Book Outlines and Memory Verses
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Genesis: Beginnings
Four Events: Creation, Fall, Flood, Tower of Babel (ch. 1-11)
Four People: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph (12-50)
Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty. Genesis 15:6
Exodus: Escape
Redemption (1-19)
Revelation (20-40)
And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine, and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites. Exodus 19:5-6
Numbers: Wanderings
Old Generation (1-12)
Tragic Transition (13-20)
For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me, they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it. Numbers 14:22-23
Joshua: Success
Conquest (1-12)
Settlement (13-24)
This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful. Joshua 1:8
Judges: Failure
Summary (1-2)
Cycles (3-16)
Sinful State (17-21)
In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. Judges 17:6
1 Samuel: Monarchy
Samuel (1-7)
Saul (8-15)
Saul and David (16-31)
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7
2 Samuel: David
David’s Triumphs (1-10)
David’s Transgression (11)
David’s Troubles (12-24)
When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. 2 Samuel 7:12-13
1 Kings: Division
United Kingdom (1-11)
Divided Kingdom (12-22)
So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant." 1 Kings 11:11
2 Kings: Exile
Divided Kingdom and Fall of Israel (1-17)
Surviving Kingdom and Fall of Judah (18-25)
The Lord announced, "I will also spurn Judah, just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose—both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said, “I will live there." 2 Kings 23:27
Ezra: Restoration
Temple (1-6)
Law (7-10)
Now Ezra had dedicated himself to the study of the law of the Lord, to its observance, and to teaching its statutes and judgments in Israel. Ezra 7:10
Nehemiah: Wall
Reconstruction of the Walls (1-7)
Restoration of the People (8-13)
So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in just fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw this, they were greatly disheartened. They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God. Nehemiah 6:15-16
Matthew
He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Matthew 16:15-16
