Everyday words
Grieved
Start with Genesis 6:6, where the Bible uses the word grieved in a real sentence: “Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 6:6
“Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.”
2. Genesis 26:35
“They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.”
3. Genesis 34:7
“The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; a thing ought not to be done.”
4. Genesis 45:5
“Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.”
5. Genesis 49:23
“The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:”
6. Exodus 1:12
“But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.”
7. Deuteronomy 15:10
“You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.”
8. Judges 2:18
“When Yahweh raised up judges for them, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 6:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
wassorrythathehadmanontheearth,andithiminhisheart.