memory verse

American  

noun

1. a verse or passage from the Bible to be memorized, especially by members of a Sunday school.

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Example Sentences

Each lesson begins with a Golden Text, which may be used as a memory verse, after which the story is told in a manner that will interest the young.

From Rosa's Quest The Way to the Beautiful Land by Wright, Anna Potter

Let the lower line contain a few initial letters hinting at the memory verse concealed just above it.

From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.

No memory verse or golden text, once learned, should be allowed to lapse into that easy pit, a child's quick forgetfulness.

From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.

Kavanagh went home, invented a ballad about his fever in Port-o'-Spain, and wrote it upon his memory, verse by verse—for he did not possess the art of writing upon paper.

From The Harbor Master by Roberts, Theodore Goodridge

Commit to memory verse 11: “I am the Good Shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”

From Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study by Moody, Dwight Lyman