Everyday words
Gained
Start with Genesis 31:18, where the Bible uses the word gained in a real sentence: “and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 31:18
“and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.”
2. Psalms 44:12
“You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.”
3. Proverbs 13:11
“Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.”
4. Proverbs 20:21
“An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.”
5. Ezekiel 22:12
“In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.”
6. Matthew 18:15
““If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.”
7. Matthew 25:17
“In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.”
8. Matthew 25:20
“He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 31:18
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
andhetookawayallhislivestock,andallhispossessionshehadgathered,thelivestockwhichhehadgainedinPaddantogotoIsaachisfather,tothelandofCanaan.