Misunderstood Hearts
This woman was praying silently in the temple, but Eli thought she was drunk.
Hannah - 1 Samuel 1:12-16
These three Hebrews refused to bow down to a golden image, even when threatened with a fiery furnace.
Shadrach, Mesach, and Abednego - Daniel 3:12-18
"A ____ ________ turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger."
"soft answer" - Proverbs 15:1
"Judge not, that ye be not ______.”
"judged" - Matthew 7:1
The disciples rebuked those who brought these people, but Jesus was “much displeased” and said the kingdom of God belonged to such as these.
"little children" - Mark 10:13-16
This king danced before the Lord with all his might, but his wife despised him in her heart.
David - 2 Samuel 6:14-16
This young Hebrew chose not to defile himself with the king’s meat or wine, asking instead for pulse and water.
Daniel - Daniel 1:8-16
“Let no _____ _________ proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying.”
corrupt communication - Ephesians 4:29
Before telling someone else about the mote in their eye, Jesus said to first cast this out of your own eye.
the beam - Matthew 7:3-5
This short man climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, and though others murmured that Jesus would be a guest with a sinner, Jesus said salvation had come to his house.
Zacchaeus - Luke 19:1-10
This woman poured expensive ointment on Jesus, but some people criticized her and called it a waste.
Mary (Magdalene) - John 12:3-8 / Mark 14:3-9
This man chose “rather to suffer affliction with the people of God” than enjoy the temporary pleasures of Egypt.
Moses - Hebrews 11:24-26
“Let your speech be always with _______, seasoned with ______, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
grace; salt - Colossians 4:6
This Pharisee silently judged Jesus for allowing a sinful woman to touch Him, proving he saw her past more clearly than he saw his own need.
Simon the Pharisee - Luke 7:39-47
This woman touched the hem of Jesus’ garment after twelve years of suffering, and Jesus did not shame her — He called her “Daughter.”
The woman with the issue of blood - Mark 5:25-34
Before he understood the full story, this man thought his wife had done wrong, but he chose not to make her a public example.
Joseph (Husband of Mary) - Matthew 1:18-20
These men did not demand that God save them before they obeyed; they said God was able to deliver them, “but if not,” they still would not serve other gods or bow in worship to an idol.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego - Daniel 3:17-18
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to ______, slow to _____, slow to ______.”
hear; speak; wrath (or anger) - James 1:19
“Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou _________ _________.”
"condemnest thyself" - Romans 2:1
The disciples wanted Jesus to send her away because she kept crying after them, but Jesus eventually praised her faith as “great.”
The Canaanite woman - Matthew 15:21-28
When Jesus was crowded by people and fully engaged in His mission, His own friends and family thought he was...
"beside Himself" or "out of His mind" Mark 3:20-21
He refused the reward of a pagan king, saying he had lifted up his hand to the LORD and would not take even a thread or a sandal strap.
Abram/Abraham - Genesis 14:22-23
“And be ye _____ one to another, tenderhearted, _________ one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath ________ you.”
kind; forgiving; forgiven - Ephesians 4:32
“Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the _______ __ ____ _________.”
"counsels of the hearts" - 1 Corinthians 4:5
The crowd told him to be quiet, but the more they tried to silence him, the louder he cried, “Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.”
Blind Bartimaeus - Mark 10:46-52
This religious man was technically praying, but his “prayer” included comparing himself to someone else — and Jesus used him as a warning against despising others.
The Pharisee - Luke 18:9-14
This family refused to drink wine, build houses, sow seed, or plant vineyards because of a command given by their forefather Jonadab.
The Rechabites - Jeremiah 35:6-10
“The heart of the righteous studieth to ______: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out ______ things.”
answer; evil - Proverbs 15:28
We defended God with long speeches, but our explanation of another man’s suffering was so wrong that God required sacrifice and prayer for us.
Job's friends - Job 42:7-8
He was rejected to the margins, living among tombs, unable to be bound even with chains; but Jesus crossed the sea, delivered him, clothed him, and sent him home as a witness.
The demoniac of Gadara - Mark 5:1-20