People and promise
Careful
Start with Genesis 31:24, where the Bible uses the word careful in a real sentence: “God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 31:24
“God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.””
2. Genesis 31:29
“It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’”
3. Exodus 10:28
“Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!””
4. Exodus 19:12
“You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.”
5. Exodus 23:13
““Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods or even let them be heard out of your mouth.”
6. Exodus 34:12
“Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you:”
7. Deuteronomy 2:4
“Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful.”
8. Deuteronomy 4:9
“Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 31:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
GodcametotheSyrian,inadreamofthenight,andsaidtohim,“Bethatyoudon’tspeaktoJacobeitherorbad.”