Everyday words
Abound
Start with Genesis 1:20, where the Bible uses the word abound in a real sentence: “God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 1:20
“God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.””
2. 2 Kings 9:22
“When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?””
3. Romans 5:15
“But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.”
4. Romans 5:20
“The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;”
5. Romans 6:1
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?”
6. Romans 15:13
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.”
7. 1 Corinthians 14:12
“So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.”
8. 2 Corinthians 1:5
“For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 1:20
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Godsaid,“Letthewatersaboundlivingcreatures,andletflyabovetheearthintheopenofthesky.”