People and promise
Cries
Start with Genesis 4:10, where the Bible uses the word cries in a real sentence: “Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 4:10
“Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.”
2. Exodus 22:27
“for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.”
3. 1 Samuel 26:14
“and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Don’t you answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered, “Who are you who cries to the king?””
4. Job 24:12
“From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.”
5. Job 31:38
“If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;”
6. Psalms 72:12
“For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.”
7. Psalms 116:1
“I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.”
8. Proverbs 8:3
“Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 4:10
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yahwehsaid,“WhatyouThevoiceofyourbrother’sbloodcriestometheground.