Everyday words
Punishment
Start with Genesis 4:13, where the Bible uses the word punishment in a real sentence: “Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 4:13
“Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.”
2. Leviticus 26:41
“I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;”
3. Leviticus 26:43
“The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.”
4. 1 Samuel 28:10
“Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, “As Yahweh lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing.””
5. 2 Kings 7:9
“Then they said to one another, “We aren’t doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let’s go and tell the king’s household.””
6. Psalms 81:15
“The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.”
7. Proverbs 16:22
“Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.”
8. Isaiah 30:32
“Every stroke of the rod of punishment, which Yahweh will lay on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons.”
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Practice Genesis 4:13
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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