There are required memory verses to participate in the contest. Please have them memorize those verses first then if they want to take the challenge, they can memorize more.

Starting off:
Proverbs 1:7
Proverbs 3:1-7

Optional verses:
Proverbs 3:11-12
Proverbs 6:20-23
Proverbs 12:22
Proverbs 13:3
Proverbs 15:30
Proverbs 16:24
Proverbs 17:17
Proverbs 22:1
Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

 A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

 A cheerful look brings joy to the heart,
and good news gives health to the bones.

 He who guards his lips guards his life,
but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.

The LORD detests lying lips,
but he delights in men who are truthful.

20 My son, keep your father’s commands
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

 21 Bind them upon your heart forever;
fasten them around your neck.

 22 When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.

 23 For these commands are a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and the corrections of discipline
are the way to life.

11 My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline
and do not resent his rebuke,

12 because the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.