Everyday words
Worse
Start with Genesis 19:9, where the Bible uses the word worse in a real sentence: “They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:9
“They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot, and came near to break the door.”
2. 2 Samuel 13:16
“She said to him, “Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!” But he would not listen to her.”
3. 2 Samuel 19:7
“Now therefore arise, go out, and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don’t go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.””
4. Jeremiah 7:26
“Yet they didn’t listen to me or incline their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers.”
5. Daniel 1:10
“The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? So would you endanger my head with the king.””
6. Micah 7:4
“The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.”
7. Matthew 9:16
“No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.”
8. Matthew 12:45
“Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.””
1 of 8
Say it
Practice Genesis 19:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theysaid,“Standback!”Thentheysaid,“Thisonefellowcameintoliveasaforeigner,andheappointshimselfaNowwillweworsewithyou,thanwiththem!”TheyhardonthemanLot,andcameneartobreakthedoor.