size width of the cards.
Prepping cards:
You could plan out the365 cards for the year,
Save all in a wordprocessor
Print daily on label for the card or just print the sheet for that verse.
Versions:
There are reasons you would memorize diff versions. You already have your childhood memorized ones yrs ago (so now your family follows those for that version). Your pastor or church used a ver for group memorizing, so you use that one for those. Others will be based on a ver that helps you grasp the passage. And the rest will be solid clear verses from most reputable versions; we are using Nasb95 and LSB21 mostly.
Now, Your kids may need easier version if they have learning issues, but when older they should be moved to memorize a more accurate reputable word for word version.
Idea: For young kids, some verses or concepts - the could be memorizing the context of a passage or teaching of Scripture with the references. Such as faith and works. Or the Law and sin. You could simply include the 2 or 3 references locations at the end of what it is theyre memorizing. And then when older, memorize those actual verses.
App Memory Verses
Instead of a print version of the above, use a flashcard or special app to help you do this memory plan. Pick a simple app.
Ones ive seen:
Verselocker - free! Has loads of great stuff⭐ Has family progress
Verses- (apple only)- can follow kids progress
($5 per mo per user)
BibleMemory (promo) $costs
Wrinkly- Basic kind w fill in blank option
Memorize by Heart flashcard app
Can fill in blank
Use a whiteboard
A fun way to memorize ....if you erase words that you dont remember well eventually you will get those and have a full verse memorized.
*You can do the same in an app
Many verses are longer than the board 😂
Review Review 😊
Check the verses card box weekly, monthly and annually to see how many you still remember and for a good review. 🌟
Review/Accountability
*If you are married, review your verses with each other.
*If single, consider having a verse accountability partner. Call them or meet irl and go over your verses every week, perhaps at church.
Playlists for memorizing via songs
*Some memory verse songs already exist.
> but theyre in diff versions so beware
*Sing Scripture app
>Currently free
Has upbeat modern style music for a hand full of verses in song. I have 11 in my playlist. You have to create a playlist. You can have on repeat a song. You can do challenges.
*Scripture Singer
> Currently free
Has chronological order, but not every Bible verse in Scripture.
I do not know the people singing these songs
*Vett the verses sung (go look up to confirm the verse in Scripture to ensure it is Biblically accurate (and not from a cult group's edited Bible with altered verses). Do that for every verse if you use this app. Idk who runs it and if any random person can add music.
Full Songs list
*I wish we could have all of these song verses in one place.
*Will try to create a page that links verse by verse thru Bible for each of these wherever they are, so you can hop over to any avail ones as you go through them, and for faster finding. If you bookmark this page and actively do use it when memorizing...it will benefit and you in memorizing.
*Until then, create your own playlists of the Ver you are memorizing in. If you sort verses based on best clarity you might have a better assortment of songs for a multi verses playlist.
*Set a calendar note to return here in 6 months to see if we have a list started or completed so you can use it.
More resources for memorizing by song
2. Memorizing the Bible. 😀
I recommend doing the Verse plan and the Bible memorizing plan. It is estimated to take 4 to 9 years to memorize the Bible (via header plan)...
😀 But imagine if you complete this and are always ready for conversations with people. You will be more confident in convos too.
Plus imagine if your kids know the Bible so well before they leave home, that their faith has been more solidified... and they also can share the faith and have Christian conversations at the drop of a hat. Win win.
You and they are prepared for all kinds of life situations, and conseling others, as its stored in their hearts too. And theyre able to [and you] listen to sermons at church, flip to the right book quickly, and have a mind full of interconnected verses in Scripture to actively follow along with what is taught. Theyll intake sermons at a younger age, and you can have good convos in the car on the way home (and during the week) on the sermon. 😊✝️✨️
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Notes:
Here are some purchaseable mv cards for elementary, primary and for youth. Preprinted for you. You can just pull out the verses and rearrange them in order you want to use & memorize them.
Here are playlists for explaining how to memorize Scripture
* includes products to get which can help you. I recommend those. Watch all the videos and write down what it is they offer, what is in it that might be most helpful. Ofc theres nothing wrong with getting them all. Each has its own or similar benefits.
I looked at the "memorization study bible" and found it didnt match what I was looking for personally. I do not want to memorize in kjv, nor do I want to memorize the whole Bible; I plan to memorize important portions of Scripture in headers, chunks, and verses.
For those who like kjv you might find the book helpful. *If you are new to Scripture, reading the Bible and new to memorizing or have less than 100 verses memorized... dont use this.
It is possible this book might also be useful.
Again, look through the offers noted for memorization products in the above video playlist. Best helps.
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Fun facts:
Paper Scripture is better than digital. Bcuz you retain more. And your brain remembers where something is on a page. Both in a Bible (you remember exactly where the verses is), & on a written card (you remember what it looks like and where each word is).
*Read out loud as well - because you retain it more.
Digital is better for reviewing.
It has its place as a tool.
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In summary:
Bible Memorizing
1. Highlight all the headers that are important by book and chapter.
There are a lot of these that you dont need to memorize 👍, save time and skip some.
2. From there, pick 2 or more verses from chapters you think you should memorize.
Use the audio method, the letter method with and the 4 buckets method to review em.
Keep them in an app is also a good idea so you have them on the go.
When picking verses to memorize, first do the ones that are related to God"s Holiness, Man's salvation, and then Christian living (for your gender & age), Add songs available to help verse by verse.
Then you can move on to the other verses worth memorizing such as evangelism related, & then, being wary of false teachers, then...to generally memorizing important verses by book and chapter.
OTHER
At Easter you could play a Hide Your Word in My Heart game to see what difficult verses you have done well to memorize. Hide the reference location in plastic eggs and enjoy the memory hunt! Great for adults & kids
Wear Memory Verse wristbands!
Esp the ones that match your weeks verse.
>What to do with leftovers?
- Hand out any that quote Psalm 119:11, to any new believer, newly baptized, new visitor to your Sunday School class, or new church member. This is good for kids, teens and adults, & it will be worn and treasured by them for more than 5 years, it also blesses them to remember to read the Bible.
- If someone turns to Jesus and gets saved, hand out any good ones for a new believer. This could be during outreach, when you witness somewhere, at a para ministry event or at your church.
- Give one out to all the kids at VBS or awana at the end of the event
- Print on print paper and tape to kids wrist
-Get a clear band you can slide a verse into
- many other ideas...
A little gift like this goes a long way!
Another idea which you can bring up to your Church is to Consider a long term church wide annual Memory Verse Challenge. Share this (linked) info with the Pastor and see if the leadership would authorize/ be onboard with doing this,... and perhaps the noted Outreach challenge too.
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