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Handwriting on the Wall Crossword (Easy, Medium and Hard)

Free printable Handwriting on the Wall crossword in three levels for Sunday school, from easy with a word box to hard with Bible look-ups. Answer keys included.

Grades K–5 · Medium

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Ages: Early Elementary (K–2), Upper Elementary (3–5)
Difficulty: Medium
Time: 10–20 minutes
Scripture: Daniel 5:1–31
Bible story: The Handwriting on the Wall

These free Handwriting on the Wall crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Daniel 5:1–31), and each level downloads with or without an answer key.

Easy (ages 5–7): short answers, simple clues and a word box to pick from.
Medium (grades K–2): more words and no word box.
Hard (grades 3–5): kids look up each verse in their Bible to find the answer.

Use them after the The Handwriting on the Wall Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

King Belshazzar made a great feast and drank wine from the golden vessels taken out of the temple at Jerusalem, and they praised the gods of gold and silver. "In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand," and wrote upon the wall, and none of the king's wise men could read the writing. Daniel read it and told the king he had "not humbled thine heart": "Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting." That night Belshazzar was slain, and Darius the Median took the kingdom. Read the whole story in Daniel 5:1–31 (KJV).

Memory verse: "TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting." (Daniel 5:27, KJV). It is printed on every level.

The clues

The easy crossword has 6 answers and a word box to pick from. The medium crossword has 8 clues like these:

___ the king made a great feast. (Daniel 5:1)
They brought the golden ___ that were taken out of the temple. (Daniel 5:3)
The temple of the house of God which was at ___. (Daniel 5:3)
The hand wrote over against the ___. (Daniel 5:5)
The king's ___ smote one against another. (Daniel 5:6)
The ___ came into the banquet house. (Daniel 5:10)
"Thou art weighed in the ___, and art found wanting." (Daniel 5:27)
___ the Median took the kingdom. (Daniel 5:31)

The hard crossword has 11 clues, each with its verse printed after it, so kids find the answers in their own Bible.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the filled grid with each answer's verse). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.

Frequently asked questions

What ages are these The Handwriting on the Wall crosswords for?

The easy crossword (with a word box) is for ages 5–7, the medium one for kindergarten to 2nd grade readers, and the hard one for 3rd to 5th grade. Each level downloads with or without an answer key.

Are the answers from the Bible?

Yes. Every answer comes from the King James Bible, and the answer key gives the verse for each one.

Are these crosswords free?

Yes. Print as many as you need for your church, school or home. Please don't resell them.

What Bible verses are in the The Handwriting on the Wall crossword?

Every clue comes from Daniel 5:1–31 (KJV), and the answer key gives the verse for each answer. The hard level prints the verse after every clue so kids can look it up.