Everyday words
Deceive
Start with Genesis 31:27, where the Bible uses the word deceive in a real sentence: “Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 31:27
“Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;”
2. Leviticus 19:11
““‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.”
3. 2 Samuel 3:25
“You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.””
4. 2 Kings 4:28
“Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?””
5. 2 Kings 18:29
“Thus says the king, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand.”
6. 2 Kings 19:10
“‘Tell Hezekiah king of Judah this: “Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
7. Job 13:9
“Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?”
8. Proverbs 24:28
“Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 31:27
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Whydidyoufleesecretly,andme,anddidn’ttellme,thatIhavesentyouawaywithmirthandwithwithtambourineandwithharp;