Everyday words
Plainly
Start with Genesis 26:28, where the Bible uses the word plainly in a real sentence: “They said, “We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 26:28
“They said, “We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,”
2. Exodus 21:5
“But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’”
3. Numbers 12:8
“With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?””
4. Deuteronomy 27:8
“You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.””
5. 1 Samuel 10:16
“Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.” But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn’t tell him.”
6. Ezra 4:18
“The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.”
7. Isaiah 32:4
“The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.”
8. John 10:24
“The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 26:28
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theysaid,“WesawplainlythatYahwehwaswithyou.We‘Lettherenowbeanoathus,betweenusandyou,andletusmakeacovenantwithyou,