Everyday words
Desired
Start with Genesis 3:6, where the Bible uses the word desired in a real sentence: “When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 3:6
“When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.”
2. Deuteronomy 18:16
“This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again Yahweh my God’s voice, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.””
3. 1 Kings 9:19
“all the storage cities that Solomon had, the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.”
4. 2 Chronicles 8:6
“and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.”
5. Esther 2:13
“The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women’s house to the king’s house.”
6. Psalms 19:10
“More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.”
7. Psalms 81:11
“But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.”
8. Psalms 107:30
“Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.”
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Practice Genesis 3:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Whenthewomansawthetreewasgoodforfood,andthatitwasadelighttotheeyes,andthatthetreewastobetomakeonewise,shetooksomeofitsandate;andshegavesometoherhusbandwithher,andheateit,too.