Everyday words
Falsely
Start with Genesis 21:23, where the Bible uses the word falsely in a real sentence: “Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 21:23
“Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.””
2. Leviticus 6:2
““If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,”
3. Leviticus 6:3
“or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of these things that a man does, sinning therein;”
4. Leviticus 6:5
“or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. He shall return it to him to whom it belongs in the day of his being found guilty.”
5. Leviticus 19:12
““‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.”
6. Deuteronomy 19:18
“and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;”
7. 2 Samuel 18:13
“Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.””
8. Isaiah 63:8
“For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely;” so he became their Savior.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 21:23
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Now,therefore,sweartomeherebyGodthatyouwillnotdealfalselywithme,norwithmyson,norwithmyson’sson.ButaccordingtothethatIhavedonetoyou,youshalldotome,andtotheinwhichyouhaveasaforeigner.”