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Introduction

Welcome to Volume 1 of the Massive Book of Bible Trivia. This book contains 1,241 multiple-choice questions, arranged by category and topic, for a total of 120 sets of quizzes in 12 categories, most sets containing 10 or more questions.

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Table of Contents

Bible Characters

Bible General

Bible Objects

Bible Places

The Book of Proverbs

Books of the Bible

Children in the Bible

Bible Characters

Job

John the Baptist

Minor Characters

Judas Iscariot

Laban

Unique Characters

Lot

Luke

Pharaoh

Naaman

Roman Soldiers

Lazarus

Absalom

Andrew

Name Changes

Balak and Balaam

Thomas

Esau

Nathanael

Gehazi

Job

1.) In what land did Job live?

a.) Oz

b.) Id

c.) Uz

d.) Ur

2.) How many children did Job lose in a storm?

a.) 6

b.) 8

c.) 10

d.) 12

3.) What kind of disease struck Job?

a.) Leprosy

b.) Blindness

c.) Madness

d.) Boils

4.) Who told Job in his troubles to "curse God and die"?

a.) His wife

b.) Eliphaz

c.) Satan

d.) His servant

5.) Who attempted to comfort Job in his distress?

a.) His wife

b.) His friends

c.) God

d.) No-one

6.) Which of these was not one of Job's "friends"?

a.) Zophar

b.) Bildad

c.) Elihu

d.) Eliphaz

7.) Job's friends kept vigil with him in silence for how long?

a.) 24 hours

b.) 3 days

c.) 7 days

d.) 40 days

8.) Job opened his mouth and cursed the day. Then what did he wish?

a.) That he could die.

b.) That he could sleep.

c.) That he had never been born.

d.) That he could be healed.

9.) How many sons and daughters were born to Job after his sufferings?

a.) 5 sons and 3 daughters

b.) 7 sons and 3 daughters

c.) 3 sons and 5 daughters

d.) 10 sons and 10 daughters

10.) How much longer did Job live after his sufferings?

a.) 85 years

b.) 100 years

c.) 120 years

d.) 140 years

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John the Baptist

1.) Who was John the Baptist's father?

a.) Thaddeus

b.) Joseph

c.) Zechariah

d.) Malachi

2.) Who was John the Baptist's mother?

a.) Mary

b.) Elisabeth

c.) Martha

d.) Rachel

3.) What kind of clothes did John the Baptist wear?

a.) Camel's hair

b.) Sheep skin

c.) Buffalo hair

d.) Woven cloth

4.) John the Baptist was how much older than Jesus?

a.) 2 years

b.) 1 year

c.) 6 months

d.) He was younger

5.) The relationship of Jesus to John the Baptist was:

a.) Brother

b.) Cousin

c.) John was Jesus' Uncle

d.) Jesus was John's Uncle

6.) What is the name of the river in which John the Baptist baptized people?

a.) Euphrates

b.) Nile

c.) Jordan

d.) Tigris

7.) John the Baptist was put in prison for declaring that Herod had broken what Law?

a.) Lying

b.) Murder

c.) Violating the Sabbath

d.) Adultery

8.) Who asked Herod for the head of John the Baptist?

a.) Herodias

b.) The daughter of Herodias

c.) Sapphira

d.) Candace

9.) When Jesus heard that John the baptist had been arrested, where did he go?

a.) Jerusalem

b.) Nazareth

c.) Galilee

d.) Bethany

10.) Which of these did Jesus say about John the Baptist?

a.) This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face.

b.) Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.

c.) From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

d.) All of the above.

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Minor Characters

1.) Who asked God to bless him and enlarge his territory?

a.) Job

b.) Jabez

c.) Jeremiah

d.) Isaiah

2.) Who bought Joseph from the Midianite traders?

a.) Potiphar

b.) Pharoah

c.) Hobab

d.) Raguel

3.) Who lied to the Holy Spirit and an apostle and died with her husband?

a.) Mary Magdalene

b.) Sarah

c.) Sapphira

d.) Juniper

4.) Who refused to appear before her husband, the king, at his command?

a.) Esther

b.) Vashti

c.) Queen of Sheba

d.) Candace

5.) Who climbed up into a sycomore tree to see Jesus?

a.) Matthew

b.) Joseph of Arimathaea

c.) Simon, the Pharisee

d.) Zacchaeus

6.) Who offered the people a choice - Barabbas, or Jesus to be released?

a.) Herod

b.) Pilate

c.) Caesar

d.) Herodias

7.) Out of whom did Jesus cast seven devils?

a.) Pilate's wife

b.) Martha

c.) Mary Magdalene

d.) Simon's mother

8.) What prophetess told Barak to defeat Sisera and Jabin's army?

a.) Deborah

b.) Abigail

c.) Rahab

d.) Jael

9.) Jacob's wife Rachel died giving birth to whom?

a.) Joseph

b.) Simeon

c.) Asher

d.) Benjamin

10.) Who was killed by three darts shot into his heart?

a.) Judah

b.) Absalom

c.) Uzziah

d.) Goliath

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Judas Iscariot

1.) What was the name of Judas' father?

a.) Jonah

b.) Iscariot

c.) Alexander

d.) Simon

2.) When Mary annointed Jesus, why did Judas say, "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?"

a.) Because he secretly cared for the poor.

b.) Because he was a thief.

c.) Because he abhored waste.

d.) Because he didn't understand the purpose.

3.) How much was Judas Iscariot given to betray Jesus?

a.) 20 pieces of silver

b.) A Talent of gold

c.) 30 pieces of silver

d.) 100 pence

4.) What did Jesus give to Judas as a sign that he was to betray Him?

a.) Glass of wine

b.) Bread

c.) Jar of honey

d.) Bag of coins

5.) How did Judas betray Jesus?

a.) He pointed him out

b.) He talked with him

c.) He held onto him

d.) He kissed him

6.) Where did Judas betray Jesus?

a.) The Sea of Galilee

b.) Mount of Olives

c.) Garden of Gethsemane

d.) The temple at Jerusalem

7.) How did Judas, the betrayer, die?

a.) He was killed by Peter.

b.) He hung himself.

c.) He was crucified.

d.) He was exiled and died alone.

8.) What was the name of the field that was purchased with the betrayal money Judas returned?

a.) Corban

b.) Golgotha

c.) Aceldama

d.) Gabbatha

9.) After Jesus' ascension, which two men were proposed to replace Judas?

a.) Joseph and Matthias

b.) Philip and Nicanor

c.) Stephen and Paul

d.) Timon and Procorus

10.) Which one was finally chosen by the other eleven to replace Judas?

a.) Joseph

b.) Paul

c.) Matthias

d.) Philip

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Laban

1.) Laban went out to meet Abraham's servant who had come to take his sister to be a wife for Isaac. Who was his sister?

a.) Leah

b.) Zilpah

c.) Rachael

d.) Rebekah

2.) What relation was Laban to Jacob?

a.) brother

b.) uncle

c.) cousin

d.) They were not related.

3.) Where did Laban live?

a.) Ur of the Chaldeas

b.) Sodom

c.) Padan-aram

d.) We are not told.

4.) What was the name of Laban's daughter whom Jacob loved most?

a.) Rachel

b.) Leah

c.) Zilpah

d.) Bilhah

5.) How long did Jacob serve Laban for Rachel?

a.) 1 year

b.) 3 years

c.) 7 years

d.) 10 years

6.) How did Laban deceive Jacob regarding his wife?

a.) He gave him Rachel's maidservant instead.

b.) He did not give him a wife at the end of his servitude.

c.) He gave him Rachael's older sister instead.

d.) It was a genuine mistake - there was no deceit.

7.) How did Laban explain what he had done?

a.) You have not worked enough for a daughter, but you can have a servant for a wife.

b.) I was so drunk I did not know what I was doing.

c.) You have not worked hard enough for me to give you any wages.

d.) It is not done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

8.) When Jacob asked Laban if he could return to his own country, what did Laban say?

a.) Go, and never come to my house again.

b.) Go, and may the God of Israel go with thee.

c.) Tarry until the shearing of the sheep is finished.

d.) Tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

9.) When did Jacob leave Laban?

a.) When Laban was worshipping his gods.

b.) When Laban went to shear his sheep.

c.) When Laban's wife died.

d.) When Laban died.

10.) Rachel had taken the Laban's household gods, but Laban was not able to find them. Why?

a.) She had put them in the camel's furniture and sat on them.

b.) She had given them to her maidservant to hide.

c.) She had hidden them under some sheaves of wheat on the rooftop.

d.) She had put them down the well in a pitcher.

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Unique Characters

1.) Which man is described as little of stature?

a.) Jeremiah

b.) Zacchaeus

c.) Paul

d.) Matthew

2.) Who, from his shoulders and upward, was higher than any of the people?

a.) Solomon

b.) Samuel

c.) Saul

d.) Samson

3.) Who was the king of Moab who was a very fat man.

a.) Sihon

b.) Eglon

c.) Mesha

d.) Balak

4.) Which man had very very long hair?

a.) Jonathan

b.) Abiathar

c.) Absalom

d.) Amos

5.) Whose patience, according to the Bible, have we all heard of?

a.) James

b.) Job

c.) Jesse

d.) Isaac

6.) Who was mocked because he was bald?

a.) Ahab

b.) Elijah

c.) Elisha

d.) Aaron

7.) In all Israel there was none to be so much praised for his beauty as...

a.) Solomon

b.) Absalom

c.) Jesus

d.) David

8.) Who passed all the kings of the earth in riches.

a.) David

b.) Saul

c.) Ahab

d.) Solomon

9.) Who was the wisest man, like none before him, or none ever will be again.

a.) David

b.) Solomon

c.) Daniel

d.) Job

10.) Who was the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was lefthanded?

a.) Ehud

b.) Eglon

c.) Barak

d.) Amalek

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Lot

1.) Who was Lot's father?

a.) Abram

b.) Terah

c.) Nahor

d.) Haran

2.) What relation was Lot to Abraham?

a.) Son

b.) Nephew

c.) Uncle

d.) Brother

3.) The story of Lot hints at a reason as to why Lot was attached to Abram's family unit. Why?

a.) Lot's father died before his grandfather died.

b.) Lot believed that God was going to bless Abram in a great way and wanted to receive the blessing.

c.) Abram did not believe that he would have a son to leave an inheritance for, so invited Lot to join him.

d.) Lot was learning from Abram how to survive in the desert.

4.) Why did Abram suggest that he and Lot should not dwell together?

a.) Their herdsmen were at war with each other.

b.) Their substance was so great that the land could not bear them.

c.) Abram was angry that Lot had got his daughters pregnant.

d.) Abram and Lot had both fallen in love with the same woman.

5.) What land did Lot choose when it was time for him to separate from Abram?

a.) The plain of the Jordan.

b.) The Negev.

c.) The valley of Bacca.

d.) Mount Sinai.

6.) How many trained men did Abram take with him when he went to rescue Lot from captivity?

a.) 153

b.) 259

c.) 318

d.) 425

7.) How far did Abram and his men pursue the armies that had taken Lot captive?

a.) to Sodom

b.) to Ai

c.) to Dan

d.) to Zoar

8.) What did Abram return with after he had rescued Lot?

a.) Nothing else.

b.) Lot and his possessions.

c.) Lot, his possessions, and his women.

d.) Lot, his possessions, and the women and other people who had been taken captive.

9.) Where did Lot dwell after he left Zoar?

a.) In the palace of the king of Sodom.

b.) In the desert.

c.) In a mountain cave.

d.) In a green valley.

10.) Who lived with him after he left Zoar?

a.) His wife, his concubines, and a great company of slaves.

b.) His two daughters.

c.) His five sons.

d.) His wife, five sons and five daughters.

11.) What were the names of the sons that the daughters of Lot bore to their father?

a.) Moab and Benammi

b.) Perez and Zerah

c.) Jacob and Esau

d.) Hophni and Phinehas

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Luke

1.) What was Luke's profession?

a.) Physician

b.) Lawyer

c.) Tax Collector

d.) Tentmaker

2.) To whom did Luke address the Gospel of Luke?

a.) The elect lady

b.) Corneleus

c.) Theophilus

d.) The physician

3.) Besides the gospel of Luke, what other book of the Bible did Luke write?

a.) Acts

b.) Romans

c.) Galatians

d.) Ephesians

4.) By what other name is Luke mentioned in the Bible?

a.) Luhith

b.) Lucas

c.) Lucius

d.) Lucanus

5.) What parable of Jesus is mentioned only by Luke in his Gospel account?

a.) The parable of the lost sheep.

b.) The parable of the good samaritan.

c.) The parable of the fig tree.

d.) The parable of the ten virgins.

6.) What miracle of Jesus is mentioned only by Luke in his Gospel account?

a.) The wedding in Cana.

b.) Sight restored to two blind men.

c.) Healing of the ten lepers.

d.) Feeding of the five thousand.

7.) With whom was Luke called "a fellowlabourer?"

a.) Timothy

b.) Barnabas

c.) Paul

d.) John Mark

8.) Who was a seller of purple in Thyatira, with whom Luke and the others stayed?

a.) Lois

b.) Eunice

c.) Priscilla

d.) Lydia

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Pharaoh

1.) Which child was born into the house of Levi, and was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter?

a.) Aaron

b.) Joseph

c.) Samuel

d.) Moses

2.) What portion of the crops did Joseph tell the Egyptians to give Pharaoh?

a.) one tenth

b.) one fifth

c.) one third

d.) one half

3.) Pharaoh's dream of thin cattle coming up out of the river was a warning of what?

a.) Cattle disease

b.) Famine

c.) Injustice

d.) Invasion by enemies

4.) What king made an alliance with Egypt by marrying the Pharaoh's daughter?

a.) David

b.) Ahab

c.) Saul

d.) Solomon

5.) When there was famine in the land Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there with his wife Sarai. When she was commended before Pharaoh, who did Abram say she was?

a.) His wife.

b.) His sister.

c.) His daughter.

d.) His brother's wife.

6.) When Joseph was sold into Egypt to Pharaoh's officer, what was the officer's name?

a.) Jerubbaal

b.) Zebul

c.) Potiphar

d.) Hamar

7.) Who cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent?

a.) Moses

b.) Elijah

c.) Aaron

d.) Joseph

8.) When Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, who did Pharaoh give him for his wife?

a.) The queen's sister.

b.) His firstborn daughter.

c.) His brother's wife.

d.) One of his concubines.

9.) Who did Pharaoh king of Egypt make governor over Egypt and all his house.

a.) Moses

b.) Isaac

c.) Joseph

d.) Esau

10.) How many of his chariots did Pharaoh send after Moses and the Israelites?

a.) One quarter of his horses and chariots.

b.) One half of his horses and chariots.

c.) Three quarters of his horses and chariots.

d.) All of his horses and chariots.

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Naaman

1.) What position did Naaman hold in the Syrian army?

a.) A lord on whose hand the king leaned.

b.) Captain of the host of the king of Syria.

c.) A lieutenant in the Syrian army.

d.) The king's armor bearer.

2.) Why had the king of Syria honored Naaman?

a.) Because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria.

b.) Because he and his armor bearer had slaughtered 300 men in one night.

c.) Because he had interpreted a dream for the king.

d.) Because he had done a deal with the king of Egypt and got grain to tide them through a famine.

3.) What was Naaman afflicted with?

a.) He was deaf.

b.) His eyesight was not good.

c.) He was a leper.

d.) He walked with a limp.

4.) Who told Naaman about the prophet Elisha?

a.) The king.

b.) His servant.

c.) His wife.

d.) A little Israelite girl who waited on his wife.

5.) What in this list did Naaman not take with him to the prophet Elisha?

a.) gold

b.) silver

c.) precious stones

d.) raiment

6.) What message did Elisha send to Naaman?

a.) You are wasting my time and your own - go away.

b.) I will tell you how you can be clean if you will give to me everything that you have brought with you.

c.) If you believe with all your heart you will be made clean.

d.) Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and you will be clean.

7.) How did Naaman respond to Elisha's message?

a.) He turned and went away in a rage.

b.) He sent his servants to unpack his horses and chariots.

c.) He sent his servants to look for the river.

d.) He sent his servant to Elisha to ask what to do next.

8.) Who changed Naaman's mind about what he should do?

a.) His servants.

b.) His wife.

c.) Elisha's servant.

d.) Elisha.

9.) What happened when Naaman did what Elisha said for him to do?

a.) Naaman's servant was healed.

b.) Naaman was healed.

c.) Elisha's servant was healed.

d.) Nothing happened because of his unbelief.

10.) Jesus used the story of Naaman to illustrate the point that:

a.) No prophet is accepted in his own country.

b.) God's blessing is on the Gentiles as well as the Jews.

c.) Though our sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as wool.

d.) Although it is hard for a rich man to get into heaven, it is not impossible.

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Roman Soldiers

1.) What did Jesus say to the centurion who came to Him and told Him that his servant was sick?

a.) I only need to speak the word and he will be healed.

b.) I will come and heal him.

c.) I will send the disciples to your home and he will be healed.

d.) It is not right to give the children's bread to the dogs.

2.) What did the centurion at the cross say when Jesus had died?

a.) Nothing is recorded about what he said.

b.) Truly this man was not the Son of God.

c.) This man was a good man.

d.) Truly this was the Son of God.

3.) There was a certain man in Caesarea, a centurion of the band called the Italian band. What was his name?

a.) Cornelius

b.) Cleophas

c.) Julius

d.) Agabas

4.) When Joseph of Arithmathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus, what did Pilate do?

a.) Called a centurion to arrest Joseph.

b.) Called a centurion to go and collect the body of Jesus.

c.) Called a centurion to establish that Jesus was in fact dead.

d.) Called a centurion to go and gather suitable herbs to embalm Jesus with.

5.) What did Felix tell Paul he would do when Lysias, the chief captain, came down?

a.) Send Paul to Rome with Lysias.

b.) Have Paul flogged.

c.) Release Paul from prison.

d.) Make a decision on Paul's case.

6.) Concerning Paul, the centurion warned the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest...

a.) for this man is a friend of Caesar.

b.) for this man is a Roman.

c.) for this man is a Pharisee.

d.) for this man is from the school of Gamaliel.

7.) Who told Paul of the plot to kill him, then Paul told a centurion about it?

a.) Felix and Festus

b.) Barnabas

c.) His sister's son.

d.) We are not told who it was.

8.) Felix commanded a centurion to keep guard over Paul, and...

a.) to let him have some freedom.

b.) to not forbid his friends to visit him.

c.) to not forbid his friends to care for his needs.

d.) all of the above.

9.) What was the name of the centurion to whom Paul was delivered when they set sail for Rome?

a.) Cornelius

b.) Cleophas

c.) Julius

d.) Agabas

10.) When they came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but what happened to Paul?

a.) He was beheaded.

b.) He was allowed to live by himself with a guard.

c.) He was taken straight to Caesar.

d.) He was able to escape to Macedonia.

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Lazarus

1.) What town did Lazarus live in?

a.) Bethlehem

b.) Bethany

c.) Nazareth

d.) Gazarenes

2.) When Jesus heard that his friend Lazarus was ill, he said...

a.) nothing - he wept.

b.) "Tell Mary and Martha to call a physician immediately."

c.) "This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God's glory."

d.) "Let the dead bury their dead."

3.) After having heard that Lazarus was ill, Jesus...

a.) stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

b.) went fishing.

c.) hurried immediately to Lazarus' house to visit him.

d.) tore his clothes, put ashes on his head and wept bitterly.

4.) Why did the disciples not want to go back to Judea with Jesus?

a.) The Jews had tried to stone Jesus there and they did not think it wise for him to return there.

b.) It was nearing the time for the Passover and they wanted to stay in Jerusalem for the feast.

c.) They had just come from there.

d.) They were too tired to make the journey.

5.) When Jesus told the disciples that Lazarus was asleep, what did he mean?

a.) Lazarus was lazy.

b.) Lazarus was needing to be woken up.

c.) Lazarus was in a coma.

d.) Lazarus was dead.

6.) How long had Lazarus been in the tomb when Jesus arrived at his house?

a.) one day

b.) two days

c.) three days

d.) four days

7.) How far was it from Lazarus' hometown to Jerusalem?

a.) About ten furlongs.

b.) About fifteen furlongs.

c.) About sixty furlongs.

d.) We are not told.

8.) They took away the stone, and Jesus looked upward and said...

a.) "Father, I thank you for having heard me."

b.) "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

c.) "If thou cans't believe, all things are possible."

d.) "Oh God, have mercy on me and hear my prayer."

9.) When Jesus called Lazarus out of the tomb and he appeared still bound in grave cloth, what did many of the Jews who saw it do?

a.) They believed in Jesus.

b.) They believed that Jesus was a sorcerer.

c.) They searched in the tomb for any evidence that trickery had been involved.

d.) They plotted to kill Jesus.

10.) The chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death. Why?

a.) They figured that he had died already and therefore should remain dead.

b.) They figured that he had been involved in a deception.

c.) Because on account of him many people believed in Jesus.

d.) They thought Lazarus was now possessed with an evil spirit.

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Absalom

1.) Who was Absalom's father?

a.) Nehemiah

b.) Solomon

c.) Saul

d.) David

2.) What relation to Absalom was Tamar, whom Amnon raped?

a.) aunt

b.) cousin

c.) sister

d.) niece

3.) What was the first public act that Absalom performed?

a.) He sang at the dedication of the temple.

b.) He blessed and dedicated the well in Jerusalem.

c.) He blessed the sheepshearers at Baalhazor.

d.) He revenged the blood of Amnon, who had raped his sister.

4.) Where did Absalom go to when he fled from David?

a.) To his maternal grandfather, the king of Geshur.

b.) To the brook Cherith, and the ravens fed him there.

c.) To the same cave in which his father had spoken to Saul, in Geshur.

d.) To some Ishmaelites who were traveling to Geshur.

5.) Who brought Absalom back to Jerusalem?

a.) Joab

b.) Amnon

c.) Jonadab

d.) Hushai

6.) How long did Absalom dwell in Jerusalem without coming into the presence of the king?

a.) one year

b.) two years

c.) three years

d.) four years

7.) How did Absalom win the hearts of the men of Israel?

a.) He declared more feast days and holidays than his father had.

b.) He criticized his father's administration and accepted the obeisance of the people.

c.) He was exceedingly beautiful to look at.

d.) He reduced taxes to the wealthy.

8.) What was king David's order to his commanders concerning Absalom?

a.) They should kill him on sight.

b.) They should hang him from a tree.

c.) They should bind him in fetters of brass and bring him back to Jerusalem.

d.) They should deal gently with him.

9.) What type of animal was Absalom riding when his hair got caught in the boughs of the oak tree?

a.) a horse

b.) a mule

c.) a donkey

d.) a camel

10.) Who was it that shot Absalom through the heart with three darts?

a.) Joab

b.) Amnon

c.) Jonadab

d.) No one - he was hanged in a tree.

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Andrew

1.) Who was Andrew's brother?

a.) Simon Peter

b.) Thaddeus

c.) Thomas

d.) Judas

2.) What city was Andrew from?

a.) Bethany

b.) Bethlehem

c.) Bethsaida

d.) Jerusalem

3.) What was Andrew doing when Jesus called him to be a disciple?

a.) Collecting taxes.

b.) Fishing.

c.) Preaching.

d.) Listening to John the Baptist.

4.) What prompted Andrew, who had been a follower of John the Baptist, to follow Jesus?

a.) He knew that John was going to die and was looking for someone else to follow.

b.) He heard John say, "Behold the Lamb of God."

c.) He had grown tired of John's teaching.

d.) Jesus was interested in fishing, John was not.

5.) What relative of Andrew did Jesus heal of a fever?

a.) His wife.

b.) His brother's wife.

c.) His brother's mother-in-law.

d.) His grandmother.

6.) What did Andrew tell Simon Peter about Jesus?

a.) We have found the Messiah.

b.) We have found one who is mightier than John.

c.) We have found the Son of God.

d.) We have found Elijah.

7.) Which other disciple was from the same city as Andrew and his brother?

a.) Bartholomew

b.) Matthew

c.) Philip

d.) Thaddaeus

8.) What did Jesus say when Andrew pointed out to him that there was a boy present in the crowd who had five loaves and two fishes?

a.) It's only a short walk back to town - they will eat soon enough.

b.) But what are they among so many people?

c.) Six months' wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.

d.) Make the men sit down.

9.) Andrew and Philip told Jesus that some Greeks were wanting to meet him. Why were the Greeks in Jerusalem?

a.) They came to worship at the feast.

b.) They wanted to trick Jesus.

c.) They brought a paralytic to be healed.

d.) They lived in Jerusalem.

10.) Where did Andrew go immediately after Jesus' ascension?

a.) To the upper room.

b.) To the Mount of Olives.

c.) To Samaria.

d.) To Galilee.

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Name Changes

1.) What was Abraham's original name?

a.) Abrial

b.) Abner

c.) Abram

d.) Abidai

2.) What was Sarah's original name?

a.) Sardius

b.) Sarai

c.) Sarid

d.) Saraph

3.) What was Israel's original name?

a.) Esau

b.) Joseph

c.) Isaac

d.) Jacob

4.) What was Joshua's original name?

a.) Oshea

b.) Sargon

c.) Ishmael

d.) Rabmag

5.) What was Solomon's original name?

a.) Abner

b.) Jedidiah

c.) Eliakim

d.) Abimelech

6.) What was Peter's original name?

a.) Simon

b.) Andrew

c.) Jonah

d.) Jonas

7.) What was Paul's original name?

a.) Sargon

b.) Samsom

c.) Sardis

d.) Saul

8.) What was Zaphnath-paaneah's original name?

a.) David

b.) Ishmael

c.) Joseph

d.) Daniel

9.) What was Belteshazzar's original name?

a.) Joseph

b.) Benjamin

c.) Elijah

d.) Daniel

10.) What was Zedekiah's original name?

a.) Laban

b.) Eliakim

c.) Mattaniah

d.) Jedidiah

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Balak and Balaam

1.) Balak, king of the Moabites, sent messengers to Balaam, the son of Beor, saying, "Curse this people for me, since they are stronger than I; perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land for I know that..."

a.) "we surely need a miracle to defeat them."

b.) "their God has delivered them from Egypt, and this will not be an easy thing for me to do."

c.) "whomever you bless is blessed, and whomever you curse is cursed."

d.) "I do not have the power to curse them."

2.) What did Balaam ask the princes of the Moabites to do?

a.) Stay the night, while he sought the Lord for an answer about what he should do.

b.) Build an altar outside his house and sacrifice bulls on it.

c.) Go back to Balak and get twice as much money for him.

d.) Go home to Moab and sacrifice children while he sought the Lord.

3.) What did God tell Balaam?

a.) Go with them and thou shalt curse the people.

b.) Go with them, but thou shalt not curse the people.

c.) Thou shalt not go with them, but thou shalt curse the people.

d.) Thou shalt not go with them and thou shalt not curse the people.

4.) How did Balak respond when he heard Balaam's reply?

a.) He was furious and sent his best warriors to kill Balaam.

b.) He made provision for Balaam and his company to join them.

c.) He was pleased that the people were going to be cursed.

d.) He sent more princes of higher rank to visit Balaam.

5.) Balaam told the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold...

a.) "I would be able to muster an army to go with us."

b.) "I could make an offering to the Lord, to see if He would change His mind on this matter."

c.) "I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more."

d.) "I could speak any curse that he would ask of me."

6.) Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the officials of Moab, but his donkey was extremely uncooperative. Why?

a.) The donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand.

b.) The donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a staff in his hand.

c.) The donkey did not understand what Balaam wanted it to do.

d.) We are not told.

7.) The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "...I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me. If your donkey had not turned away from me these three times..."

a.) "you both would have fallen into a pit and died."

b.) "it would have walked under that oak tree and your hair would have been caught in the boughs of it."

c.) "I would have killed both of you."

d.) "surely just now I would have killed you and let it live."

8.) What did Balaam say to Balak about the word that was to be delivered?

a.) God Himself will speak the word from heaven.

b.) The word that God puts in my mouth is the word I shall speak.

c.) I will speak the word and God will confirm it to you.

d.) If you speak the word, I will agree with it.

9.) God told Moses that Ammonites and Moabites "shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD to their tenth generation: because they hired Balaam to curse thee, and because..."

a.) "they are the descendents of incest and not part of God's blessing to you."

b.) "they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt."

c.) "they have come up against you to destroy you."

d.) "they will bring disgraceful ways into the camp."

10.) How did Balaam die?

a.) His donkey spoke, and he fell off it and struck his head.

b.) The angel of the Lord struck him dead.

c.) Balak had him killed so that he didn't have to pay him for the word that he spoke.

d.) The children of Israel slayed him with a sword.

11.) The book of Jude speaks woe to people who have followed after Balaam and two other people. Who were they?

a.) Cain and Core

b.) Hophni and Phinehas

c.) Jezebel and Ahab

d.) Nimrod and Balak

12.) In the book of Revelation, to which church does the Lord write: "I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam."

a.) Thyatira

b.) Smyrna

c.) Pergamos

d.) Laodicea

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Thomas

1.) Why was Thomas thinking that Jesus and the disciples would all die if they went to Bethany again?

a.) Because the Jews there had tried to kill them previously.

b.) Because the Romans had tried to kill them there.

c.) Because a prophet had told them that they would die if they went there.

d.) Because the townspeople had told them that they would kill them if they ever returned.

2.) To whom did Thomas express his concern that they would die if they went to Bethany?

a.) To his mother.

b.) To the Lord.

c.) To his fellow disciples.

d.) To the priest.

3.) Jesus said "...I go to prepare a place for you ... you know where I am going and you know the way." And Thomas said to Him...

a.) I doubt it, Lord.

b.) Yes, Lord, you are going to Jerusalem.

c.) I don't know about the others, Lord, but I don't know where you are going.

d.) Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?

4.) Why did Thomas not believe the disciples account of having seen the risen Lord?

a.) He was a friend of Judas Iscariot and they believed that Jesus would not rise from the dead.

b.) He was not present when Jesus appeared.

c.) He wanted to go back fishing and did not care to know.

d.) He still was not convinced that Jesus was the Son of God.

5.) A week later, Jesus stood in the group and spoke peace to them. What was unusual about His entry into the room?

a.) Four of the disciples lifted some tiles off the roof and lowered Him down through the gap.

b.) He came in through a window.

c.) The doors were shut when He arrived.

d.) He brought the high priest and some centurions with Him.

6.) When Jesus had offered to let Thomas reach out his hand and thrust it into His side, what admonition did He offer to Thomas?

a.) Depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

b.) According to your faith, Thomas, be it unto you.

c.) Be not faithless, but believing.

d.) I have never seen such a lack of faith in all of Israel.

7.) And Thomas answered and said unto him...

a.) Who is like unto thee, Oh Lord?

b.) My Lord and my God.

c.) Great is thy faithfulness, Oh Lord my savior.

d.) The Lord is slow to anger and plenteous in mercy.

8.) How did Jesus describe to Thomas those who have not seen, but yet have believed?

a.) stupid

b.) lazy

c.) healed

d.) blessed

9.) On what sea did the Lord appear to Thomas and six of the other disciples when they had fished all night and caught nothing?

a.) The sea of Galilee.

b.) The sea of Tiberias.

c.) The Dead Sea.

d.) The Mediterranean.

10.) Where was Thomas on the day of Pentecost?

a.) In the upper room.

b.) Fishing on the sea of Galilee.

c.) Teaching in the temple.

d.) He had died prior to the day of Pentecost.

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Esau

1.) What was the delicacy that Esau provided that his father Isaac loved to eat?

a.) young goat

b.) quail

c.) mutton

d.) venison

2.) Esau brought his father a meal and expected Isaac to bless him. Why did Isaac not bless Esau?

a.) He did not want to.

b.) Jacob was the older son and therefore the blessing rightly belonged to him.

c.) His wife told him that an angel had appeared to her and told her to tell him not to.

d.) He had already given the blessing to Jacob.

3.) What did Esau plan to do to Jacob after their father had died?

a.) Kill him.

b.) Rob him.

c.) Make him manager over all of his possessions.

d.) Give him his portion of the inheritance.

4.) When Esau saw that Isaac had cautioned Jacob against marrying a Canaanite woman, what did he do?

a.) Went to Canaan and slaughtered all the women.

b.) Went to Canaan and took an Ishmaelite wife.

c.) Went and dwelt at the borders of Canaan but did not actually cross over it.

d.) Moved his habitation further away from Canaan to please his father.

5.) How many men did Esau have with him when he went to meet his brother Jacob?

a.) 4

b.) 40

c.) 400

d.) 4000

6.) Jacob was very apprehensive about meeting Esau after so many years apart, and particularly seeing that at the time of their parting Esau wanted to kill Jacob. What happened when they met?

a.) Esau shot an arrow which struck Jacob between the plates of his armor and he sank to the ground and died.

b.) Esau drew his sword and smote Jacob on the hip so that he walked with a limp ever after.

c.) They embraced each other, but Esau had a dagger hidden in his garment with which he cut Jacob through the heart.

d.) They embraced and kissed each other, and wept.

7.) Who was the other person who helped Esau bury Isaac?

a.) Rebekah

b.) Jacob

c.) Laban

d.) A servant who is not named.

8.) What is the name of the people who were descended from Esau?

a.) Ishmaelites

b.) Hittites

c.) Edomites

d.) Midianites

9.) Two Old Testament prophets prophesied against Esau - who were they?

a.) Obadiah and Malachi

b.) Ezekiel and Nahum

c.) Habakkuk and Micah

d.) Joel and Hosea

10.) How did the writer of the letter to the Hebrews describe Esau?

a.) The eldest son, from whom his birthright was stolen.

b.) The father of the Edomites and worthy of much honor.

c.) A foolish man who said within his heart, There is no God.

d.) A profane person, who sold his birthright for a morsel of meat.

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Nathanael

1.) Which of the disciples told Nathanael that they had found the Messiah?

a.) Bartholomew

b.) Philip

c.) Peter

d.) Thomas

2.) What did Nathanael say in response to the statement that they had found the Messiah?

a.) Let's go to the temple and tell the high priest.

b.) I doubt it.

c.) Alexander the Coppersmith told me about it yesterday.

d.) Can anything good come out of Nazareth?

3.) What did Jesus say when he saw Nathanael coming toward him?

a.) Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!

b.) I tell you that of all men born unto women there is not another like this man.

c.) Go sell all that you own, take up your cross and follow me.

d.) Follow me.

4.) Where was Nathanael when Jesus first saw him?

a.) In a tax booth with Matthew.

b.) Fishing with Peter and Simon.

c.) Under a fig tree.

d.) In the temple.

5.) Nathanael was the first disciple to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God. What else did he call Him in the same speech?

a.) The alpha and omega.

b.) The Lord of Lords.

c.) The King of Kings.

d.) The King of Israel.

6.) What did Jesus tell Nathanael that he would see?

a.) Great miracles.

b.) Heaven and earth pass away.

c.) Heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.

d.) The Son of Man lifted up from the earth and drawing all men unto himself.

7.) What was the first miracle that Nathanael witnessed?

a.) He was with Jesus when He spoke to the woman of Samaria at the well.

b.) The turning of water into wine at the wedding in Cana.

c.) The healing of a nobleman's son.

d.) The sick man to whom He said, "Stand up, take up your bed, and walk."

8.) Where was Nathanael from?

a.) Cana, in Galilee.

b.) Bethsaida

c.) Capernaum

d.) Samaria

9.) After the crucifixion, the disciples went fishing, and Nathanael was with them. How many fish had they caught before Jesus spoke to them?

a.) Many - the nets were breaking.

b.) 153

c.) 70

d.) None

10.) When they had gone ashore from that fishing trip, what did Nathanael and the other disciples see?

a.) The Lord was transfigured before them there.

b.) There was a charcoal fire.

c.) There was a charcoal fire there, with fish on it.

d.) There was a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread.

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Gehazi

1.) What was the name of the prophet whom Gehazi served?

a.) Elijah

b.) Elisha

c.) Jeremiah

d.) Ahijah

2.) What did Gehazi suggest to his master could be done for the Shunammite woman who was hospitable to them?

a.) He suggested that his master could take her child into the service of the Lord.

b.) He reminded his master that although the woman had twelve sons, she did not yet have a daughter.

c.) He suggested that the woman had more children than she knew what to do with.

d.) He reminded his master that the woman had no child.

3.) The woman's child died. What did the prophet tell Gehazi to do?

a.) Make preparations for the funeral in the city of Nain.

b.) Stay at the house and pray to God for the child.

c.) To take the prophet's staff and lay it on the face of the child.

d.) To go to the woman's house and resuscitate the child.

4.) Having done what the prophet told him to do, Gehazi went back to the prophet. What was his report?

a.) The child is not awake.

b.) The child is dead.

c.) The child is sneezing.

d.) The child can see men but they look like trees walking.

5.) Naaman visited the prophet and was healed. What did Gehazi decide to do as Naaman departed?

a.) Gehazi thought it was not fair for a Syrian to be healed so he spoke a curse on Naaman.

b.) Gehazi lay in wait for Naaman's men and killed them as they departed.

c.) Gehazi followed Naaman - he wanted to become Naaman's servant.

d.) Gehazi went after Naaman to collect a gift from Naaman, although the prophet had refused to take it when it was offered.

6.) When Gehazi got back to the house, the prophet asked him where he had been. What was his response?

a.) I have been to curse the Syrian.

b.) I have today slain Naaman and seventy of his men - not one is escaped.

c.) I have committed to spend the rest of my life in the service of Naaman.

d.) I have not been anywhere.

7.) What curse did Gehazi receive on his life that day?

a.) His wife was made childless.

b.) He was made leprous.

c.) His sons were all killed that day.

d.) A whirlwind blew his house down.

8.) The prophet sent the woman and her son away to the land of the Philistines for seven years, because of the famine. To whom was Gehazi talking when she returned from her sojourn?

a.) The king.

b.) The prophet.

c.) The woman's husband.

d.) The group of the prophets.

9.) The prophet prayed that God would open the eyes of his servant. What did the servant see?

a.) Nothing.

b.) Men as trees, walking.

c.) The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about the prophet.

d.) The Lord, high and lifted up and His train filled the temple.

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Bible General

Money in the Bible

Food in the Bible

Boats in the Bible

Chariots in the Bible

Music in the Bible

Prayer in the Bible

Signs in the Heavens

Arrows in the Bible

Secrets in the Bible

Clothing in the Bible

Treasure in the Bible

The Fruit of the Spirit

Clouds in the Bible

The End of the Matter

Questions From God

Two Years After

Shoes in the Bible

At That Moment

Defeating Demons

Wells in the Bible

Sowing and Reaping

Leaves in the Bible

Eternal Life

Trees in the Bible

Prosperity in the Bible

Suffering in the Bible

Words of Warning

Wine in the Bible

Laughter in the Bible

Weeping in the Bible

The Significance of Man

Tithing in the Bible

Offerings in the Bible

Money in the Bible

1.) What was the value of two sparrows in Jesus day?

a.) One piece of silver

b.) One bag of salt

c.) One mite

d.) One farthing

2.) A man whose 10,000 talent debt was written off, failed to forgive a debt of

a.) 5000 talents

b.) 500 talents

c.) 50 talents

d.) 100 pence

3.) How much was Judas Iscariot given to betray Jesus?

a.) 20 pieces of silver

b.) A Talent of gold

c.) 30 pieces of silver

d.) 100 pence

4.) The love of money is the root of...?

a.) Happiness

b.) All evil

c.) Many possessions

d.) Much wealth

5.) Who did Jesus send fishing to get money for taxes?

a.) Matthew

b.) Peter

c.) John

d.) Nicodemus

6.) Who offered Delilah silver to find out the secret of Samson's strength?

a.) The lords of the Philistines

b.) The chief priests

c.) The scribes

d.) The Amorites

7.) According to Luke, the price of five sparrows was:

a.) Ten pence

b.) Five mites

c.) One piece of silver

d.) Two farthings

8.) For how much was Joseph sold to the Ishmeelites?

a.) 10 pieces of silver

b.) 20 pieces of silver

c.) 30 pieces of silver

d.) 40 pieces of silver

9.) As Jesus watched, how much money did the poor widow throw into the treasury?

a.) Five farthings

b.) Seven mites

c.) Two mites

d.) Two pence

10.) What prophet's sons were greedy, and took bribes?

a.) Joshua

b.) Elisha

c.) Nathan

d.) Samuel

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Food in the Bible

1.) Who found honey inside the body of a dead lion?

a.) Jonah

b.) Samson

c.) David

d.) Ruth

2.) Elisha purified a pot of stew that had been poisoned with what?

a.) Wild mushrooms

b.) Wild gourds

c.) Arsenic

d.) Bad cheese

3.) Who served cheese, milk, and veal to the Lord when he made His appearance in the form of three men?

a.) Abraham

b.) Isaac

c.) Jacob

d.) Moses

4.) Who traded his birthright to his brother for some bread and lentil stew?

a.) Benjamin

b.) Simeon

c.) Jacob

d.) Esau

5.) What did John the Baptist eat in the wilderness?

a.) Roaches

b.) Rabbits

c.) Pigeons

d.) Locusts

6.) What did the widow make for the prophet Elijah?

a.) Wine

b.) Bread

c.) Stew

d.) Mutton

7.) Who woke up under a tree and found an angel had cooked food for him?

a.) Elijah

b.) Hosea

c.) Haggai

d.) Jeremiah

8.) What type of bird did God provide for Israel in the desert?

a.) Pheasants

b.) Pigeons

c.) Quails

d.) Sparrows

9.) What did the spies which Moses sent not return with?

a.) Grapes

b.) Honey

c.) Pomegranates

d.) Figs

10.) When his brothers came to buy food, in whose sack did Joseph place his cup?

a.) Simeon's

b.) Benjamin's

c.) Asher's

d.) Judah's

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Boats in the Bible

1.) How long was the ark that Noah built?

a.) 100 cubits

b.) 200 cubits

c.) 300 cubits

d.) 400 cubits

2.) Where did the ark land?

a.) Mount Horeb

b.) Mount Carmel

c.) Mountains of Ararat

d.) Mount Sinai

3.) Where was the boat headed for that Jonah boarded to run away from the Lord?

a.) Tarshish

b.) Tunis

c.) Tarsia

d.) Thyatira

4.) What did the men on the boat do to Jonah?

a.) They tied him up.

b.) They tried to kill him.

c.) They got him to help them to row.

d.) They threw him overboard.

5.) In Psalms "They that go down to the sea in ships and do business in great waters ____"

a.) bring wealth to their children and their children's children.

b.) should look to the Lord to provide for their families at home.

c.) should see that their families are cared for at home.

d.) see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.

6.) Why did Jesus preach from a boat when he preached the parable of the sower?

a.) The crowd that had gathered was very large.

b.) He was having a picnic at the lake.

c.) He was fishing with the disciples at the time.

d.) He was on his way to Caperneum.

7.) Who did Paul take with him on his first missionary journey? (sailing from Seleucia to Cyprus)

a.) Silas

b.) Barnabas

c.) Tychecus

d.) Luke

8.) What was Jesus doing in the boat when the disciples thought they were going to perish in the storm?

a.) praying

b.) sleeping

c.) bailing water

d.) steering

9.) Paul was at sea in a severe storm for fourteen days. In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow. Paul told the centurion that if the men did not stay with the ship, they would not be saved. What did the centurion do?

a.) Threw Paul into the sea.

b.) Laughed at Paul and got into the boat.

c.) Cut off the ropes of the lifeboat, and let it fall into the sea.

d.) Tied up the men who were trying to escape.

10.) When Jesus called James son of Zebedee and his brother John, they were in a boat with their father Zebedee. What were they doing?

a.) Mending the nets.

b.) Mending the sail.

c.) Sorting fish.

d.) Gutting fish.

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Chariots in the Bible

1.) How many of his chariots did Pharaoh send after Moses and the Israelites?

a.) one hundred

b.) three hundred

c.) three thousand

d.) all his horses and chariots

2.) What did God tell Moses? 'When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou...'

a.) circle your spies around behind them, and destroy all their cities.

b.) draw them out of their cities into the desert and I will give thee victory.

c.) be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee.

d.) flee before them, for the Lord thy God is very wrath with Israel.

3.) Why could Judah not drive out the inhabitants of the valley?

a.) because they had many more chariots.

b.) because they had chariots of iron.

c.) because their chariots were faster.

d.) because their chariot drivers were better trained.

4.) How many chariots did the captain of whose host, Sisera, have?

a.) nine

b.) ninety

c.) nine hundred

d.) nine thousand

5.) How many stalls of horses did Solomon have for his chariots?

a.) twenty thousand

b.) forty thousand

c.) sixty thousand

d.) eighty thousand

6.) Some trust in chariots, and some in __ but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

a.) horses

b.) riches

c.) runners

d.) kings

7.) At the battle of Ramoth-Gilead, how did King Ahab of Israel die?

a.) He was stabbed through the heart by his own chariot driver.

b.) He was in a chariot, and was struck by a random arrow between the scales of his armor.

c.) The prophet Micaiah son of Imlah prophesied his death, and he fell backwards off his chariot and struck his head.

d.) The chariot that he was driving fell over and he was pinned to the ground by the axle.

8.) What did Elisha's servant see when Elisha prayed that the Lord would open his eyes that he might see?

a.) The valley was full of the chariots of the enemy.

b.) He saw people, but they looked like horses and chariots.

c.) Chariots coming to take Elisha to heaven.

d.) The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

9.) What did the Syrians do when they heard the noise of chariots, horses, and a great host?

a.) They arose and fled in the twilight.

b.) They took up their tents, and their horses and chariots.

c.) They lit their lanterns and made a great noise.

d.) They burned their food supplies so that the invading army had nothing to eat.

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Music in the Bible

1.) What type of instrument did David play to soothe Saul?

a.) harp

b.) horn

c.) timbrets

d.) trumpet

2.) How many priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God when it was transported from the house of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem?

a.) 100

b.) 70

c.) 12

d.) 7

3.) What instruments were used when the ark of God was transported from the house of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem?

a.) Shouting and cornets.

b.) Trumpets and cymbals

c.) Psalteries and harps

d.) All of the above

4.) With what instrument did Miriam lead the women out to sing to the Lord when the Israelites had crossed the Red Sea?

a.) Harps

b.) Timbrels

c.) Trumpets

d.) Horns

5.) What instrument does the prophet Amos say strikes fear into the heart of the people when they hear it?

a.) Horn

b.) Trumpet

c.) Cymbals

d.) Drum

6.) Against what army did Gideon's men blow trumpets and shout "The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!"?

a.) Abiezrites

b.) Midianites

c.) Amalakites

d.) Manasseh

7.) Who was the man in the OT who was "the father of all who play the harp and flute."

a.) Jival

b.) Jovial

c.) Jehal

d.) Jubal

8.) In the book of Revelation, what instrument did the voice that John heard sound like when he was instructed to "Come up here"?

a.) trumpet

b.) horn

c.) cymbal

d.) tambourine

9.) In the book of Revelation, of what city did the angel say "The voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee?"

a.) Tyre

b.) Sidon

c.) Babylon

d.) Laodicea

10.) In the song of Moses and the Lamb in the book of Revelation, God is described as king of what?

a.) saints

b.) the universe

c.) the nations

d.) kings

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Prayer in the Bible

1.) God spoke to Abimelech and told him that Abraham would pray for him and he would...

a.) live.

b.) prosper greatly in every way.

c.) develop leprosy which will stay in his family forever.

d.) dip in the river seven times and be healed.

2.) Why did Isaac pray to the LORD for his wife, Rebekah?

a.) Because she was barren.

b.) Because she had leprosy.

c.) Because she had been bitten by a snake.

d.) Because the king had chosen her to be his wife.

3.) What did the priest Eli think when he saw Hannah praying?

a.) He thought she was mad.

b.) He thought she was drunk.

c.) He thought she was holy.

d.) He thought she was having a seizure.

4.) When Elisha prayed for his servant and the LORD opened the eyes of the servant, what did he see.

a.) The four horsemen of the apocalypse riding towards them.

b.) He saw men as trees, walking.

c.) A mighty army was descending on them.

d.) The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

5.) When Elisha had prayed for the child of the Shunammite woman, what did he tell his servant to do?

a.) See to it that the flesh of the child became warm.

b.) Walk to and fro in the room.

c.) Count how many times the child sneezed.

d.) Call the Shunammite woman.

6.) What did Elisha pray for the Arameans when they came down against him?

a.) That God would strike them dead.

b.) That God would strike them with blindness.

c.) That God would show him a way out even although there was no way.

d.) That God would hobble their horses.

7.) What did God do in response, as Hezekiah wept to God in prayer?

a.) Healed him.

b.) Killed him.

c.) Killed his enemies.

d.) Raised his child from the dead.

8.) What did the Lord do when Job prayed for his friends?

a.) Sent his friends away.

b.) Brought more of his friends to comfort him.

c.) Restored his friends and gave them twice as much as they had before.

d.) Restored the fortunes of Job and gave Job twice as much as he had before.

9.) Who responded to Daniel's prayer of confession?

a.) The Lord himself.

b.) The angel Michael.

c.) The angel Gabriel.

d.) The king Darius.

10.) Where was Jonah when he prayed to God?

a.) On the wharf at Joppa.

b.) In the boat, about to be thrown in the water.

c.) On the road to Ninevah.

d.) In the belly of the fish.

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Signs in the Heavens

1.) For what purpose was the moon created?

a.) To control the flow of the tides on earth.

b.) To give light to the earth.

c.) To reflect the glory of the sun.

d.) To cause men to sleep.

2.) In what order were the stars and planets made?

a.) galaxy, sun, moon, earth

b.) sun, moon, earth, galaxy

c.) earth, sun, moon, galaxy

d.) earth, galaxy, moon, sun

3.) What was the purpose of the rainbow?

a.) For man to remember the flood.

b.) For God to remember his promise not to flood the whole earth again.

c.) To symbolize a new beginning.

d.) To show the wonder of God's love.

4.) When Israel wandered in the wilderness, what sign did God give them of His going before them at night?

a.) A pillar of fire.

b.) A cloud.

c.) He increased the brightness of the stars.

d.) He sent meteors across the heavens.

5.) What was the name of the star that the wise men followed from the east to Bethlehem?

a.) We are not told.

b.) Aurora Borealis

c.) Haley's Comet

d.) Venus

6.) When the prophet Isaiah told king Hezekiah that God would add fifteen years to his life, what did he say would be the sign given?

a.) The sun would not set for three extra hours that day.

b.) The sun would not set that day.

c.) There would be neither sun nor moon for fourteen days.

d.) The shadow of the sun would return ten degrees on the sun dial.

7.) When the Lord delivered the Amorites into the hand of Joshua, what celestial event occurred?

a.) Fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and consumed the Amorites.

b.) The sun stood still and did not go down for about a whole day.

c.) Darkness fell on the Amorites, while the Israelites could still see.

d.) Rain and hail struck the Amorite army, causing the chariots to get bogged.

8.) What did the prophet say the moon would turn into before the great and notable day of the Lord?

a.) cheese

b.) ash

c.) blood

d.) vapour

9.) What is the final fate of the heavens as described in Revelation?

a.) It is cleansed from pollution and continues forever.

b.) It departs as a scroll when it is rolled together.

c.) It is burned in an everlasting fire.

d.) It continues as it always has.

10.) In the book of Revelation, what was the name of the star that fell from heaven and made a third of the waters bitter?

a.) Apocalypse

b.) Bitterwood

c.) Wormwood

d.) Wormwater

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Arrows in the Bible

1.) Jonathan called after the boy and said, "Is the arrow not beyond you? Make speed, haste, and stay not." And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. What was unusual about this event?

a.) None of these arrows had struck the target, although Jonathan was an excellent marksman.

b.) Three of these arrows were in a man's heart.

c.) It was a coded message for David, who was hiding nearby.

d.) Nothing.

2.) Who shot king Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart; and he died?

a.) Jehu

b.) Jedekiah

c.) Jeremiah

d.) Joash

3.) In which direction did the prophet Elisha direct the King of Israel shoot an arrow?

a.) northward

b.) southward

c.) eastward

d.) westward

4.) Proverbs 7 describes a man who allows himself to be seduced, and likens the man to:

a.) An ox going to the slaughter.

b.) A stag toward the trap until an arrow pierces its entrails.

c.) A bird rushing into a snare.

d.) All of the above.

5.) In the book of Lamentations the writer says of God, "He bent His bow and set me as a target for His arrow." What did he call to mind to give him hope?

a.) The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases.

b.) "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."

c.) The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

d.) All of the above.

6.) Of what tribe were the archers who could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right hand or the left?

a.) Benjaminites

b.) Levites

c.) Simeonites

d.) Reuben

7.) Who was the king that had engines to shoot arrows installed on the walls of Jerusalem?

a.) Azariah

b.) Uzziah

c.) Hezekiah

d.) Jedediah

8.) As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are...

a.) children of one's youth.

b.) friends in the day of trouble.

c.) words spoken without guile.

d.) servants who obey.

9.) As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, so is...

a.) the man who succumbs to the wiles of a harlot.

b.) the man who is angry against his neighbor.

c.) the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, I was only joking.

d.) the man who repeats a rumor.

10.) Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for...

a.) it has been prophesied that Babylon shall fall.

b.) she has sinned against the LORD.

c.) she is a wayward people, given to evil.

d.) you will be able to gather them again.

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Secrets in the Bible

1.) What was the secret message that Ehud had for King Eglon of Moab?

a.) Elisha would be able to heal his leprosy.

b.) Bread would be for sale the next day in Samaria.

c.) There were 185,000 Assyrians heading right towards them.

d.) He took a dagger that he had strapped to his thigh, and thrust it into the king's stomach.

2.) What did the prophet Amos say that the Lord will do without revealing it to his servants the prophets?

a.) Everything.

b.) Raise the dead.

c.) Send His son back to the world.

d.) Nothing.

3.) Where did Job ask God to hide him until His anger was past?

a.) In a cave.

b.) In hell.

c.) In the grave.

d.) In the secret place of the most high.

4.) The secret of the LORD is with them that...

a.) keep the law, and he will show them his mercy.

b.) fear him, and he will show them his covenant.

c.) trust in him and he will hide them in their day of trouble.

d.) love him, and he will pour out his blessing on everything they do.

5.) Psalm 91 starts with the words: He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall...

a.) gain great knowledge and understanding.

b.) abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

c.) inherit eternal life.

d.) prosper in everything that he does.

6.) The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be...

a.) good, or whether it be evil.

b.) intentional, or whether it be accidental.

c.) whether it be edifying, or not.

d.) beneficial to the body, or not.

7.) Proverbs tells us about a woman who says, "Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant." To whom is she speaking?

a.) The wealthy.

b.) The wicked.

c.) The wise.

d.) Those who lack understanding.

8.) In Proverbs we are told that open rebuke is better than secret...

a.) lust.

b.) love.

c.) admiration.

d.) enmity.

9.) At Jesus' trial, the high priest asked Jesus about his disciples, and his doctrine. What did Jesus tell him that he had said in secret?

a.) Everything that he had taught the disciples privately.

b.) The hour of his return.

c.) Secret things that are only known to God.

d.) Nothing.

10.) The second epistle of Peter tells us, "there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who bought them." What is the consequence of this?

a.) They bring swift destruction on themselves.

b.) They lead the church astray.

c.) They are put out of the church until they repent.

d.) They are cast into outer darkness.

11.) In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul tells them: "Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them for it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly; but...

a.) you are in the light, little children, and the blood of Christ cleanses you.

b.) you can be filled with the Spirit of the most high God.

c.) everything exposed by the light becomes visible.

d.) God will reveal every work to judge it, whether it be good or bad.

12.) Herod secretly called for the wise men to him. What did he want to know?

a.) What gift he should take to the newborn king.

b.) Where the Christ had been born.

c.) The exact time when the star had appeared.

d.) Which way they planned to return to the country from which they came.

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Clothing in the Bible

1.) Who did the Lord instruct Moses to make holy garments for?

a.) All the Levites.

b.) Korah

c.) Aaron

d.) Himself

2.) So Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He consecrated the people, and they did what to their clothes?

a.) Tore them.

b.) Washed them.

c.) Repaired them.

d.) Changed them.

3.) How many changes of clothing did Samson say that he would give the Philistines if they could answer his riddle?

a.) five

b.) ten

c.) twenty

d.) thirty

4.) Jonathan gave David his garments, and...

a.) his sword, his bow, and his girdle.

b.) his sword and to his bow.

c.) his sword.

d.) nothing else.

5.) The soldiers at the cross divided Jesus' clothing between them and cast lots for one piece. Why?

a.) There was an odd number of pieces of clothing.

b.) The soldiers had read Psalm 22 and knew that it had been prophesied that that is what would happen.

c.) This garment was seamless, woven in one piece.

d.) There was a gold thread woven into this garment.

6.) In the Song of Solomon, he describes the smell of his wife's garments as like:

a.) the smell of Lebanon.

b.) the smell of Zion.

c.) the smell of camphor.

d.) the smell of cinnamon.

7.) In the book of Esther, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went through the city, wailing. Why?

a.) Queen Vashti had been forgiven and brought back to the palace.

b.) His cousin Esther had been overlooked in the parade at which Ahasuerus chose a new queen.

c.) Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces, giving orders to kill all the Jews.

d.) No one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.

8.) The book of Judges tells the story of a man called Jephthah whose only child ran out to meet him when he returned from battle. Why did he tear his clothes when he saw her?

a.) She was dressed like a harlot.

b.) She had been struck with leprosy while he was away, and was near death.

c.) She had been raped in his absence.

d.) He had promised the Lord that whatever met him first at his return he would sacrifice to the Lord.

9.) From what did the woman suffer who touched Jesus' garment and was made whole?

a.) She was demon possessed.

b.) Bleeding.

c.) Leprosy.

d.) She was lame.

10.) Proverbs 31 describes a wife who makes her own clothing. What color is it?

a.) red

b.) purple

c.) blue

d.) golden

11.) To which of the seven churches did the Lord say: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed?

a.) Laodicea

b.) Smyrna

c.) Philodelphia

d.) Ephesis

12.) Tamar, David's daughter, was raped by her half-brother Amnon. What was the colour of the garment that she was wearing at the time?

a.) Purple

b.) Red

c.) White

d.) Multi-coloured

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Treasure in the Bible

1.) Who did Joseph tell his brothers had given treasure into their sacks?

a.) God

b.) Simeon

c.) Joseph himself.

d.) Pharaoh

2.) One of the many promises that the Lord gave to Moses was: The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven shall give rain, thou shalt lend and not borrow etc. What was the condition placed on the blessing?

a.) There was no condition placed on the blessing.

b.) To observe and to do the commandments of the Lord.

c.) If that thou canst make thy enemies to be at peace with thee.

d.) If that thou wilt enter into the promised land that I have given thee.

3.) Which book in the Old Testament tells of the building of the temple in Jerusalem, with treasure from the king's own treasure house, at the decree of Cyrus, king of Persia?

a.) Micah

b.) Nahum

c.) Obadiah

d.) Ezra

4.) Proverbs tells us: In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is...

a.) contention

b.) murder

c.) dirth

d.) trouble

5.) Another Proverb tells us: Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure...

a.) which will not be inherited by one's grandchildren.

b.) and trouble therewith.

c.) with wickedness.

d.) which is carried away into captivity.

6.) In the sermon on the mount, Jesus said, "..For where your treasure is, there will _____ be also."

a.) creditors

b.) children waiting for an inheritance

c.) the moths and the dust

d.) your heart

7.) A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth...

a.) abundantly when he sitteth in the gate.

b.) the abundance of his heart.

c.) that which is good.

d.) that which is evil.

8.) Where did Jesus tell the rich young ruler his treasure would be if he sold everything and gave to the poor?

a.) With the poor and the needy.

b.) In heaven.

c.) Here on earth, 30, 60 and 100 fold.

d.) With the money-lenders.

9.) Paul told the Corinthians: "...but we have this treasure in _____ that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

a.) sackcloth and ashes

b.) pitchers of silver

c.) earthen vessels

d.) vessels of dishonor

10.) Phillip met an Ethiopian eunuch who had charge of all of the treasure of the queen of the Ethiopians. What was her name?

a.) Candace

b.) Cornelia

c.) Cyrusia

d.) Syntyche

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The Fruit of the Spirit

1.) Galatians tells us: The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such...

a.) do the rulers of darkness strive.

b.) do the wicked dash themselves to pieces.

c.) there is no law.

d.) there is no rebuke from the Lord.

2.) LOVE - What parable did Jesus tell the lawyer who asked Him to illustrate neighborly love?

a.) The Good Samaritan.

b.) The Parable of the Mustard Seed.

c.) The Lost Sheep.

d.) The Prodigal Son.

3.) JOY - The prophet Isaiah tells us: Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation, and in that day shall ye...

a.) Praise the LORD, call upon his name.

b.) declare the Lord's doings among the people.

c.) make mention that name of the Lord is exalted.

d.) All of the above.

4.) PEACE - What did the apostle Paul tell the Philippians was the prerequisite for:- "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus?"

a.) Do not worry, but in everything by prayer let your requests be known to God.

b.) Forgive those who persecute and offend you.

c.) Have love for one another, as I have loved you.

d.) Pray for peace in our time.

5.) LONGSUFFERING - Which church did the apostle Paul tell, "Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring?"

a.) Philippians

b.) Thessalonians

c.) Galatians

d.) Ephesians

6.) GENTLENESS - A righteous man _____: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

a.) cares for the needs of his animal

b.) is gentle to all

c.) is full of tender mercy

d.) is known for his gentleness and goodness

7.) GOODNESS - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and...

a.) I will lie down in safety.

b.) I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

c.) I will sing and dance before the Lord.

d.) I will exalt the Lord as long as I have breath.

8.) FAITH - For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and _____, even our faith.

a.) as you grow in grace and the knowledge of God, try all things

b.) faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God

c.) a corn of wheat, if it fall into the ground and die, it bringeth forth much fruit

d.) this is the victory that overcometh the world

9.) MEEKNESS - Zephaniah tells us: ...seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be _____.

a.) ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

b.) well with your soul.

c.) that peace like a river attendeth your way.

d.) to your benefit when men speak evil of you.

10.) TEMPERANCE (self-control) - Paul stood before Felix and shared with him in three areas concerning the Christian faith... temperance and which two others?

a.) Love and peace.

b.) The resurrection and the ascension of the Lord.

c.) Salvation and deliverance.

d.) Righteousness and judgment to come.

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Clouds in the Bible

1.) How many times does the scripture tell us that the Lord led the Israelites with a pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night?

a.) 1

b.) 2

c.) 3

d.) 4

2.) When Elijah's servant went to look for a cloud the seventh time, he saw one. What did he describe it as to Elijah?

a.) A man's hand.

b.) An old man's head.

c.) A horse's head.

d.) Great darkness.

3.) The psalmist tells us that God maketh the clouds...

a.) His chambers.

b.) His chariot.

c.) His pathway.

d.) His promise.

4.) Ecclesiastes tells us: He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds...

a.) shall never see the same pattern twice.

b.) is wasting his time.

c.) hopeth for rain.

d.) shall not reap.

5.) At the transfiguration of Jesus, which of the gospels does not mention that there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him?

a.) Matthew

b.) Mark

c.) Luke

d.) John

6.) The Gospel of Luke tells us that, "Then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with..."

a.) the Father and the Holy Spirit, the comforter.

b.) the sound of the trumpet.

c.) all the saints of heaven.

d.) power and great glory.

7.) In the letter to the Hebrews, the writer encourages them, "Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of _____ let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us..."

a.) heaviness

b.) glory

c.) witnesses

d.) vapor

8.) In the book of Revelation, John saw a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown. What was in his hand?

a.) A sceptre.

b.) A sharp sickle.

c.) A set of scales.

d.) The keys to death and hell.

9.) What man does the book of Proverbs liken to clouds and wind without rain?

a.) A man who boasts of gifts he does not have.

b.) A man who promises an inheritance to his children and does not write them into his will.

c.) A man who undertakes to help a neighbor but doesn't show up to do the work.

d.) A man who keeps animals and does not care for them properly.

10.) What immediately precedes this verse, "...then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

a.) The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout.

b.) The voice of the archangel will be heard.

c.) The trumpet call of God will sound.

d.) All of the above.

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The End of the Matter

1.) When the children of Israel had been in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years, they went out from Egypt...

a.) In that year.

b.) In the month that it was fulfilled.

c.) In the week that it was fulfilled.

d.) On the very day it was fulfilled.

2.) Jephthah promised God He would sacrifice whatever came out to meet him from the battle, and it was his daughter. She was given some time to farewell her friends before she was sacrificed at the end of...

a.) two weeks.

b.) two months.

c.) six months.

d.) 1 year.

3.) What happened to king Jehoram at the end of two years after the Lord afflicted him with an incurable disease?

a.) His bowels fell out and he died.

b.) Worms ate him as he stood in the congregation.

c.) God sent the prophet Elijah to him and he was cured.

d.) He bathed in the river Jordan seven times and was healed.

4.) Psalm 19 tells us that the heavens declare the glory of God, There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard... and their words to the end of...

a.) the world.

b.) time.

c.) the age.

d.) eternity.

5.) Proverbs tells us that an inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof...

a.) shall be rapid.

b.) shall not be blessed.

c.) shall be blessed.

d.) shall be greatly increased.

6.) Ecclesiastes tells us "The beginning of the words of a fool's mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is...

a.) idle gossip.

b.) even worse.

c.) mischievous madness.

d.) slander.

7.) The prophet Isaiah tells us that God can declare the end from the beginning and things that are not yet done...

a.) from eternity.

b.) from ancient time.

c.) before it happens.

d.) as it comes to pass.

8.) Daniel got approval from the King to eat lentils and drink water for ten days. At the end of that time, how did they compare with the members of the King's court who ate meat?

a.) They were rushed to the physicians for immediate rehydration therapy.

b.) They appeared pale and slightly leaner.

c.) They were identical to the others.

d.) Their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh.

9.) In the parable of the tares and the wheat, what was the end of the world likened to?

a.) The pruning hook.

b.) The sheaves of wheat.

c.) The harvest.

d.) The winnowing fork.

10.) Jesus likened the kingdom of heaven to sorting good fish from bad fish, and said, "So shall it be at the end of..."

a.) the world.

b.) time.

c.) the age.

d.) the empire of Rome.

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Questions From God

1.) What question's did God ask Adam when Adam and Eve were hiding themselves from His presence?

a.) Where are you?

b.) Who told you that you were naked?

c.) Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?

d.) All of the above.

2.) When Cain killed Abel and God spoke to him what was the first question that God asked Cain?

a.) What have you done?

b.) Why have you killed your brother Abel?

c.) Where is your brother Abel?

d.) Did you think that you could hide your sin from Me forever?

3.) What have you done? Samuel asked Saul at Gilgal and Saul explained that he had gone ahead and made the sacrifices to the Lord because Samuel was late arriving for the appointment. What was Samuel's response to Saul?

a.) "Thou hast done foolishly ... the LORD would have established thy kingdom in Israel for ever, but now thy kingdom shall not continue..."

b.) Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who only doest wondrous things.

c.) The Lord is with thee thou mighty man of valor!

d.) He took a horn of oil and anointed Saul as king over all Israel because he showed such good initiative.

4.) Who was the prophet that said to king David, "Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes?"

a.) Isaiah

b.) Nathan

c.) Obadiah

d.) Amos

5.) Where was the Lord when Isaiah saw Him high and lifted up and the Lord asked him, "Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?"

a.) On top of Mount Sinai.

b.) In the wilderness.

c.) In the temple.

d.) In a cave.

6.) The Lord asked Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry?" What natural thing did He use to illustrate His point?

a.) A mighty wind.

b.) A gourd vine.

c.) An earthquake.

d.) He destroyed the city of Ninevah.

7.) Who was Jesus speaking to when He said, "Who do you say that I am?"

a.) His mother.

b.) The mother of the dead child at Nain.

c.) Pontius Pilate.

d.) His disciples.

8.) To whom did Jesus say, " What do you want Me to do for you?"

a.) Every person that He healed.

b.) The mother of the sons of Zebedee.

c.) The waiters at the wedding feast at Cana.

d.) The woman with the issue of blood.

9.) To whom did Jesus say, "Are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

a.) Judas Iscariot.

b.) Pontius Pilate.

c.) A Roman centurion.

d.) Simon Peter.

10.) Jesus addressed this man twice by his name and then asked, "...why are you persecuting Me?"

a.) Luke

b.) Judas Iscariot

c.) King Agrippa

d.) Saul

11.) Jesus told a parable of a rich man who planned to build himself bigger barns, and take his ease. But God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee... Then what question did He ask?

a.) What hast thou done with thy treasure?

b.) Then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

c.) Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not?

d.) Were it better for you that a millstone were hanged about your neck, and you cast into the sea?

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Two Years After

1.) Two years after Joseph had interpreted the dreams for the baker and the butler in prison, Pharaoh had a dream. Where was he standing in his dream?

a.) By a river.

b.) In the temple.

c.) On the top of a high mountain.

d.) Facing the Assyrian army.

2.) Two years after Amnon raped Tamar, Absalom's sister, Absalom invited all the king's son to a feast at which he had Amnon killed - where was it?

a.) Baalhazor

b.) Bethlehem

c.) At the king's palace.

d.) We are not told.

3.) When Absalom returned to Jerusalem after his exile in Gehur, in what way did he relate to his father, David?

a.) He sat at the king's right hand at the table every day for two full years.

b.) He sat at the king's table once a week for two full years.

c.) He met with his father each month for two full years.

d.) He lived two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king .

4.) The prophet Hananiah prophesied that within two years the vessels of the Lord's house that Nebuchadnezzar had taken to Babylon would be returned. Jeremiah challenged the truth of the prophecy and told Hananiah also...

a.) the gold and the silver and all the wealth of Babylon would be brought to Jerusalem also, but not within a two year time frame.

b.) your wife's womb is sealed up and you are written as childless because you have taught rebellion against the Lord.

c.) this year you will die, because you have taught rebellion against the Lord.

d.) you shall seek me and you shall find me if you shall search for me with all your heart, says the Lord, and I will be found of you.

5.) What was the name of the son that Shem begat two years after the flood?

a.) Artexerxes

b.) Arphaxad

c.) Azariah

d.) Ahaserus

6.) How many men did king Saul choose for his army after he had reigned two years?

a.) Twelve thousand.

b.) Seven thousand.

c.) Three thousand.

d.) One thousand.

7.) What was the name of the god that Ahaziah son of Ahab served during his two-year reign over Israel?

a.) Asher

b.) Baal

c.) Calathumpia

d.) Dagon

8.) The Lord smote king Jehoram in his bowels with an incurable disease. What happened to him after two years?

a.) The prophet Elijah sent him to wash seven times in the Jordan and he was healed.

b.) The city he lived in was besieged and he died of starvation.

c.) Worms consumed him as he stood in front of the great congregation.

d.) His bowels fell out and he died an agonizing death.

9.) The opening words of the book of Amos tell us that the words of this book were written two years before what event?

a.) An earthquake.

b.) A flood.

c.) The ascension of King Uzziah.

d.) The Babylonian captivity.

10.) King Herod had all the children in Bethlehem from two years old and under killed. Which prophet foretold this event?

a.) Amos

b.) Hosea

c.) Isaiah

d.) Jeremiah

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Shoes in the Bible

1.) Who said, "There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose?"

a.) King Saul

b.) Malachi

c.) John the Baptist

d.) Daniel

2.) Who said to Moses, "Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground?"

a.) Aaron

b.) All the priests of Israel.

c.) An angel

d.) God

3.) The inhabitants of what town deceived Joshua by dressing and shoeing their feet with old garments etc. and telling him that they were from a far country?

a.) Gibeon

b.) Bashan

c.) Jericho

d.) Ai

4.) When Boaz spoke to his kinsman concerning Ruth, what did the kinsman do to show his confirmation of what was happening?

a.) Took off both his shoes.

b.) Took off a shoe.

c.) Made Boaz a pair of shoes.

d.) Made Ruth and Boaz a pair of shoes each.

5.) When Saul was pursuing David through the countryside, there was an incident where Saul went into a cave to change his shoes. What happened in the cave?

a.) David cut off Saul's head.

b.) David killed Saul's armor bearer.

c.) David stole food for his men from Saul.

d.) David cut off a corner of Saul's cloak.

6.) The Lord told his disciples to be shod with sandals, but not put on two coats. What did he tell them to do as a testimony against any place that would not receive them?

a.) Collect all the sandals and burn them.

b.) Shake the dust off their feet.

c.) Leave their shoes there and go.

d.) Steal the people's shoes and go.

7.) In the parable of the prodigal son, what did the father tell the servants to do when the son returned home?

a.) Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him.

b.) Put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.

c.) Both of the above.

d.) Bind him hand and foot and prepare to kill him.

8.) Where was Paul when he preached to the men in the synagogue, and mentioned that John had counted himself unworthy to untie Jesus' shoe laces?

a.) Antioch

b.) Perga

c.) Jerusalem

d.) Rome

9.) The first Christian martyr stood before the Sanhedrin and talked about Moses at the burning bush being told to take his shoes off. Who was this man?

a.) Andrew

b.) James

c.) Stephen

d.) Judas

10.) An angel told Peter to get dressed and put his sandals on. And then he took him out of prison to the city gate. What was unusual about this experience?

a.) They got past two sets of guards.

b.) The iron gate that protected the city open of its own accord for them.

c.) The angel disappeared once Peter was safe.

d.) All of the above.

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At That Moment

1.) As soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah was completely cut off. Where did the people cross over the river?

a.) Towards Sodom.

b.) Opposite Jericho.

c.) At the shallowest point.

d.) At the narrowest point.

2.) Moses said to the people, "If these men die a natural death, then the LORD has not sent me. But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt." As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, with their households and all their possessions. Who was the man of whom Moses spoke?

a.) Korah

b.) Beelzebub

c.) Belial

d.) Achan

3.) Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to beg the king for her house and land. Gehazi said, "This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life." How did the king respond to this?

a.) He restored all her possessions to her, including the income from her land in her absence.

b.) He gave her house back, but exacted tax from her for the time of her absence.

c.) He had the woman and her son put in prison.

d.) He had the woman and her son beheaded.

4.) At the dedication of Solomon's temple, the trumpeters and singers were as one, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. Then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD. What effect did this have on the priests?

a.) The priests fell on the floor dead in front of the altar.

b.) The priests fell on their faces, crying Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts!

c.) The priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud of the glory of the LORD.

d.) The priests lead the people out in a dance before the Lord.

5.) A prophet told Jeroboam's wife that as soon as she returned to her city, her son would die. What was the prophet's name?

a.) Abijah

b.) Agabus

c.) Azariah

d.) Ahijah

6.) As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said...

a.) "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."

b.) "Hear the word of the Lord."

c.) "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD."

d.) "Generation of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?"

7.) What happened at the very moment when Jesus died?

a.) The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

b.) The earth shook and the rocks split.

c.) The tombs of many of the saints were broken open.

d.) All of the above.

8.) The third time that Peter denied that he knew Jesus, at that very moment...

a.) The Spirit of God fell on him like a dove.

b.) A rooster began to crow.

c.) The sun came up over the horizon.

d.) Jesus was led past him and saw him there.

9.) What was the name of the woman who fell down dead at the feet of Peter when he had just finished telling her it would happen?

a.) Salome

b.) Sarah

c.) Sapphira

d.) We are not told.

10.) Paul commanded an evil spirit to come out of a lady at Philippi and it did immediately. How did Paul realize that she needed deliverance?

a.) She told them that she did, and asked them to pray for her.

b.) She followed them for many days, repeating everything she heard them say.

c.) She followed them for many days shouting out that they were children of the devil.

d.) She followed them for many days shouting out that they were servants of the Most High God.

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Defeating Demons

1.) And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is...

a.) not by might or by power, but by the spirit of the Lord that this mountain shall be removed.

b.) shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

c.) by the continual dripping of a tap that a stone is worn away.

d.) better to have a little with contentment than much gain and evil with it.

2.) When the Israelites were entering Canaan, God told them, "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God..."

a.) drove Adam and Eve out of Eden.

b.) will drive you out of this land.

c.) drives them out from before you.

d.) will destroy the temple and rebuild it.

3.) Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to...

a.) devour.

b.) entice.

c.) inhabit.

d.) convert.

4.) The apostle Paul explained to the Galatians what the works of the flesh are, and what will happen to those who do them, so, what will happen to those people?

a.) They shall be forgiven and welcomed into heaven.

b.) They shall spend time in purgatory until their sins are paid for in full.

c.) They shall weep with those who weep.

d.) They shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

5.) Thus says the LORD: "Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven for the Gentiles are...

a.) afraid of demons.

b.) dismayed at them.

c.) worshippers of the god of the power of the air.

d.) children of the moon god and appointed to wrath.

6.) In his letter to the Hebrews, Paul explained to them why the preaching of the Word did not profit those who failed to enter into God's rest. The reason was...

a.) they did not take the full tithe to the storehouse.

b.) they failed to keep the ten commandments.

c.) they lied to the Holy Spirit.

d.) they did not believe.

7.) In his letter to the Galatians, Paul made a list of the works of the flesh (which includes murder, witchcraft, and drunkenness) and tells them that these people will not inherit this.

a.) The kingdom of God.

b.) The fruit of the spirit.

c.) The goods of their fathers.

d.) The sins of their fathers.

8.) In 1 John we read: "... the whole world lies in..."

a.) the power of the spirit of God.

b.) the power of the risen Lord.

c.) the sway of the emperor.

d.) wickedness.

9.) Paul wrote to Timothy: "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to..."

a.) The faith of their fathers.

b.) A super world church.

c.) Allah, and Mohammed, his prophet.

d.) Deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.

10.) In the book of Acts, some people who became Christians renounced all dealings with the occult. What did they do with their books?

a.) Shredded them with swords.

b.) Burned them publicly.

c.) Gave them to the rabbis to bury in the temple.

d.) Gave them to the schools so that children could learn from them.

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Wells in the Bible

1.) Abraham's servant, who had been sent to find a wife for Isaac, stood by a well and prayed to the Lord that one of the ladies who were coming out to draw water from the well would...

a.) offer him a drink.

b.) offer him a drink and offer to water his camels also.

c.) offer to water his camels.

d.) offer to take him home for a meal.

2.) Who was the woman that spoke to Abraham's servant at the well that day, and later became Isaac's wife?

a.) Rachael

b.) Rahab

c.) Ruth

d.) Rebekah

3.) Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, asking permission to pass through their land, on the understanding that they did not disturb the fields or vineyards or drink from their wells, so Sihon went out against Israel into the wilderness: and fought against Israel. What happened?

a.) Sihon won and the Israelites were forced to go back the way they had come.

b.) Israel killed Sihon, and crept around the borders of his land at night.

c.) Israel killed Sihon and possessed his land right to the borders of Amnon.

d.) The outcome is not recorded in scripture.

4.) Gideon, and all the people that were with him, pitched camp beside the well of Harod: and the LORD said to Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand has saved me. Say, "Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained..."

a.) ten thousand

b.) five thousand

c.) two thousand

d.) one thousand

5.) A woman hid Ahimaaz and Jonathan in a well. Who were they hiding from?

a.) Jonathan's brother, Absalom.

b.) Jonathan's brother, Nathan.

c.) Jonathan's father, King Saul.

d.) Jonathan's one-time friend, David.

6.) While David was fleeing from Saul, one day he pined for a drink from a certain well. Where was that well?

a.) Beersheba

b.) Bethel

c.) Bazhra

d.) Bethlehem

7.) Three of David's mighty warriors went and got him a drink from the well, but he poured it out as an offering to the Lord. Why?

a.) Because it had not cost the men anything to bring it to him.

b.) Because the men had put their lives in jeopardy to bring it to him.

c.) Because some of the men had lost their lives in order to bring it to him.

d.) The bible does not say why he did that.

8.) Isaac dug the wells again which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father. Why?

a.) The Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

b.) The Philistines had taken control of the wells and he had to dig again nearby.

c.) His father's servants had not dug the wells properly and they had collapsed over time.

d.) There had been a mighty earthquake and the wells had been filled in.

9.) The wells that Isaac dug: he called their names after...

a.) The names of his children.

b.) The names that his mother suggested.

c.) The names that his father had called them.

d.) The names of the tribes from which they had taken them back.

10.) Jesus paused at Jacob's well in Samaria, and explained to someone that He was indeed the Messiah. Who did he speak to there?

a.) The Scribes and Pharisees of Samaria.

b.) A group of ten lepers.

c.) A woman who had had 5 previous husbands.

d.) A man who had been assaulted by vandals on his way to Jericho.

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Sowing and Reaping

1.) When God gave instructions about the jubilee year, He told Israel that they were not to sow during that year and that they were not to reap from unpruned vines. How often was the jubilee year?

a.) Every 5 years.

b.) Every 10 years.

c.) Every 20 years.

d.) Every 50 years.

2.) 2 Kings 19:29 says, And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. What was it a sign of?

a.) God was going to lengthen the life of King Hezekiah.

b.) God was going to starve the unbelievers to death.

c.) God was going to put a hook in their jaw and a bridle in their mouth and turn them back on the way by which they came.

d.) God was going to do a mighty miracle and turn the desert into a garden like Eden.

3.) In his complaint to God, Job said, I have observed that they that plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap...

a.) God's unfailing mercy.

b.) the wrath of God.

c.) sparingly.

d.) the same.

4.) The psalmist wrote, "Those who sow in tears, shall reap..."

a.) in tears.

b.) in joy.

c.) mercy.

d.) destruction.

5.) The writer of Ecclesiastes wrote, "He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth _____ shall not reap."

a.) the storm

b.) the rain

c.) the clouds

d.) the sun

6.) The prophet Hosea wrote, "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap _____, break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you."

a.) in mercy

b.) in faithfulness

c.) in righteousness

d.) an inheritance

7.) In Micah chapter 6, God was speaking to Israel. What did He tell them would happen to them because of their sins.

a.) They would be made sick.

b.) They would be hungry, and would not be able to store up any food.

c.) They would sow but not reap, of both olives and grapes.

d.) All of the above.

8.) How often did God command that the Israelites should let the land rest?

a.) Every second year.

b.) Every seventh year.

c.) Every tenth year.

d.) Every fiftieth year.

9.) Everyone knows the adage "you reap whatever you sow", but what are the words immediately before those words?

a.) Do not be deceived; God is not mocked...

b.) Do not sow tares with the wheat...

c.) The deceitful are sometimes successful, but generally...

d.) If you sow to the flesh, from the flesh you reap corruption...

10.) Jesus told the disciples, "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet _____. Are ye not much better than they?"

a.) they are able to scavenge an existence

b.) your heavenly Father feedeth them

c.) they gather for themselves and their young

d.) your heavenly Father knows their need

11.) Jesus told a parable about a sower and his seed. He spoke of seed that fell by the wayside which the birds of the air ate. What did this seed represent?

a.) Those who hear the word, but the devil comes and takes the word from their hearts so that they are not saved.

b.) Those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; which believe for a while but in time of temptation fall away.

c.) Those who when they have heard, are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

d.) Those who hear the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

12.) Jesus told a parable about an unfaithful servant who accused his master of reaping where he had not sown. The master admitted to reaping where he had not sown, but still passed judgment on the servant. How was he able to do this?

a.) He called other servants to testify against him.

b.) He called false witnesses against the servant.

c.) He judged the servant by his own testimony.

d.) He was a tyrant.

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Leaves in the Bible

1.) When Adam and Eve knew that they were naked; and they sewed leaves together, and made themselves aprons' what tree were the leaves from?

a.) Olive

b.) Fig

c.) Almug

d.) Camphor

2.) What tree was the leaf from when the dove brought it back to Noah after the flood?

a.) Olive

b.) Fig

c.) Almug

d.) Camphor

3.) Psalm 1 tells us. "...he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and..."

a.) his fruit will endure forever.

b.) he will not have a care in times of drought.

c.) his children shall call him blessed.

d.) whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4.) The prophet Daniel interpreted a dream about a tree with fresh green leaves and plenty of fruit, for the king that he served. Who was the king?

a.) Nebuchadnezzar

b.) Belteshazzar

c.) Balshazzar

d.) Hezekiah

5.) In this dream, the king saw a messenger who cried out, "Cut down the tree, and cut off his branches, ______ his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches."

a.) burn

b.) pluck off

c.) shake off

d.) cut off

6.) Isaiah told God, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and _____ fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."

a.) apart from you, we

b.) all the wicked doth

c.) all we do doth

d.) we all do

7.) The prophet Jeremiah said, "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit." Who was he talking about?

a.) Those that trust in the Lord.

b.) Those who have made the Lord their hope.

c.) Those who have made the Lord their confidence.

d.) Those who have done all of the above.

8.) Jesus saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever." And presently....

a.) the disciples spoke again life to the tree.

b.) fruit appeared on the branches of the tree.

c.) the fig tree withered away.

d.) the disciples pulled out the tree by its roots.

9.) Jesus told the disciples, "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that..."

a.) summer is nigh.

b.) winter is nigh.

c.) it is the time for the singing of the birds.

d.) it is time for the bridegroom to come.

10.) What were the leaves of the tree for in John's vision in the book of Revelation?

a.) Food for the nations.

b.) The healing of the nations.

c.) Shade for the people.

d.) Fuel for the nations.

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Eternal Life

1.) John said, "This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and..."

a.) Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

b.) the blessed virgin Mary, the mother of the Christ.

c.) anyone who claims to be your prophet.

d.) many other gods as well.

2.) Paul wrote to the Romans: "For the wages of sin is _____; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

a.) purgatory

b.) death

c.) remorse

d.) great gain

3.) Jesus said, "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they, which testify of...."

a.) it

b.) God

c.) life

d.) me

4.) In John's first epistle, he described eternal life this way: "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is...."

a.) achieved by the payment of indulgences.

b.) the crowning experience of purgatory.

c.) in his Son.

d.) free for all.

5.) When did God promise eternal life to people?

a.) before the world began.

b.) at the creation of the world.

c.) at the crucifixion of Jesus.

d.) on the day of Pentecost.

6.) In Paul's letter to Titus, he tells him "...being justified by_____, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

a.) our hope

b.) our prepayments

c.) our good works

d.) His grace

7.) In his letter to the Romans, Paul said that God will give eternal life to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for____.

a.) glory.

b.) honor.

c.) immortality.

d.) All of the above.

8.) In his first letter to Timothy, Paul described people who were "Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life." Who was he talking about?

a.) Wealthy people who were rich in good deeds, and generous.

b.) Anyone who paid all their tithes to the storehouse.

c.) The poor who had nothing in this world.

d.) Anyone at all.

9.) Jesus said, "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that _____ should not perish but have everlasting life."

a.) whosoever believeth that He is the Son of God

b.) whosoever payeth his tithes

c.) whosoever believeth in Him

d.) whosoever is born of woman

10.) In his first epistle, John told the recipients of it how they would be able to enjoy eternal life: how was that?

a.) By remaining faithful to what they were taught from the beginning.

b.) By keeping the church current, and changing as the times changed.

c.) By developing new evangelism strategies and implementing them.

d.) By implicitly trusting what they were told by their pastors.

11.) John's gospel tells of a time when many of Jesus' disciples deserted Him. When Jesus asked the twelve if they were going too, which disciple answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life."

a.) Thaddeus

b.) Thomas

c.) Simon Peter

d.) Andrew

12.) What did the Jews do when Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one."

a.) Repented and believed.

b.) Took up stones to stone him.

c.) Asked if they could be baptized.

d.) It is not recorded what they did.

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Trees in the Bible

1.) God commanded Adam not to eat from one of the trees in the garden. Which tree was that?

a.) Life

b.) Apple

c.) Sycamore

d.) The knowledge of good and evil.

2.) Who was the man who told a baker who was in prison with him, "...within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee."

a.) Joseph

b.) Josiah

c.) Josephus

d.) Jeroboam

3.) God sent hail throughout a whole land that "smote both man and beast, and every herb of the field, and broke every tree." What was the land?

a.) Ethiopia

b.) Egypt

c.) Euphrates

d.) Edom

4.) God told the Israelites, "When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for..."

a.) the stranger.

b.) the fatherless.

c.) the widow.

d.) All of the above.

5.) Who was the woman judge of Israel who dwelt under a palm tree in mount Ephraim?

a.) Delores

b.) Deborah

c.) Delilah

d.) Dinah

6.) The first book of Samuel ends with the burial of the bones of one of the kings of Israel and his sons under a tree at Jabesh. Who was the king?

a.) Saul

b.) David

c.) Solomon

d.) Rehoboam

7.) Who was the prophet who sat under a juniper tree and asked the Lord to take away his life?

a.) Eleazar

b.) Elisha

c.) Elijah

d.) Esaias

8.) Of whom does the psalmist say, "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."

a.) Those who don't walk in the counsel of the wicked.

b.) Those who don't associate with sinners and mockers.

c.) Those who delight in God's law and meditate on it.

d.) Those who do all of the above.

9.) Daniel interpreted a dream for King Nebuchadnezzar in which the king had seen a tree. What was the tree in the dream?

a.) The kingdom of Babylon.

b.) The king himself.

c.) The treasury of Babylon.

d.) The knowledge of the wise men of Babylon.

10.) Jesus said, " Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." And then He explained the parable. What was he talking about?

a.) The fruit crops of Israel at that time.

b.) The wood that was used to build the temple.

c.) The fruit that people produce in their lives.

d.) The rebuilding of the nation of Israel as a food source for the world.

11.) Who was the man who "...ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him: for Jesus was to pass that way."

a.) Zechariah

b.) Zerubabel

c.) Zacchaeus

d.) Zephaniah

12.) In the book of Revelation, who are they that "...may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."

a.) They that do his commandments.

b.) They that hear the Word of the Lord.

c.) They that believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

d.) They that do all of the above.

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Prosperity in the Bible

1.) Of whom does the Bible say, "And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand."

a.) Joshua

b.) Joseph

c.) Jacob

d.) Jeconiah

2.) A prophet called Micaiah spoke in agreement with all the king's prophets and told the king , "Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king." How did the king respond?

a.) He told Micaiah to speak only the truth when he spoke for the Lord.

b.) He rewarded Micaiah with half of his kingdom.

c.) He thanked Micaiah and went to battle.

d.) He had Micaiah executed.

3.) To which king did Daniel say, "Therefore, O king, be pleased to accept my advice: Renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then your prosperity will continue."

a.) Belshazzar

b.) Artexerxes

c.) Nebuchadnezzar

d.) Uzziah

4.) Of which king (who started well, but finished poorly) does the Bible say, "And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper."

a.) Belshazzar

b.) Artexerxes

c.) Nebuchadnezzar

d.) Uzziah

5.) Of whom does the psalmist say, "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."

a.) He who does not follow the advice of the wicked.

b.) He who does not stand with sinners.

c.) He who does not join with scoffers.

d.) All of the above.

6.) He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall _____

a.) meditate on the goodness of the Lord.

b.) sacrifice two small doves as an atonement.

c.) have mercy.

d.) live.

7.) No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment _____. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

a.) shall condemn thee

b.) thou shalt condemn

c.) shall bless thee

d.) thou shalt bless

8.) The prophet Isaiah spoke about something, and then said, "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." What was he speaking of?

a.) How the sun warms the earth and supports life.

b.) How the rain and snow come from heaven and water the ground.

c.) How an arrow is shot by a marksman and hits the target.

d.) How a man starts out on a journey with a destination in mind.

9.) The prophet Jeremiah spoke a stern word from the Lord concerning Jehoiachin, son of Jehoiakim, part of which was, "...for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah." What was the other key thing that God said to Him in this prophecy?

a.) He would be beheaded by his enemies.

b.) He would starved to death in a famine.

c.) He would die of leprosy.

d.) He would be childless.

10.) In his third epistle, John wrote, "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as _____"

a.) I prosper.

b.) thy soul prospereth.

c.) the apostles prosper.

d.) you have shown me hospitality.

11.) What does the writer of Proverbs tell us "...length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee."

a.) Forget not the law and keep the commandments.

b.) Bring the full tithe to the storehouse.

c.) Honor your mother and father.

d.) Give to the poor.

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Suffering in the Bible

1.) The apostle Paul told the Hebrews why God chastens us. Why was that?

a.) For His pleasure.

b.) For our profit.

c.) That we might be partakers of His holiness.

d.) b and c above.

2.) Paul encouraged the Hebrews to endure the discipline and punishment of the Lord, because afterwards it produces fruit of ____

a.) love and tolerance for others.

b.) joy in the holy spirit.

c.) peace and righteousness.

d.) All of the above.

3.) The apostle Peter told the church that suffering makes us open to _____

a.) deceiving spirits.

b.) the will of God.

c.) the call of God.

d.) feeling others pain.

4.) Paul was kept from pride by his "thorn in the flesh." How many times did he ask the Lord to take it away from him?

a.) three times

b.) twice

c.) once

d.) He didn't ask for it to be removed.

5.) What, did Paul tell the Romans, does tribulation work into our lives?

a.) anger

b.) rebelliousness

c.) generosity

d.) patience

6.) What did the apostle Peter tell the church was the reason that the church, "greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations."

a.) They were receiving a money gift from the church at Phillipi.

b.) They had an incorruptible inheritance reserved for them in heaven.

c.) They were hearing of many people being added to the church.

d.) The Lord Jesus was going to visit them.

7.) The Lord said to a man named Ananias, "Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." Who was he speaking of?

a.) Jesus

b.) John the Baptist

c.) The Apostle John on the isle of Patmos.

d.) The Apostle Paul (at that time known as Saul).

8.) Paul told the Philippians "Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things." He then went on to say what was his estimate of the things he had lost. What was that?

a.) as dung.

b.) of no real consequence.

c.) of considerable worth.

d.) absolutely irreplaceable.

9.) To the Corinthians Paul wrote, "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to _____"

a.) endure to the end.

b.) preach the word in season and out of season.

c.) comfort them which are in any trouble.

d.) stand fast in the liberty wherewith we have been set free.

10.) In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul wrote, "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." For what reason was this?

a.) That God might judge the unrighteous who were persecuting them.

b.) That the guards who were overseeing them might turn from their wickedness.

c.) That the Christian people who were visiting Paul in jail might not grow discouraged.

d.) That the life of Jesus might be made manifest.

11.) Satan stood before God and said (concerning Job), "But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face." What was God's response?

a.) How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!

b.) Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand.

c.) There is none like my servant Job in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.

d.) Thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

12.) Paul encouraged the Hebrew Christians to consider something that would stop them being wearied and faint in their minds. What was it?

a.) Jesus, who endured the cross.

b.) The foundation of the apostles and prophets.

c.) That there remains a rest for the people of God.

d.) Paul himself, who had suffered much for the gospel.

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Words of Warning

1.) In his second letter to Timothy, Paul said, "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: ......

a.) turn such over to the Inquisitor.

b.) from such turn away.

c.) pray earnestly for these, that God may spare them.

d.) but God, who is rich in mercy, is not willing that they should perish.

2.) The prophet Jehu went to see king Jehoshaphat and explained to him why the wrath of the LORD was upon him. Why was that?

a.) He helped the ungodly.

b.) He loved people that hated the Lord.

c.) Both of the above.

d.) God was so pleased with the king's conduct that He had given Satan power to strike him for a season.

3.) What did Paul tell the Galatians should happen to the people who preached a different gospel to them than the one which Paul had preached?

a.) They should be honored and worshipped.

b.) They should be accommodated as much as possible.

c.) They should be ignored.

d.) They should be accursed.

4.) In his first letter, John said that we are not to believe every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because.....

a.) many false prophets are gone out into the world.

b.) if they are not, we are to adjust our doctrine to accommodate them.

c.) God loves a cheerful giver and a cheerful spirit.

d.) we should know Who we believe and be persuaded that He is able to keep us from falling.

5.) How did John say that we would recognize the Spirit of God?

a.) Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is the Son of God is of God.

b.) Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ was born of the virgin Mary is of God.

c.) Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God.

d.) Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is the morning star is of God.

6.) Jude, in his letter to people who "are called to live in the love of God the Father and the care of Jesus Christ," exhorts us to, "earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints, for there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men.....

a.) turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality.

b.) denying the only Lord God.

c.) denying our Lord Jesus Christ.

d.) all of the above.

7.) What did Jude say happened to the people who God saved out of the land of Egypt, and they still did not believe?

a.) God destroyed them.

b.) God sent prophets to cajole them.

c.) God took their names out of the Lamb's Book of Life.

d.) God let them into the land of Canaan anyway and blessed them anyway.

8.) The apostle Paul commanded the Corinthians not to join forces with unbelievers: "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" What other opposites came next to strengthen his case?

a.) What concord hath Christ with Belial?

b.) What part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

c.) What agreement hath the temple of God with idols?

d.) All of the above.

9.) What did Paul tell the Corinthians the Lord said He would do if they separated themselves from unbelievers and didn't touch the unclean thing?

a.) He would receive them.

b.) He would be a Father to them, and they would be His sons and daughters.

c.) Both of the above.

d.) He would bless their fruitfulness, and they would multiply.

10.) John wrote, "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed....."

a.) biddeth him to be fruitful and multiply.

b.) is partaker of his evil deeds.

c.) will have his name taken from the Book of Life.

d.) is deceived, even as the serpent deceived Eve.

11.) Jesus said, If any man will come after me, let him.....

a.) deny himself.

b.) take up his cross daily.

c.) follow me.

d.) All of the above.

12.) Paul told the Ephesians, "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are..."

a.) of no consequence.

b.) ungodly, and worthy of death.

c.) made manifest by the light.

d.) made right.

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Wine in the Bible

1.) Who was the high priest that thought Samuel's mother was drunk, and rebuked her?

a.) Eli

b.) Elijah

c.) Annas

d.) Caiaphas

2.) When "the wine was gone out of Nabal" his wife told him what she had given to David and his men. What did Nabal do.

a.) He vowed to follow them and kill them all.

b.) His heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

c.) He loaded his donkeys with more goods to take to the men.

d.) He killed his wife for being so generous without his knowledge.

3.) This man commanded his servants, saying, "Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant."

a.) Abner

b.) Arioch

c.) Artexerxes

d.) Absalom

4.) As this man handed wine to the king whom he served, the king noticed that he was sad. Who was he?

a.) Obadiah

b.) Habakkuk

c.) Nehemiah

d.) Amos

5.) At the beginning of the book of Esther, the king held a feast at which they "gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king." How much wine did each man have to drink?

a.) Until there was no more in the palace.

b.) As much as each desired.

c.) A flagon each.

d.) Just one half goblet of wine each.

6.) When Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank, who did he speak to to request he might not defile himself?

a.) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

b.) His friend the prince.

c.) The queen.

d.) The prince of the eunuchs.

7.) To whom did the angel of the Lord say, "For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God."

a.) Zerububaal

b.) Zacharias

c.) Zephaniah

d.) Zelophehad

8.) Jesus was at a marriage in Cana and the wine ran out. Who called his attention to the fact that they had no more wine?

a.) The disciple Nathanael, who was best man.

b.) The parents of the groom.

c.) Mary, the mother of Jesus.

d.) The servants.

9.) Why did some of the people think that the disciples were full of new wine on the day of Pentecost?

a.) They were vomiting.

b.) They were shouting.

c.) They were reeling like drunks.

d.) They were speaking in other tongues.

10.) To whom did the apostle Paul write, "Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities."

a.) Timothy

b.) Titus

c.) Tiberius Caesar

d.) The deacons of the church at Thessalonica.

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Laughter in the Bible

1.) God told Abraham that his wife Sarah would have a son and Abraham fell on his face and laughed. Why?

a.) He wanted to disinherit Ishmael.

b.) He already knew that Sarah was pregnant.

c.) He was 100 years old and Sarah was 90 years old.

d.) He had just decided to be celibate from that time.

2.) For what reason, did the psalmist say, "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision."

a.) The rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed.

b.) The kings of the earth, and the great men hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains to hide from His face.

c.) Esau was rejected because he found no place of repentance.

d.) A merry heart doeth good as a medicine.

3.) The psalmist tells us that the Lord shall laugh at the wicked with his sword drawn, for He seeth that his day is coming, and _____

a.) vengeance is mine saith the Lord, I will repay.

b.) it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

c.) all that dwell upon the earth, small and great, shall stand before God.

d.) their sword shall enter their own heart and their bows shall be broken.

4.) Proverbs tells us, "If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no _____

a.) resolution.

b.) restitution.

c.) revenge.

d.) rest.

5.) King Solomon wrote: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: "...a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance..." Which book of the Bible is that scripture found in?

a.) Psalms

b.) Proverbs

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Song of Solomon

6.) David wrote, "Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them." What was he talking about?

a.) When the creation was completed.

b.) When the Lord restored the exiles to Jerusalem.

c.) When the angel of the Lord slew the Assyrians.

d.) When the children of Israel came through the Red Sea.

7.) Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes: "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance _____

a.) the heart of the Savior is touched.

b.) a man establisheth his integrity.

c.) the heart is made better.

d.) a man is believed.

8.) Who wrote, "For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity."

a.) Solomon

b.) David

c.) Amos

d.) Isaiah

9.) David wrote, "Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with _____; to the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever."

a.) Meekness

b.) Gladness

c.) Endurance

d.) Fine raiment

10.) Solomon wrote: "A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things." Which book is it in?

a.) Psalms

b.) Proverbs

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Song of Solomon

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Weeping in the Bible

1.) When Joseph saw his brother Benjamin, he hastily looked for somewhere to weep. Why?

a.) This was the only brother that was not involved in his sale to the Ishmaelites.

b.) He knew that Benjamin's mother had died giving birth to him.

c.) He was moved with compassion for him.

d.) They both had the same mother.

2.) The prophet Joel wrote, "Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say...."

a.) spare thy people, O LORD.

b.) give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them.

c.) let not them say among the people, Where is their God?

d.) All of the above.

3.) Who wrote, "A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance."

a.) Isaiah

b.) Jeremiah

c.) Solomon

d.) Asaph

4.) In the book of Esther it tells of great mourning and weeping among the Jews. Why was it that the Jews wept?

a.) The king had signed a decree that the Jews were to be killed.

b.) The king had ordered that Mordecai the Jew was to die.

c.) The king had ordered that the Jews work twice as hard.

d.) The king had chosen a wife who was not a Jew.

5.) Why did Esau weep?

a.) Because Jacob made better pottage than he did.

b.) Because his father had just given the blessing to Jacob.

c.) Because his mother loved Jacob better than she loved him.

d.) Because his father had just given Jacob a coat of many colors.

6.) What was the news that made Nehemiah sit down and weep, and mourn and fast, and pray before the God of heaven?

a.) Those who had returned to Jerusalem were in trouble and disgrace.

b.) The walls of Jerusalem had been broken and torn down.

c.) The city gates of Jerusalem had been burned.

d.) All of the above.

7.) The psalmist wrote: "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered _____"

a.) Zion.

b.) the captivity in Babylon.

c.) what a mighty God we serve.

d.) it is of the Lord's mercy that we are not consumed.

8.) Solomon wrote: "Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying." What book is it in?

a.) Psalms

b.) Proverbs

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Song of Solomon

9.) Who, did Paul say, "...offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared..."

a.) Paul himself.

b.) Melchizedek

c.) Isaac

d.) Jesus

10.) Why did Jesus weep over the city of Jerusalem?

a.) Peace was hidden from the eyes of the people there.

b.) The city was going to be invaded and destroyed.

c.) The people did not recognize the day of their visitation.

d.) All of the above.

11.) Of which of these did the Lord speak about "weeping and gnashing of teeth."

a.) A guest at the wedding supper who did not have a wedding garment on.

b.) The evil servant who beats his fellow servants and drinks with the drunkards.

c.) A Roman Centurion.

d.) All of the above.

12.) In the book of Revelation, who "shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."

a.) God

b.) Jesus

c.) The angels

d.) The Holy Spirit

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The Significance of Man

1.) Three Old Testament writers asked the question, "What is Man?" Who were they?

a.) Job, David, and Solomon

b.) Ezra, Isaiah and Jeremiah

c.) Asaph, Esther and Nehemiah

d.) Moses, Abraham, and Joseph

2.) Job wrote, "What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and...

a.) That thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

b.) That thou shouldest visit him every morning?

c.) That thou shouldest try him every moment?

d.) All of the above.

3.) The psalmist wrote, "Thou has made him a little lower than _____, and crowned him with glory and honor."

a.) Lucifer

b.) The angels

c.) The enthroned one

d.) God Himself

4.) The prophet Isaiah wrote this amazing prophecy to Cyrus, king of Persia, in which He said, "Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, I will go before thee, And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places. I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me." And then he told Cyrus why He had done all this. Why was it?

a.) He hated the people that Cyrus was going to plunder.

b.) Cyrus was a pre-Christian representation of Christ Jesus.

c.) Cyrus was a gentile, and as such was the first non-Jew to become a Jew.

d.) So that the whole world might know that God is the Lord and there is no one else beside Him.

5.) Which king wrote, "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter."

a.) Solomon

b.) David

c.) Saul

d.) Cyrus

6.) Jesus explained why people who do not believe the gospel of the kingdom are condemned - why is it?

a.) They are fools, and do foolish things.

b.) God chooses whom He will love and whom He will hate.

c.) Light is come into the world, but men prefer darkness because their deeds are evil.

d.) Jesus paid such a high price for them, but they still get to choose.

7.) Jesus said, "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to...

a.) the measure with which he has meted.

b.) the law and the prophets.

c.) his riches in glory.

d.) his works.

8.) Jesus told a parable about a man who had some livestock that he left in the paddock while he went to search for one that had got itself lost, and how the man rejoiced to have the found one back. Then he explained what he was talking about - what was it?

a.) How the Father did not wish anybody to perish.

b.) How a shepherd should be kind to his animals.

c.) How valuable wool was in the marketplace.

d.) How stupid and gullible sheep are.

9.) In the parable of the unprofitable servant, the servant said to the master, "I was afraid" and the Master said, "You are wicked and slothful - you should have given the money to the exchangers, and then I could have received interest." What did the master say should happen to the servant?

a.) He should be sent to the synagogue to learn basic management.

b.) He should be made to work twice as hard to pay the debt.

c.) He should be cast into outer darkness.

d.) He should be killed.

10.) When Jesus sits on the throne of His glory, and all nations are gathered before Him, He will separate them as a shepherd separates sheep and goats. And to the sheep He will say, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you...

a.) from the foundation of the world.

b.) from the time of the giving of the law.

c.) from the time of Calvary.

d.) this day.

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Tithing in the Bible

1.) The King of Salem blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods that he had recovered from the battle. What was the king's name?

a.) Kedorlaomer

b.) Melchizedek

c.) Eshcol

d.) Mamre

2.) In God's instructions for the tithe of the herds and flocks, He told the people that every tenth animal that passed under the shepherd's rod should be holy unto the Lord. What did He say next?

a.) If the shepherd wanted to swap the tithe animal for another, that was okay, as long as the swap was not of lesser value.

b.) If the shepherd wanted to swap the tithe animal for another, that was okay, as long as the swap was in good health.

c.) The shepherd was not to look at whether it was good or bad, and neither should he change it.

d.) Anyone who did not do this was to be stoned to death.

3.) If someone wanted to redeem his tithe, what percentage did he have to add to it?

a.) Ten

b.) Twenty

c.) Thirty

d.) Fifty

4.) God said that the children of Israel could pray for God's blessing if they offered their tithe only if...

a.) they had not eaten it while they were in mourning.

b.) they had not taken any of it for unclean use.

c.) they had not offered any of it to the dead.

d.) All of the above.

5.) In second Chronicles, who commanded the children of Israel to tithe?

a.) Ephraim

b.) Manasseh

c.) Hezekiah

d.) Moses

6.) How did the children of Israel respond to the command to tithe?

a.) They gave abundantly.

b.) They gave begrudgingly.

c.) They set up false scales to weigh the tithes.

d.) They didn't give, and the priests died.

7.) Which prophet wrote, "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings."

a.) Isaiah

b.) Malachi

c.) Obadiah

d.) Zechariah

8.) What did God promise to do if Israel brought the full tithe into the storehouse? "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not...

a.) open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

b.) rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field.

c.) all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land.

d.) All of the above.

9.) Jesus told a parable about a Pharisee and a publican. The Pharisee fasted and tithed, and thought that he was better than the publican. The publican smote his breast and cried for mercy. What was the point of the parable?

a.) Everyone that exalts himself will be brought low and he that humbles himself will be exalted.

b.) Obedience is better than sacrifice.

c.) If we won't even lift our eyes to heaven, God will not hear us.

d.) We should fast twice in the week and give tithes of all that we possess.

10.) Jesus said, "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of _____: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

a.) the law and judgment

b.) mercy

c.) faith

d.) All of the above.

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Offerings in the Bible

1.) What offering did Cain bring to the Lord?

a.) Silver

b.) Seven bullocks and seven rams.

c.) The fruit of the ground.

d.) None

2.) Who did God tell Abraham to offer for a burnt offering?

a.) His son Ishmael.

b.) His son Isaac.

c.) His servant Eleizer.

d.) His wife Sarah.

3.) Psalms 51 tells us, "The sacrifices of God are..."

a.) Silver and gold.

b.) The firstfruits of the crop.

c.) Obedience and a listening ear.

d.) A broken spirit.

4.) God gave very specific directions about what the peace offering was to be like to be accepted. What was it?

a.) It could be maimed, but it could not be blind.

b.) It did not matter if it had diseased skin but it was not to be old.

c.) It was not to be less than three years old.

d.) It should be perfect and without blemish.

5.) Who made this promise to the Lord? "Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering."

a.) Jephthah

b.) Jeconiah

c.) Jeroboam

d.) Joab

6.) This man and his wife looked on while the angel of the Lord "did wondrously" to their offering (in that when the flame went up from the offering, the angel ascended in the flame of the altar)

a.) Manasseh

b.) Manoah

c.) Melchisedec

d.) Meshach

7.) The Lord told Samuel, "I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever." What was the reason He said this?

a.) Eli and his sons were secretly worshipping idols.

b.) Eli's sons had both died on the same day.

c.) Eli's sons were vile and Eli did not restrain them.

d.) Eli's wife had slept with her sons.

8.) Saul did not wait for Samuel to arrive at the appointed place, but offered the burnt offering himself. What was Samuel's response to this?

a.) He commended Saul for his initiative.

b.) He told Saul that he had done foolishly and that his kingdom would cease to Israel.

c.) He called down fire from heaven to consume the peace offering.

d.) He would not attend the ceremony but went straight to Gibeah.

9.) The Lord spoke to Job's three friends and told them that he was angry with them, and that they should make a burnt offering and get Job to pray for them. Why?

a.) They had told Job to curse God and die.

b.) They had told Job that his wife should curse God and die.

c.) They had not spoken of God what is right.

d.) They had accused Job of sinning.

10.) How have we been sanctified?

a.) Through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

b.) Through the offering of our prayer for the necessity of the saints.

c.) Through the offering of our good works.

d.) Through the offering of our love for one another.

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Bible Objects

10 Commandments

Ark of the Covenant

The Tabernacle

Other gods and Idols

Altars of Worship

The Temple

The Throne of God

The Fiery Serpent

10 Commandments

1.) In what book of the Bible will you find the Ten Commandments?

a.) Genesis

b.) Exodus

c.) Leviticus

d.) Numbers

2.) Where was the Law given to Moses?

a.) Mount Ararat

b.) Mount Everest

c.) Mount Sinai

d.) Mount Carmel

3.) What did God use to write on the stone tables?

a.) A finger

b.) A rock

c.) The wind

d.) Flowing water

4.) How long was Moses gone from the people as He talked to God on the mountain and received the ten commandments?

a.) 7 days

b.) 40 days

c.) 3 months

d.) 7 months

5.) What caused Moses to break the tablets on which the 10 Commandments were written?

a.) God told him to as the people were full of sin

b.) His people were worshiping an idol

c.) Aaron lied to him

d.) Joshua sinned against God

6.) In what were the ten commandments kept?

a.) Altar

b.) Stone

c.) Ark

d.) Pillar

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Ark of the Covenant

1.) What was placed in the Ark of the Covenant along with the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded?

a.) David's sceptre

b.) The golden calf

c.) The tables of the covenant

d.) The golden Cherubim

2.) Who built the Ark of the Covenant?

a.) Aaron

b.) Bezalel

c.) Elijah

d.) Moses

3.) The Ark of the Covenant was carried around and around what city?

a.) Jericho

b.) Nineveh

c.) Jerusalem

d.) Babylon

4.) What man was killed suddenly in punishment for touching the ark of God as it was being carried by oxen?

a.) Azareel

b.) Uzzah

c.) Bunah

d.) Eleazar

5.) How many cherubim were on the mercy seat?

a.) 1

b.) 2

c.) 3

d.) 4

6.) Fleeing from Absalom, David ordered the ark of God to be

a.) sent before him to Jordan.

b.) sent back to Jerusalem.

c.) kept with him as he fled.

d.) left within the Temple.

7.) What happened when the Philistines took the Ark?

a.) They developed emerods.

b.) Each one that touched it died.

c.) They carried it away to Philistine.

d.) The Ark became invisible to their eyes.

8.) Name the Levite in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after it was returned by the Philistines.

a.) Abinadab

b.) Uzziah

c.) Ahithophel

d.) Aholibah

9.) In what city did the ark of the covenant remain for 20 years after it was returned by the Philistines?

a.) Mizpeh

b.) Kirjath-jearim

c.) Shiloh

d.) Ramah

10.) What idol of the Philistines fell on his face before the ark of the covenant?

a.) Baal-zephor

b.) Ashdod

c.) Dagon

d.) Asherah

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The Tabernacle

1.) How many lamps were on the stand that Moses was to put in the tabernacle?

a.) 2

b.) 4

c.) 7

d.) 12

2.) From what tribe were men appointed in service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

a.) Benjamin

b.) Levi

c.) Judah

d.) Gad

3.) Who was the master craftsman for the work on the tabernacle?

a.) Uri

b.) Bezaleel

c.) Hur

d.) Hiram

4.) At what age were the sons of Kohath recruited to serve in the tabernacle?

a.) 12

b.) 21

c.) 25

d.) 30

5.) What was the age of retirement for those who worked at the tabernacle?

a.) 40

b.) 50

c.) 60

d.) 75

6.) Which of these was not used in the construction of the tabernacle?

a.) Goats' hair

b.) Badgers' skins

c.) Cows' hide

d.) Rams' skins

7.) When Israel took Canaan, where did they set up the tabernacle?

a.) Ai

b.) Jericho

c.) Jerusalem

d.) Shiloh

8.) When the ark of the covenant was placed in the tabernacle, what was placed inside the ark?

a.) Two cherubim

b.) The Ten Commandments

c.) King David's sceptre

d.) Ashes from a red heifer

9.) Who was slain for holding the horns of the altar in the tabernacle?

a.) Hiram

b.) Zechariah

c.) Joab

d.) Abiathar

10.) When Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon, what did the people say?

a.) God be praised throughout the earth.

b.) God save King Solomon.

c.) Bless the name of the Lord.

d.) All honour to the king.

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Other gods and Idols

1.) Which priest led the people to break down the house of Baal, his altars and his images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal?

a.) Jehoash

b.) Seraiah

c.) Benaiah

d.) Jehoiada

2.) When the Philistines took the ark of God into the house of Dagon, what happened?

a.) All who touched the ark died.

b.) Dagon fell on his face before the Ark.

c.) The idol Dagon was burned up.

d.) All of the above.

3.) After Joshua died, the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served...

a.) Baalim

b.) Dagon

c.) Astaroth

d.) Rimmon

4.) What idol did the Israelites in the wilderness bring offerings to?

a.) The Goddess of Asia.

b.) A Golden Calf.

c.) The image of Baal.

d.) The idol of Maachah.

5.) What king of Judah made high places to burn incense unto other gods in every city of Judah, and provoked God to anger?

a.) Hezekiah

b.) Rehoboam

c.) Jehoshaphat

d.) Ahaz

6.) Who stole Micah's priest and idols?

a.) Danites

b.) Ephraimites

c.) Gileadites

d.) Asherites

7.) Which prophet saw women weeping for the god Tammuz?

a.) Jeremiah

b.) Daniel

c.) Ezekiel

d.) Hosea

8.) King Jeroboam built two golden calves as gods for the people. One he set up in Bethel, and the other one in...

a.) the temple at Jerusalem.

b.) Dan.

c.) the Royal Palace.

d.) Gilgal.

9.) Who stole the household gods of her father?

a.) Rachel

b.) Leah

c.) Zilpah

d.) Bilhah

10.) Where did Paul see a pagan altar inscribed with "To the Unknown God?"

a.) Rome

b.) Athens

c.) Ephesus

d.) Shiloh

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Altars of Worship

1.) Who was slain while holding the horns of the altar in the tabernacle?

a.) Ahaz

b.) Zechariah

c.) Joab

d.) Abiathar

2.) Where did Joshua build an altar with stones that were taken from the Jordan?

a.) Ai

b.) Gilgal

c.) Heshbon

d.) Bethel

3.) Who was slain between the altar and the temple?

a.) John

b.) James

c.) Zacharias

d.) Herod

4.) In which city was there an altar to the unknown god?

a.) Corinth

b.) Thessalonica

c.) Athens

d.) Ephesus

5.) Which judge cut down his father's altar to Baal?

a.) Barak

b.) Shamgar

c.) Gideon

d.) Samson

6.) What was the name of Abraham's son who he almost sacrificed upon the altar at God's command?

a.) Jacob

b.) Isaac

c.) Esau

d.) Seth

7.) At Bethel, when King Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, what happened?

a.) Lightning came down and split the altar in two.

b.) The hand he stretched out turned leprous.

c.) The hand he stretched out shriveled up.

d.) Fire fell from heaven and consumed the sacrifice.

8.) What wood was the altar in the tabernacle made from?

a.) Fir

b.) Cedar

c.) Shittim

d.) Oak

9.) Who took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it?

a.) Ahaz

b.) Josiah

c.) Jeroboam

d.) Nebat

10.) Who's lips were touched by a coal from the altar in the temple?

a.) Isaiah

b.) Ezekiel

c.) Jeremiah

d.) Joel

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The Temple

1.) This king cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

a.) Hezekiah, king of Judah.

b.) Amraphel, king of Shinar.

c.) Chedorlaomer, king of Elam.

d.) Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.

2.) King David wrote: "I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above ____

a.) all the heavens.

b.) all thy name.

c.) all the nations.

d.) all other words.

3.) The prophet Isaiah wrote: "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and _____ filled the temple."

a.) the light of his countenance

b.) His faithful ones

c.) His glory

d.) His train

4.) Who was the king of Persia of whom the prophet Isaiah wrote: "He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid."

a.) Antiochus Epiphanies

b.) Artexerxes

c.) Cyrus

d.) Og

5.) This king held a feast, and, "commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein." In that same hour the fingers of a man's hand wrote a message for the king upon the wall. Who was the king?

a.) Belteshazzar

b.) Belshazzar

c.) Balaam

d.) Balak

6.) Habakkuk wrote, "But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth_____"

a.) break forth into song.

b.) rejoice greatly and be glad.

c.) shout for joy to the Lord.

d.) keep silence before Him.

7.) How many of the gospels tell the story of Jesus over-throwing the moneychangers' tables in the temple?

a.) All of them.

b.) Matthew, Mark and Luke.

c.) Mark and Luke.

d.) John

8.) Where was the temple to which the devil took Jesus and tempted him?

a.) Capernaum

b.) Caesarea Philippi

c.) Jerusalem

d.) Joppa

9.) Who was the man who threw thirty pieces of silver into the temple and then went out and hanged himself?

a.) The bible does not name him.

b.) Zacchaeus the tax collector.

c.) Pontius Pilot.

d.) Judas Iscariot.

10.) Matthew, Mark and Luke all tell the account of the veil of the temple being torn at the crucifixion of Jesus, but Matthew and Mark add an interesting detail that Luke misses. What was it?

a.) It was torn from the top to the bottom.

b.) It was torn from the bottom to the top.

c.) Precious stones that were woven into the fabric fell to the floor.

d.) The curtain was the original one and it was 5cm thick.

11.) Jesus went to the temple with his parents one time when he was young and he did not join the party that was traveling home. His parents searched for him and after three days they found him in the temple. What was he doing?

a.) Sitting among the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.

b.) Listening to Gamaliel expound the scriptures.

c.) Teaching the Scribes and the Pharisees.

d.) Arguing with the keeper of the gate.

12.) Peter and John healed a man who sat at the temple gate called Beautiful. How long had he been sick?

a.) Since Jesus had rebuked him for his sin.

b.) Thirteen years.

c.) Since he was born.

d.) Since he was dropped as a child.

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The Throne of God

1.) Who was the king to whom the prophet Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left..."

a.) Antiochus Epiphanies

b.) Artexerxes

c.) Arioch

d.) Ahab

2.) The Psalmist wrote: For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. For you have maintained my _____; you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

a.) innocence

b.) purity

c.) just cause

d.) steadfastness

3.) The Psalmist wrote: But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for _____. And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

a.) vengeance

b.) judgment

c.) retribution

d.) righteousness

4.) The Psalmist wrote: The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the _____

a.) children of men.

b.) sins of the fathers.

c.) hearts of all men.

d.) leaders of the nations.

5.) The Psalmist wrote: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is _____

a.) a right sceptre.

b.) directed against the wicked.

c.) inlaid with precious jewels.

d.) perfectly poised.

6.) The Psalmist wrote: God reigneth over _____: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

a.) all people that on earth do dwell

b.) the children of men

c.) the righteous

d.) the heathen

7.) Which Old Testament prophet wrote: "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple."

a.) Jeremiah

b.) Ezekiel

c.) Isaiah

d.) Joel

8.) The prophet Jeremiah wrote: "Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory:", and then he reminded the Lord of something. What was it?

a.) Remember, thy mercy is new every morning.

b.) Remember, break not thy covenant with us.

c.) Remember how Moses knew Your ways and walked in them.

d.) Remember how the children of Israel knew you by your deeds.

9.) When Stephen was making his defense to the council, he said, "Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Hath not my hand made all these things?" Which prophet was he quoting?

a.) Jeremiah

b.) Ezekiel

c.) Isaiah

d.) Joel

10.) Jesus said, "But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is _____: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King."

a.) His footstool

b.) His secret chamber

c.) the joy of His heart

d.) His rest forever

11.) Which of the apostles had the vision of the Throne of God which was written in the book of Revelation?

a.) Peter

b.) James

c.) John

d.) Phillip

12.) Who said in his heart, "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High."

a.) Antiochus Epiphanies

b.) The psalmist David

c.) The prophet Isaiah

d.) Lucifer

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The Fiery Serpent

1.) Why did God send poisonous snakes among the Israelites?

a.) They worshipped idols.

b.) They didn't enter Canaan.

c.) They broke the Sabbath.

d.) They complained about food.

2.) Who did the people speak against?

a.) God.

b.) God and Moses.

c.) God and Aaron.

d.) Moses and Aaron.

3.) After many people of Israel died, what did the people do?

a.) They cursed Moses and Aaron.

b.) They cursed God.

c.) They repented.

d.) They fled.

4.) What was Moses' first response?

a.) He returned to Mount Sanai.

b.) He prayed for the people.

c.) He told Aaron to build a golden calf.

d.) He took Moses and Miriam and fled to the desert.

5.) Of what metal was the serpent made that Moses put on a pole?

a.) brass

b.) copper

c.) iron

d.) gold

6.) What was the snake that Moses put up called in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah?

a.) Ashima

b.) Nehushtan

c.) Nibhaz

d.) Terkal

7.) How were the Israelites saved from venomous snakes?

a.) Looking at the serpent on the pole.

b.) Offering a sacrifice to the serpent on the pole.

c.) Worshipping the serpent on the pole.

d.) Throwing stones at the serpent on the pole.

8.) In 1 Corinthians, Paul tells us not to tempt ___ as the Israelites did and were destroyed by serpents.

a.) Fate

b.) God

c.) Christ

d.) Moses

9.) What did Hezekiah later do to the serpent that Moses had lifted up?

a.) He worshipped it.

b.) He broke it in pieces.

c.) He buried it in the desert.

d.) He melted it down to create a sword.

10.) Jesus said, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the _____ be lifted up."

a.) Creator

b.) Son of man

c.) Lord of the harvest

d.) Word of God

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Bible Places

Bethlehem

Bethel

Jerusalem

Babylon

Heaven

Canaan

Samaria

Famous Mounts

New Jerusalem

Nazareth

Zion

Shechem

Jezreel

Damascus

Edom

Bethlehem

1.) Where was Jacob when he told Joseph of the death of his mother, Rachel, and her burial at Bethlehem?

a.) in Bethlehem.

b.) in Ur of the Chaldees.

c.) in the City of Sodom.

d.) in Egypt.

2.) Who was the judge of Israel who came from Bethlehem and who had 30 sons and 30 daughters?

a.) Ibzan

b.) Elon

c.) Abdon

d.) Samson

3.) At what time of year did Naomi and Ruth return to Bethlehem from the land of Moab?

a.) while the ground around them was frozen.

b.) the beginning of the barley harvest.

c.) when they were dying from heat and dehydration.

d.) as the spring flowers were coming into bloom.

4.) Why did the Lord tell the prophet Samuel to go to Bethlehem?

a.) to proclaim a fast throughout the region.

b.) to speak death and destruction to the city.

c.) to dismantle the temple of Dagon there.

d.) to anoint the next king of Israel from among the sons of Jesse.

5.) How many of David's mighty men broke through the Philistine lines to bring him a drink from the well at Bethlehem?

a.) Three

b.) Three dozen

c.) Three score

d.) Three hundred

6.) What did David do with the water from the well at Bethlehem when his mighty men delivered it to him?

a.) drank it all, there and then.

b.) poured it out on the ground as an offering to the Lord.

c.) offered it first to the men who had risked their lives to bring it to him.

d.) watered his livestock with it.

7.) Which prophet made this prophecy about Bethlehem? - "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."

a.) Isaiah

b.) Jeremiah

c.) Micah

d.) Nahum

8.) Who was the king of Judea at the time of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem?

a.) Caesar Augustus

b.) Antiochus Epiphanies

c.) Pontius Pilate

d.) Herod

9.) Who told the king about the prophecy concerning where Jesus would be born?

a.) a little servant girl

b.) his wife

c.) the chief priests and scribes

d.) the pharisees

10.) For what reason were Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem at the time when Jesus was born?

a.) they were there to attend the funeral of Mary's father.

b.) their family was holding a sacrifice in the city and commanded them to be there.

c.) they were there for the census which had been ordered by Caesar.

d.) they were passing through on the way to see Mary's cousin Elisabeth.

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Bethel

1.) What was the name of the city of Bethel before Joshua named it Bethel?

a.) Lode-bah

b.) Sodom

c.) Luz

d.) Sidon

2.) What was the name of Rebekah's nurse who died and was buried under the oak below Bethel?

a.) Deborah

b.) Dinah

c.) Tamar

d.) Zilpah

3.) What direction is Ai from Bethel?

a.) east

b.) west

c.) north

d.) south

4.) Which judge of Israel held court under a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel?

a.) Othniel

b.) Samson

c.) Ehud

d.) Deborah

5.) At Bethel, which tribe did God tell the Israelites to send up first against the children of Benjamin?

a.) Reuben

b.) Judah

c.) Simeon

d.) Levi

6.) To whom did Samuel say "At the great tree of Tabor you will meet three men going to Bethel: one with three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine?"

a.) David

b.) Jonathan

c.) Saul

d.) Zimri

7.) King Jeroboam built two golden calves as gods for the people: One he set up in Bethel, and the other one in...

a.) the temple at Jerusalem.

b.) Dan.

c.) the Royal Palace.

d.) Gilgal.

8.) By the word of the LORD a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering, and cried out against...

a.) the nation.

b.) the king.

c.) the city of Bethel.

d.) the altar.

9.) At Bethel, when King Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, what happened?

a.) Lightning came down and split the altar in two.

b.) The hand he stretched out turned leprous.

c.) The hand he stretched out shriveled up.

d.) Fire fell from heaven and consumed the sacrifice.

10.) As Elisha went up to Bethel, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. What physical attribute did they make fun of?

a.) Elisha's large nose.

b.) Elisha's grey hair.

c.) Elisha's bald head.

d.) Elisha's crossed eyes.

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Jerusalem

1.) Who inhabited Jerusalem before the Israelites?

a.) Rechabites

b.) Hittites

c.) Amorites

d.) Jebusites

2.) Who died because he touched the ark as David was bringing it to Jerusalem?

a.) Uzzah

b.) Ahio

c.) Abinadab

d.) Obed-Edom

3.) Whom did Solomon kill because he violated an order not to leave Jerusalem?

a.) Joab

b.) Adonijah

c.) Shimei

d.) Benaiah

4.) Who was King of Judah when the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem?

a.) Zedekiah

b.) Jehoahaz

c.) Josiah

d.) Amon

5.) Which king destroyed Jerusalem and deported the inhabitants?

a.) Sennacherib

b.) Nebuchadnezzar

c.) Evil-Merodach

d.) Cyrus

6.) Who took charge of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem after the exile?

a.) Ezra

b.) Nehemiah

c.) Shallum

d.) Zerubbabel

7.) The Babylonians took captives from Jerusalem, and put this man on the throne:

a.) Jehoiachin

b.) Jehoiakim

c.) Zedekiah

d.) Jehoahaz

8.) The Lord said to Jeremiah that he would break Jerusalem as what is broken?

a.) A potter's vessel

b.) A bruised reed

c.) An egg shell

d.) A weak spirit

9.) On what did Jesus ride into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday?

a.) donkey

b.) ox

c.) horse

d.) goat

10.) Which disciple's mother had a house in Jerusalem where the early church met?

a.) Peter

b.) Matthew

c.) John Mark

d.) Judas Iscariot

11.) Who tied his own hands and feet to warn Paul not to go to Jerusalem?

a.) Barnabas

b.) Pyrrhus

c.) Aristarchus

d.) Agabus

12.) Peter and John disturbed the Priests at Jerusalem because they preached what?

a.) The end of the Jewish era.

b.) The resurrection from the dead.

c.) The Gospel to the Gentiles.

d.) The end of the Law.

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Babylon

1.) Isaiah prophesied to Hezekiah that "All that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon." Then what did he say would happen to Hezekiah's sons?

a.) They would be spared from the slaughter.

b.) They would be imprisoned in Babylon forever after.

c.) They would be slaughtered in front of Hezekiah.

d.) They would be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

2.) What did Evilmerodach, king of Babylon, do to Jehoiachin king of Judah in the year that he began to reign?

a.) Set him free from prison and allowed him to eat at the king's table.

b.) Had him beheaded and his head paraded around on a silver platter.

c.) Slew his sons before his eyes and had him put in fetters of brass.

d.) Made him serve as a eunuch at the palace in Babylon.

3.) What was the name of Queen Esther's cousin who had been carried away to Babylon with the captivity of Nebuchadnezzar?

a.) Memucan

b.) Mordecai

c.) Hege

d.) Haman

4.) What did the psalmist say the children of Israel did by the rivers of Babylon?

a.) sat down and wept

b.) sighed

c.) danced

d.) sang songs

5.) What did the prophet Isaiah say is the fate that awaits Babylon?

a.) It shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

b.) It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

c.) Wild beasts of the desert shall lie there.

d.) All of the above and more.

6.) Who was the king of Judah at the time that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, besieged Jerusalem?

a.) Asa

b.) Jehoiakim

c.) Jehoshaphat

d.) Jehoram

7.) How was Daniel able to stop King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon from having him put to death?

a.) He wasn't able to - he perished in a furnace.

b.) He wasn't able to - he was eaten by the lions.

c.) He bowed before a statue of the king.

d.) God revealed the king's dream to him in a vision in the night.

8.) Who said to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, "...king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee..."

a.) Daniel.

b.) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

c.) It was a message in handwriting on the wall.

d.) A voice from heaven.

9.) Who was king of Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar?

a.) Evilmerodach

b.) Daniel

c.) Belshazzar

d.) Saddam Hussein

10.) Matthew tells us that Abraham to David, David to the exile in Babylon, and the exile in Babylon until Christ were all the same number of generations. How many?

a.) Ten

b.) Twelve

c.) Fourteen

d.) Forty

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Heaven

1.) As Abraham was about to slay Isaac, a voice from heaven stopped him. Whose voice?

a.) The voice of God.

b.) The voice of the angel of the Lord.

c.) The voice of the angel Gabriel.

d.) The voice of Michael the archangel.

2.) Which heaven was Paul caught up to in his vision?

a.) second

b.) third

c.) fourth

d.) seventh

3.) Who had a dream and saw a ladder reaching from Heaven down to Earth?

a.) Jacob

b.) John

c.) Ezekiel

d.) Jeremiah

4.) Who was taken to heaven in a whirlwind?

a.) Elisha

b.) Elijah

c.) Samuel

d.) Enoch

5.) Where was Jesus when he rose into heaven?

a.) Jerusalem

b.) Mount of Olives

c.) Galilee

d.) Nazareth

6.) Jesus said that we shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven unless...

a.) there is a new song of praise in our hearts.

b.) the whole tithe is brought to the storehouse.

c.) our righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees.

d.) we forgive our debtors.

7.) In the book of Revelation, how many elders are seated around the throne in heaven?

a.) 4

b.) 12

c.) 24

d.) 40

8.) When the Lamb had opened the seventh seal in the revelation to the apostle John, how long was there silence in heaven?

a.) A quarter of an hour.

b.) About half an hour.

c.) One whole day.

d.) Three days.

9.) What happened on the day that God opened the windows of heaven?

a.) He heard Noah's prayer.

b.) It rained and Noah and his family entered the ark.

c.) It rained and the sun and the moon were darkened and did not give their light to the earth.

d.) Noah sent a dove to heaven with an olive leaf in its beak.

10.) Of whom did Jesus say, "theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

a.) Those that mourn.

b.) They that hunger and thirst for righteousness.

c.) The merciful.

d.) The poor in spirit.

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Canaan

1.) How did Joshua and Caleb describe the Land of Canaan when they came back from spying out the land?

a.) An exceedingly good land.

b.) A land in which our wives and little ones will become prey.

c.) A land in which we saw ourselves as grasshoppers.

d.) Having seen this land, we wish to God that we had died in the desert.

2.) Who led the Israelites into Canaan?

a.) Judah

b.) Caleb

c.) Jephunneh

d.) Joshua

3.) Why was Moses not allowed to enter Canaan?

a.) He broke the stone tablets.

b.) He didn't believe God.

c.) He married a Cushite.

d.) He struck a rock.

4.) Where did God tell Moses he could not enter Canaan?

a.) Meribah

b.) Massah

c.) Horeb

d.) The Jordan

5.) Who was buried in the field of Machpelah, in the land of Canaan?

a.) Daniel

b.) Jacob

c.) Noah

d.) Adam

6.) When Israel took Canaan, where did they set up the tabernacle?

a.) Ai

b.) Jericho

c.) Jerusalem

d.) Shiloh

7.) After the land of Canaan was occupied, which city was given to Joshua?

a.) Beersheba

b.) Timnath-serah

c.) Ziddim

d.) Hebron

8.) Who made his brothers swear to take his bones back to Canaan?

a.) Joseph

b.) Judah

c.) Benjamin

d.) Asher

9.) In Jeremiah's day, the influence of a Canaanite god was still strong. Which god?

a.) Dagon

b.) Ashtaroth

c.) Baal

d.) Chemosh

10.) A woman from Canaan asked Jesus to heal her daughter, because she...

a.) was vexed with a devil.

b.) was lame and couldn't walk.

c.) had leprosy.

d.) had died.

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Samaria

1.) Who advised Naaman to seek the prophet in Samaria for healing?

a.) a friend

b.) the king of Israel

c.) the king of Aram

d.) a servant girl

2.) How many sons of Ahab did Jehu slay at a stroke in Samaria?

a.) 68

b.) 69

c.) 70

d.) 71

3.) Which king of Israel built an altar for Baal in Samaria.

a.) Saul

b.) Hezekiah

c.) Ahab

d.) Solomon

4.) Which son of Ahab, hiding in Samaria, was caught by Jehu and killed?

a.) Ahaziah

b.) Jehoiada

c.) Athaliah

d.) Adaiah

5.) Who prophesied that, "Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God?"

a.) Ezekiel

b.) Daniel

c.) Hosea

d.) Joel

6.) The story of the good Samaritan tells of a journey from Jerusalem to where?

a.) Anathoth

b.) Hebron

c.) Ai

d.) Jericho

7.) At which well in Samaria did Jesus talk with the Samaritan woman?

a.) Abraham's

b.) Isaac's

c.) Esau's

d.) Jacob's

8.) Where did the Samaritans worship God?

a.) mountain

b.) plain

c.) plateau

d.) valley

9.) While Philip was preaching in Samaria, who used sorcery to bewitch the people of Samaria, pretending to be a great one?

a.) Candace

b.) Simon

c.) Cornelius

d.) Agabus

10.) When the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, who did they sent to them?

a.) Paul and Barnabas

b.) Peter and John

c.) Luke and Matthew

d.) Matthias and Simon

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Famous Mounts

1.) When the people thought that Moses was lost on Mount Sinai, what did Aaron do?

a.) Went to look for him.

b.) Told the people to wait longer.

c.) Made a golden calf.

d.) Prayed for his safe return.

2.) On what mountain did the ark land?

a.) Mount Horeb

b.) Mount Carmel

c.) Mount Ararat

d.) Mount Sinai

3.) From what mountain did Jesus describe the signs of the times and the end of the age?

a.) Mount Carmel

b.) Mount Moriah

c.) Mount of Olives

d.) Mount Zion

4.) What mountain did Abraham go to, to sacrifice Isaac?

a.) Mount Moriah

b.) Mount Sinai

c.) Mount Gilead

d.) Mount Hermon

5.) Which two of the other disciples did Jesus take with Peter up to the mountain where He was transfigured before them?

a.) Matthew and Nathaneal

b.) James and John

c.) Thomas and Bartholomew

d.) Simon the Canaanite and Thaddaeus

6.) Why did Elijah flee to Mount Horeb?

a.) He was afraid of Jezabel.

b.) He was running from God.

c.) He was afraid of a fire.

d.) He was afraid of a flood.

7.) Esau took his family, and all that he had and left Jacob, and dwelt in...

a.) Mount Gilead

b.) Mount Seir

c.) Mount Sinai

d.) Mount Hor

8.) On what mountain did Aaron die?

a.) Mount Gilead

b.) Mount Seir

c.) Mount Sinai

d.) Mount Hor

9.) From where do the prophets describe that the Lord shall reign for ever?

a.) Mount Zion

b.) Mount of Olives

c.) Mount Sinai

d.) Mount Carmel

10.) On what mountain did Elijah ask Ahab to assemble the people of Israel, the prophets of Baal, and prophets of Asherah?

a.) Mount Sinai

b.) Mount Horeb

c.) Mount Carmel

d.) The Mount of Olives

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New Jerusalem

1.) Who had a vision of the holy city, New Jerusalem, and describes it for us?

a.) Peter

b.) John

c.) Luke

d.) Jesus

2.) How many gates does New Jerusalem have?

a.) 8

b.) 12

c.) 16

d.) 24

3.) What is written on each gate of the City?

a.) Holy is the Lord God almighty.

b.) The names of the 12 apostles.

c.) Holy, Holy, Holy.

d.) The names of the 12 tribes of Israel.

4.) How many foundations does the city have?

a.) 4

b.) 7

c.) 8

d.) 12

5.) What shape best describes the city?

a.) dome

b.) cube

c.) round

d.) cylindrical

6.) What provides the city with light?

a.) The sun.

b.) The moon.

c.) The Lamb.

d.) The stars.

7.) A pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeded from...

a.) The foundations of the city.

b.) The holy Mountain of the Lord.

c.) The throne of God and of the Lamb.

d.) The gates, and unto the uttermost parts of the city.

8.) A river flows down the middle of the street. What is the name of the tree standing on both sides of it?

a.) The tree of knowledge of good and evil.

b.) The tree of healing.

c.) The tree of life.

d.) The tree of eternal blessings.

9.) How many times a year does the tree bear fruit?

a.) 1

b.) 2

c.) 6

d.) 12

10.) The servants of God will have His name in...

a.) The palms of their hands.

b.) Their forehead.

c.) The soles of their feet.

d.) The flesh from their shoulder to their thigh.

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Nazareth

1.) How long after he had visited Elizabeth did the angel Gabriel go to Nazareth?

a.) Six months.

b.) Three months.

c.) Six weeks.

d.) Three days.

2.) Why did Joseph take Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem just before Jesus was born?

a.) He knew that he had to go to Bethlehem to fulfill what had been prophesied.

b.) He went there for a family feast day.

c.) He went there to be taxed in the census.

d.) He had heard that the carpenter of Bethlehem had died and he wanted the position.

3.) When Jesus went and lived in Nazareth, it fulfilled what was said through the prophets: which one?

a.) Isaiah

b.) Jeremiah

c.) David

d.) We are not told.

4.) To whom did Philip say "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote - Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

a.) James and John

b.) Bartholomew

c.) Thaddeus

d.) Nathanael

5.) Shortly after Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he moved from Nazareth. Where did He move to?

a.) Bethsaida

b.) Capernaum

c.) Jerusalem

d.) Sidon

6.) What prophet did Jesus read from when he visited the synagogue in Nazareth?

a.) Isaiah

b.) Jeremiah

c.) Lamentations

d.) Ezekiel

7.) What did Nathanael say when he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah?

a.) "Nazareth! Metropolis of Galilee!"

b.) "Surely the Messiah should come from Jerusalem?"

c.) "Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth?"

d.) "But doesn't the prophet Micah describe him as coming from Bethlehem?"

8.) Why did the group of people at Pilate's hall recognize Peter as a friend of Jesus of Nazareth?

a.) Jesus told the crowd that Peter was His friend.

b.) Someone recognized him as having been at the healing of a relative of theirs in Nazareth.

c.) He told them that he was a friend of Jesus.

d.) His Nazarene accent betrayed him.

9.) Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS... Who objected to Pilate about this?

a.) Herod.

b.) The Chief Priests.

c.) The Scribes and the Pharisees.

d.) The Sadduces.

10.) To whom did Cleopas and his friend describe Jesus of Nazareth as they walked to Emmaus?

a.) The angel Gabriel.

b.) Jesus himself.

c.) The Ethiopian Eunuch.

d.) Cornelius.

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Zion

1.) What is the other name that the bible calls Zion?

a.) The mountain of the north.

b.) The citadel of Solomon.

c.) The city of David.

d.) The Mount of Olives.

2.) What did David make in Zion?

a.) A tomb for Saul and his sons.

b.) The temple.

c.) Grain storage.

d.) Houses.

3.) How does David describe the situation of Mount Zion in Psalm 48?

a.) beautiful

b.) peaceful

c.) fruitful

d.) palatial

4.) Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because...

a.) of thy lovingkindness.

b.) of thy mercy.

c.) of thy judgments.

d.) thou hast exalted her.

5.) Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee - They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion...

a.) does great works.

b.) appears before God.

c.) sings praise to the Lord.

d.) is a mighty man of valor.

6.) The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than...

a.) all the dwellings of Jacob.

b.) all the dwellings of the world.

c.) the gates of Jerusalem.

d.) the gates of the temple.

7.) Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and _____ shall be upon their head?

a.) the crown of life

b.) the laurels of the conqueror

c.) great rejoicing

d.) everlasting joy

8.) Just immediately before the book of 2 Kings tells of Hezekiah's death, it tells of what he did for Zion. What was that?

a.) Made a pool.

b.) Made a conduit.

c.) Brought water into the city.

d.) All of the above.

9.) They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but...

a.) are as solid as a rock.

b.) abide for ever.

c.) have foundations set in stone.

d.) will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

10.) How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace; that brings good tidings of good, that publishes salvation; that says unto Zion...

a.) Thy God reigns!

b.) Salvation is of the Lord.

c.) The whole earth is full of the glory of the Lord.

d.) Thy redeemer, the holy one of Israel, lives.

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Shechem

1.) Jacob's household, and to all who were with him, gave to Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob...

a.) hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

b.) used them to adorn an altar to God in Shechem.

c.) sold them to some men from Shechem.

d.) gave them to the people of Shechem.

2.) When Joseph could not find his brothers in Shechem, a man told him that they had moved to...

a.) Allonbachuth

b.) Bethel

c.) Dothan

d.) Mamre

3.) What function did the city of Shechem fulfill?

a.) A great granary was there.

b.) It was a sea port.

c.) It was a city for the priests of Levi.

d.) It was a city of refuge for murderers.

4.) Which of the leaders of Israel gathered the tribes of Israel to Shechem shortly before he died, and reminded them of God's great goodness to them?

a.) Moses

b.) Joshua

c.) Abraham

d.) Jacob

5.) Whose bones did the children of Israel bring out of Egypt and bury in Shechem?

a.) Abraham

b.) Jacob

c.) Joseph

d.) Isaac

6.) A concubine who lived in Shechem had a son called Abimelech. Who was the child's father?

a.) Artaxerxes

b.) Jeroboam

c.) Gideon

d.) Samuel

7.) Jotham spoke a curse against Shechem and against his brother Abimelech. How was the first part of it fulfilled?

a.) The men of Shechem drowned in a flood.

b.) The men of Shechem perished in a fire.

c.) The men of Shechem were killed by the angel of the Lord.

d.) The men of Shechem killed each other.

8.) How was the second part of the curse that Jotham spoke to Abimelech fulfilled concerning Abimelech having killed his brothers in Shechem?

a.) The men of Shechem set a trap for Abimelech and he died.

b.) A woman threw a millstone and it crushed Abimelech's skull.

c.) His armor bearer killed him.

d.) He was struck by a random arrow and died.

9.) Which king of Israel was crowned in Shechem?

a.) Othniel

b.) Jeroboam

c.) Solomon

d.) Rehoboam

10.) How much money did Jacob give Hamor for the land that he bought from him in Shechem?

a.) One hundred pieces of silver.

b.) Thirty pieces of silver.

c.) Twenty pieces of silver.

d.) Twelve pieces of silver.

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Jezreel

1.) What did Naboth the Jezreelite have that King Ahab wanted?

a.) A daughter.

b.) A wife.

c.) A vineyard.

d.) A donkey.

2.) Judges 6 tells of a group of people who camped in the Valley of Jezreel. Who were they?

a.) Midianites

b.) Amalekites

c.) People of the east.

d.) All of the above.

3.) David married Abigail, the widow of Nabal, and also a woman from Jezreel. What was her name?

a.) Abishag

b.) Ahinoam

c.) Delilah

d.) Miriam

4.) What was the name of Jonathan's son who became lame when he fell from his nurse's arms as she fled when news of Saul and Jonathan reached them from Jezreel?

a.) Mephibosheth

b.) Lo-ammi

c.) Lodebah

d.) Joshua

5.) What was unusual about the entrance of Elijah into Jezreel after he had told Ahab to hurry there to avoid the rain?

a.) His donkey ran faster than Ahab's chariot and he was in Jezreel before Ahab was.

b.) He ran in front of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

c.) God supernaturally picked him up and carried him there and he was in the city before Ahab was.

d.) He arrived in Jezreel the next day but he had not got wet.

6.) The prophet who foretold Jezebel's death said, "The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and..."

a.) her own servants shall throw her from the tower.

b.) horses shall trample her.

c.) no one shall bury her.

d.) she shall have no heir in Israel.

7.) The LORD told Hosea to name his son Jezreel; for "in a little while I will..."

a.) raise Jezreel up among the nations.

b.) save all who call upon my name in Jezreel.

c.) preach deliverance to the captives from Jezreel.

d.) punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

8.) Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, where Joram was lying ill, with it in mind to kill Joram. What was the unexpected surprise for Jehu when he got there?

a.) King Ahaziah of Judah had also come down to Jezreel to visit Joram.

b.) Joram had laid a trap for him.

c.) Jehu's men were going to announce him as king there.

d.) Joram had died before he got there.

9.) As Joram died, Jehu spoke of the Lord's vengeance for the blood of Naboth whom Jezebel had slaughtered. What was noteworthy of the word?

a.) It was spoken on the very same plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth.

b.) It was fulfilled later that same day.

c.) Naboth's children were present and heard it.

d.) It was never fulfilled.

10.) King Ahaziah was also shot by Jehu in Jezreel that day, but he fled in his chariot and died. Where?

a.) Beth-shean

b.) Taanach

c.) Megiddo

d.) Zarethan

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Damascus

1.) A man called Eliezer of Damascus was steward to this man, and stood to inherit all that his master owned if he had not had a son.

a.) Adam

b.) Abram

c.) Adonijah

d.) Abimelech

2.) King Asa took the treasures of the king's house and something else and delivered them to the king of Assyria that dwelt in Damascus, and entreated him to help him defeat the king of Israel. What was it?

a.) All the silver and gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord.

b.) The title deeds to the city of Damascus, that his father had captured.

c.) Forty camels' burden of all the goods of Judah.

d.) The ark of the covenant.

3.) The Lord told Elijah, "Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel..." and then told him who to anoint to be prophet after him. Who was that?

a.) Esau

b.) Eliezer

c.) Elisha

d.) Eliphaez

4.) This man said, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?" and he almost missed out on being healed. Who was he?

a.) Nathaniel

b.) Nathan

c.) Nabal

d.) Naaman

5.) Elisha went to Damascus, and the king (Benhadad) sent him a gift and a question. What was the question?

a.) Will you dine at the palace tonight?

b.) Shall I recover of this disease?

c.) Should I go to battle with the king of Judah?

d.) What are the dimensions of the altar on which you burn your sacrifices?

6.) What message did king Ahaz send to Urijah the priest when he visited the king of Assyria in Damascus?

a.) A battle plan about how they could defeat the Assyrians.

b.) The description of the type of worship that the Assyrians offered their gods.

c.) The design of the altar on which the king of Assyria burnt sacrifices.

d.) A description of the types of feasting and fasting that the Assyrians did.

7.) This king "sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel." Who was he?

a.) Ahaz

b.) Adonijah

c.) Arteserxes

d.) Abimelech

8.) Two prophets prophesied that God would "kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad." Who were they?

a.) Isaiah and David

b.) Ezekiel and Zechariah

c.) Hosea and Obadiah

d.) Jeremiah and Amos

9.) From whom did Saul seek letters before he went to Damascus to persecute the disciples of the Lord?

a.) Caesar

b.) Pontius Pilate

c.) The high priest

d.) The Sanhedrin

10.) Paul stood before this man and testified, "Whereupon, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me..."

a.) Herod

b.) King Agrippa

c.) Caesar Augustus

d.) the centurion Julius

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Edom

1.) This man had his name changed to Edom, because he asked his brother Jacob to give him some of the red pottage that he was eating.

a.) Adam

b.) Esau

c.) Shem

d.) Ham

2.) This man, the father of the Edomites, lived in a mountain area. Which mountain was it?

a.) Mount Ararat

b.) Mount Sinai

c.) Mount Seir

d.) Mount Horeb

3.) The land of Edom had kings in what time relation to Israel having a king?

a.) Before Israel had a king.

b.) At the same time that Israel got a king.

c.) After Israel got a king.

d.) The bible doesn't tell us.

4.) Who sent a message to the king of Edom, asking permission for the children of Israel to pass through Edom on their way to their new country?

a.) Aaron

b.) Korah

c.) Miriam

d.) Moses

5.) Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: What did the children of Israel do?

a.) They went through anyway and slaughtered all the Edomites.

b.) They went through anyway, in small groups, traveling at night.

c.) They turned away from him, and stayed out of the borders of his land.

d.) They sent another messenger with choice gifts, to ask again.

6.) The first book of Samuel tells us that when this king had secured his grasp on the throne, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, Ammon, Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned he was victorious. Who was it?

a.) Saul

b.) David

c.) Solomon

d.) Rehaboham

7.) Who was the king that made a navy of ships in Edom?

a.) Saul

b.) David

c.) Solomon

d.) Rehaboham

8.) Jeremiah prophesied that Edom would be made desolate. What did he say that people who see it will do?

a.) Vomit.

b.) Start immediately to rebuild the ruins.

c.) Close their eyes and pretend that they do not see it.

d.) Be astonished, and shall gasp at all the plagues they see there.

9.) Joel also prophesied that Edom would be a desolate wilderness and said why. Why was that?

a.) For violence against the children of Judah.

b.) Because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

c.) Both of the above.

d.) Because the descendants of Esau were cursed.

10.) Which other old testament prophet spoke a prophecy against Edom in the opening words of the book named after him?

a.) Obadiah

b.) Zechariah

c.) Nahum

d.) Micah

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The Book of Proverbs

Strife

Fools

Money

Alcohol

Anger

Counsel

Friends

Marriage

Discipline

Sluggards

The Fear of the Lord

Gossip

Wrath

Women

Leadership

Wisdom

Temptation

Strife

1.) Better is _____, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

a.) a dry morsel

b.) a submissive wife

c.) a house without a master

d.) starvation

2.) The beginning of strife is as _____: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

a.) the horse that breaks from the trot to a full gallop

b.) the first flakes of snow in a snowstorm

c.) when one putteth the taper to the fire

d.) when one letteth out water

3.) He loveth _____ that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

a.) life

b.) much gain

c.) not God

d.) transgression

4.) It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but _____ will be meddling.

a.) a man of little understanding

b.) every fool

c.) a contentious woman

d.) an unjust servant

5.) Cast out _____, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

a.) the doubter

b.) the infidel

c.) the scorner

d.) the beggar

6.) He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that _____.

a.) taketh a dog by the ears

b.) taketh a wild boar by the tail

c.) talketh to a donkey

d.) puts gold rings in the noses of the bulls of Bashan

7.) Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no _____, the strife ceaseth.

a.) warrior

b.) captain of the host

c.) contentious woman

d.) talebearer

8.) As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is _____ to kindle strife.

a.) lack of unity among brethren

b.) a cantankerous wife

c.) a contentious man

d.) a prince who is looking to become king

9.) He that is _____ stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

a.) of a proud heart

b.) of no reputation

c.) of little understanding

d.) wicked

10.) An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man _____.

a.) aboundeth in transgression

b.) endangers the lives of all around him

c.) is not to be trusted in any judgment

d.) despiseth reason

11.) Proverbs tells us that the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife as surely as _____.

a.) the churning of milk bringeth forth butter

b.) the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood

c.) both of the above

d.) the cold winter consumeth the warmth of autumn

12.) A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer _____.

a.) tells his tale to a gossip

b.) sets fire to an argument

c.) reaps the whirlwind

d.) separateth chief friends

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Fools

1.) A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is...

a.) loving.

b.) prudent.

c.) saved from death.

d.) a good son.

2.) A reproof entereth more into a wise man than _____ stripes into a fool.

a.) thirty

b.) forty

c.) a hundred

d.) many

3.) Let _____ meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

a.) a bear robbed of her whelps

b.) a pack of ravaging wolves

c.) dire adversity

d.) sickness unto death

4.) The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall...

a.) speak nonsense.

b.) argue.

c.) not receive the spoken word of another.

d.) fall.

5.) He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth _____, is a fool.

a.) a lie

b.) a slander

c.) libel

d.) nonsense

6.) It is as sport to a fool to _____: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

a.) spread gossip

b.) do mischief

c.) speak ill of the dead

d.) disinherit his children

7.) He that troubleth his own house shall_____: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

a.) inherit the wind

b.) bring the house to ruin

c.) never repair the damage

d.) cut off his own name

8.) The way of a fool _____: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

a.) leadeth down to the grave

b.) maketh him deaf unto wisdom

c.) is right in his own eyes

d.) is mindless

9.) As a dog returneth _____, so a fool returneth to his folly.

a.) to the ground when he dies

b.) to his kennel at night

c.) to his master

d.) to his vomit

10.) A wise man feareth, and _____: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

a.) departeth from evil

b.) is circumspect in his way

c.) walks in awe of the Almighty

d.) walks in the light

11.) Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that _____ is esteemed a man of understanding.

a.) is a man of few words

b.) shutteth his lips

c.) cares for the poor

d.) sits with the elders in the gate

12.) As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so _____ is not seemly for a fool.

a.) wealth and great possessions

b.) a position of authority

c.) a bar mitzvah

d.) honour

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Money

1.) He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent _____.

a.) is calloused

b.) findeth work

c.) is greatly rewarded

d.) maketh rich

2.) There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, _____.

a.) yet fears not the winter

b.) yet entreats the favor of the Lord

c.) yet hath great riches

d.) yet of his abundance giveth still

3.) Better is little with the fear of the LORD than _____.

a.) great treasure and trouble therewith

b.) a wide house and a contentious wife therewith

c.) great power and deceitful servants therewith

d.) a sated belly and pain therewith

4.) He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil _____.

a.) shall not be poor

b.) shall not be rich

c.) shall diligently seek it

d.) shall be the servant of them

5.) A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than _____.

a.) silver and gold

b.) a multitude of blessings

c.) a great harvest

d.) rarest rubies

6.) By humility and the fear of the LORD are _____.

a.) riches

b.) honour

c.) life

d.) All of the above.

7.) Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is ____.

a.) worse than an infidel

b.) deserving of death

c.) a cheat and a liar

d.) the companion of a destroyer

8.) The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth ____.

a.) abundance with it

b.) no sorrow with it

c.) length to the days of thy life with it

d.) peace to thy house with it

9.) Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness ____.

a.) availeth much

b.) benefits withal

c.) covers a multitude of sins

d.) delivereth from death

10.) He that trusteth in his riches shall _____: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

a.) fall

b.) fail

c.) stumble

d.) be exalted

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Alcohol

1.) Solomon identifies those that tarry long at the wine as...

a.) those who have sorrow and woe.

b.) those who have contentions and babbling.

c.) those who have wounds without cause and redness of eyes.

d.) All of the above.

2.) Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it _____.

a.) is murky in the dregs

b.) doeth good as a medicine

c.) biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder

d.) leaveth bitterness in the mouth

3.) Wine is _____, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

a.) a mocker

b.) shouting

c.) enticing

d.) for the dejected

4.) Proverbs tells us, "Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall _____."

a.) fail thee

b.) utter perverse things

c.) deceive thee

d.) be led to the depths of sheol

5.) They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and _____: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

a.) I am bruised

b.) I am chastised for my folly

c.) I felt it not

d.) robbed me

6.) It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: Lest they _____.

a.) perish

b.) be overtaken in sin

c.) disregard the affairs of state and lose the crown

d.) drink, forget the law, and pervert the judgment of the afflicted

7.) Give strong drink unto him that is _____, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

a.) ready to perish

b.) despairing utterly

c.) despondent

d.) evil

8.) Let him drink, and forget _____, and remember his misery no more.

a.) his despondency

b.) his poverty

c.) the day of his birth

d.) those that compass him about

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Anger

1.) A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and...

a.) gaineth nothing.

b.) brings his house to ruin.

c.) is confident.

d.) betrays his chief friends.

2.) He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit...

a.) hath no knowledge of the Almighty.

b.) receiveth not the things of God.

c.) courteth mischievous madness.

d.) exalteth folly.

3.) He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than...

a.) he that taketh a city.

b.) kings.

c.) princes.

d.) the wealthy.

4.) He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like...

a.) a fierce and raging torrent.

b.) a city that is broken down, and without walls.

c.) a great wind in whose path is destruction.

d.) a wild horse on whom no man has ever placed a bridle.

5.) Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before...

a.) a spurned woman?

b.) envy?

c.) the righteous judge?

d.) covetousness?

6.) An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man...

a.) is mischievous madness.

b.) should be avoided.

c.) fueleth the fire.

d.) aboundeth in transgression.

7.) Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but...

a.) humble thyself in the sight of the Lord.

b.) in all thy ways acknowledge the Lord and He shall direct thee.

c.) wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

d.) commit thy way to the Lord and thy path shall be established.

8.) It is better to _____ than with a contentious and an angry woman.

a.) dwell in the wilderness

b.) sleep with the dogs

c.) dwell in the corner of the rooftop

d.) consult with a smooth-voiced harlot

9.) The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to...

a.) forgive.

b.) take counsel before going to war.

c.) pass over a transgression.

d.) summon help from the avenger.

10.) Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest...

a.) his fury overtake thee.

b.) thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

c.) thou offend him, and die.

d.) thou be victim of his rage.

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Counsel

1.) In the opening words of the book of Proverbs, Solomon declares that the purpose of the book is:

a.) To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding.

b.) To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity.

c.) To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

d.) All of the above.

2.) A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall _____.

a.) attain unto wise counsels

b.) apply his heart unto wisdom

c.) hear the counsel of the elders

d.) make judgment after hearing much counsel

3.) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools _____.

a.) despise wisdom and instruction

b.) trust in their own conceit

c.) do not know from whence their deliverance comes

d.) take their counsel from whisperers

4.) The way of _____ is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

a.) every man

b.) the righteous

c.) a fool

d.) the froward

5.) Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest _____.

a.) live

b.) be wise in thy latter end

c.) not be like unto the sluggard

d.) dwell in peace

6.) Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice _____.

a.) make peace

b.) negotiate with thine adversary

c.) make war

d.) plan destruction of thine enemy

7.) Where no counsel is, _____: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

a.) the people perish

b.) the people dwell carelessly

c.) the people stumble

d.) the people fall

8.) Without counsel _____: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word in due season, how good is it!

a.) purposes are disappointed

b.) frustration overtakes the paths of men

c.) all of a man's ways are brought to nought

d.) the steps of a good man are not ordered

9.) Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. That _____, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

a.) thou mayest still the enemy and the avenger

b.) thou mayest walk in peace and safety

c.) thy trust may be in the LORD

d.) thy children may rise up and call thee blessed

10.) The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are _____.

a.) an abomination

b.) blasphemy

c.) corrupt in every way

d.) deceit

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Friends

1.) The poor is hated even of _____: but the rich hath many friends.

a.) his own neighbour

b.) his own family

c.) his own relatives

d.) his own priest

2.) Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from _____.

a.) his family

b.) his neighbour

c.) his source of contentment

d.) his inheritance

3.) Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that _____.

a.) has great wealth

b.) shows himself friendly

c.) is hospitable

d.) giveth gifts

4.) A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that _____.

a.) sticketh closer than a brother

b.) will lay down his life for thee

c.) will honor thee in thy presence and in thy absence

d.) will go the extra mile for thee

5.) He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips _____ shall be his friend.

a.) God

b.) the king

c.) his neighbor

d.) his wife

6.) Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is _____.

a.) a friend than a brother that is an enemy

b.) wealthy than a brother who is poor

c.) near than a brother far off

d.) doeth good than a brother that thinketh good

7.) A forward (perverse) man soweth strife: and a whisperer _____.

a.) goeth down to the pit of hell

b.) deviseth evil to befall friends

c.) separateth chief friends

d.) never heareth good report

8.) Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get _____.

a.) a snare to thy soul

b.) a vile temper also

c.) the inheritance of the wicked

d.) more than thou bargained for

9.) He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter_____.

a.) is a whisperer

b.) seeketh strife

c.) separateth very friends

d.) exposeth evil

10.) He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted _____.

a.) a blessing to him

b.) a curse to him

c.) as damnation to him

d.) as nothing to him

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Marriage

1.) Who can find a virtuous woman? Her price is _____.

a.) far above rubies

b.) far above diamonds

c.) far above jasper

d.) far above sapphires

2.) A virtuous woman is _____ to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

a.) subservient

b.) a delight

c.) a crown

d.) health

3.) Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth _____.

a.) blessing from her family

b.) blessing from his friends

c.) favor from near and far

d.) favor of the Lord

4.) House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is _____.

a.) from the Lord

b.) a great inheritance

c.) a bird in a gilded cage

d.) like oil on troubled water

5.) The strange woman, the stranger which flattereth with her words; her house inclineth unto _____.

a.) disarray and she shall not inherit with the righteous

b.) trade, and her beds are fine linen from Egypt

c.) disease and her inheritance is rottenness in the bones

d.) death, and her paths unto the dead

6.) For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is _____: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

a.) sweeter than honey in the honeycomb

b.) kinder than the wife of thy youth

c.) smoother than oil

d.) like a refreshing spring

7.) What did Solomon tell us would keep us from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman (an adultress)?

a.) The commandment is a lamp.

b.) The law is light.

c.) Reproofs of instruction are the way of life.

d.) All of the above.

8.) What did Solomon say the man who expects to sleep with an adulteress and not be punished is like?

a.) A man who takes fire into his bosom and expects that his clothes will not be burned.

b.) A man who walks on hot coals and expects that his feet will not be burned.

c.) Both of the above.

d.) A man who picks up a viper and expects that he will not be bitten by it.

9.) Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith _____.

a.) I have done no wickedness

b.) in her heart, There is no God

c.) My beloved is mine and I am his

d.) Surely the darkness will cover this transgression

10.) It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a _____ in a wide house.

a.) woman whose heart is broken

b.) brawling woman

c.) furious woman

d.) woman who is in the pain of childbirth

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Discipline

1.) Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but _____ shall drive it far from him.

a.) persistent pressure from his peers

b.) a wise counselor

c.) a multitude of counselors

d.) the rod of correction

2.) The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself _____.

a.) bringeth his mother to shame

b.) seeketh the company of fools

c.) is like a garden without walls

d.) is left to his own devices

3.) Correct thy son, and he shall _____.

a.) curse thee

b.) rise up and call thee blessed

c.) give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul

d.) let the sun go down upon his wrath

4.) My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he _____; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

a.) beateth

b.) correcteth

c.) counseleth

d.) guideth

5.) He that _____ hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

a.) withholdeth a blessing

b.) withholdeth supper

c.) spareth his rod

d.) useth his rod

6.) Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt _____.

a.) deliver his soul from hell

b.) bruise him for his transgression

c.) cause him to curse thee

d.) teach him the ways of the Lord

7.) My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be _____.

a.) a millstone around thy neck to bring thee into submission

b.) an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck

c.) a light unto thy path and a lamp unto thy feet

d.) as life itself unto thee

8.) My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For _____ shall they add to thee.

a.) a light to lighten thy countenance

b.) guidance through the darkness

c.) much joy and gladness

d.) length of days, and long life, and peace

9.) Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find _____ in the sight of God and man.

a.) enlightenment and joy

b.) favour and good understanding

c.) blessing and honor

d.) glory and power

10.) He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof _____.

a.) erreth

b.) abides in death

c.) goeth down to the grave

d.) is as dumb as an ox

11.) Judgments are prepared for scorners, and _____ for the back of fools.

a.) bruises

b.) rocks

c.) burdens

d.) stripes

12.) A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and _____ for the fool's back.

a.) a rod

b.) a saddle

c.) a burden

d.) a cloak

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Sluggards

1.) As vinegar to the teeth, and as _____, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

a.) bitter as death

b.) the bite of the viper

c.) gravel to the mouth

d.) smoke to the eyes

2.) The sluggard is _____ than seven men that can render a reason.

a.) longer in his bed

b.) wiser in his own conceit

c.) fuller of his own craftiness

d.) less inclined to follow the plow

3.) The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man...

a.) is precious.

b.) is not wasted.

c.) is like golden apples in silver pitchers.

d.) sustaineth his life.

4.) The desire of the slothful _____; for his hands refuse to labour.

a.) disappointeth him

b.) cometh not to fruition

c.) killeth him

d.) leaveth him wasted

5.) The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore...

a.) shall he be in want.

b.) shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

c.) shall his children suffer want in the winter.

d.) shall his ground be called fallow.

6.) I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding - so said Solomon. What did he see?

a.) It was all overgrown with thorns.

b.) The ground was covered with nettles.

c.) The stone wall was broken down.

d.) All of the above.

7.) As _____, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

a.) the door turneth upon his hinges

b.) a ship is tossed to and fro in the storm

c.) the poor hath no comfort in rest

d.) the dead hath not movement in him

8.) He also that is slothful in his work is brother to...

a.) the transgressor.

b.) him that is a fraud and the liar.

c.) him that is a great waster.

d.) the rebellious.

9.) The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous...

a.) is made plain.

b.) is a crown of life.

c.) is flooded with light.

d.) hath no sorrow added unto it.

10.) The soul of the sluggard desireth, and _____: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

a.) groaneth

b.) hath nothing

c.) is never satisfied

d.) wasteth away

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The Fear of the Lord

1.) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of _____: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

a.) understanding

b.) riches

c.) knowledge

d.) long life

2.) A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool _____.

a.) hath not regard for the Lord

b.) rageth, and is confident

c.) is full of mischievous madness

d.) is a man of prattling lips

3.) The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is _____.

a.) love

b.) much wisdom

c.) effort

d.) humility

4.) Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be _____.

a.) health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones

b.) as a rod and a staff unto thee

c.) wealth to thee, as gold and silver

d.) a lamp to thy feet and a light to thy path

5.) By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD _____.

a.) are men spared from the wrath of God

b.) the humble is blessed

c.) men depart from evil

d.) mercy and truth are seen

6.) Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD _____.

a.) all the day long

b.) and thou shalt live

c.) and see His vengeance upon them

d.) and thou shalt see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living

7.) The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to _____.

a.) long life and good days

b.) depart from the snares of death

c.) depart from the wiles of the evil

d.) bless thee in all that thou doest

8.) The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall _____.

a.) have his need met out of the abundance of the Lord

b.) dwell in the house of the Lord forever

c.) abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil

d.) find with it much gain

9.) By humility and the fear of the LORD are _____.

a.) riches

b.) honour

c.) life

d.) All of the above.

10.) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, _____.

a.) she is a joy and a crown to her family

b.) she shall be praised

c.) she doth not follow hard after these things

d.) she departeth evil and is blessed

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Gossip

1.) _____ revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

a.) A lying tongue

b.) An unbridled tongue

c.) A talebearer

d.) A whisperer

2.) A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall _____.

a.) be punished severely

b.) dwell carelessly

c.) perish

d.) stumble

3.) As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is _____ to kindle strife.

a.) a contentious man

b.) a contentious woman

c.) contention between neighbors

d.) a whisperer

4.) The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down _____.

a.) into the innermost parts of the heart

b.) into the innermost parts of the belly

c.) from the top of the head to the sole of the foot

d.) into the uttermost parts of hell

5.) A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and _____ worketh ruin.

a.) the mouth of the wicked

b.) a deceitful mouth

c.) a lying mouth

d.) a flattering mouth

6.) There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is _____.

a.) health

b.) slow to speak

c.) joy and peace

d.) as ointment poured forth

7.) An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through _____ shall the just be delivered.

a.) wisdom

b.) knowledge

c.) judgment

d.) the intervention of the avenger

8.) _____ are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

a.) Sickness and health

b.) Goodness and evil

c.) Destruction and decay

d.) Death and life

9.) Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, _____.

a.) there is life and peace

b.) the brethren dwell in unity

c.) there is no contention

d.) the strife ceaseth

10.) The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out _____.

a.) slander

b.) foolishness

c.) evil things

d.) lies

11.) The lips of the righteous know _____: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh forwardness.

a.) what to say to the brethren at the gate

b.) what is acceptable

c.) what maketh peace

d.) what sootheth the troubled soul

12.) A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth _____.

a.) foolishness

b.) flattery

c.) ignorance

d.) madness

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Wrath

1.) The desire of the righteous is only good: but the _____ of the wicked is wrath.

a.) inheritance

b.) expectation

c.) harvest

d.) entrapment

2.) He that is slow to wrath _____: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

a.) exalteth the Lord

b.) covereth a multitude of sins

c.) loveth mercy

d.) is of great understanding

3.) A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man _____.

a.) concealeth it

b.) covereth shame

c.) taketh counsel before war

d.) poureth oil on troubled water

4.) A soft answer turneth away wrath: but_____ stir up anger.

a.) grievous words

b.) the lips of fools

c.) thoughtless gibes

d.) the devices of the wicked

5.) _____ is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

a.) Vile and an abomination

b.) Reckless rebellion

c.) Meddlesome mischief

d.) Proud and haughty scorner

6.) The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against _____.

a.) the traitor

b.) the rebellious

c.) him that causeth shame

d.) a man void of understanding

7.) The king's wrath is as _____; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

a.) fierce as death

b.) the roaring of a lion

c.) the sounding of the cymbals

d.) a heated oven

8.) A man of great wrath shall _____: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

a.) suffer punishment

b.) have his latter end in Sheol

c.) never be grateful

d.) not learn from his error

9.) Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but _____ turn away wrath.

a.) wise men

b.) soft-spoken men

c.) those whose gifts go before them

d.) a word in season will

10.) Surely _____, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

a.) the sun riseth and setteth again

b.) the churning of milk bringeth forth butter

c.) by much labor a child is born

d.) he who thinks evil is himself evil

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Women

1.) For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to _____ and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

a.) nothing

b.) dung

c.) a piece of bread

d.) poverty

2.) But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it...

a.) doeth not know his left hand from his right.

b.) destroyeth his own soul.

c.) doeth it to his peril.

d.) provoketh her husband to wrath.

3.) Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith...

a.) I have done no wickedness.

b.) What is dessert?

c.) Now is your wife my adversary.

d.) Stolen waters taste sweet.

4.) A gracious woman retaineth _____ and strong men retain riches.

a.) her substance

b.) her inheritance

c.) beauty

d.) honour

5.) As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without...

a.) discretion.

b.) knowledge.

c.) loyalty to her husband.

d.) fair raiment.

6.) A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as...

a.) shoes with which he shall walk on dung.

b.) a tree that bringeth forth no fruit.

c.) rottenness in his bones.

d.) a whore.

7.) Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish...

a.) buildeth it not.

b.) will not lift her hand to help.

c.) burneth it with fire.

d.) plucketh it down with her hands.

8.) _____ and a contentious woman are alike.

a.) A stubborn mule

b.) A continual dropping in a very rainy day

c.) A cause that is totally lost

d.) A pain in the neck

9.) It is better to dwell _____, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

a.) in the cellar of the house

b.) in the wilderness

c.) with an enemy

d.) on the threshing floor

10.) Who can find a _____ woman? for her price is far above rubies.

a.) beautiful

b.) submissive

c.) virtuous

d.) wise

11.) For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat. For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that...

a.) taketh counsel with fools.

b.) is killed in the performance of her duties.

c.) murders her mistress.

d.) is heir to her mistress.

12.) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, _____

a.) will have a memorial forever.

b.) she shall be praised.

c.) shall receive the inheritance of the righteous.

d.) shall be blessed in all that she does.

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Leadership

1.) The prince that wanteth understanding is _____: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

a.) also a great oppressor

b.) doomed for destruction

c.) the chief friend of fools

d.) also a sluggard

2.) Take away the wicked from before the king, and _____.

a.) the nation will be exalted

b.) the excellency of the glory of the Lord will be seen in the land

c.) the people will rejoice

d.) his throne shall be established in righteousness

3.) It is an abomination to kings to _____: for the throne is established by righteousness.

a.) take the nation to war

b.) go into the house of harlots

c.) consult with mediums

d.) commit wickedness

4.) A wise king scattereth the wicked, and _____.

a.) searcheth the imaginations of their hearts

b.) bringeth the wheel over them

c.) putteth a millstone around their necks

d.) doeth not entreat their advice

5.) Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment _____.

a.) is for him alone

b.) cannot be without partiality

c.) cometh from the LORD

d.) brings him closer to the grave

6.) The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that _____.

a.) causeth shame

b.) is of little understanding

c.) flappeth his lips in the wind

d.) is a liar

7.) When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, _____.

a.) laughter is not heard in the land

b.) the people mourn

c.) even the doves mourn

d.) there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth

8.) The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne _____.

a.) shall prosper

b.) shall be exalted

c.) shall be established for ever

d.) shall not easily be shaken

9.) Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by _____.

a.) mercy

b.) justice

c.) an everlasting covenant

d.) a rod of iron

10.) He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall _____.

a.) abhor him

b.) honor him

c.) execute judgment on him

d.) scoff at him

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Wisdom

1.) When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; _____ shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee.

a.) the mother of God

b.) the saints

c.) fortune

d.) discretion

2.) Wisdom _____ him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

a.) resteth in the heart of

b.) pursueth

c.) is glimpsed in

d.) is revealed in

3.) The wise in heart shall be called _____: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

a.) impartial

b.) impudent

c.) prudish

d.) prudent

4.) Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will _____

a.) rise up and bless thee.

b.) increase in righteousness.

c.) increase in learning.

d.) be renewed in strength.

5.) Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will _____

a.) leave thee an inheritance.

b.) love thee.

c.) understand thee.

d.) gladden thy heart.

6.) He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the _____ shall be servant to the wise of heart.

a.) felon

b.) embezzler

c.) fool

d.) wicked

7.) Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed _____

a.) a righteous man.

b.) a man of understanding.

c.) as generous.

d.) as thoughtful.

8.) A scorner seeketh wisdom, _____: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

a.) and findeth it not

b.) and findeth it elusive

c.) and findeth it with much difficulty

d.) and by dint of effort findeth it

9.) In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but _____ him that is void of understanding.

a.) a rod is for the back of

b.) vanities proceed from the mouth of

c.) the angel of death stalks

d.) cruelty is the best kindness of

10.) He that is void of wisdom _____ but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

a.) turneth not his hand to help his neighbor

b.) despiseth his neighbor

c.) speaketh ill of his closest friend

d.) looketh to do harm

11.) Hear counsel, and receive _____, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

a.) a multitude of counselors

b.) the word of the Lord

c.) many lashes

d.) instruction

12.) How much better is it to get wisdom than _____ and to get understanding rather to be chosen than _____

a.) much wheat and much barley

b.) rubies and precious stones

c.) gold and silver

d.) great houses and much land

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Temptation

1.) Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from...

a.) rebellion and thy soul from death.

b.) the embezzler, the fraud and the infidel.

c.) the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things.

d.) evil in the day of thy temptation.

2.) For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: To keep thee from...

a.) every wicked thing.

b.) falling, and to present thee faultless before God.

c.) the path that leadeth unto death.

d.) the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

3.) And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? For the ways of man are _____, and he pondereth all his goings.

a.) set on a narrow path

b.) before the eyes of the LORD

c.) revealed to the congregation

d.) from the foundation of the earth

4.) But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it...

a.) destroyeth his own soul.

b.) doeth it to his own peril.

c.) despiseth the things of God.

d.) seeketh not wisdom.

5.) Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her...

a.) from him shall rise the smell of smoke before the Lord.

b.) shall be burned.

c.) shall not be innocent.

d.) shall his latter days be in Sheol.

6.) My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and _____ among men.

a.) increaseth the transgressors

b.) casteth her net far and wide

c.) her perfume rises as a sweet savor

d.) sets a snare as a fowler

7.) My son, if sinners entice thee...

a.) seek counsel.

b.) consent thou not.

c.) in the mouths of two or three witnesses let every word be established.

d.) find refuge in the shadow of the Almighty.

8.) Let not thine heart decline to her (the harlot's) ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is...

a.) perfumed with myrrh, cinnamon and aloes.

b.) decked with tapestry, and carved works.

c.) resplendent with fine linen from Egypt.

d.) the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

9.) Remove thy way far from her (an adulteress), and come not nigh the door of her house: Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto...

a.) the cruel.

b.) death.

c.) Sheol.

d.) the destruction of thy flesh.

10.) And thou mourn at the last, when...

a.) thy soul is cast into a snare.

b.) thy flesh and thy body are consumed.

c.) thy wife discovereth thee.

d.) thy money faileth.

11.) Solomon looked through a window and saw a youth going to the house of harlot. How did he describe the young man?

a.) Evil and vile and full of vain imaginations.

b.) Seeking for knowledge of the world.

c.) Simple and void of understanding.

d.) Boorish and brutish.

12.) What time of day was it when Solomon saw this man going to the harlot's house?

a.) In the first light of day, as the cock crowed.

b.) Under the noonday sun.

c.) As the sun sank in the late afternoon.

d.) In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.

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Books of the Bible

Authors and Facts

The Revelation

Which Book Has...

Words From Paul to...

Curious Verses

Everyday Phrases

Gospel of John

First Verses-Old Testament

First Verses-New Testament

Colossians

Last Verses-Old Testament

Last Verses-New Testament

The Book of Judges

Through the Old Testament

Through the New Testament

Authors and Facts

1.) Who wrote the first five books of the Bible?

a.) Adam

b.) Moses

c.) David

d.) Abraham

2.) Who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes?

a.) David

b.) Ecclesia

c.) Solomon

d.) Jeremiah

3.) How many books of the Bible did Timothy write?

a.) None

b.) One

c.) Two

d.) Three

4.) Who wrote the most books in the New Testament?

a.) Jesus

b.) Luke

c.) Paul

d.) John

5.) In which book of the Bible is God not mentioned?

a.) Esther

b.) Ruth

c.) Amos

d.) Titus

6.) How many books are in the Bible?

a.) 55

b.) 66

c.) 77

d.) 88

7.) Who wrote the book of Lamentations?

a.) David

b.) Nehemiah

c.) Solomon

d.) Jeremiah

8.) Who wrote the book of Acts?

a.) Paul

b.) Luke

c.) Matthew

d.) James

9.) What is the longest book in the Bible?

a.) Genesis

b.) Revelation

c.) Psalms

d.) Isaiah

10.) What is the shortest book in the Bible?

a.) Jude

b.) 3rd John

c.) 1st Peter

d.) Obadiah

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The Revelation

1.) Who wrote the book of Revelation?

a.) James

b.) Paul

c.) John

d.) Peter

2.) He wrote the book of Revelation while in exile on what island?

a.) Patmos

b.) Crete

c.) Clauda

d.) Hawaii

3.) What did Jesus have in his right hand when he first appeared in Revelation?

a.) Seven candlesticks

b.) Seven stars

c.) A two-edged sword

d.) The Word of God

4.) What church in the book of Revelation does Jesus find no fault with?

a.) Laodicea

b.) Pergamos

c.) Philadelphia

d.) Thyatira

5.) How many elders Will be seated around the throne in heaven?

a.) 4

b.) 12

c.) 24

d.) 40

6.) How many beasts will be around the throne?

a.) 4

b.) 12

c.) 24

d.) 40

7.) Who will say, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."

a.) The elders

b.) The beasts

c.) The Lamb

d.) The Angels

8.) In the right hand of him that sat on the throne, was a book with how many seals?

a.) 2

b.) 4

c.) 7

d.) 12

9.) Who was worthy to open the book and break the seals?

a.) The elders

b.) The beasts

c.) The Lamb

d.) The Angels

10.) As the seals were opened, one by one, how many horses were seen?

a.) 4

b.) 12

c.) 24

d.) Countless number

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Which Book Has...

1.) Which book has "To every thing there is a season"?

a.) Job

b.) Psalms

c.) Proverbs

d.) Ecclesiastes

2.) Which book has "Wine is a mocker and strong drink is raging"?

a.) Job

b.) Psalms

c.) Proverbs

d.) Ecclesiastes

3.) Which book has "Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth"?

a.) Job

b.) Psalms

c.) Proverbs

d.) Ecclesiastes

4.) Which book has "Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels"?

a.) Psalms

b.) Proverbs

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Song of Solomon

5.) Which book has "Vanity vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity"?

a.) Psalms

b.) Proverbs

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Song of Solomon

6.) Which book has "A soft answer turneth away wrath"?

a.) Psalms

b.) Proverbs

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Song of Solomon

7.) Which book has "Behold how good it is for brethren to dwell together in unity"?

a.) Psalms

b.) Proverbs

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Song of Solomon

8.) Which book has "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he"?

a.) Psalms

b.) Proverbs

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Song of Solomon

9.) Which book has "My beloved is mine and I am his"?

a.) Psalms

b.) Proverbs

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Song of Solomon

10.) Which book has "Let the day perish wherein I was born"?

a.) Job

b.) Psalms

c.) Proverbs

d.) Ecclesiastes

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Words From Paul to...

1.) And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

a.) The Romans

b.) The Colossians

c.) The Thessalonians

d.) The Galatians

2.) In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

a.) Barnabas

b.) Timothy

c.) Titus

d.) Philemon

3.) Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

a.) The Galatians

b.) The Corinthians

c.) The Ephesians

d.) The Philippians

4.) And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

a.) The Romans

b.) The Colossians

c.) The Thessalonians

d.) The Galatians

5.) Take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

a.) The Corinthians

b.) The Galatians

c.) The Ephesians

d.) The Philippians

6.) Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.

a.) The Romans

b.) The Colossians

c.) The Thessalonians

d.) The Galatians

7.) Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

a.) The Corinthians

b.) The Galatians

c.) The Ephesians

d.) The Philippians

8.) Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.

a.) Timothy

b.) Titus

c.) Philemon

d.) Hebrews

9.) This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

a.) The Corinthians

b.) The Galatians

c.) The Ephesians

d.) The Philippians

10.) For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

a.) Barnabas

b.) Timothy

c.) Titus

d.) Philemon

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Curious Verses

1.) Which book says: "the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood?"

a.) Job

b.) Psalms

c.) Proverbs

d.) Ecclesiastes

2.) Which book says: "the voice of the turtle is heard in our land?"

a.) Jeremiah

b.) Song of Solomon

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Proverbs

3.) Which book says: "I will discover thy skirts upon thy face?"

a.) Nahum

b.) Ezekiel

c.) Revelation

d.) Jude

4.) Which book says: "I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on?"

a.) Genesis

b.) Habakkuk

c.) Psalms

d.) Song of Solomon

5.) Which book says: "Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour?"

a.) Job

b.) Isaiah

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Proverbs

6.) Which book says: "[They] shalt suck the breast of kings?"

a.) 1 Kings

b.) 2 Kings

c.) Isaiah

d.) Joshua

7.) Which book says: "I am tossed up and down as the locust?"

a.) Proverbs

b.) Job

c.) Psalms

d.) Song of Solomon

8.) Which book says: "I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces?"

a.) Malachi

b.) Isaiah

c.) Jeremiah

d.) Exekiel

9.) Which book says: "every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled?"

a.) Exodus

b.) Ezekiel

c.) Hosea

d.) Numbers

10.) Which book says: "Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer?"

a.) Song of Solomon

b.) Daniel

c.) Romans

d.) Proverbs

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Everyday Phrases

1.) From which book comes the phrase: "By the skin of my teeth?"

a.) Proverbs

b.) Job

c.) Psalms

d.) Ecclesiastes

2.) From which book comes the phrase: "The blind leading the blind?"

a.) Matthew

b.) Mark

c.) Luke

d.) John

3.) From which book comes the phrase: "My brother's keeper?"

a.) Exodus

b.) Jeremiah

c.) Genesis

d.) Job

4.) From which book comes the phrase: "Pride goeth before a fall?"

a.) Proverbs

b.) Job

c.) Psalms

d.) Ecclesiastes

5.) From which book comes the phrase: "A lamb for the slaughter?"

a.) Jeremiah

b.) Ezekiel

c.) Hosea

d.) Isaiah

6.) From which book comes the phrase: "Eat, drink, and be merry?"

a.) Job

b.) Ecclesiastes

c.) Song of Solomon

d.) Psalms

7.) From which book comes the phrase: "Wolf in sheep's clothing?"

a.) Matthew

b.) Mark

c.) Luke

d.) John

8.) From which book comes the phrase: "Woe is me?"

a.) Job

b.) Isaiah

c.) Jeremiah

d.) Jonah

9.) From which book comes the phrase: "A drop in the bucket?"

a.) Job

b.) Isaiah

c.) Jeremiah

d.) Jonah

10.) From which book comes the phrase: "Can a leopard change his spots?"

a.) Lamantations

b.) Jeremiah

c.) Ezekiel

d.) Job

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Gospel of John

1.) Who was the father of John, the writer of the Gospel according to John?

a.) Simeon

b.) Zacharias

c.) Zebedee

d.) Joseph

2.) We all know John 3:16. To whom was Jesus speaking when he said this verse?

a.) The Pharisees

b.) Peter

c.) Nicodemus

d.) Zaccheus

3.) What miracle of Jesus is mentioned only by John in his Gospel account?

a.) Turning water into wine.

b.) Sight restored to two blind men.

c.) Healing of the ten lepers.

d.) Feeding of the five thousand.

4.) What parable of Jesus is mentioned only by John in his Gospel account?

a.) The parable of the lost sheep.

b.) The parable of the good shepherd.

c.) The parable of the fig tree.

d.) The parable of the ten virgins.

5.) Only John mentions the raising of Lazarus from the dead. In what city did that happen?

a.) Bethesda

b.) Capernaum

c.) Nazareth

d.) Bethany

6.) John mentions the money-changers and traders being cast out of the temple by Jesus. During what feast was that?

a.) Feast of Weeks

b.) Feast of Firstfruits

c.) Passover

d.) Pentecost

7.) In John's gospel account, who was invited by Philip to come and see Jesus, after he asked, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?"

a.) Zebedee

b.) Nathanael

c.) Nicodemus

d.) Zacharias

8.) In a story told only in John's gospel, what was the name of the pool where Jesus healed a man which had an infirmity thirty-eight years?

a.) Beautiful

b.) Bethesda

c.) Zion's Gate

d.) Siloam

9.) The Gospel of John has no information on the birth of Jesus. Other than 'The Word', who is Jesus, who is the first person introduced?

a.) John

b.) Matthew

c.) John the Baptist

d.) Philip

10.) Which of the following characters is mentioned only in John's Gospel?

a.) Nicodemus

b.) Joseph of Arimathaea

c.) Zacchaeus

d.) Salome

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First Verses-Old Testament

1.) Which book starts with: There was a man in the land of Uz...

a.) Ezekiel

b.) Daniel

c.) Ecclesiastes

d.) Job

2.) Which book starts with: The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

a.) Ecclesiastes

b.) Proverbs

c.) Psalms

d.) Song of Solomon

3.) Which book starts with: In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

a.) Hosea

b.) Isaiah

c.) Ezekiel

d.) Daniel

4.) Which book starts with: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

a.) Ecclesiastes

b.) Proverbs

c.) Psalms

d.) Song of Solomon

5.) Which book starts with: Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

a.) Joshua

b.) 1 Samuel

c.) 1 Kings

d.) 2 Chronicles

6.) Which book starts with: Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land.

a.) Ruth

b.) Esther

c.) 1 Samuel

d.) 1 Kings

7.) Which book starts with: Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

a.) 1 Samuel

b.) Judges

c.) 1 Kings

d.) 1 Chronicles

8.) Which book starts with: Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim...

a.) Judges

b.) 1 Samuel

c.) 1 Kings

d.) 1 Chronicles

9.) Which book starts with: Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

a.) Samuel

b.) Judges

c.) Esther

d.) Ruth

10.) Which book starts with: How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people...

a.) Ecclesiastes

b.) Lamentations

c.) Ezekiel

d.) Jeremiah

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First Verses-New Testament

1.) Which book starts with: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

a.) Matthew

b.) Mark

c.) Luke

d.) John

2.) Which book starts with: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

a.) Matthew

b.) Mark

c.) Luke

d.) John

3.) Which book starts with: Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.

a.) 1 Corinthians

b.) Romans

c.) 1 John

d.) Hebrews

4.) Which book starts with: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life.

a.) Jude

b.) Hebrews

c.) 1 John

d.) 2 Thessalonians

5.) Which book starts with: Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother.

a.) 1 Corinthians

b.) 2 Thessalonians

c.) Hebrews

d.) Titus

6.) Which book starts with: The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach...

a.) Luke

b.) John

c.) Acts

d.) Romans

7.) Which book starts with: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

a.) Matthew

b.) Mark

c.) Luke

d.) John

8.) Which book starts with: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope...

a.) 1 Timothy

b.) Titus

c.) Hebrews

d.) 1 Thessalonians

9.) Which book starts with: Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness...

a.) 1 Timothy

b.) Titus

c.) Hebrews

d.) 1 Thessalonians

10.) Which book starts with: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets...

a.) 1 Timothy

b.) Titus

c.) Hebrews

d.) 1 Thessalonians

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Colossians

1.) The letter to the Colossians was written by Paul and someone else. Who?

a.) Luke

b.) Barnabas

c.) Epaphras

d.) Timothy

2.) Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints...

a.) in light.

b.) in Jerusalem, in Judea, and in the uttermost parts of the world.

c.) who from their labors rest.

d.) from the riches of glory.

3.) What was "the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints?"

a.) The forgiveness of sin through faith.

b.) Christ in you, the hope of glory.

c.) Redemption through Christ's blood.

d.) Ye continued in the faith grounded and settled, and have not moved away from the hope of the gospel.

4.) For what things does the wrath of God come on the children of disobedience?

a.) Fornication and impurity.

b.) Lust and evil desires.

c.) Covetousness and greed, which is idolatry.

d.) All of the above.

5.) What does Paul describe as "the bond of perfectness?"

a.) purity

b.) peace

c.) charity

d.) sincerity

6.) The apostle tells the Colossians that psalms and hymns and spiritual songs should be used to...

a.) learn the law and the statutes.

b.) praise God for His great faithfulness.

c.) teach and admonish one another.

d.) cheer the hearts of the sad.

7.) What does Paul advise that wives should do in relationship to their husbands?

a.) He doesn't mention it.

b.) Honor and obey them.

c.) Pray for them that they may be saved.

d.) Submit to their husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

8.) What does Paul advise that husbands should do in relationship to their wives?

a.) Ensure that they submit to them.

b.) Guide the house with all diligence.

c.) Be vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach.

d.) Love them and do not be harsh with them.

9.) In the letter to the Colossians, Paul advises that fathers should...

a.) not be strikers, but patient.

b.) provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

c.) rule his own house well.

d.) have their children in subjection at all times.

10.) Who did Paul send to deliver the letter that he had written to the Colossians?

a.) Tychicus and Onesimus

b.) John Mark

c.) Barnabas

d.) Luke

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Last Verses-Old Testament

1.) Which book ends with: For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

a.) Job

b.) Psalms

c.) Proverbs

d.) Ecclesiastes

2.) Which book ends with: In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

a.) Judges

b.) 1 Samuel

c.) 2 Kings

d.) Chronicles

3.) Which book ends with: Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

a.) Proverbs

b.) Ecclesiastes

c.) Song of Solomon

d.) Psalms

4.) Which book ends with: Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

a.) Song of Solomon

b.) Ruth

c.) Psalms

d.) Esther

5.) Which book ends with: So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

a.) Genesis

b.) Exodus

c.) Leviticus

d.) Numbers

6.) Which book ends with: And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

a.) 1 Kings

b.) 2 Samuel

c.) 2 Chronicles

d.) Ruth

7.) Which book ends with: All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

a.) Isaiah

b.) Exodus

c.) Ezra

d.) Esther

8.) Which book ends with: For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

a.) Ruth

b.) Esther

c.) 1 Kings

d.) 2 Chronicles

9.) Which book ends with: Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

a.) Song of Solomon

b.) Proverbs

c.) Esther

d.) Ruth

10.) Which book ends with: And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

a.) Judges

b.) Exodus

c.) Joshua

d.) 1 Samuel

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Last Verses-New Testament

1.) Which book ends with: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

a.) Jude

b.) Matthew

c.) Revelation

d.) Hebrews

2.) Which book ends with: To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

a.) Revelation

b.) Jude

c.) Acts

d.) 1 Corinthians

3.) Which book ends with: And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

a.) Matthew

b.) Mark

c.) Luke

d.) John

4.) Which book ends with: And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

a.) Matthew

b.) Mark

c.) Luke

d.) John

5.) Which book ends with: There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

a.) Philemon

b.) James

c.) Hebrews

d.) Titus

6.) Which book ends with: Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

a.) Philippians

b.) Colossians

c.) Galatians

d.) Ephesians

7.) Which book ends with: Keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

a.) 1 Thessalonians

b.) 1 Corinthians

c.) 1 Timothy

d.) 1 Peter

8.) Which book ends with: Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

a.) Titus

b.) James

c.) 1 Peter

d.) Jude

9.) Which book ends with: Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

a.) Acts

b.) Romans

c.) 1 Corinthians

d.) 2 Corinthians

10.) Which book ends with: Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. Grace be with you all. Amen.

a.) Philemon

b.) Hebrews

c.) Titus

d.) James

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The Book of Judges

1.) Othniel, the first judge of Israel, had a famous older brother. Who was it?

a.) Gideon

b.) Eglon

c.) Joshua

d.) Caleb

2.) This man was the second judge of Israel. He thrust a dagger into the king of Moab so hard that the handle went into him as well!

a.) Eli

b.) Ehud

c.) Elijah

d.) Eliaphaz

3.) This lady was a judge of Israel - she told Barak, "The road you take will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman."

a.) Didymus

b.) Dorothy

c.) Deborah

d.) Dinah

4.) This judge of Israel had his army dramatically reduced right down to 300 men, but the Lord still gave him victory.

a.) Gideon

b.) Eglon

c.) Joshua

d.) Caleb

5.) This man was made a king of Israel - he was killed by a woman who threw an upper millstone off the tower at Thebez.

a.) Artexerxes

b.) Abimelech

c.) Amraphel

d.) Arioch

6.) After the man in question five, Tola, a man of Issachar, was a judge. What does the book of 1 Chronicles tell us about the men of Issachar?

a.) They had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do.

b.) They were men of fierce countenance.

c.) They were equipped for battle with all the weapons of war.

d.) All of the above.

7.) Jephthah was a mighty warrior. He made a vow to the LORD, and said, "If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord's, to be offered up by me as a burnt offering." His only daughter was the first to come out to meet him, so what did he do?

a.) Killed his daughter on the spot.

b.) Killed two of his servant's daughters instead.

c.) Allowed his daughter two months to spend time with her friends in the mountains, and then sacrificed her as promised.

d.) Sent his daughter into hiding and pretended that it didn't happen.

8.) This judge of Israel tied 300 foxes tail to tail and set them alight and then sent them to destroy the Philistines corn, vineyards and olives.

a.) Jair

b.) Ehud

c.) Ephraim

d.) Samson

9.) This judge said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords of the Philistines, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

a.) Ephraim

b.) Samson

c.) Ehud

d.) Jair

10.) This judge had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead.

a.) Ephraim

b.) Samson

c.) Ehud

d.) Jair

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Through the Old Testament

1.) The book of Genesis is the book that tells the story of:

a.) The Creation, Cain and Abel and Noah and the Ark.

b.) The tower of Babel, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

c.) Joseph in Egypt.

d.) All of the above.

2.) The book of Exodus tells the story of:

a.) The reign of Joseph in Egypt.

b.) Moses and the Israelites coming out of Egypt.

c.) The building of Solomon's temple.

d.) All of the above.

3.) The first five books of the Bible are called:

a.) The Pentagon.

b.) The Pentateuch.

c.) The Menorah.

d.) The Memorandum.

4.) In the book of Joshua, how long did God lead the children of Israel around in the wilderness before the walls of Jericho fell down?

a.) Forty years.

b.) Forty months.

c.) Forty weeks.

d.) He didn't.

5.) In the book of Judges, there is one judge who is a woman. What was her name?

a.) Ahinoam

b.) Athaliah

c.) Deborah

d.) Phoebe

6.) The books of Samuel tell the story of Samuel and which two kings of Israel?

a.) Saul and David.

b.) Adonijah and Solomon.

c.) Amnon and Chileab.

d.) Amasa and Rehoboam.

7.) The first book of the Kings opens with one of David's sons claiming the throne of his father. Who was it?

a.) Amnon

b.) Absalom

c.) Adonijah

d.) Abimelech

8.) The book of Ezra, Cyrus, the king of Persia wrote a letter allowing....

a.) the Persians to kill every firstborn Jew.

b.) the Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple.

c.) the Jews to have four days each year for the feast of Purim.

d.) Daniel and his three friends to not eat meat at the king's table.

9.) After the book of Nehemiah (which is the story of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem) there is a book named after the queen who saved her people from being slaughtered. Who was she?

a.) Athaliah

b.) Esther

c.) Vashti

d.) The queen of Sheba.

10.) The book of Job tells the story of God's faithfulness in the time of Job's suffering. How many friends came to visit Job in his time of distress?

a.) None

b.) One

c.) Three

d.) Twelve

11.) Which king is named in Psalms, Proverbs, and the Song of Solomon?

a.) Saul

b.) David

c.) Adonijah

d.) Solomon

12.) What was the good news that the Old Testament prophets told of?

a.) The Messiah would come.

b.) The people would be released from slavery.

c.) The oppressors of Israel would be killed.

d.) All of the above.

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Through the New Testament

1.) Which books of the bible are called the gospels?

a.) The Acts of the Apostles.

b.) Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians.

c.) Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

d.) All of the above.

2.) The book of Acts begins with the ascension of Jesus. What was the last thing that He said to the disciples?

a.) Many shall come in my name - believe them not.

b.) If they should say, the Christ is in the desert, go not thither.

c.) I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

d.) You shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

3.) Who was the apostle that wrote the vast majority of the New Testament letters to the churches?

a.) Luke

b.) Paul

c.) John

d.) Peter

4.) Paul wrote to the Romans: "For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall _____"

a.) be saved.

b.) prosper.

c.) be made rich.

d.) All of the above.

5.) How many of Paul's letters to the Corinthians are included in the New Testament?

a.) One

b.) Two

c.) Three

d.) Four

6.) Paul told the Galatians, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Why did he say that?

a.) They were applying to become Jews.

b.) They were living in sexual immorality.

c.) They were slaughtering their children.

d.) They were returning to their previous pagan practices.

7.) Paul gave the Ephesians an illustration of the Christian life using the example of the equipping of....

a.) a tentmaker.

b.) a tax gatherer.

c.) a Roman Soldier.

d.) a fisherman.

8.) To whom did Paul write: "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me."

a.) Philippians

b.) Ephesians

c.) Colossians

d.) Calathumpians

9.) Paul told the Colossians about a "mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is: _____

a.) ye shall be endued with power from on high.

b.) Christ in you, the hope of glory.

c.) the mystery of Godliness.

d.) hidden in the Ark of the Covenant.

10.) Paul wrote to some young pastors, giving them lots of good advice for their personal lives, and for their churches - who were they?

a.) Philemon and Jude.

b.) Tychicus and Carpus.

c.) Timothy and Titus.

d.) All of the above.

11.) This man's letter has many well-known Bible verses in it (e.g. Resist the devil and he will flee from you, The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous avails much before God, and Be doers of the Word and not hearers only.)

a.) James

b.) Judas

c.) John

d.) Jude

12.) The book of Revelation is "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants _____ and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw."

a.) things which happened in answer to Old Testament prophecy.

b.) things to happen in the great and terrible day of the Lord.

c.) things which must shortly come to pass.

d.) things which are coming to pass as they are written.

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Children in the Bible

David

Samuel

Brief Appearances

Famous Children

Baby Moses

Joseph

Ishmael

Isaac

Jacob and Esau

Younger Brothers

Babies in the Bible

Children and their Parents

David

1.) David's best friend was

a.) Jonathan

b.) Abner

c.) Absalom

d.) Saul

2.) Who was David's father?

a.) Solomon

b.) Jesse

c.) Abraham

d.) Moses

3.) What was the name of David`s oldest brother?

a.) Hophni

b.) Shammah

c.) Abinadab

d.) Eliab

4.) What animals did David slay as a young shepherd?

a.) Bear and leopard

b.) Leopard and lion

c.) Wolf and bear

d.) Lion and bear

5.) Why did Jesse send David to his brothers when they faced the Philistines?

a.) To slay the giant

b.) To send a message

c.) To bring food

d.) To bear their armor

6.) What was young David doing when Samuel called for him and anointed him King?

a.) Gathering stones

b.) Hunting

c.) Tending sheep

d.) Preparing for battle

7.) Whose sword did the priest of Nob give unto David?

a.) Goliath's

b.) Gideon's

c.) Saul's

d.) Samuel's

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Samuel

1.) What was the name of Samuel's father?

a.) Eli

b.) Elkanah

c.) Jonadab

d.) Shealtiel

2.) Why did Hannah name her son 'Samuel'?

a.) Because she asked him of the Lord.

b.) Because that was her husband's name.

c.) Because he was a goodly child.

d.) Because he was to be a Nazarite.

3.) What did Hannah bring to Samuel every year?

a.) A coat

b.) A young lamb

c.) A clean robe

d.) A dove

4.) Of what material was the ephod made that the child Samuel wore when he ministered before the Lord?

a.) Linen

b.) Cotton

c.) Wool

d.) Silk

5.) What did Samuel do when he was woken during the night by someone calling him?

a.) He got up and went to Eli.

b.) He rolled over and went to sleep.

c.) He woke up the sons of the priest.

d.) He sat up in his bed and waited to be called again.

6.) What did Eli tell Samuel to say to God, when God called him?

a.) What wilt thou do with me.

b.) Here am I.

c.) Speak, for thy servant heareth.

d.) Here I am Lord, sent me.

7.) When God spoke to Samuel for the first time, what did He tell him?

a.) That Eli's wife would die.

b.) That Samuel's mother would die.

c.) That Eli would die.

d.) That Eli's sons would die.

8.) How many times did the Lord call Samuel that night?

a.) 1

b.) 2

c.) 3

d.) 4

9.) God told Samuel that He would do something in Israel at which...

a.) men's hearts would fail them for fear.

b.) the hearts of the people would be turned once again to the Lord.

c.) both the ears of every one that heard it would tingle.

d.) every nation on earth would know that the God of Israel is the God of the universe.

10.) As well as a priest and judge, what else did Samuel eventually become?

a.) A prophet

b.) A scribe

c.) A king of Israel

d.) A father of many

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Brief Appearances

1.) Whose daughter died while Jesus was on the way to his house to heal her?

a.) Jairus

b.) Jamtha

c.) Jonas

d.) Jacob

2.) What young virgin kept the aged King David warm?

a.) Tamar

b.) Abishag

c.) Michal

d.) Deborah

3.) This daughter of Leah was raped by Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite.

a.) Dinah

b.) Rachel

c.) Bilhah

d.) Deborah

4.) He was David's first son who later in life raped his half-sister Tamar. For this deed he was murdered by her brother.

a.) Adonijah

b.) Absalom

c.) Amnon

d.) Jezreel

5.) This king was seven years old when he began to reign:

a.) Manasseh

b.) Jehoash

c.) Josiah

d.) Hezekiah

6.) How many children did Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue have?

a.) One son and a daughter

b.) Four daughters

c.) One son

d.) One daughter

7.) What did the young Shunammite child do when Elisha brought him back to life?

a.) He coughed seven times.

b.) He sneezed seven times.

c.) He jumped up and down seven times.

d.) He blinked seven times.

8.) This child was dropped by his nurse, and was crippled for life.

a.) Balaam

b.) Adonibezek

c.) Evil-Merodach

d.) Mephibosheth

9.) A woman from Canaan asked Jesus to heal her daughter, because she...

a.) was vexed with a devil.

b.) was lame and couldn't walk.

c.) had leprosy.

d.) had died.

10.) What king threatened to cut a child in half?

a.) Hezekiah

b.) Saul

c.) Solomon

d.) David

11.) When Jonathan shot his arrow beyond the target in the field, who retrieved it for him?

a.) His son.

b.) A little boy who is not named.

c.) A maidservant of his wife's.

d.) The girl who would later become his wife.

12.) When Jesus fed the five thousand people with five loaves and two fishes, who provided the loaves and the fish?

a.) A young boy.

b.) A young girl.

c.) Andrew's son.

d.) We are not told.

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Famous Children

1.) Who was the widow who met the baby Jesus at the temple?

a.) Anna

b.) Mary Magdalene

c.) Lydia

d.) Priscilla

2.) Which child was born into the house of Levi, and was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter.

a.) Aaron

b.) Joseph

c.) Samuel

d.) Moses

3.) Hannah, his mother, dedicated him to the Lord, and he became the last Judge of Israel.

a.) Daniel

b.) Samuel

c.) Joshua

d.) Samson

4.) By commandment of God, this boy was prepared as a burnt offering, but spared just in time.

a.) Ishmael

b.) Isaac

c.) Jacob

d.) Esau

5.) What young man was sold into slavery by his brothers?

a.) Jonathan

b.) Joseph

c.) Jacob

d.) Joshua

6.) Whose mother would bring him a coat every year when he worked in the temple?

a.) Joseph

b.) Moses

c.) Samuel

d.) Jonah

7.) What child was 13 years old when he was circumcised?

a.) Ishmael

b.) Isaac

c.) Esau

d.) Jacob

8.) What was David doing when Samuel called to anoint him King?

a.) hunting

b.) tending sheep

c.) killing a lion

d.) playing the harp

9.) Who once caught 300 foxes, tied them together in pairs with firebrands on their tails, and loosed them into his enemies cornfields to set their crops on fire!

a.) Abner

b.) Gideon

c.) Samson

d.) Gilead

10.) This child was a twin, and Abraham's grandson. His mother's name was Rebecca.

a.) Isaac

b.) Joseph

c.) Ishmael

d.) Esau

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Baby Moses

1.) What tribe did the parents of Moses belong to?

a.) Judah

b.) Simeon

c.) Levi

d.) Benjamin

2.) How long did Moses' mother hide him before she put him in the ark made of reeds?

a.) three months

b.) two months

c.) three weeks

d.) two weeks

3.) Moses was hidden among the bulrushes in what river:

a.) Euphrates

b.) Jordan

c.) Nile

d.) Tigres

4.) Who watched over the little ark?

a.) The Hebrew women.

b.) The angel of the Lord.

c.) Moses' mother.

d.) Moses' sister.

5.) What did the daughter of Pharaoh do when she saw the ark?

a.) She sent a message to the Pharaoh.

b.) She ordered her maid to sink it.

c.) She continued bathing.

d.) She sent her maid to fetch it.

6.) What was the response of the daughter of Pharaoh when she heard the baby crying?

a.) She wept too.

b.) She had compassion on him.

c.) She was ashamed of her father's edict.

d.) She was furious.

7.) What did the little girl offer to do for the daughter of Pharaoh?

a.) Find a Hebrew nurse for the baby.

b.) Take the baby back to his mother.

c.) Come to the palace and look after the baby.

d.) Kill the child and bury him by the river.

8.) Who did the little girl bring back to the Pharaoh's daughter?

a.) Her aunt.

b.) Her sister.

c.) The baby's mother.

d.) The baby's father.

9.) What did the Pharaoh's daughter tell the woman to do?

a.) Bring the child to the palace and nurse it there.

b.) Take the child away and nurse it.

c.) Take the child to where the Pharaoh couldn't find it.

d.) Take the child away and kill it.

10.) What happened to Moses when he was taken back to the Pharaoh's daughter?

a.) He was second in the kingdom only to Rameses.

b.) He became the crown prince of Egypt.

c.) He was sent to finishing school.

d.) He became her son.

11.) Why did the Pharaoh's daughter call his name Moses?

a.) She said, Because I drew him out of the water.

b.) She said, Because of his fine physique.

c.) She said, Because he will become the Pharaoh.

d.) We are not told.

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Joseph

1.) Who was Joseph's mother?

a.) Sarah

b.) Rebekah

c.) Rachel

d.) We are not told.

2.) When Jacob went to meet Esau, where were Joseph and his mother?

a.) Right at the front of the procession.

b.) At the front, but after Leah and her children.

c.) After the handmaidens, but before Leah.

d.) At the back.

3.) Who was Joseph's younger brother?

a.) Asher

b.) Benjamin

c.) Simeon

d.) Reuben

4.) How old was Joseph when he brought his father a bad report concerning his brothers?

a.) ten

b.) thirteen

c.) seventeen

d.) nineteen

5.) Why did Israel love Joseph more than any other of his children?

a.) Because he was the son of his old age.

b.) Because he could shoot an arrow straighter than the others.

c.) Because Israel loved the game that Joseph killed for him.

d.) Because Joseph was a child without guile.

6.) When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, but what made them hate him even more?

a.) Their father made a coat for Joseph.

b.) Their father dealt harshly with them, but kindly with Joseph.

c.) Joseph had a dream and told his brothers about it.

d.) Joseph was saving money so that he could travel to Egypt.

7.) Where did Israel tell Joseph to go to, to see if his brothers and the flocks were doing alright?

a.) Moriah

b.) Shechem

c.) Nod

d.) Ur of the Chaldeas

8.) What did Joseph do when he could not find his brothers?

a.) He asked a man for directions about where they had gone.

b.) He joined up with a band of travelers who were going to Egypt.

c.) He prayed that God would send an angel to guide him to where they were.

d.) He returned home to his father to tell him that he could not find them.

9.) What did Joseph's brothers say when they saw him coming?

a.) Let's kill him.

b.) Let's throw him into one of the pits.

c.) Let's say that a wild animal has killed him.

d.) All of the above.

10.) Which of Joseph's brothers wanted to save Joseph?

a.) Reuben

b.) Simeon

c.) Levi

d.) Zebulun

11.) Which of Joseph's brothers suggested that they should sell him to the Ishmaelites?

a.) Simeon

b.) Judah

c.) Reuben

d.) Asher

12.) What was Joseph sold for?

a.) Food and drink.

b.) Precious jewels.

c.) Seven lambs.

d.) Twenty pieces of silver.

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Ishmael

1.) Who was the mother of Ishmael?

a.) Sarah

b.) Tamar

c.) Hagar

d.) A Cushite who is not named.

2.) Because Sarah was not able to have children, she gave her maidservant to Abraham to wife. When the maidservant conceived Ishmael, how did that affect her relationship with Sarah?

a.) She was pleased to be doing her mistress such a great service.

b.) She looked forward to the birth of the baby as a way to establish her claim on an inheritance through Abraham.

c.) She despised Sarah.

d.) We are not told.

3.) Because Sarah did not treat her maidservant well while she was pregnant, what did the maidservant do?

a.) She fled from her out into the desert.

b.) She plotted to kill her by driving a tent peg through her temple as she slept.

c.) She plotted to kill her by stabbing her to death.

d.) Nothing.

4.) Where was Ishmael's mother when the angel of the Lord found her?

a.) By the wood stack, sharpening a tent peg.

b.) In the kitchen, sharpening a knife.

c.) Packing some clothing into a bag for her trip to the desert.

d.) By the fountain on the road to Shur.

5.) Why was Ishmael's mother to name him Ishmael?

a.) Because he shall be the father of many nations.

b.) Because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

c.) Because he shall be great and mighty.

d.) Because he shall live in the midst of his brethren.

6.) What did the angel tell Ishmael's mother he would be like?

a.) He will be meek and lowly and give rest to the souls of many.

b.) He will be wise beyond his years and will find favor wherever he goes.

c.) He will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him.

d.) The wealth of all the nations will flow unto him.

7.) How old was Abram when Ishmael was born?

a.) 86

b.) 79

c.) 53

d.) 40

8.) What was Abraham request of God concerning Ishmael?

a.) That he might be the father of many people.

b.) That he might be wise.

c.) That he might live before the Lord.

d.) That he might be wealthy.

9.) God told Abraham, concerning Ishmael:

a.) I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful.

b.) I will multiply him exceedingly.

c.) I will make him a great nation.

d.) All of the above.

10.) How old was Ishmael when he was circumcised?

a.) 8

b.) 13

c.) 19

d.) 24

11.) How long before Ishmael was Abraham circumcised?

a.) Eighty-six years.

b.) Fifty years.

c.) Thirty years.

d.) They were circumcised on the same day.

12.) Why were Ishmael and his mother sent out into the desert?

a.) Ishmael hid Isaac's favorite toys and it irritated Sarah.

b.) Ishmael mocked Isaac at the feast Abraham held to celebrate Isaac's weaning and it irritated Sarah.

c.) Ishmael sold his birthright to Isaac for a bowl of stew.

d.) Ishmael and his mother went to consult an angel.

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Isaac

1.) With whom did God tell Abraham that he would establish his everlasting covenant?

a.) All of Abraham's offspring.

b.) Isaac and his descendents.

c.) Ishmael and his descendents.

d.) We are not told.

2.) Who was Isaac's mother?

a.) Hagar

b.) Sarah

c.) A Cushite who is not named.

d.) We are not told.

3.) How old was Isaac when he was circumcised?

a.) Eight days.

b.) Eight months.

c.) Eight years.

d.) Eighty years.

4.) What did Abraham do for Isaac on the day that he was weaned?

a.) Taught him to use a bow and arrow.

b.) Circumcised him.

c.) Made a great feast for him.

d.) Sacrificed him on an altar.

5.) How old was Abraham when his son Isaac was born to him?

a.) Thirty years old.

b.) Sixty years old.

c.) Ninety years old.

d.) One hundred years old.

6.) God told Abraham to take his son Isaac and go to the land of Moriah. Why?

a.) To sell him to some traveling tribesmen.

b.) To circumcise him.

c.) To offer him as a burnt offering.

d.) To teach him how to catch wild sheep.

7.) How many of Abraham's servants accompanied him on the journey to Mount Moriah?

a.) one

b.) two

c.) seven

d.) twelve

8.) When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar and laid the wood in order. What did he do next?

a.) Bound Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

b.) Sent Isaac to look for more wood.

c.) Sent Isaac to look for a lamb to sacrifice.

d.) Told Isaac to bind one of the servants and lay him on the altar.

9.) The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from where?

a.) Out of the mountain.

b.) Out of the bush.

c.) Out of the fire on the altar.

d.) Out of heaven.

10.) What did the angel tell Abraham to do to Isaac?

a.) Send him into the wilderness to dwell there.

b.) Bind him and sacrifice him on the altar.

c.) Not to lay a hand on the lad or to do anything to him.

d.) We are not told.

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Jacob and Esau

1.) Why did Rebekah go to inquire of the Lord before Jacob and Esau were born?

a.) She wanted to know what sex her baby was.

b.) She wanted to know if her baby was healthy.

c.) She wanted to know what to call the child.

d.) The children struggled together within her.

2.) The Lord in His reply told her something very unusual. What was that?

a.) You are carrying twins.

b.) Two nations are in your womb.

c.) One shall kill the other.

d.) The younger shall serve the elder.

3.) Which child was born first?

a.) Jacob

b.) Esau

c.) They came out together.

d.) We are not told.

4.) Esau was described as:

a.) Pale and sickly.

b.) Strong as an ox.

c.) Red and hairy.

d.) Smooth skinned and beautiful.

5.) The second child came out gripping the first - where?

a.) Around the neck.

b.) By the hand.

c.) By the shin.

d.) By the heel.

6.) When the boys grew up, what was Esau?

a.) A tentmaker.

b.) A fisherman.

c.) A skillful hunter.

d.) A shepherd.

7.) Jacob's personality is described as:

a.) Raucous and uncouth.

b.) Quiet and home-loving.

c.) Intelligent and inquisitive.

d.) Cantankerous and wrathful.

8.) How does the bible describe the way that the parents related to the children?

a.) Isaac loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

b.) Isaac loved Jacob, but Rebekah loved Esau.

c.) Both parents loved both the boys equally.

d.) We are not told.

9.) How old was Isaac when Rebekah gave birth to Jacob and Esau?

a.) sixty

b.) fifty

c.) forty

d.) thirty

10.) Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished, so Jacob sold him some stew for...

a.) his small graven images.

b.) his birthright.

c.) his sheep and cattle.

d.) his jewelry.

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Younger Brothers

1.) Who was the younger brother of Cain who inherited in his stead?

a.) Abel

b.) Seth

c.) Maachah

d.) Nahor

2.) Who was the younger brother of Ishmael who received the blessing?

a.) Tebah

b.) Gaham

c.) Isaac

d.) Thahash

3.) Who was the younger brother of Esau, who deceived their aging father into giving him the blessing?

a.) Joseph

b.) Jacob

c.) Jeconiah

d.) Jeremiah

4.) This boy had brothers who were older than he was but went to Egypt and became second only to the pharaoh.

a.) Joseph

b.) Jacob

c.) Jeconiah

d.) Jeremiah

5.) Who was the younger brother of Manasseh who received the blessing of the first-born from his grandfather?

a.) Reuben

b.) Simeon

c.) Levi

d.) Ephraim

6.) This third son, his father blessed as 'a lion's whelp...' having described his older brothers as 'unstable as water' and cruel.

a.) Judah

b.) Zebulun

c.) Isaachar

d.) Dan

7.) Who was the younger brother of Aaron?

a.) Rameses

b.) Moses

c.) Zarathustra

d.) Ithamar

8.) This boy was the youngest of eight sons, and yet he became king.

a.) Adonijah

b.) Saul

c.) Solomon

d.) David

9.) Who was the brother of Adonijah, who was anointed king by his father?

a.) Amnon

b.) Rehaboam

c.) Solomon

d.) Absalom

10.) This child was hidden from his murderous grandmother, and later became king.

a.) Joash

b.) Jeconiah

c.) Jeroboam

d.) Joseph

11.) Japheth was the younger brother of this man whom their father cursed with servanthood?

a.) Ham

b.) Gomer

c.) Magog

d.) Madai

12.) This man was the fourth son of the king, and when his three older brothers had died was the next in line for the throne, but still did not make it.

a.) Chileab

b.) Absalom

c.) Amnon

d.) Adonijah

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Babies in the Bible

1.) Who was the widow who met the baby Jesus at the temple?

a.) Anna

b.) Mary Magdalene

c.) Lydia

d.) Priscilla

2.) Solomon judged a dispute between two mothers about whose baby boy had died. What did one mother say had caused the death of the child?

a.) He had suffocated.

b.) His mother had lain on him.

c.) He fell from a window.

d.) His brother had slain him.

3.) What was the name of the first baby to be born?

a.) Abel

b.) Adam

c.) Seth

d.) Cain

4.) How soon after birth was a Jewish boy circumcised?

a.) One hour

b.) Eight days

c.) One Month

d.) Forty days

5.) What baby was born into the house of Levi, and was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter?

a.) Aaron

b.) Joseph

c.) Samuel

d.) Moses

6.) King Herod had all the children in Bethlehem from two years old and under killed. Which prophet foretold this event?

a.) Amos

b.) Hosea

c.) Isaiah

d.) Jeremiah

7.) Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, whose baby was due to be born six months before Jesus. What did Elizabeth and Zachariah call their baby?

a.) Joshua

b.) John

c.) Judas

d.) Jeremiah

8.) What child did Naomi lay in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

a.) Obed

b.) Ruth

c.) Samuel

d.) Jesse

9.) What child was brought to Eli as soon as it was weaned?

a.) Elisha

b.) Nathan

c.) Samuel

d.) Naaman

10.) Whose wife named her baby Ichabod, saying, "The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.'

a.) Ezra

b.) Aaron

c.) Eleazar

d.) Phinehas

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Children and their Parents

1.) Honour thy father and thy mother: that _____

a.) thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

b.) the LORD will bring thee safely into the land.

c.) the LORD will bless thee with every spiritual blessing.

d.) thy healing may spring forth from Zion.

2.) And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt _____ when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

a.) pray about them

b.) think of them

c.) talk of them

d.) not talk of them

3.) Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers _____ but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

a.) spare not the rod of correction

b.) be a model of excellence to your children

c.) offend not your little ones

d.) provoke not your children to wrath

4.) Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest _____

a.) they turn again and strike thee.

b.) they be discouraged.

c.) they rise up and curse thee.

d.) God should strike thee from the Book of Life.

5.) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old _____

a.) he can choose for himself which way he shall go.

b.) he shall seek and find the living God.

c.) he will not depart from it.

d.) he shall not die.

6.) Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but _____ shall drive it far from him.

a.) the rod of correction

b.) the diligent teacher

c.) the loving father

d.) the wise mother

7.) Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou _____ he shall not die.

a.) chidest him

b.) beatest him with the rod

c.) withholdeth thy wrath

d.) persuadeth him

8.) The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself _____

a.) develops creativity.

b.) is hobbled in his endeavour.

c.) can also apply his heart to learning.

d.) bringeth his mother to shame.

9.) In the gospels of Matthew and Mark, Jesus is quoted as saying the following concerning the last days on the earth. "And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall _____

a.) slander their parents.

b.) bear false witness against their parents.

c.) grow weary in well-doing, and disrespect their parents.

d.) rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

10.) The apostle Paul wrote this grim passage to the Romans. "And even as they _____, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."

a.) did not like to retain God in their knowledge

b.) caused their children to pass through the fire

c.) worshipped the creature rather than the creator

d.) tried to build precept on precept in their knowledge of God

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ANSWERS

Bible Characters

Job

Answers

1.) In what land did Job live?

Answer: c. Uz

Reference: Job 1:1

2.) How many children did Job lose in a storm?

Answer: c. 10

Reference: Job 1:2,18,19

3.) What kind of disease struck Job?

Answer: d. Boils

Reference: Job 2:7

4.) Who told Job in his troubles to "curse God and die"?

Answer: a. His wife

Reference: Job 2:9

5.) Who attempted to comfort Job in his distress?

Answer: b. His friends

Reference: Job 2:11-13

6.) Which of these was not one of Job's "friends"?

Answer: c. Elihu

Reference: Job 2:11

7.) Job's friends kept vigil with him in silence for how long?

Answer: c. 7 days

Reference: Job 2:13

8.) Job opened his mouth and cursed the day. Then what did he wish?

Answer: c. That he had never been born.

Reference: Job 3:1-3

9.) How many sons and daughters were born to Job after his sufferings?

Answer: b. 7 sons and 3 daughters

Reference: Job 42:13

10.) How much longer did Job live after his sufferings?

Answer: d. 140 years

Reference: Job 42:16,17

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John the Baptist

Answers

1.) Who was John the Baptist's father?

Answer: c. Zechariah

Reference: Luke 1:11-20

2.) Who was John the Baptist's mother?

Answer: b. Elisabeth

Reference: Luke 1:13

3.) What kind of clothes did John the Baptist wear?

Answer: a. Camel's hair

Comment: Not the camel's skin with hair on it, but a garment made of the shaggier camel's hair, woven in a coarse fabric.

Reference: Matthew 3:4

4.) John the Baptist was how much older than Jesus?

Answer: c. 6 months

Reference: Luke 1:26-28

5.) The relationship of Jesus to John the Baptist was:

Answer: b. Cousin

Reference: Luke 1:36

6.) What is the name of the river in which John the Baptist baptized people?

Answer: c. Jordan

Reference: Matthew 3:5,6

7.) John the Baptist was put in prison for declaring that Herod had broken what Law?

Answer: d. Adultery

Reference: Matthew 14:4

8.) Who asked Herod for the head of John the Baptist?

Answer: b. The daughter of Herodias

Comment: The daughter of Herodias asked her mother what she should ask of Herod. "The head of John the Baptist" was the reply.

Reference: Mark 6:21-25

9.) When Jesus heard that John the baptist had been arrested, where did he go?

Answer: c. Galilee

Reference: Matthew 4:12

10.) Which of these did Jesus say about John the Baptist?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Matthew 11:9-14

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Minor Characters

Answers

1.) Who asked God to bless him and enlarge his territory?

Answer: b. Jabez

Reference: 1 Chronicles 4:10

2.) Who bought Joseph from the Midianite traders?

Answer: a. Potiphar

Reference: Genesis 37:36

3.) Who lied to the Holy Spirit and an apostle and died with her husband?

Answer: c. Sapphira

Reference: Acts 5:1-11

4.) Who refused to appear before her husband, the king, at his command?

Answer: b. Vashti

Reference: Esther 1:12

5.) Who climbed up into a sycomore tree to see Jesus?

Answer: d. Zacchaeus

Reference: Luke 19:1-10

6.) Who offered the people a choice - Barabbas, or Jesus to be released?

Answer: b. Pilate

Reference: Matthew 27:17

7.) Out of whom did Jesus cast seven devils?

Answer: c. Mary Magdalene

Reference: Mark 16:9

8.) What prophetess told Barak to defeat Sisera and Jabin's army?

Answer: a. Deborah

Reference: Judges 4:10-16

9.) Jacob's wife Rachel died giving birth to whom?

Answer: d. Benjamin

Reference: Genesis 35:16-20

10.) Who was killed by three darts shot into his heart?

Answer: b. Absalom

Reference: 2 Samuel 18:14

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Judas Iscariot

Answers

1.) What was the name of Judas' father?

Answer: d. Simon

Reference: John 6:71

2.) When Mary annointed Jesus, why did Judas say, "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?"

Answer: b. Because he was a thief.

Reference: John 12:3-6

3.) How much was Judas Iscariot given to betray Jesus?

Answer: c. 30 pieces of silver

Reference: Matthew 27:3

4.) What did Jesus give to Judas as a sign that he was to betray Him?

Answer: b. Bread

Reference: John 13:26

5.) How did Judas betray Jesus?

Answer: d. He kissed him

Reference: Matthew 26:47-49

6.) Where did Judas betray Jesus?

Answer: c. Garden of Gethsemane

Reference: Matthew 26:36-50

7.) How did Judas, the betrayer, die?

Answer: b. He hung himself.

Reference: Matthew 27:3-5

8.) What was the name of the field that was purchased with the betrayal money Judas returned?

Answer: c. Aceldama

Reference: Acts 1:15-19

9.) After Jesus' ascension, which two men were proposed to replace Judas?

Answer: a. Joseph and Matthias

Reference: Acts 1:23-26

10.) Which one was finally chosen by the other eleven to replace Judas?

Answer: c. Matthias

Reference: Acts 1:26

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Laban

Answers

1.) Laban went out to meet Abraham's servant who had come to take his sister to be a wife for Isaac. Who was his sister?

Answer: d. Rebekah

Reference: Genesis 24:29

2.) What relation was Laban to Jacob?

Answer: b. uncle

Reference: Genesis 27:43; 29:13

3.) Where did Laban live?

Answer: c. Padan-aram

Reference: Genesis 28:5

4.) What was the name of Laban's daughter whom Jacob loved most?

Answer: a. Rachel

Reference: Genesis 29:20

5.) How long did Jacob serve Laban for Rachel?

Answer: c. 7 years

Reference: Genesis 29:20

6.) How did Laban deceive Jacob regarding his wife?

Answer: c. He gave him Rachael's older sister instead.

Reference: Genesis 29:24-26

7.) How did Laban explain what he had done?

Answer: d. It is not done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

Reference: Genesis 29:26

8.) When Jacob asked Laban if he could return to his own country, what did Laban say?

Answer: d. Tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

Reference: Genesis 30:25-27

9.) When did Jacob leave Laban?

Answer: b. When Laban went to shear his sheep.

Reference: Genesis 31:19,20

10.) Rachel had taken the Laban's household gods, but Laban was not able to find them. Why?

Answer: a. She had put them in the camel's furniture and sat on them.

Reference: Genesis 31:34

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Unique Characters

Answers

1.) Which man is described as little of stature?

Answer: b. Zacchaeus

Reference: Luke 19:2-4

2.) Who, from his shoulders and upward, was higher than any of the people?

Answer: c. Saul

Reference: 1 Samuel 9:2

3.) Who was the king of Moab who was a very fat man.

Answer: b. Eglon

Reference: Judges 3:17

4.) Which man had very very long hair?

Answer: c. Absalom

Reference: 2 Samuel 14:25,26

5.) Whose patience, according to the Bible, have we all heard of?

Answer: b. Job

Reference: James 5:11

6.) Who was mocked because he was bald?

Answer: c. Elisha

Reference: 2 Kings 2:22,23

7.) In all Israel there was none to be so much praised for his beauty as...

Answer: b. Absalom

Reference: 2 Samuel 14:25

8.) Who passed all the kings of the earth in riches.

Answer: d. Solomon

Reference: 2 Chronicles 9:22

9.) Who was the wisest man, like none before him, or none ever will be again.

Answer: b. Solomon

Reference: 1 Kings 3:10-13

10.) Who was the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was lefthanded?

Answer: a. Ehud

Reference: Judges 3:15

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Lot

Answers

1.) Who was Lot's father?

Answer: d. Haran

Reference: Genesis 11:27

2.) What relation was Lot to Abraham?

Answer: b. Nephew

Reference: Genesis 14:12

3.) The story of Lot hints at a reason as to why Lot was attached to Abram's family unit. Why?

Answer: a. Lot's father died before his grandfather died.

Reference: Genesis 11:28

4.) Why did Abram suggest that he and Lot should not dwell together?

Answer: b. Their substance was so great that the land could not bear them.

Reference: Genesis 13:6

5.) What land did Lot choose when it was time for him to separate from Abram?

Answer: a. The plain of the Jordan.

Reference: Genesis 13:11

6.) How many trained men did Abram take with him when he went to rescue Lot from captivity?

Answer: c. 318

Reference: Genesis 14:14

7.) How far did Abram and his men pursue the armies that had taken Lot captive?

Answer: c. to Dan

Reference: Genesis 14:14

8.) What did Abram return with after he had rescued Lot?

Answer: d. Lot, his possessions, and the women and other people who had been taken captive.

Reference: Genesis 14:16

9.) Where did Lot dwell after he left Zoar?

Answer: c. In a mountain cave.

Reference: Genesis 19:30

10.) Who lived with him after he left Zoar?

Answer: b. His two daughters.

Reference: Genesis 19:30

11.) What were the names of the sons that the daughters of Lot bore to their father?

Answer: a. Moab and Benammi

Reference: Genesis 19:36-38

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Luke

Answers

1.) What was Luke's profession?

Answer: a. Physician

Reference: Colossians 4:14

2.) To whom did Luke address the Gospel of Luke?

Answer: c. Theophilus

Reference: Luke 1:3,4

3.) Besides the gospel of Luke, what other book of the Bible did Luke write?

Answer: a. Acts

Reference:

4.) By what other name is Luke mentioned in the Bible?

Answer: b. Lucas

Reference: Philemon 1:24

5.) What parable of Jesus is mentioned only by Luke in his Gospel account?

Answer: b. The parable of the good samaritan.

Reference: Luke 10:30-37

6.) What miracle of Jesus is mentioned only by Luke in his Gospel account?

Answer: c. Healing of the ten lepers.

Reference: Luke 17:11-19

7.) With whom was Luke called "a fellowlabourer?"

Answer: c. Paul

Reference: Philemon 1:19-24; 2 Timothy 4:11

8.) Who was a seller of purple in Thyatira, with whom Luke and the others stayed?

Answer: d. Lydia

Reference: Acts 16:14-15

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Pharaoh

Answers

1.) Which child was born into the house of Levi, and was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter?

Answer: d. Moses

Reference: Exodus 2:1-10

2.) What portion of the crops did Joseph tell the Egyptians to give Pharaoh?

Answer: b. one fifth

Reference: Genesis 41:34; Genesis 47:26

3.) Pharaoh's dream of thin cattle coming up out of the river was a warning of what?

Answer: b. Famine

Reference: Genesis 41:26-28

4.) What king made an alliance with Egypt by marrying the Pharaoh's daughter?

Answer: d. Solomon

Reference: 1 Kings 3:1

5.) When there was famine in the land Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there with his wife Sarai. When she was commended before Pharaoh, who did Abram say she was?

Answer: b. His sister.

Reference: Genesis 12:10-20

6.) When Joseph was sold into Egypt to Pharaoh's officer, what was the officer's name?

Answer: c. Potiphar

Reference: Genesis 37:36

7.) Who cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent?

Answer: c. Aaron

Reference: Exodus 7:10

8.) When Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, who did Pharaoh give him for his wife?

Answer: a. The queen's sister.

Reference: 1 Kings 11:19

9.) Who did Pharaoh king of Egypt make governor over Egypt and all his house.

Answer: c. Joseph

Reference: Acts 7:9,10

10.) How many of his chariots did Pharaoh send after Moses and the Israelites?

Answer: d. All of his horses and chariots.

Reference: Exodus 14:9

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Naaman

Answers

1.) What position did Naaman hold in the Syrian army?

Answer: b. Captain of the host of the king of Syria.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:1

2.) Why had the king of Syria honored Naaman?

Answer: a. Because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:1

3.) What was Naaman afflicted with?

Answer: c. He was a leper.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:1

4.) Who told Naaman about the prophet Elisha?

Answer: b. His servant.

Comment: Naaman's wife's maid told Naaman's wife, but the servant told Naaman.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:2-4

5.) What in this list did Naaman not take with him to the prophet Elisha?

Answer: c. precious stones

Reference: 2 Kings 5:5

6.) What message did Elisha send to Naaman?

Answer: d. Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and you will be clean.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:9,10

7.) How did Naaman respond to Elisha's message?

Answer: a. He turned and went away in a rage.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:12

8.) Who changed Naaman's mind about what he should do?

Answer: a. His servants.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:13

9.) What happened when Naaman did what Elisha said for him to do?

Answer: b. Naaman was healed.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:14

10.) Jesus used the story of Naaman to illustrate the point that:

Answer: a. No prophet is accepted in his own country.

Reference: Luke 4:24-27

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Roman Soldiers

Answers

1.) What did Jesus say to the centurion who came to Him and told Him that his servant was sick?

Answer: b. I will come and heal him.

Reference: Matthew 8:5-7

2.) What did the centurion at the cross say when Jesus had died?

Answer: d. Truly this was the Son of God.

Reference: Matthew 27:54; Mark 15:39

3.) There was a certain man in Caesarea, a centurion of the band called the Italian band. What was his name?

Answer: a. Cornelius

Reference: Acts 10:1

4.) When Joseph of Arithmathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus, what did Pilate do?

Answer: c. Called a centurion to establish that Jesus was in fact dead.

Reference: Mark 15:44,45

5.) What did Felix tell Paul he would do when Lysias, the chief captain, came down?

Answer: d. Make a decision on Paul's case.

Reference: Acts 24:22

6.) Concerning Paul, the centurion warned the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest...

Answer: b. for this man is a Roman.

Reference: Acts 22:26

7.) Who told Paul of the plot to kill him, then Paul told a centurion about it?

Answer: c. His sister's son.

Reference: Acts 23:16,17

8.) Felix commanded a centurion to keep guard over Paul, and...

Answer: d. all of the above.

Reference: Acts 24:23

9.) What was the name of the centurion to whom Paul was delivered when they set sail for Rome?

Answer: c. Julius

Reference: Acts 27:1

10.) When they came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but what happened to Paul?

Answer: b. He was allowed to live by himself with a guard.

Reference: Acts 28:16

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Lazarus

Answers

1.) What town did Lazarus live in?

Answer: b. Bethany

Reference: John 11:1

2.) When Jesus heard that his friend Lazarus was ill, he said...

Answer: c. "This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God's glory."

Reference: John 11:3,4

3.) After having heard that Lazarus was ill, Jesus...

Answer: a. stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

Reference: John 11:6

4.) Why did the disciples not want to go back to Judea with Jesus?

Answer: a. The Jews had tried to stone Jesus there and they did not think it wise for him to return there.

Reference: John 11:7,8

5.) When Jesus told the disciples that Lazarus was asleep, what did he mean?

Answer: d. Lazarus was dead.

Reference: John 11:11-14

6.) How long had Lazarus been in the tomb when Jesus arrived at his house?

Answer: d. four days

Reference: John 11:17

7.) How far was it from Lazarus' hometown to Jerusalem?

Answer: b. About fifteen furlongs.

Reference: John 11:18

8.) They took away the stone, and Jesus looked upward and said...

Answer: a. "Father, I thank you for having heard me."

Reference: John 11:41

9.) When Jesus called Lazarus out of the tomb and he appeared still bound in grave cloth, what did many of the Jews who saw it do?

Answer: a. They believed in Jesus.

Reference: John 11:43-45

10.) The chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death. Why?

Answer: c. Because on account of him many people believed in Jesus.

Reference: John 12:10,11

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Absalom

Answers

1.) Who was Absalom's father?

Answer: d. David

Reference: 2 Samuel 3:2,3

2.) What relation to Absalom was Tamar, whom Amnon raped?

Answer: c. sister

Reference: 2 Samuel 13:20

3.) What was the first public act that Absalom performed?

Answer: d. He revenged the blood of Amnon, who had raped his sister.

Reference: 2 Samuel 13:26-29

4.) Where did Absalom go to when he fled from David?

Answer: a. To his maternal grandfather, the king of Geshur.

Reference: 2 Samuel 3:3; 13:37

5.) Who brought Absalom back to Jerusalem?

Answer: a. Joab

Reference: 2 Samuel 14:23

6.) How long did Absalom dwell in Jerusalem without coming into the presence of the king?

Answer: b. two years

Reference: 2 Samuel 14:28

7.) How did Absalom win the hearts of the men of Israel?

Answer: b. He criticized his father's administration and accepted the obeisance of the people.

Reference: 2 Samuel 15:3-6

8.) What was king David's order to his commanders concerning Absalom?

Answer: d. They should deal gently with him.

Reference: 2 Samuel 18:5

9.) What type of animal was Absalom riding when his hair got caught in the boughs of the oak tree?

Answer: b. a mule

Reference: 2 Samuel 18:9

10.) Who was it that shot Absalom through the heart with three darts?

Answer: a. Joab

Reference: 2 Samuel 18:14

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Andrew

Answers

1.) Who was Andrew's brother?

Answer: a. Simon Peter

Reference: Matthew 4:18

2.) What city was Andrew from?

Answer: c. Bethsaida

Reference: John 1:44

3.) What was Andrew doing when Jesus called him to be a disciple?

Answer: b. Fishing.

Reference: Matthew 4:18-20

4.) What prompted Andrew, who had been a follower of John the Baptist, to follow Jesus?

Answer: b. He heard John say, "Behold the Lamb of God."

Reference: John 1:29-40

5.) What relative of Andrew did Jesus heal of a fever?

Answer: c. His brother's mother-in-law.

Reference: Mark 1:29-31

6.) What did Andrew tell Simon Peter about Jesus?

Answer: a. We have found the Messiah.

Reference: John 1:40,41

7.) Which other disciple was from the same city as Andrew and his brother?

Answer: c. Philip

Reference: John 12:21

8.) What did Jesus say when Andrew pointed out to him that there was a boy present in the crowd who had five loaves and two fishes?

Answer: d. Make the men sit down.

Reference: John 6:8,10

9.) Andrew and Philip told Jesus that some Greeks were wanting to meet him. Why were the Greeks in Jerusalem?

Answer: a. They came to worship at the feast.

Reference: John 12:20-22

10.) Where did Andrew go immediately after Jesus' ascension?

Answer: a. To the upper room.

Reference: Acts 1:11-13

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Name Changes

Answers

1.) What was Abraham's original name?

Answer: c. Abram

Reference: Genesis 17:5

2.) What was Sarah's original name?

Answer: b. Sarai

Reference: Genesis 17:15

3.) What was Israel's original name?

Answer: d. Jacob

Reference: Genesis 32:28

4.) What was Joshua's original name?

Answer: a. Oshea

Comment: Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation," son of Nun and successor to Moses.

Reference: Numbers 13:16

5.) What was Solomon's original name?

Answer: b. Jedidiah

Reference: 2 Samuel 12:24,25

6.) What was Peter's original name?

Answer: a. Simon

Comment: Cephas = "stone," another name for the apostle Peter.

Reference: John 1:42

7.) What was Paul's original name?

Answer: d. Saul

Reference: Acts 13:9

8.) What was Zaphnath-paaneah's original name?

Answer: c. Joseph

Reference: Genesis 41:45

9.) What was Belteshazzar's original name?

Answer: d. Daniel

Reference: Daniel 1:7

10.) What was Zedekiah's original name?

Answer: c. Mattaniah

Reference: 2 Kings 24:17

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Balak and Balaam

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1.) Balak, king of the Moabites, sent messengers to Balaam, the son of Beor, saying, "Curse this people for me, since they are stronger than I; perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land for I know that..."

Answer: c. "whomever you bless is blessed, and whomever you curse is cursed."

Reference: Numbers 22:5,6

2.) What did Balaam ask the princes of the Moabites to do?

Answer: a. Stay the night, while he sought the Lord for an answer about what he should do.

Reference: Numbers 22:8

3.) What did God tell Balaam?

Answer: d. Thou shalt not go with them and thou shalt not curse the people.

Reference: Numbers 22:12

4.) How did Balak respond when he heard Balaam's reply?

Answer: d. He sent more princes of higher rank to visit Balaam.

Reference: Numbers 22:15

5.) Balaam told the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold...

Answer: c. "I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more."

Reference: Numbers 22:18

6.) Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the officials of Moab, but his donkey was extremely uncooperative. Why?

Answer: a. The donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand.

Reference: Numbers 22:23

7.) The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "...I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me. If your donkey had not turned away from me these three times..."

Answer: d. "surely just now I would have killed you and let it live."

Reference: Numbers 22:32,33

8.) What did Balaam say to Balak about the word that was to be delivered?

Answer: b. The word that God puts in my mouth is the word I shall speak.

Reference: Numbers 22:38

9.) God told Moses that Ammonites and Moabites "shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD to their tenth generation: because they hired Balaam to curse thee, and because..."

Answer: b. "they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt."

Reference: Deuteronomy 23:3,4

10.) How did Balaam die?

Answer: d. The children of Israel slayed him with a sword.

Reference: Joshua 13:22

11.) The book of Jude speaks woe to people who have followed after Balaam and two other people. Who were they?

Answer: a. Cain and Core

Reference: Jude 1:11

12.) In the book of Revelation, to which church does the Lord write: "I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam."

Answer: c. Pergamos

Reference: Revelation 2:12-14

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Thomas

Answers

1.) Why was Thomas thinking that Jesus and the disciples would all die if they went to Bethany again?

Answer: a. Because the Jews there had tried to kill them previously.

Reference: John 11:8,16

2.) To whom did Thomas express his concern that they would die if they went to Bethany?

Answer: c. To his fellow disciples.

Reference: John 11:16

3.) Jesus said "...I go to prepare a place for you ... you know where I am going and you know the way." And Thomas said to Him...

Answer: d. Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?

Reference: John 14:3-5

4.) Why did Thomas not believe the disciples account of having seen the risen Lord?

Answer: b. He was not present when Jesus appeared.

Reference: John 20:24

5.) A week later, Jesus stood in the group and spoke peace to them. What was unusual about His entry into the room?

Answer: c. The doors were shut when He arrived.

Reference: John 20:26

6.) When Jesus had offered to let Thomas reach out his hand and thrust it into His side, what admonition did He offer to Thomas?

Answer: c. Be not faithless, but believing.

Reference: John 20:27

7.) And Thomas answered and said unto him...

Answer: b. My Lord and my God.

Reference: John 20:28

8.) How did Jesus describe to Thomas those who have not seen, but yet have believed?

Answer: d. blessed

Reference: John 20:29

9.) On what sea did the Lord appear to Thomas and six of the other disciples when they had fished all night and caught nothing?

Answer: b. The sea of Tiberias.

Reference: John 21:1-3

10.) Where was Thomas on the day of Pentecost?

Answer: a. In the upper room.

Reference: Acts 1:13

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Esau

Answers

1.) What was the delicacy that Esau provided that his father Isaac loved to eat?

Answer: d. venison

Reference: Genesis 25:28

2.) Esau brought his father a meal and expected Isaac to bless him. Why did Isaac not bless Esau?

Answer: d. He had already given the blessing to Jacob.

Reference: Genesis 27:37

3.) What did Esau plan to do to Jacob after their father had died?

Answer: a. Kill him.

Reference: Genesis 27:41

4.) When Esau saw that Isaac had cautioned Jacob against marrying a Canaanite woman, what did he do?

Answer: b. Went to Canaan and took an Ishmaelite wife.

Reference: Genesis 28:8,9

5.) How many men did Esau have with him when he went to meet his brother Jacob?

Answer: c. 400

Reference: Genesis 32:6

6.) Jacob was very apprehensive about meeting Esau after so many years apart, and particularly seeing that at the time of their parting Esau wanted to kill Jacob. What happened when they met?

Answer: d. They embraced and kissed each other, and wept.

Reference: Genesis 33:4

7.) Who was the other person who helped Esau bury Isaac?

Answer: b. Jacob

Reference: Genesis 35:29

8.) What is the name of the people who were descended from Esau?

Answer: c. Edomites

Reference: Genesis 36:9

9.) Two Old Testament prophets prophesied against Esau - who were they?

Answer: a. Obadiah and Malachi

Reference: Obadiah 1:6,8,9,18,19,21; Malachi 1:2

10.) How did the writer of the letter to the Hebrews describe Esau?

Answer: d. A profane person, who sold his birthright for a morsel of meat.

Reference: Hebrews 12:16

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Nathanael

Answers

1.) Which of the disciples told Nathanael that they had found the Messiah?

Answer: b. Philip

Reference: John 1:45

2.) What did Nathanael say in response to the statement that they had found the Messiah?

Answer: d. Can anything good come out of Nazareth?

Reference: John 1:46

3.) What did Jesus say when he saw Nathanael coming toward him?

Answer: a. Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!

Reference: John 1:47

4.) Where was Nathanael when Jesus first saw him?

Answer: c. Under a fig tree.

Reference: John 1:48

5.) Nathanael was the first disciple to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God. What else did he call Him in the same speech?

Answer: d. The King of Israel.

Reference: John 1:49

6.) What did Jesus tell Nathanael that he would see?

Answer: c. Heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.

Reference: John 1:50,51

7.) What was the first miracle that Nathanael witnessed?

Answer: b. The turning of water into wine at the wedding in Cana.

Reference: John 2:1,2

8.) Where was Nathanael from?

Answer: a. Cana, in Galilee.

Reference: John 21:2

9.) After the crucifixion, the disciples went fishing, and Nathanael was with them. How many fish had they caught before Jesus spoke to them?

Answer: d. None

Reference: John 21:3-5

10.) When they had gone ashore from that fishing trip, what did Nathanael and the other disciples see?

Answer: d. There was a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread.

Reference: John 21:9

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Gehazi

Answers

1.) What was the name of the prophet whom Gehazi served?

Answer: b. Elisha

Reference: 2 Kings 4:8-12

2.) What did Gehazi suggest to his master could be done for the Shunammite woman who was hospitable to them?

Answer: d. He reminded his master that the woman had no child.

Reference: 2 Kings 4:12-14

3.) The woman's child died. What did the prophet tell Gehazi to do?

Answer: c. To take the prophet's staff and lay it on the face of the child.

Reference: 2 Kings 4:29

4.) Having done what the prophet told him to do, Gehazi went back to the prophet. What was his report?

Answer: a. The child is not awake.

Reference: 2 Kings 4:31

5.) Naaman visited the prophet and was healed. What did Gehazi decide to do as Naaman departed?

Answer: d. Gehazi went after Naaman to collect a gift from Naaman, although the prophet had refused to take it when it was offered.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:20

6.) When Gehazi got back to the house, the prophet asked him where he had been. What was his response?

Answer: d. I have not been anywhere.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:25

7.) What curse did Gehazi receive on his life that day?

Answer: b. He was made leprous.

Reference: 2 Kings 5:27

8.) The prophet sent the woman and her son away to the land of the Philistines for seven years, because of the famine. To whom was Gehazi talking when she returned from her sojourn?

Answer: a. The king.

Reference: 2 Kings 8:1-5

9.) The prophet prayed that God would open the eyes of his servant. What did the servant see?

Answer: c. The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about the prophet.

Reference: 2 Kings 6:15-17

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Bible General

Money in the Bible

Answers

1.) What was the value of two sparrows in Jesus day?

Answer: d. One farthing

Reference: Matthew 10:29

2.) A man whose 10,000 talent debt was written off, failed to forgive a debt of

Answer: d. 100 pence

Reference: Matthew 18:28

3.) How much was Judas Iscariot given to betray Jesus?

Answer: c. 30 pieces of silver

Reference: Matthew 27:3

4.) The love of money is the root of...?

Answer: b. All evil

Reference: 1 Timothy 6:10

5.) Who did Jesus send fishing to get money for taxes?

Answer: b. Peter

Reference: Matthew 17:24-27

6.) Who offered Delilah silver to find out the secret of Samson's strength?

Answer: a. The lords of the Philistines

Reference: Judges 16:5

7.) According to Luke, the price of five sparrows was:

Answer: d. Two farthings

Reference: Luke 12:6

8.) For how much was Joseph sold to the Ishmeelites?

Answer: b. 20 pieces of silver

Reference: Genesis 37:28

9.) As Jesus watched, how much money did the poor widow throw into the treasury?

Answer: c. Two mites

Reference: Mark 12:41-42

10.) What prophet's sons were greedy, and took bribes?

Answer: d. Samuel

Reference: 1 Samuel 8:1-3

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Food in the Bible

Answers

1.) Who found honey inside the body of a dead lion?

Answer: b. Samson

Reference: Judges 14:5-9

2.) Elisha purified a pot of stew that had been poisoned with what?

Answer: b. Wild gourds

Reference: 2 Kings 4:38-41

3.) Who served cheese, milk, and veal to the Lord when he made His appearance in the form of three men?

Answer: a. Abraham

Reference: Genesis 18:1-8

4.) Who traded his birthright to his brother for some bread and lentil stew?

Answer: d. Esau

Reference: Genesis 25:30-34

5.) What did John the Baptist eat in the wilderness?

Answer: d. Locusts

Reference: Matthew 3:4

6.) What did the widow make for the prophet Elijah?

Answer: b. Bread

Reference: 1 Kings 17:13

7.) Who woke up under a tree and found an angel had cooked food for him?

Answer: a. Elijah

Reference: 1 Kings 19:1-8

8.) What type of bird did God provide for Israel in the desert?

Answer: c. Quails

Reference: Exodus 16:13

9.) What did the spies which Moses sent not return with?

Answer: b. Honey

Reference: Numbers 13:23

10.) When his brothers came to buy food, in whose sack did Joseph place his cup?

Answer: b. Benjamin's

Reference: Genesis 44:1-2,11-12

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Boats in the Bible

Answers

1.) How long was the ark that Noah built?

Answer: c. 300 cubits

Reference: Genesis 6:15

2.) Where did the ark land?

Answer: c. Mountains of Ararat

Reference: Genesis 8:4

3.) Where was the boat headed for that Jonah boarded to run away from the Lord?

Answer: a. Tarshish

Reference: Jonah 1:3

4.) What did the men on the boat do to Jonah?

Answer: d. They threw him overboard.

Reference: Jonah 1:15

5.) In Psalms "They that go down to the sea in ships and do business in great waters ____"

Answer: d. see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.

Reference: Psalms 107:23,24

6.) Why did Jesus preach from a boat when he preached the parable of the sower?

Answer: a. The crowd that had gathered was very large.

Reference: Matthew 13:1-9

7.) Who did Paul take with him on his first missionary journey? (sailing from Seleucia to Cyprus)

Answer: b. Barnabas

Reference: Acts 13:1-5

8.) What was Jesus doing in the boat when the disciples thought they were going to perish in the storm?

Answer: b. sleeping

Reference: Matthew 8:23-27

9.) Paul was at sea in a severe storm for fourteen days. In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow. Paul told the centurion that if the men did not stay with the ship, they would not be saved. What did the centurion do?

Answer: c. Cut off the ropes of the lifeboat, and let it fall into the sea.

Reference: Acts 27:30-32

10.) When Jesus called James son of Zebedee and his brother John, they were in a boat with their father Zebedee. What were they doing?

Answer: a. Mending the nets.

Reference: Mark 1:19

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Chariots in the Bible

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1.) How many of his chariots did Pharaoh send after Moses and the Israelites?

Answer: d. all his horses and chariots

Reference: Exodus 14:9

2.) What did God tell Moses? 'When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou...'

Answer: c. be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee.

Reference: Deuteronomy 20:1

3.) Why could Judah not drive out the inhabitants of the valley?

Answer: b. because they had chariots of iron.

Reference: Judges 1:19

4.) How many chariots did the captain of whose host, Sisera, have?

Answer: c. nine hundred

Reference: Judges 4:1-3

5.) How many stalls of horses did Solomon have for his chariots?

Answer: b. forty thousand

Reference: 1 Kings 4:26

6.) Some trust in chariots, and some in __ but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Answer: a. horses

Reference: Psalms 20:7

7.) At the battle of Ramoth-Gilead, how did King Ahab of Israel die?

Answer: b. He was in a chariot, and was struck by a random arrow between the scales of his armor.

Reference: 1 Kings 22:34,35

8.) What did Elisha's servant see when Elisha prayed that the Lord would open his eyes that he might see?

Answer: d. The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

Reference: 2 Kings 6:17

9.) What did the Syrians do when they heard the noise of chariots, horses, and a great host?

Answer: a. They arose and fled in the twilight.

Reference: 2 Kings 7:6,7

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Music in the Bible

Answers

1.) What type of instrument did David play to soothe Saul?

Answer: a. harp

Reference: 1 Samuel 16:23

2.) How many priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God when it was transported from the house of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem?

Answer: d. 7

Reference: 1 Chronicles 15:24

3.) What instruments were used when the ark of God was transported from the house of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem?

Answer: d. All of the above

Reference: 1 Chronicles 15:28

4.) With what instrument did Miriam lead the women out to sing to the Lord when the Israelites had crossed the Red Sea?

Answer: b. Timbrels

Reference: Exodus 15:20

5.) What instrument does the prophet Amos say strikes fear into the heart of the people when they hear it?

Answer: b. Trumpet

Reference: Amos 3:6

6.) Against what army did Gideon's men blow trumpets and shout "The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!"?

Answer: b. Midianites

Reference: Judges 7:20-23

7.) Who was the man in the OT who was "the father of all who play the harp and flute."

Answer: d. Jubal

Reference: Genesis 4:21

8.) In the book of Revelation, what instrument did the voice that John heard sound like when he was instructed to "Come up here"?

Answer: a. trumpet

Reference: Revelation 1:10

9.) In the book of Revelation, of what city did the angel say "The voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee?"

Answer: c. Babylon

Reference: Revelation 18:2,22

10.) In the song of Moses and the Lamb in the book of Revelation, God is described as king of what?

Answer: a. saints

Reference: Revelation 15:3

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Prayer in the Bible

Answers

1.) God spoke to Abimelech and told him that Abraham would pray for him and he would...

Answer: a. live.

Reference: Genesis 20:4-7

2.) Why did Isaac pray to the LORD for his wife, Rebekah?

Answer: a. Because she was barren.

Reference: Genesis 25:21

3.) What did the priest Eli think when he saw Hannah praying?

Answer: b. He thought she was drunk.

Reference: 1 Samuel 1:12,13

4.) When Elisha prayed for his servant and the LORD opened the eyes of the servant, what did he see.

Answer: d. The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Reference: 2 Kings 6:17

5.) When Elisha had prayed for the child of the Shunammite woman, what did he tell his servant to do?

Answer: d. Call the Shunammite woman.

Reference: 2 Kings 4:8-12

6.) What did Elisha pray for the Arameans when they came down against him?

Answer: b. That God would strike them with blindness.

Reference: 2 Kings 6:18

7.) What did God do in response, as Hezekiah wept to God in prayer?

Answer: a. Healed him.

Reference: 2 Kings 20:5

8.) What did the Lord do when Job prayed for his friends?

Answer: d. Restored the fortunes of Job and gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Reference: Job 42:10

9.) Who responded to Daniel's prayer of confession?

Answer: c. The angel Gabriel.

Reference: Daniel 9:4,5,21

10.) Where was Jonah when he prayed to God?

Answer: d. In the belly of the fish.

Reference: Jonah 2:1

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Signs in the Heavens

Answers

1.) For what purpose was the moon created?

Answer: b. To give light to the earth.

Reference: Genesis 1:16-18

2.) In what order were the stars and planets made?

Answer: c. earth, sun, moon, galaxy

Reference: Genesis 1:10,16

3.) What was the purpose of the rainbow?

Answer: b. For God to remember his promise not to flood the whole earth again.

Reference: Genesis 9:14,15

4.) When Israel wandered in the wilderness, what sign did God give them of His going before them at night?

Answer: a. A pillar of fire.

Reference: Exodus 13:21

5.) What was the name of the star that the wise men followed from the east to Bethlehem?

Answer: a. We are not told.

Reference: Matthew 2:2,7,9,10

6.) When the prophet Isaiah told king Hezekiah that God would add fifteen years to his life, what did he say would be the sign given?

Answer: d. The shadow of the sun would return ten degrees on the sun dial.

Reference: Isaiah 38:7,8

7.) When the Lord delivered the Amorites into the hand of Joshua, what celestial event occurred?

Answer: b. The sun stood still and did not go down for about a whole day.

Reference: Joshua 10:12,13

8.) What did the prophet say the moon would turn into before the great and notable day of the Lord?

Answer: c. blood

Reference: Acts 2:20

9.) What is the final fate of the heavens as described in Revelation?

Answer: b. It departs as a scroll when it is rolled together.

Reference: Revelation 6:14

10.) In the book of Revelation, what was the name of the star that fell from heaven and made a third of the waters bitter?

Answer: c. Wormwood

Reference: Revelation 8:10,11

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Arrows in the Bible

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1.) Jonathan called after the boy and said, "Is the arrow not beyond you? Make speed, haste, and stay not." And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. What was unusual about this event?

Answer: c. It was a coded message for David, who was hiding nearby.

Reference: 1 Samuel 20:22,37-42

2.) Who shot king Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart; and he died?

Answer: a. Jehu

Reference: 2 Kings 9:24

3.) In which direction did the prophet Elisha direct the King of Israel shoot an arrow?

Answer: c. eastward

Reference: 2 Kings 13:17

4.) Proverbs 7 describes a man who allows himself to be seduced, and likens the man to:

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Proverbs 7:21-23

5.) In the book of Lamentations the writer says of God, "He bent His bow and set me as a target for His arrow." What did he call to mind to give him hope?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Lamentations 3:12; 21-25

6.) Of what tribe were the archers who could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right hand or the left?

Answer: a. Benjaminites

Reference: 1 Chronicles 12:2

7.) Who was the king that had engines to shoot arrows installed on the walls of Jerusalem?

Answer: b. Uzziah

Reference: 2 Chronicles 26:14,15

8.) As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are...

Answer: a. children of one's youth.

Reference: Psalms 127:4

9.) As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, so is...

Answer: c. the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, I was only joking.

Reference: Proverbs 26:18,19

10.) Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for...

Answer: b. she has sinned against the LORD.

Reference: Jeremiah 50:14

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Secrets in the Bible

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1.) What was the secret message that Ehud had for King Eglon of Moab?

Answer: d. He took a dagger that he had strapped to his thigh, and thrust it into the king's stomach.

Reference: Judges 3:19-21

2.) What did the prophet Amos say that the Lord will do without revealing it to his servants the prophets?

Answer: d. Nothing.

Reference: Amos 3:7

3.) Where did Job ask God to hide him until His anger was past?

Answer: c. In the grave.

Reference: Job 14:13

4.) The secret of the LORD is with them that...

Answer: b. fear him, and he will show them his covenant.

Reference: Psalms 25:14

5.) Psalm 91 starts with the words: He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall...

Answer: b. abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Reference: Psalms 91:1

6.) The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be...

Answer: a. good, or whether it be evil.

Reference: Ecclesiastes 12:14

7.) Proverbs tells us about a woman who says, "Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant." To whom is she speaking?

Answer: d. Those who lack understanding.

Reference: Proverbs 9:16,17

8.) In Proverbs we are told that open rebuke is better than secret...

Answer: b. love.

Reference: Proverbs 27:5

9.) At Jesus' trial, the high priest asked Jesus about his disciples, and his doctrine. What did Jesus tell him that he had said in secret?

Answer: d. Nothing.

Reference: John 18:19,20

10.) The second epistle of Peter tells us, "there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who bought them." What is the consequence of this?

Answer: a. They bring swift destruction on themselves.

Reference: 2 Peter 2:1

11.) In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul tells them: "Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them for it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly; but...

Answer: c. everything exposed by the light becomes visible.

Reference: Ephesians 5:11-13

12.) Herod secretly called for the wise men to him. What did he want to know?

Answer: c. The exact time when the star had appeared.

Reference: Matthew 2:7

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Clothing in the Bible

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1.) Who did the Lord instruct Moses to make holy garments for?

Answer: c. Aaron

Reference: Exodus 28:2

2.) So Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He consecrated the people, and they did what to their clothes?

Answer: b. Washed them.

Reference: Exodus 19:14

3.) How many changes of clothing did Samson say that he would give the Philistines if they could answer his riddle?

Answer: d. thirty

Reference: Judges 14:12,13

4.) Jonathan gave David his garments, and...

Answer: a. his sword, his bow, and his girdle.

Reference: 1 Samuel 18:4

5.) The soldiers at the cross divided Jesus' clothing between them and cast lots for one piece. Why?

Answer: c. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece.

Reference: John 19:23,24

6.) In the Song of Solomon, he describes the smell of his wife's garments as like:

Answer: a. the smell of Lebanon.

Reference: The Song of Solomon 4:11

7.) In the book of Esther, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went through the city, wailing. Why?

Answer: c. Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces, giving orders to kill all the Jews.

Reference: Esther 3:13-15; 4:1

8.) The book of Judges tells the story of a man called Jephthah whose only child ran out to meet him when he returned from battle. Why did he tear his clothes when he saw her?

Answer: d. He had promised the Lord that whatever met him first at his return he would sacrifice to the Lord.

Reference: Judges 11:31-35

9.) From what did the woman suffer who touched Jesus' garment and was made whole?

Answer: b. Bleeding.

Reference: Mark 5:25-27

10.) Proverbs 31 describes a wife who makes her own clothing. What color is it?

Answer: b. purple

Reference: Proverbs 31:22

11.) To which of the seven churches did the Lord say: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed?

Answer: a. Laodicea

Reference: Revelation 3:14-18

12.) Tamar, David's daughter, was raped by her half-brother Amnon. What was the colour of the garment that she was wearing at the time?

Answer: d. Multi-coloured

Reference: 2 Samuel 13:18

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Treasure in the Bible

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1.) Who did Joseph tell his brothers had given treasure into their sacks?

Answer: a. God

Reference: Genesis 43:23

2.) One of the many promises that the Lord gave to Moses was: The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven shall give rain, thou shalt lend and not borrow etc. What was the condition placed on the blessing?

Answer: b. To observe and to do the commandments of the Lord.

Reference: Deuteronomy 28:12,13

3.) Which book in the Old Testament tells of the building of the temple in Jerusalem, with treasure from the king's own treasure house, at the decree of Cyrus, king of Persia?

Answer: d. Ezra

Reference: Ezra 1:5,6; 7:20

4.) Proverbs tells us: In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is...

Answer: d. trouble

Reference: Proverbs 15:6

5.) Another Proverb tells us: Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure...

Answer: b. and trouble therewith.

Reference: Proverbs 15:16

6.) In the sermon on the mount, Jesus said, "..For where your treasure is, there will _____ be also."

Answer: d. your heart

Reference: Matthew 6:21

7.) A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth...

Answer: c. that which is good.

Reference: Luke 6:45

8.) Where did Jesus tell the rich young ruler his treasure would be if he sold everything and gave to the poor?

Answer: b. In heaven.

Reference: Mark 10:21

9.) Paul told the Corinthians: "...but we have this treasure in _____ that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Answer: c. earthen vessels

Reference: 2 Corinthians 4:7

10.) Phillip met an Ethiopian eunuch who had charge of all of the treasure of the queen of the Ethiopians. What was her name?

Answer: a. Candace

Reference: Acts 8:27

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The Fruit of the Spirit

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1.) Galatians tells us: The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such...

Answer: c. there is no law.

Reference: Galatians 5:22,23

2.) LOVE - What parable did Jesus tell the lawyer who asked Him to illustrate neighborly love?

Answer: a. The Good Samaritan.

Reference: Luke 10:27-33

3.) JOY - The prophet Isaiah tells us: Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation, and in that day shall ye...

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Isaiah 12:3,4

4.) PEACE - What did the apostle Paul tell the Philippians was the prerequisite for:- "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus?"

Answer: a. Do not worry, but in everything by prayer let your requests be known to God.

Reference: Philippians 4:6,7

5.) LONGSUFFERING - Which church did the apostle Paul tell, "Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring?"

Answer: b. Thessalonians

Reference: 2 Thessalonians 1:4

6.) GENTLENESS - A righteous man _____: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Answer: a. cares for the needs of his animal

Reference: Proverbs 12:10

7.) GOODNESS - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and...

Answer: b. I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Reference: Psalms 23:6

8.) FAITH - For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and _____, even our faith.

Answer: d. this is the victory that overcometh the world

Reference: 1 John 5:4

9.) MEEKNESS - Zephaniah tells us: ...seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be _____.

Answer: a. ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

Reference: Zephaniah 2:3

10.) TEMPERANCE (self-control) - Paul stood before Felix and shared with him in three areas concerning the Christian faith... temperance and which two others?

Answer: d. Righteousness and judgment to come.

Reference: Acts 24:24,25

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Clouds in the Bible

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1.) How many times does the scripture tell us that the Lord led the Israelites with a pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night?

Answer: d. 4

Reference: Exodus 13:21; 13:22; Numbers 14:14; Nehemiah 9:19

2.) When Elijah's servant went to look for a cloud the seventh time, he saw one. What did he describe it as to Elijah?

Answer: a. A man's hand.

Reference: 1 Kings 18:44

3.) The psalmist tells us that God maketh the clouds...

Answer: b. His chariot.

Reference: Psalms 104:3

4.) Ecclesiastes tells us: He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds...

Answer: d. shall not reap.

Reference: Ecclesiastes 11:4

5.) At the transfiguration of Jesus, which of the gospels does not mention that there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him?

Answer: d. John

Reference: Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35

6.) The Gospel of Luke tells us that, "Then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with..."

Answer: d. power and great glory.

Reference: Luke 21:27

7.) In the letter to the Hebrews, the writer encourages them, "Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of _____ let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us..."

Answer: c. witnesses

Reference: Hebrews 12:1

8.) In the book of Revelation, John saw a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown. What was in his hand?

Answer: b. A sharp sickle.

Reference: Revelation 14:14

9.) What man does the book of Proverbs liken to clouds and wind without rain?

Answer: a. A man who boasts of gifts he does not have.

Reference: Proverbs 25:14

10.) What immediately precedes this verse, "...then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: 1 Thessalonians 4:17

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The End of the Matter

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1.) When the children of Israel had been in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years, they went out from Egypt...

Answer: d. On the very day it was fulfilled.

Reference: Exodus 12:40,41

2.) Jephthah promised God He would sacrifice whatever came out to meet him from the battle, and it was his daughter. She was given some time to farewell her friends before she was sacrificed at the end of...

Answer: b. two months.

Reference: Judges 11:39

3.) What happened to king Jehoram at the end of two years after the Lord afflicted him with an incurable disease?

Answer: a. His bowels fell out and he died.

Reference: 2 Chronicles 21:19

4.) Psalm 19 tells us that the heavens declare the glory of God, There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard... and their words to the end of...

Answer: a. the world.

Reference: Psalms 19:1-4

5.) Proverbs tells us that an inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof...

Answer: b. shall not be blessed.

Reference: Proverbs 20:21

6.) Ecclesiastes tells us "The beginning of the words of a fool's mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is...

Answer: c. mischievous madness.

Reference: Ecclesiastes 10:13

7.) The prophet Isaiah tells us that God can declare the end from the beginning and things that are not yet done...

Answer: b. from ancient time.

Reference: Isaiah 46:9,10

8.) Daniel got approval from the King to eat lentils and drink water for ten days. At the end of that time, how did they compare with the members of the King's court who ate meat?

Answer: d. Their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh.

Reference: Daniel 1:15

9.) In the parable of the tares and the wheat, what was the end of the world likened to?

Answer: c. The harvest.

Reference: Matthew 13:39

10.) Jesus likened the kingdom of heaven to sorting good fish from bad fish, and said, "So shall it be at the end of..."

Answer: a. the world.

Reference: Matthew 13:47-50

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Questions From God

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1.) What question's did God ask Adam when Adam and Eve were hiding themselves from His presence?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Genesis 3:9-11

2.) When Cain killed Abel and God spoke to him what was the first question that God asked Cain?

Answer: c. Where is your brother Abel?

Reference: Genesis 4:9

3.) What have you done? Samuel asked Saul at Gilgal and Saul explained that he had gone ahead and made the sacrifices to the Lord because Samuel was late arriving for the appointment. What was Samuel's response to Saul?

Answer: a. "Thou hast done foolishly ... the LORD would have established thy kingdom in Israel for ever, but now thy kingdom shall not continue..."

Reference: 1 Samuel 13:11-14

4.) Who was the prophet that said to king David, "Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes?"

Answer: b. Nathan

Reference: 2 Samuel 12:7-9

5.) Where was the Lord when Isaiah saw Him high and lifted up and the Lord asked him, "Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?"

Answer: c. In the temple.

Reference: Isaiah 6:1-8

6.) The Lord asked Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry?" What natural thing did He use to illustrate His point?

Answer: b. A gourd vine.

Reference: Jonah 4:4-6

7.) Who was Jesus speaking to when He said, "Who do you say that I am?"

Answer: d. His disciples.

Reference: Matthew 16:13-15

8.) To whom did Jesus say, " What do you want Me to do for you?"

Answer: b. The mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Reference: Matthew 20:20,21

9.) To whom did Jesus say, "Are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

Answer: a. Judas Iscariot.

Reference: Luke 22:47,48

10.) Jesus addressed this man twice by his name and then asked, "...why are you persecuting Me?"

Answer: d. Saul

Reference: Acts 9:4,5

11.) Jesus told a parable of a rich man who planned to build himself bigger barns, and take his ease. But God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee... Then what question did He ask?

Answer: b. Then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

Reference: Luke 12:16-21

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Two Years After

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1.) Two years after Joseph had interpreted the dreams for the baker and the butler in prison, Pharaoh had a dream. Where was he standing in his dream?

Answer: a. By a river.

Reference: Genesis 41:1

2.) Two years after Amnon raped Tamar, Absalom's sister, Absalom invited all the king's son to a feast at which he had Amnon killed - where was it?

Answer: a. Baalhazor

Reference: 2 Samuel 13:23

3.) When Absalom returned to Jerusalem after his exile in Gehur, in what way did he relate to his father, David?

Answer: d. He lived two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king .

Reference: 2 Samuel 14:28

4.) The prophet Hananiah prophesied that within two years the vessels of the Lord's house that Nebuchadnezzar had taken to Babylon would be returned. Jeremiah challenged the truth of the prophecy and told Hananiah also...

Answer: c. this year you will die, because you have taught rebellion against the Lord.

Reference: Jeremiah 28:3,15-17

5.) What was the name of the son that Shem begat two years after the flood?

Answer: b. Arphaxad

Reference: Genesis 11:10

6.) How many men did king Saul choose for his army after he had reigned two years?

Answer: c. Three thousand.

Reference: 1 Samuel 13:1,2

7.) What was the name of the god that Ahaziah son of Ahab served during his two-year reign over Israel?

Answer: b. Baal

Reference: 1 Kings 22:51-53

8.) The Lord smote king Jehoram in his bowels with an incurable disease. What happened to him after two years?

Answer: d. His bowels fell out and he died an agonizing death.

Reference: 2 Chronicles 21:16-19

9.) The opening words of the book of Amos tell us that the words of this book were written two years before what event?

Answer: a. An earthquake.

Reference: Amos 1:1,2

10.) King Herod had all the children in Bethlehem from two years old and under killed. Which prophet foretold this event?

Answer: d. Jeremiah

Reference: Matthew 2:16-18

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Shoes in the Bible

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1.) Who said, "There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose?"

Answer: c. John the Baptist

Reference: Mark 1:6,7

2.) Who said to Moses, "Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground?"

Answer: d. God

Reference: Exodus 3:4,5

3.) The inhabitants of what town deceived Joshua by dressing and shoeing their feet with old garments etc. and telling him that they were from a far country?

Answer: a. Gibeon

Reference: Joshua 9:3-6

4.) When Boaz spoke to his kinsman concerning Ruth, what did the kinsman do to show his confirmation of what was happening?

Answer: b. Took off a shoe.

Reference: Ruth 4:7,8

5.) When Saul was pursuing David through the countryside, there was an incident where Saul went into a cave to change his shoes. What happened in the cave?

Answer: d. David cut off a corner of Saul's cloak.

Reference: 1 Samuel 24:3,4

6.) The Lord told his disciples to be shod with sandals, but not put on two coats. What did he tell them to do as a testimony against any place that would not receive them?

Answer: b. Shake the dust off their feet.

Reference: Mark 6:9-11

7.) In the parable of the prodigal son, what did the father tell the servants to do when the son returned home?

Answer: c. Both of the above.

Reference: Luke 15:22-24

8.) Where was Paul when he preached to the men in the synagogue, and mentioned that John had counted himself unworthy to untie Jesus' shoe laces?

Answer: a. Antioch

Reference: Acts 13:14,25

9.) The first Christian martyr stood before the Sanhedrin and talked about Moses at the burning bush being told to take his shoes off. Who was this man?

Answer: c. Stephen

Reference: Acts 6:9,11; 7:1,33

10.) An angel told Peter to get dressed and put his sandals on. And then he took him out of prison to the city gate. What was unusual about this experience?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Acts 12:8-10

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At That Moment

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1.) As soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah was completely cut off. Where did the people cross over the river?

Answer: b. Opposite Jericho.

Reference: Joshua 3:15,16

2.) Moses said to the people, "If these men die a natural death, then the LORD has not sent me. But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt." As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, with their households and all their possessions. Who was the man of whom Moses spoke?

Answer: a. Korah

Reference: Numbers 16:31-33

3.) Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to beg the king for her house and land. Gehazi said, "This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life." How did the king respond to this?

Answer: a. He restored all her possessions to her, including the income from her land in her absence.

Reference: 2 Kings 8:5,6

4.) At the dedication of Solomon's temple, the trumpeters and singers were as one, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. Then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD. What effect did this have on the priests?

Answer: c. The priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud of the glory of the LORD.

Reference: 2 Chronicles 5:13-15

5.) A prophet told Jeroboam's wife that as soon as she returned to her city, her son would die. What was the prophet's name?

Answer: d. Ahijah

Reference: 1 Kings 14:6-12

6.) As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said...

Answer: a. "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."

Reference: Matthew 3:16,17

7.) What happened at the very moment when Jesus died?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Matthew 27:51,52

8.) The third time that Peter denied that he knew Jesus, at that very moment...

Answer: b. A rooster began to crow.

Reference: John 18:27

9.) What was the name of the woman who fell down dead at the feet of Peter when he had just finished telling her it would happen?

Answer: c. Sapphira

Reference: Acts 5:1,10

10.) Paul commanded an evil spirit to come out of a lady at Philippi and it did immediately. How did Paul realize that she needed deliverance?

Answer: d. She followed them for many days shouting out that they were servants of the Most High God.

Reference: Acts 16:16-19

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Defeating Demons

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1.) And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is...

Answer: b. shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

Reference: Ephesians 5:11-12

2.) When the Israelites were entering Canaan, God told them, "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God..."

Answer: c. drives them out from before you.

Reference: Deuteronomy 18:9-12

3.) Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to...

Answer: a. devour.

Reference: 1 Peter 5:8

4.) The apostle Paul explained to the Galatians what the works of the flesh are, and what will happen to those who do them, so, what will happen to those people?

Answer: d. They shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Reference: Galatians 5:19-21

5.) Thus says the LORD: "Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven for the Gentiles are...

Answer: b. dismayed at them.

Reference: Jeremiah 10:2

6.) In his letter to the Hebrews, Paul explained to them why the preaching of the Word did not profit those who failed to enter into God's rest. The reason was...

Answer: d. they did not believe.

Reference: Hebrews 3:18,19

7.) In his letter to the Galatians, Paul made a list of the works of the flesh (which includes murder, witchcraft, and drunkenness) and tells them that these people will not inherit this.

Answer: a. The kingdom of God.

Reference: Galatians 5:19-21

8.) In 1 John we read: "... the whole world lies in..."

Answer: d. wickedness.

Reference: 1 John 5:19

9.) Paul wrote to Timothy: "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to..."

Answer: d. Deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.

Reference: 1 Timothy 4:1

10.) In the book of Acts, some people who became Christians renounced all dealings with the occult. What did they do with their books?

Answer: b. Burned them publicly.

Reference: Acts 19:18-19

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Wells in the Bible

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1.) Abraham's servant, who had been sent to find a wife for Isaac, stood by a well and prayed to the Lord that one of the ladies who were coming out to draw water from the well would...

Answer: b. offer him a drink and offer to water his camels also.

Reference: Genesis 24:12-14

2.) Who was the woman that spoke to Abraham's servant at the well that day, and later became Isaac's wife?

Answer: d. Rebekah

Reference: Genesis 24:15-19

3.) Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, asking permission to pass through their land, on the understanding that they did not disturb the fields or vineyards or drink from their wells, so Sihon went out against Israel into the wilderness: and fought against Israel. What happened?

Answer: c. Israel killed Sihon and possessed his land right to the borders of Amnon.

Reference: Numbers 21:21-24

4.) Gideon, and all the people that were with him, pitched camp beside the well of Harod: and the LORD said to Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand has saved me. Say, "Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained..."

Answer: a. ten thousand

Reference: Judges 7:1-3

5.) A woman hid Ahimaaz and Jonathan in a well. Who were they hiding from?

Answer: a. Jonathan's brother, Absalom.

Reference: 2 Samuel 17:20-23

6.) While David was fleeing from Saul, one day he pined for a drink from a certain well. Where was that well?

Answer: d. Bethlehem

Reference: 2 Samuel 23:14,15

7.) Three of David's mighty warriors went and got him a drink from the well, but he poured it out as an offering to the Lord. Why?

Answer: b. Because the men had put their lives in jeopardy to bring it to him.

Reference: 1 Chronicles 11:18,19

8.) Isaac dug the wells again which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father. Why?

Answer: a. The Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

Reference: Genesis 26:15

9.) The wells that Isaac dug: he called their names after...

Answer: c. The names that his father had called them.

Reference: Genesis 26:17,18

10.) Jesus paused at Jacob's well in Samaria, and explained to someone that He was indeed the Messiah. Who did he speak to there?

Answer: c. A woman who had had 5 previous husbands.

Reference: John 4:6-18

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Sowing and Reaping

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1.) When God gave instructions about the jubilee year, He told Israel that they were not to sow during that year and that they were not to reap from unpruned vines. How often was the jubilee year?

Answer: d. Every 50 years.

Reference: Leviticus 25:11-14

2.) 2 Kings 19:29 says, And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. What was it a sign of?

Answer: c. God was going to put a hook in their jaw and a bridle in their mouth and turn them back on the way by which they came.

Reference: 2 Kings 19:28

3.) In his complaint to God, Job said, I have observed that they that plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap...

Answer: d. the same.

Reference: Job 4: 6-8

4.) The psalmist wrote, "Those who sow in tears, shall reap..."

Answer: b. in joy.

Reference: Psalms 126:5

5.) The writer of Ecclesiastes wrote, "He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth _____ shall not reap."

Answer: c. the clouds

Reference: Ecclesiastes 11:4

6.) The prophet Hosea wrote, "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap _____, break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you."

Answer: a. in mercy

Reference: Hosea 10:12

7.) In Micah chapter 6, God was speaking to Israel. What did He tell them would happen to them because of their sins.

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Micah 6:13,15

8.) How often did God command that the Israelites should let the land rest?

Answer: b. Every seventh year.

Reference: Leviticus 25:3,4

9.) Everyone knows the adage "you reap whatever you sow", but what are the words immediately before those words?

Answer: a. Do not be deceived; God is not mocked...

Reference: Galatians 6:7

10.) Jesus told the disciples, "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet _____. Are ye not much better than they?"

Answer: b. your heavenly Father feedeth them

Reference: Matthew 6:26

11.) Jesus told a parable about a sower and his seed. He spoke of seed that fell by the wayside which the birds of the air ate. What did this seed represent?

Answer: a. Those who hear the word, but the devil comes and takes the word from their hearts so that they are not saved.

Reference: Luke 8:5-12

12.) Jesus told a parable about an unfaithful servant who accused his master of reaping where he had not sown. The master admitted to reaping where he had not sown, but still passed judgment on the servant. How was he able to do this?

Answer: c. He judged the servant by his own testimony.

Reference: Luke 19:21,22

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Leaves in the Bible

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1.) When Adam and Eve knew that they were naked; and they sewed leaves together, and made themselves aprons' what tree were the leaves from?

Answer: b. Fig

Reference: Genesis 3:7

2.) What tree was the leaf from when the dove brought it back to Noah after the flood?

Answer: a. Olive

Reference: Genesis 8:11

3.) Psalm 1 tells us. "...he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and..."

Answer: d. whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Reference: Psalms 1:3

4.) The prophet Daniel interpreted a dream about a tree with fresh green leaves and plenty of fruit, for the king that he served. Who was the king?

Answer: a. Nebuchadnezzar

Reference: Daniel 4:4-12

5.) In this dream, the king saw a messenger who cried out, "Cut down the tree, and cut off his branches, ______ his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches."

Answer: c. shake off

Reference: Daniel 4:14

6.) Isaiah told God, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and _____ fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."

Answer: d. we all do

Reference: Isaiah 64:6

7.) The prophet Jeremiah said, "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit." Who was he talking about?

Answer: d. Those who have done all of the above.

Reference: Jeremiah 17:7,8

8.) Jesus saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever." And presently....

Answer: c. the fig tree withered away.

Reference: Matthew 21:19

9.) Jesus told the disciples, "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that..."

Answer: a. summer is nigh.

Reference: Matthew 24:32

10.) What were the leaves of the tree for in John's vision in the book of Revelation?

Answer: b. The healing of the nations.

Reference: Revelation 22:2

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Eternal Life

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1.) John said, "This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and..."

Answer: a. Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Reference: John 17:3

2.) Paul wrote to the Romans: "For the wages of sin is _____; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Answer: b. death

Reference: Romans 6:23

3.) Jesus said, "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they, which testify of...."

Answer: d. me

Reference: John 5:39

4.) In John's first epistle, he described eternal life this way: "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is...."

Answer: c. in his Son.

Reference: 1 John 5:11

5.) When did God promise eternal life to people?

Answer: a. before the world began.

Reference: Titus 1:2

6.) In Paul's letter to Titus, he tells him "...being justified by_____, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

Answer: d. His grace

Reference: Titus 3:7

7.) In his letter to the Romans, Paul said that God will give eternal life to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for____.

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Romans 2:7

8.) In his first letter to Timothy, Paul described people who were "Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life." Who was he talking about?

Answer: a. Wealthy people who were rich in good deeds, and generous.

Reference: 1 Timothy 6:17-19

9.) Jesus said, "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that _____ should not perish but have everlasting life."

Answer: c. whosoever believeth in Him

Reference: John 3:16

10.) In his first epistle, John told the recipients of it how they would be able to enjoy eternal life: how was that?

Answer: a. By remaining faithful to what they were taught from the beginning.

Reference: 1 John 2:24,25

11.) John's gospel tells of a time when many of Jesus' disciples deserted Him. When Jesus asked the twelve if they were going too, which disciple answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life."

Answer: c. Simon Peter

Reference: John 6:66-69

12.) What did the Jews do when Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one."

Answer: b. Took up stones to stone him.

Reference: John 10:27-31

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Trees in the Bible

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1.) God commanded Adam not to eat from one of the trees in the garden. Which tree was that?

Answer: d. The knowledge of good and evil.

Reference: Genesis 2:16-17

2.) Who was the man who told a baker who was in prison with him, "...within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee."

Answer: a. Joseph

Reference: Genesis 40:16-19

3.) God sent hail throughout a whole land that "smote both man and beast, and every herb of the field, and broke every tree." What was the land?

Answer: b. Egypt

Reference: Exodus 9:24-26

4.) God told the Israelites, "When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for..."

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Deuteronomy 24:20

5.) Who was the woman judge of Israel who dwelt under a palm tree in mount Ephraim?

Answer: b. Deborah

Reference: Judges 4:4,5

6.) The first book of Samuel ends with the burial of the bones of one of the kings of Israel and his sons under a tree at Jabesh. Who was the king?

Answer: a. Saul

Reference: 1 Samuel 31:11-13

7.) Who was the prophet who sat under a juniper tree and asked the Lord to take away his life?

Answer: c. Elijah

Reference: 1 Kings 19:1-4

8.) Of whom does the psalmist say, "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."

Answer: d. Those who do all of the above.

Reference: Psalms 1:1-3

9.) Daniel interpreted a dream for King Nebuchadnezzar in which the king had seen a tree. What was the tree in the dream?

Answer: b. The king himself.

Reference: Daniel 4:20-22

10.) Jesus said, " Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." And then He explained the parable. What was he talking about?

Answer: c. The fruit that people produce in their lives.

Reference: Matthew 7:18-20

11.) Who was the man who "...ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him: for Jesus was to pass that way."

Answer: c. Zacchaeus

Reference: Luke 19:1-4

12.) In the book of Revelation, who are they that "...may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."

Answer: a. They that do his commandments.

Reference: Revelation 22:14

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Prosperity in the Bible

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1.) Of whom does the Bible say, "And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand."

Answer: b. Joseph

Reference: Genesis 39:1-3

2.) A prophet called Micaiah spoke in agreement with all the king's prophets and told the king , "Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king." How did the king respond?

Answer: a. He told Micaiah to speak only the truth when he spoke for the Lord.

Reference: 1 Kings 22:15-28

3.) To which king did Daniel say, "Therefore, O king, be pleased to accept my advice: Renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then your prosperity will continue."

Answer: c. Nebuchadnezzar

Reference: Daniel 4:27,28

4.) Of which king (who started well, but finished poorly) does the Bible say, "And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper."

Answer: d. Uzziah

Reference: 2 Chronicles 26:3-5

5.) Of whom does the psalmist say, "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Psalms 1:1-3

6.) He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall _____

Answer: c. have mercy.

Reference: Proverbs 28:13

7.) No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment _____. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Answer: b. thou shalt condemn

Reference: Isaiah 54:17

8.) The prophet Isaiah spoke about something, and then said, "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." What was he speaking of?

Answer: b. How the rain and snow come from heaven and water the ground.

Reference: Isaiah 55:10,11

9.) The prophet Jeremiah spoke a stern word from the Lord concerning Jehoiachin, son of Jehoiakim, part of which was, "...for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah." What was the other key thing that God said to Him in this prophecy?

Answer: d. He would be childless.

Reference: Jeremiah 22:30

10.) In his third epistle, John wrote, "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as _____"

Answer: b. thy soul prospereth.

Reference: 3 John 1:2

11.) What does the writer of Proverbs tell us "...length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee."

Answer: a. Forget not the law and keep the commandments.

Reference: Proverbs 3:1,2

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Suffering in the Bible

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1.) The apostle Paul told the Hebrews why God chastens us. Why was that?

Answer: d. b and c above.

Reference: Hebrews 12:10,11

2.) Paul encouraged the Hebrews to endure the discipline and punishment of the Lord, because afterwards it produces fruit of ____

Answer: c. peace and righteousness.

Reference: Hebrews 12:5-11

3.) The apostle Peter told the church that suffering makes us open to _____

Answer: b. the will of God.

Reference: 1 Peter 4:1-2

4.) Paul was kept from pride by his "thorn in the flesh." How many times did he ask the Lord to take it away from him?

Answer: a. three times

Reference: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

5.) What, did Paul tell the Romans, does tribulation work into our lives?

Answer: d. patience

Reference: Romans 5:3

6.) What did the apostle Peter tell the church was the reason that the church, "greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations."

Answer: b. They had an incorruptible inheritance reserved for them in heaven.

Reference: 1 Peter 1:3-6

7.) The Lord said to a man named Ananias, "Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." Who was he speaking of?

Answer: d. The Apostle Paul (at that time known as Saul).

Reference: Acts 9:15-17

8.) Paul told the Philippians "Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things." He then went on to say what was his estimate of the things he had lost. What was that?

Answer: a. as dung.

Reference: Philippians 3:8

9.) To the Corinthians Paul wrote, "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to _____"

Answer: c. comfort them which are in any trouble.

Reference: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

10.) In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul wrote, "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." For what reason was this?

Answer: d. That the life of Jesus might be made manifest.

Reference: 2 Corinthians 4:8-11

11.) Satan stood before God and said (concerning Job), "But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face." What was God's response?

Answer: b. Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand.

Reference: Job 1:11,12

12.) Paul encouraged the Hebrew Christians to consider something that would stop them being wearied and faint in their minds. What was it?

Answer: a. Jesus, who endured the cross.

Reference: Hebrews 12:2,3

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Words of Warning

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1.) In his second letter to Timothy, Paul said, "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: ......

Answer: b. from such turn away.

Reference: 2 Timothy 3:1-5

2.) The prophet Jehu went to see king Jehoshaphat and explained to him why the wrath of the LORD was upon him. Why was that?

Answer: c. Both of the above.

Reference: 2 Chronicles 19:2

3.) What did Paul tell the Galatians should happen to the people who preached a different gospel to them than the one which Paul had preached?

Answer: d. They should be accursed.

Reference: Galatians 1:6-9

4.) In his first letter, John said that we are not to believe every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because.....

Answer: a. many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Reference: 1 John 4:1

5.) How did John say that we would recognize the Spirit of God?

Answer: c. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God.

Reference: 1 John 4:2

6.) Jude, in his letter to people who "are called to live in the love of God the Father and the care of Jesus Christ," exhorts us to, "earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints, for there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men.....

Answer: d. all of the above.

Reference: Jude 1:1-4

7.) What did Jude say happened to the people who God saved out of the land of Egypt, and they still did not believe?

Answer: a. God destroyed them.

Reference: Jude 1:5

8.) The apostle Paul commanded the Corinthians not to join forces with unbelievers: "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" What other opposites came next to strengthen his case?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: 2 Corinthians 6:14-16

9.) What did Paul tell the Corinthians the Lord said He would do if they separated themselves from unbelievers and didn't touch the unclean thing?

Answer: c. Both of the above.

Reference: 2 Corinthians 6:17,18

10.) John wrote, "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed....."

Answer: b. is partaker of his evil deeds.

Reference: 2 John 1:9-11

11.) Jesus said, If any man will come after me, let him.....

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Luke 9:23

12.) Paul told the Ephesians, "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are..."

Answer: c. made manifest by the light.

Reference: Ephesians 5:11-13

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Wine in the Bible

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1.) Who was the high priest that thought Samuel's mother was drunk, and rebuked her?

Answer: a. Eli

Reference: 1 Samuel 1:14,15

2.) When "the wine was gone out of Nabal" his wife told him what she had given to David and his men. What did Nabal do.

Answer: b. His heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

Reference: 1 Samuel 25:37

3.) This man commanded his servants, saying, "Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant."

Answer: d. Absalom

Reference: 2 Samuel 13:28

4.) As this man handed wine to the king whom he served, the king noticed that he was sad. Who was he?

Answer: c. Nehemiah

Reference: Nehemiah 2:1

5.) At the beginning of the book of Esther, the king held a feast at which they "gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king." How much wine did each man have to drink?

Answer: b. As much as each desired.

Reference: Esther 1:7,8

6.) When Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank, who did he speak to to request he might not defile himself?

Answer: d. The prince of the eunuchs.

Reference: Daniel 1:8

7.) To whom did the angel of the Lord say, "For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God."

Answer: b. Zacharias

Reference: Luke 1:13-16

8.) Jesus was at a marriage in Cana and the wine ran out. Who called his attention to the fact that they had no more wine?

Answer: c. Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Reference: John 2:1-10

9.) Why did some of the people think that the disciples were full of new wine on the day of Pentecost?

Answer: d. They were speaking in other tongues.

Reference: Acts 2:4-13

10.) To whom did the apostle Paul write, "Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities."

Answer: a. Timothy

Reference: 1 Timothy 5:23

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Laughter in the Bible

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1.) God told Abraham that his wife Sarah would have a son and Abraham fell on his face and laughed. Why?

Answer: c. He was 100 years old and Sarah was 90 years old.

Reference: Genesis 17:15-19

2.) For what reason, did the psalmist say, "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision."

Answer: a. The rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed.

Reference: Psalms 2:1-4

3.) The psalmist tells us that the Lord shall laugh at the wicked with his sword drawn, for He seeth that his day is coming, and _____

Answer: d. their sword shall enter their own heart and their bows shall be broken.

Reference: Psalms 37:12-15

4.) Proverbs tells us, "If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no _____

Answer: d. rest.

Reference: Proverbs 29:9

5.) King Solomon wrote: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: "...a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance..." Which book of the Bible is that scripture found in?

Answer: c. Ecclesiastes

Reference: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

6.) David wrote, "Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them." What was he talking about?

Answer: b. When the Lord restored the exiles to Jerusalem.

Reference: Psalms 126:1-3

7.) Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes: "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance _____

Answer: c. the heart is made better.

Reference: Ecclesiastes 7:3

8.) Who wrote, "For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity."

Answer: a. Solomon

Comment: Solomon was the writer of the book of Ecclesiastes.

Reference: Ecclesiastes 7:6

9.) David wrote, "Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with _____; to the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever."

Answer: b. Gladness

Reference: Psalms 30:11,12

10.) Solomon wrote: "A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things." Which book is it in?

Answer: c. Ecclesiastes

Reference: Ecclesiastes 10:19

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Weeping in the Bible

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1.) When Joseph saw his brother Benjamin, he hastily looked for somewhere to weep. Why?

Answer: c. He was moved with compassion for him.

Reference: Genesis 43:29,30

2.) The prophet Joel wrote, "Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say...."

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Joel 2:17

3.) Who wrote, "A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance."

Answer: c. Solomon

Comment: Solomon wrote the book of Ecclesiastes.

Reference: Ecclesiastes 3:4

4.) In the book of Esther it tells of great mourning and weeping among the Jews. Why was it that the Jews wept?

Answer: a. The king had signed a decree that the Jews were to be killed.

Reference: Esther 3:13-15; 4:1-3

5.) Why did Esau weep?

Answer: b. Because his father had just given the blessing to Jacob.

Reference: Genesis 27:38

6.) What was the news that made Nehemiah sit down and weep, and mourn and fast, and pray before the God of heaven?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Nehemiah 1:2-4

7.) The psalmist wrote: "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered _____"

Answer: a. Zion.

Reference: Psalms 137:1

8.) Solomon wrote: "Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying." What book is it in?

Answer: b. Proverbs

Comment: Solomon wrote the book of Proverbs.

Reference: Proverbs 19:18

9.) Who, did Paul say, "...offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared..."

Answer: d. Jesus

Reference: Hebrews 5:5-9

10.) Why did Jesus weep over the city of Jerusalem?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Luke 19:41-44

11.) Of which of these did the Lord speak about "weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Matthew 22:11-13; 24:48-51; 8:8-13

12.) In the book of Revelation, who "shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."

Answer: a. God

Reference: Revelation 21:4

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The Significance of Man

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1.) Three Old Testament writers asked the question, "What is Man?" Who were they?

Answer: a. Job, David, and Solomon

Reference: Job 7:17; Psalms 8:4; Ecclesiastes 6:11,12

2.) Job wrote, "What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and...

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Job 7:17,18

3.) The psalmist wrote, "Thou has made him a little lower than _____, and crowned him with glory and honor."

Answer: b. The angels

Reference: Psalms 8:3-6

4.) The prophet Isaiah wrote this amazing prophecy to Cyrus, king of Persia, in which He said, "Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, I will go before thee, And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places. I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me." And then he told Cyrus why He had done all this. Why was it?

Answer: d. So that the whole world might know that God is the Lord and there is no one else beside Him.

Reference: Isaiah 45:1-6

5.) Which king wrote, "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter."

Answer: a. Solomon

Reference: Proverbs 25:2

6.) Jesus explained why people who do not believe the gospel of the kingdom are condemned - why is it?

Answer: c. Light is come into the world, but men prefer darkness because their deeds are evil.

Reference: John 3:16-19

7.) Jesus said, "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to...

Answer: d. his works.

Reference: Matthew 16:26,27

8.) Jesus told a parable about a man who had some livestock that he left in the paddock while he went to search for one that had got itself lost, and how the man rejoiced to have the found one back. Then he explained what he was talking about - what was it?

Answer: a. How the Father did not wish anybody to perish.

Reference: Matthew 18:12-14

9.) In the parable of the unprofitable servant, the servant said to the master, "I was afraid" and the Master said, "You are wicked and slothful - you should have given the money to the exchangers, and then I could have received interest." What did the master say should happen to the servant?

Answer: c. He should be cast into outer darkness.

Reference: Matthew 25:25-30

10.) When Jesus sits on the throne of His glory, and all nations are gathered before Him, He will separate them as a shepherd separates sheep and goats. And to the sheep He will say, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you...

Answer: a. from the foundation of the world.

Reference: Matthew 25:31-34

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Tithing in the Bible

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1.) The King of Salem blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods that he had recovered from the battle. What was the king's name?

Answer: b. Melchizedek

Reference: Genesis 14:18-20

2.) In God's instructions for the tithe of the herds and flocks, He told the people that every tenth animal that passed under the shepherd's rod should be holy unto the Lord. What did He say next?

Answer: c. The shepherd was not to look at whether it was good or bad, and neither should he change it.

Reference: Leviticus 27:32,33

3.) If someone wanted to redeem his tithe, what percentage did he have to add to it?

Answer: b. Twenty

Reference: Leviticus 27:31

4.) God said that the children of Israel could pray for God's blessing if they offered their tithe only if...

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Deuteronomy 26:12-15

5.) In second Chronicles, who commanded the children of Israel to tithe?

Answer: c. Hezekiah

Reference: 2 Chronicles 31:2-5

6.) How did the children of Israel respond to the command to tithe?

Answer: a. They gave abundantly.

Reference: 2 Chronicles 31:5

7.) Which prophet wrote, "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings."

Answer: b. Malachi

Reference: Malachi 3:8

8.) What did God promise to do if Israel brought the full tithe into the storehouse? "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not...

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Malachi 3:10-12

9.) Jesus told a parable about a Pharisee and a publican. The Pharisee fasted and tithed, and thought that he was better than the publican. The publican smote his breast and cried for mercy. What was the point of the parable?

Answer: a. Everyone that exalts himself will be brought low and he that humbles himself will be exalted.

Reference: Luke 18:10-14

10.) Jesus said, "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of _____: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Matthew 23:23

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Offerings in the Bible

Answers

1.) What offering did Cain bring to the Lord?

Answer: c. The fruit of the ground.

Reference: Genesis 4:3

2.) Who did God tell Abraham to offer for a burnt offering?

Answer: b. His son Isaac.

Reference: Genesis 22:2,3

3.) Psalms 51 tells us, "The sacrifices of God are..."

Answer: d. A broken spirit.

Reference: Psalms 51:17

4.) God gave very specific directions about what the peace offering was to be like to be accepted. What was it?

Answer: d. It should be perfect and without blemish.

Reference: Leviticus 22:21

5.) Who made this promise to the Lord? "Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering."

Answer: a. Jephthah

Reference: Judges 11:30,31

6.) This man and his wife looked on while the angel of the Lord "did wondrously" to their offering (in that when the flame went up from the offering, the angel ascended in the flame of the altar)

Answer: b. Manoah

Reference: Judges 13:19,20

7.) The Lord told Samuel, "I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever." What was the reason He said this?

Answer: c. Eli's sons were vile and Eli did not restrain them.

Reference: 1 Samuel 3:13,14

8.) Saul did not wait for Samuel to arrive at the appointed place, but offered the burnt offering himself. What was Samuel's response to this?

Answer: b. He told Saul that he had done foolishly and that his kingdom would cease to Israel.

Reference: 1 Samuel 13:9,10,13

9.) The Lord spoke to Job's three friends and told them that he was angry with them, and that they should make a burnt offering and get Job to pray for them. Why?

Answer: c. They had not spoken of God what is right.

Reference: Job 42:7,8

10.) How have we been sanctified?

Answer: a. Through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Reference: Hebrews 10:10

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Bible Objects

10 Commandments

Answers

1.) In what book of the Bible will you find the Ten Commandments?

Answer: b. Exodus

Reference: Exodus 20

2.) Where was the Law given to Moses?

Answer: c. Mount Sinai

Reference: Exodus 19:20

3.) What did God use to write on the stone tables?

Answer: a. A finger

Reference: Exodus 31:18

4.) How long was Moses gone from the people as He talked to God on the mountain and received the ten commandments?

Answer: b. 40 days

Reference: Exodus 34:28

5.) What caused Moses to break the tablets on which the 10 Commandments were written?

Answer: b. His people were worshiping an idol

Reference: Exodus 32:19

6.) In what were the ten commandments kept?

Answer: c. Ark

Reference: 1 Kings 8:9

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Ark of the Covenant

Answers

1.) What was placed in the Ark of the Covenant along with the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded?

Answer: c. The tables of the covenant

Comment: The two tables of stone, on which the ten commandments were written by the finger of God the most venerable monument of all.

Reference: Hebrews 9:4

2.) Who built the Ark of the Covenant?

Answer: b. Bezalel

Comment: The ornaments wherewith the tabernacle was furnished, the people were not admitted to see, but the priests only; and therefore it was requisite they should be thus largely described, particularly to them.

Reference: Exodus 37:1

3.) The Ark of the Covenant was carried around and around what city?

Answer: a. Jericho

Comment: The design of this whole proceeding was to inspire sentiments of respect and reverence for the ark as the symbol of His presence.

Reference: Joshua 6

4.) What man was killed suddenly in punishment for touching the ark of God as it was being carried by oxen?

Answer: b. Uzzah

Reference: 2 Samuel 6:6,7

5.) How many cherubim were on the mercy seat?

Answer: b. 2

Comment: 4To construct a figure, whether the body of a beast or a man, with two extended wings, measuring from two to three feet from tip to tip, with the hammer, out of a solid piece of gold, was what few, if any, artisans of the present day could accomplish.

Reference: Exodus 37:7

6.) Fleeing from Absalom, David ordered the ark of God to be

Answer: b. sent back to Jerusalem.

Reference: 2 Samuel 15:13-26

7.) What happened when the Philistines took the Ark?

Answer: a. They developed emerods.

Comment: Emerods are bleeding piles, hemorrhoids, in a very aggravated form.

Reference: 1 Samuel 5:6

8.) Name the Levite in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after it was returned by the Philistines.

Answer: a. Abinadab

Reference: 1 Samuel 7:1

9.) In what city did the ark of the covenant remain for 20 years after it was returned by the Philistines?

Answer: b. Kirjath-jearim

Reference: 1 Samuel 7:2

10.) What idol of the Philistines fell on his face before the ark of the covenant?

Answer: c. Dagon

Reference: 1 Samuel 5:3

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The Tabernacle

Answers

1.) How many lamps were on the stand that Moses was to put in the tabernacle?

Answer: c. 7

Reference: Exodus 25:37

2.) From what tribe were men appointed in service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Answer: b. Levi

Reference: 1 Chronicles 6:48

3.) Who was the master craftsman for the work on the tabernacle?

Answer: b. Bezaleel

Reference: Exodus 31:1-5

4.) At what age were the sons of Kohath recruited to serve in the tabernacle?

Answer: d. 30

Reference: Numbers 4:1-4

5.) What was the age of retirement for those who worked at the tabernacle?

Answer: b. 50

Reference: Numbers 4:1-4

6.) Which of these was not used in the construction of the tabernacle?

Answer: c. Cows' hide

Reference: Exodus 26:7-14

7.) When Israel took Canaan, where did they set up the tabernacle?

Answer: d. Shiloh

Reference: Joshua 18:1

8.) When the ark of the covenant was placed in the tabernacle, what was placed inside the ark?

Answer: b. The Ten Commandments

Reference: 2 Chronicles 5:4-10

9.) Who was slain for holding the horns of the altar in the tabernacle?

Answer: c. Joab

Reference: 1 Kings 2:28-34

10.) When Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon, what did the people say?

Answer: b. God save King Solomon.

Reference: 1 Kings 1:39

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Other gods and Idols

Answers

1.) Which priest led the people to break down the house of Baal, his altars and his images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal?

Answer: d. Jehoiada

Reference: 2 Kings 11:17,18

2.) When the Philistines took the ark of God into the house of Dagon, what happened?

Answer: b. Dagon fell on his face before the Ark.

Reference: 1 Samuel 5:2-5

3.) After Joshua died, the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served...

Answer: a. Baalim

Reference: Judges 2:6-11

4.) What idol did the Israelites in the wilderness bring offerings to?

Answer: b. A Golden Calf.

Reference: Exodus 32:1-6

5.) What king of Judah made high places to burn incense unto other gods in every city of Judah, and provoked God to anger?

Answer: d. Ahaz

Reference: 2 Chronicles 28:23-25

6.) Who stole Micah's priest and idols?

Answer: a. Danites

Reference: Judges 18:11-26

7.) Which prophet saw women weeping for the god Tammuz?

Answer: c. Ezekiel

Reference: Ezekiel 8:14

8.) King Jeroboam built two golden calves as gods for the people. One he set up in Bethel, and the other one in...

Answer: b. Dan.

Reference: 1 Kings 12:28,29

9.) Who stole the household gods of her father?

Answer: a. Rachel

Reference: Genesis 31:19

10.) Where did Paul see a pagan altar inscribed with "To the Unknown God?"

Answer: b. Athens

Reference: Acts 17:22,23

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Altars of Worship

Answers

1.) Who was slain while holding the horns of the altar in the tabernacle?

Answer: c. Joab

Reference: 1 Kings 2:28-34

2.) Where did Joshua build an altar with stones that were taken from the Jordan?

Answer: b. Gilgal

Reference: Joshua 4:20

3.) Who was slain between the altar and the temple?

Answer: c. Zacharias

Reference: Luke 11:51

4.) In which city was there an altar to the unknown god?

Answer: c. Athens

Reference: Acts 17:22-23

5.) Which judge cut down his father's altar to Baal?

Answer: c. Gideon

Reference: Judges 6:24,25

6.) What was the name of Abraham's son who he almost sacrificed upon the altar at God's command?

Answer: b. Isaac

Reference: Genesis 22:2,3

7.) At Bethel, when King Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, what happened?

Answer: c. The hand he stretched out shriveled up.

Reference: 1 Kings 13:4

8.) What wood was the altar in the tabernacle made from?

Answer: c. Shittim

Reference: Exodus 38:1

9.) Who took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it?

Answer: b. Josiah

Reference: 2 Kings 23:16

10.) Who's lips were touched by a coal from the altar in the temple?

Answer: a. Isaiah

Reference: Isaiah 6:5-8

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The Temple

Answers

1.) This king cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Answer: a. Hezekiah, king of Judah.

Reference: 2 Kings 18:16

2.) King David wrote: "I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above ____

Answer: b. all thy name.

Reference: Psalms 138:2

3.) The prophet Isaiah wrote: "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and _____ filled the temple."

Answer: d. His train

Reference: Isaiah 6:1

4.) Who was the king of Persia of whom the prophet Isaiah wrote: "He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid."

Answer: c. Cyrus

Reference: Isaiah 44:28

5.) This king held a feast, and, "commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein." In that same hour the fingers of a man's hand wrote a message for the king upon the wall. Who was the king?

Answer: b. Belshazzar

Reference: Daniel 5:2,3

6.) Habakkuk wrote, "But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth_____"

Answer: d. keep silence before Him.

Reference: Habakkuk 2:20

7.) How many of the gospels tell the story of Jesus over-throwing the moneychangers' tables in the temple?

Answer: a. All of them.

Reference: Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15; Luke 19:45; John 2:14,15

8.) Where was the temple to which the devil took Jesus and tempted him?

Answer: c. Jerusalem

Reference: Luke 4:9

9.) Who was the man who threw thirty pieces of silver into the temple and then went out and hanged himself?

Answer: d. Judas Iscariot.

Reference: Matthew 27:3-5

10.) Matthew, Mark and Luke all tell the account of the veil of the temple being torn at the crucifixion of Jesus, but Matthew and Mark add an interesting detail that Luke misses. What was it?

Answer: a. It was torn from the top to the bottom.

Reference: Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45

11.) Jesus went to the temple with his parents one time when he was young and he did not join the party that was traveling home. His parents searched for him and after three days they found him in the temple. What was he doing?

Answer: a. Sitting among the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.

Reference: Luke 2:46

12.) Peter and John healed a man who sat at the temple gate called Beautiful. How long had he been sick?

Answer: c. Since he was born.

Reference: Acts 3:2-10

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The Throne of God

Answers

1.) Who was the king to whom the prophet Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left..."

Answer: d. Ahab

Reference: 2 Chronicles 18:16-19

2.) The Psalmist wrote: For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. For you have maintained my _____; you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

Answer: c. just cause

Reference: Psalms 9:3,4

3.) The Psalmist wrote: But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for _____. And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Answer: b. judgment

Reference: Psalms 9:7

4.) The Psalmist wrote: The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the _____

Answer: a. children of men.

Reference: Psalms 11:4

5.) The Psalmist wrote: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is _____

Answer: a. a right sceptre.

Reference: Psalms 45:6

6.) The Psalmist wrote: God reigneth over _____: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

Answer: d. the heathen

Reference: Psalms 47:8

7.) Which Old Testament prophet wrote: "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple."

Answer: c. Isaiah

Reference: Isaiah 6:1

8.) The prophet Jeremiah wrote: "Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory:", and then he reminded the Lord of something. What was it?

Answer: b. Remember, break not thy covenant with us.

Reference: Jeremiah 14:21

9.) When Stephen was making his defense to the council, he said, "Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Hath not my hand made all these things?" Which prophet was he quoting?

Answer: c. Isaiah

Reference: Acts 7:48-50; Isaiah 66:1

10.) Jesus said, "But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is _____: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King."

Answer: a. His footstool

Reference: Matthew 5:34,35

11.) Which of the apostles had the vision of the Throne of God which was written in the book of Revelation?

Answer: c. John

Reference: Revelation 1:1; 20:11

12.) Who said in his heart, "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High."

Answer: d. Lucifer

Reference: Isaiah 14:12-15

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The Fiery Serpent

Answers

1.) Why did God send poisonous snakes among the Israelites?

Answer: d. They complained about food.

Reference: Numbers 21:5,6

2.) Who did the people speak against?

Answer: b. God and Moses.

Reference: Numbers 21:5

3.) After many people of Israel died, what did the people do?

Answer: c. They repented.

Reference: Numbers 21:7

4.) What was Moses' first response?

Answer: b. He prayed for the people.

Reference: Numbers 21:7

5.) Of what metal was the serpent made that Moses put on a pole?

Answer: a. brass

Reference: Numbers 21:8,9

6.) What was the snake that Moses put up called in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah?

Answer: b. Nehushtan

Reference: 2 Kings 18:4

7.) How were the Israelites saved from venomous snakes?

Answer: a. Looking at the serpent on the pole.

Reference: Numbers 21:8,9

8.) In 1 Corinthians, Paul tells us not to tempt ___ as the Israelites did and were destroyed by serpents.

Answer: c. Christ

Reference: 1 Corinthians 10:9

9.) What did Hezekiah later do to the serpent that Moses had lifted up?

Answer: b. He broke it in pieces.

Reference: 2 Kings 18:1-4

10.) Jesus said, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the _____ be lifted up."

Answer: b. Son of man

Reference: John 3:14

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Bible Places

Bethlehem

Answers

1.) Where was Jacob when he told Joseph of the death of his mother, Rachel, and her burial at Bethlehem?

Answer: d. in Egypt.

Reference: Genesis 48:7

2.) Who was the judge of Israel who came from Bethlehem and who had 30 sons and 30 daughters?

Answer: a. Ibzan

Reference: Judges 12:8-10

3.) At what time of year did Naomi and Ruth return to Bethlehem from the land of Moab?

Answer: b. the beginning of the barley harvest.

Reference: Ruth 1:22

4.) Why did the Lord tell the prophet Samuel to go to Bethlehem?

Answer: d. to anoint the next king of Israel from among the sons of Jesse.

Reference: 1 Samuel 16:1

5.) How many of David's mighty men broke through the Philistine lines to bring him a drink from the well at Bethlehem?

Answer: a. Three

Reference: 2 Samuel 23:16

6.) What did David do with the water from the well at Bethlehem when his mighty men delivered it to him?

Answer: b. poured it out on the ground as an offering to the Lord.

Reference: 2 Samuel 23:16

7.) Which prophet made this prophecy about Bethlehem? - "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."

Answer: c. Micah

Reference: Micah 5:2

8.) Who was the king of Judea at the time of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem?

Answer: d. Herod

Reference: Matthew 2:1

9.) Who told the king about the prophecy concerning where Jesus would be born?

Answer: c. the chief priests and scribes

Reference: Matthew 2:4-6

10.) For what reason were Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem at the time when Jesus was born?

Answer: c. they were there for the census which had been ordered by Caesar.

Reference: Luke 2:4,5

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Bethel

Answers

1.) What was the name of the city of Bethel before Joshua named it Bethel?

Answer: c. Luz

Reference: Genesis 28:19

2.) What was the name of Rebekah's nurse who died and was buried under the oak below Bethel?

Answer: a. Deborah

Reference: Genesis 35:8

3.) What direction is Ai from Bethel?

Answer: a. east

Reference: Joshua 7:2

4.) Which judge of Israel held court under a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel?

Answer: d. Deborah

Reference: Judges 4:5

5.) At Bethel, which tribe did God tell the Israelites to send up first against the children of Benjamin?

Answer: b. Judah

Reference: Judges 20:18

6.) To whom did Samuel say "At the great tree of Tabor you will meet three men going to Bethel: one with three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine?"

Answer: c. Saul

Reference: 1 Samuel 9:27; 1 Samuel 10:1-3

7.) King Jeroboam built two golden calves as gods for the people: One he set up in Bethel, and the other one in...

Answer: b. Dan.

Reference: 1 Kings 12:29

8.) By the word of the LORD a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering, and cried out against...

Answer: d. the altar.

Reference: 1 Kings 13:2

9.) At Bethel, when King Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, what happened?

Answer: c. The hand he stretched out shriveled up.

Reference: 1 Kings 13:4

10.) As Elisha went up to Bethel, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. What physical attribute did they make fun of?

Answer: c. Elisha's bald head.

Reference: 2 Kings 2:23

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Jerusalem

Answers

1.) Who inhabited Jerusalem before the Israelites?

Answer: d. Jebusites

Reference: Joshua 15:63

2.) Who died because he touched the ark as David was bringing it to Jerusalem?

Answer: a. Uzzah

Reference: 2 Samuel 6:6,7

3.) Whom did Solomon kill because he violated an order not to leave Jerusalem?

Answer: c. Shimei

Reference: 1 Kings 2:40-46

4.) Who was King of Judah when the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem?

Answer: a. Zedekiah

Reference: Jeremiah 28:1-3

5.) Which king destroyed Jerusalem and deported the inhabitants?

Answer: b. Nebuchadnezzar

Reference: 2 Kings 24:11-16

6.) Who took charge of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem after the exile?

Answer: b. Nehemiah

Reference: Nehemiah 2:17-20

7.) The Babylonians took captives from Jerusalem, and put this man on the throne:

Answer: c. Zedekiah

Reference: Jeremiah 37:1

8.) The Lord said to Jeremiah that he would break Jerusalem as what is broken?

Answer: a. A potter's vessel

Reference: Jeremiah 19:11

9.) On what did Jesus ride into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday?

Answer: a. donkey

Reference: Matthew 21:1-11

10.) Which disciple's mother had a house in Jerusalem where the early church met?

Answer: c. John Mark

Reference: Acts 12:12

11.) Who tied his own hands and feet to warn Paul not to go to Jerusalem?

Answer: d. Agabus

Reference: Acts 21:8-14

12.) Peter and John disturbed the Priests at Jerusalem because they preached what?

Answer: b. The resurrection from the dead.

Reference: Acts 4:1-3

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Babylon

Answers

1.) Isaiah prophesied to Hezekiah that "All that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon." Then what did he say would happen to Hezekiah's sons?

Answer: d. They would be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Reference: 2 Kings 20:17,18

2.) What did Evilmerodach, king of Babylon, do to Jehoiachin king of Judah in the year that he began to reign?

Answer: a. Set him free from prison and allowed him to eat at the king's table.

Reference: 2 Kings 25:27-29

3.) What was the name of Queen Esther's cousin who had been carried away to Babylon with the captivity of Nebuchadnezzar?

Answer: b. Mordecai

Reference: Esther 2:5,6

4.) What did the psalmist say the children of Israel did by the rivers of Babylon?

Answer: a. sat down and wept

Reference: Psalms 137:1

5.) What did the prophet Isaiah say is the fate that awaits Babylon?

Answer: d. All of the above and more.

Reference: Isaiah 13:19-21

6.) Who was the king of Judah at the time that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, besieged Jerusalem?

Answer: b. Jehoiakim

Reference: Daniel 1:1

7.) How was Daniel able to stop King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon from having him put to death?

Answer: d. God revealed the king's dream to him in a vision in the night.

Reference: Daniel 2:17-19

8.) Who said to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, "...king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee..."

Answer: d. A voice from heaven.

Reference: Daniel 4:31

9.) Who was king of Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar?

Answer: c. Belshazzar

Reference: Daniel 5:1,2

10.) Matthew tells us that Abraham to David, David to the exile in Babylon, and the exile in Babylon until Christ were all the same number of generations. How many?

Answer: c. Fourteen

Reference: Matthew 1:17

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Heaven

Answers

1.) As Abraham was about to slay Isaac, a voice from heaven stopped him. Whose voice?

Answer: b. The voice of the angel of the Lord.

Reference: Genesis 22:11

2.) Which heaven was Paul caught up to in his vision?

Answer: b. third

Reference: 2 Corinthians 12:2

3.) Who had a dream and saw a ladder reaching from Heaven down to Earth?

Answer: a. Jacob

Reference: Genesis 28:10-12

4.) Who was taken to heaven in a whirlwind?

Answer: b. Elijah

Reference: 2 Kings 2:11

5.) Where was Jesus when he rose into heaven?

Answer: b. Mount of Olives

Reference: Acts 1:9-12

6.) Jesus said that we shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven unless...

Answer: c. our righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees.

Reference: Matthew 5:20

7.) In the book of Revelation, how many elders are seated around the throne in heaven?

Answer: c. 24

Reference: Revelation 4:4

8.) When the Lamb had opened the seventh seal in the revelation to the apostle John, how long was there silence in heaven?

Answer: b. About half an hour.

Reference: Revelation 8:1

9.) What happened on the day that God opened the windows of heaven?

Answer: b. It rained and Noah and his family entered the ark.

Reference: Genesis 7:11-13

10.) Of whom did Jesus say, "theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Answer: d. The poor in spirit.

Reference: Matthew 5:3-9

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Canaan

Answers

1.) How did Joshua and Caleb describe the Land of Canaan when they came back from spying out the land?

Answer: a. An exceedingly good land.

Reference: Numbers 14:7

2.) Who led the Israelites into Canaan?

Answer: d. Joshua

Reference: Deuteronomy 31:23

3.) Why was Moses not allowed to enter Canaan?

Answer: b. He didn't believe God.

Reference: Numbers 20:12

4.) Where did God tell Moses he could not enter Canaan?

Answer: a. Meribah

Reference: Numbers 20:24

5.) Who was buried in the field of Machpelah, in the land of Canaan?

Answer: b. Jacob

Reference: Genesis 49:28-33

6.) When Israel took Canaan, where did they set up the tabernacle?

Answer: d. Shiloh

Reference: Joshua 18:1

7.) After the land of Canaan was occupied, which city was given to Joshua?

Answer: b. Timnath-serah

Reference: Joshua 19:49,50

8.) Who made his brothers swear to take his bones back to Canaan?

Answer: a. Joseph

Reference: Genesis 50:25; Exodus 13:19

9.) In Jeremiah's day, the influence of a Canaanite god was still strong. Which god?

Answer: c. Baal

Reference: Jeremiah 2:8

10.) A woman from Canaan asked Jesus to heal her daughter, because she...

Answer: a. was vexed with a devil.

Reference: Matthew 15:22-28

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Samaria

Answers

1.) Who advised Naaman to seek the prophet in Samaria for healing?

Answer: d. a servant girl

Reference: 2 Kings 5:1-4

2.) How many sons of Ahab did Jehu slay at a stroke in Samaria?

Answer: c. 70

Reference: 2 Kings 10:1-7

3.) Which king of Israel built an altar for Baal in Samaria.

Answer: c. Ahab

Reference: 1 Kings 16:29-32

4.) Which son of Ahab, hiding in Samaria, was caught by Jehu and killed?

Answer: a. Ahaziah

Reference: 2 Chronicles 22:8,9

5.) Who prophesied that, "Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God?"

Answer: c. Hosea

Reference: Hosea 13:16

6.) The story of the good Samaritan tells of a journey from Jerusalem to where?

Answer: d. Jericho

Reference: Luke 10:30

7.) At which well in Samaria did Jesus talk with the Samaritan woman?

Answer: d. Jacob's

Reference: John 4:6,7

8.) Where did the Samaritans worship God?

Answer: a. mountain

Reference: John 4:20

9.) While Philip was preaching in Samaria, who used sorcery to bewitch the people of Samaria, pretending to be a great one?

Answer: b. Simon

Reference: Acts 8:9

10.) When the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, who did they sent to them?

Answer: b. Peter and John

Reference: Acts 8:14

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Famous Mounts

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1.) When the people thought that Moses was lost on Mount Sinai, what did Aaron do?

Answer: c. Made a golden calf.

Reference: Exodus 32:1-6

2.) On what mountain did the ark land?

Answer: c. Mount Ararat

Reference: Genesis 8:4

3.) From what mountain did Jesus describe the signs of the times and the end of the age?

Answer: c. Mount of Olives

Reference: Matthew 24:3

4.) What mountain did Abraham go to, to sacrifice Isaac?

Answer: a. Mount Moriah

Reference: Genesis 22:2

5.) Which two of the other disciples did Jesus take with Peter up to the mountain where He was transfigured before them?

Answer: b. James and John

Reference: Matthew 17:1,2

6.) Why did Elijah flee to Mount Horeb?

Answer: a. He was afraid of Jezabel.

Reference: 1 Kings 19:1-8

7.) Esau took his family, and all that he had and left Jacob, and dwelt in...

Answer: b. Mount Seir

Reference: Genesis 36:6-8

8.) On what mountain did Aaron die?

Answer: d. Mount Hor

Reference: Numbers 33:39

9.) From where do the prophets describe that the Lord shall reign for ever?

Answer: a. Mount Zion

Reference: Isaiah 24:23; Micah 4:7

10.) On what mountain did Elijah ask Ahab to assemble the people of Israel, the prophets of Baal, and prophets of Asherah?

Answer: c. Mount Carmel

Reference: 1 Kings 18:19

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New Jerusalem

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1.) Who had a vision of the holy city, New Jerusalem, and describes it for us?

Answer: b. John

Reference: Revelation 21:2

2.) How many gates does New Jerusalem have?

Answer: b. 12

Reference: Revelation 21:12

3.) What is written on each gate of the City?

Answer: d. The names of the 12 tribes of Israel.

Reference: Revelation 21:12

4.) How many foundations does the city have?

Answer: d. 12

Reference: Revelation 21:14

5.) What shape best describes the city?

Answer: b. cube

Reference: Revelation 21:16

6.) What provides the city with light?

Answer: c. The Lamb.

Reference: Revelation 21:23

7.) A pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeded from...

Answer: c. The throne of God and of the Lamb.

Reference: Revelation 22:1

8.) A river flows down the middle of the street. What is the name of the tree standing on both sides of it?

Answer: c. The tree of life.

Reference: Revelation 22:2

9.) How many times a year does the tree bear fruit?

Answer: d. 12

Reference: Revelation 22:2

10.) The servants of God will have His name in...

Answer: b. Their forehead.

Reference: Revelation 22:4

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Nazareth

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1.) How long after he had visited Elizabeth did the angel Gabriel go to Nazareth?

Answer: a. Six months.

Reference: Luke 1:24-26

2.) Why did Joseph take Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem just before Jesus was born?

Answer: c. He went there to be taxed in the census.

Reference: Luke 2:4-6

3.) When Jesus went and lived in Nazareth, it fulfilled what was said through the prophets: which one?

Answer: d. We are not told.

Reference: Matthew 2:23

4.) To whom did Philip say "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote - Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

Answer: d. Nathanael

Reference: John 1:45

5.) Shortly after Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he moved from Nazareth. Where did He move to?

Answer: b. Capernaum

Reference: Matthew 4:12,13

6.) What prophet did Jesus read from when he visited the synagogue in Nazareth?

Answer: a. Isaiah

Reference: Luke 4:16,17

7.) What did Nathanael say when he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah?

Answer: c. "Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth?"

Reference: John 1:46

8.) Why did the group of people at Pilate's hall recognize Peter as a friend of Jesus of Nazareth?

Answer: d. His Nazarene accent betrayed him.

Reference: Matthew 26:71-73

9.) Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS... Who objected to Pilate about this?

Answer: b. The Chief Priests.

Reference: John 19:19-21

10.) To whom did Cleopas and his friend describe Jesus of Nazareth as they walked to Emmaus?

Answer: b. Jesus himself.

Reference: Luke 24:15-19

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Zion

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1.) What is the other name that the bible calls Zion?

Answer: c. The city of David.

Reference: 2 Samuel 5:7

2.) What did David make in Zion?

Answer: d. Houses.

Reference: 1 Chronicles 15:1

3.) How does David describe the situation of Mount Zion in Psalm 48?

Answer: a. beautiful

Reference: Psalms 48:2

4.) Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because...

Answer: c. of thy judgments.

Reference: Psalms 48:11

5.) Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee - They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion...

Answer: b. appears before God.

Reference: Psalms 84:5-7

6.) The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than...

Answer: a. all the dwellings of Jacob.

Reference: Psalms 87:2

7.) Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and _____ shall be upon their head?

Answer: d. everlasting joy

Reference: Isaiah 51:11

8.) Just immediately before the book of 2 Kings tells of Hezekiah's death, it tells of what he did for Zion. What was that?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: 2 Kings 20:20

9.) They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but...

Answer: b. abide for ever.

Reference: Psalms 125:1

10.) How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace; that brings good tidings of good, that publishes salvation; that says unto Zion...

Answer: a. Thy God reigns!

Reference: Isaiah 52:7

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Shechem

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1.) Jacob's household, and to all who were with him, gave to Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob...

Answer: a. hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

Reference: Genesis 35:2-5

2.) When Joseph could not find his brothers in Shechem, a man told him that they had moved to...

Answer: c. Dothan

Reference: Genesis 37:12-17

3.) What function did the city of Shechem fulfill?

Answer: d. It was a city of refuge for murderers.

Reference: Joshua 21:19-21

4.) Which of the leaders of Israel gathered the tribes of Israel to Shechem shortly before he died, and reminded them of God's great goodness to them?

Answer: b. Joshua

Reference: Joshua 24:1

5.) Whose bones did the children of Israel bring out of Egypt and bury in Shechem?

Answer: c. Joseph

Reference: Joshua 24:32

6.) A concubine who lived in Shechem had a son called Abimelech. Who was the child's father?

Answer: c. Gideon

Reference: Judges 8:30,31

7.) Jotham spoke a curse against Shechem and against his brother Abimelech. How was the first part of it fulfilled?

Answer: b. The men of Shechem perished in a fire.

Reference: Judges 9:49

8.) How was the second part of the curse that Jotham spoke to Abimelech fulfilled concerning Abimelech having killed his brothers in Shechem?

Answer: b. A woman threw a millstone and it crushed Abimelech's skull.

Reference: Judges 9:52-57

9.) Which king of Israel was crowned in Shechem?

Answer: d. Rehoboam

Reference: 1 Kings 12:1

10.) How much money did Jacob give Hamor for the land that he bought from him in Shechem?

Answer: a. One hundred pieces of silver.

Reference: Joshua 24:32

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Jezreel

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1.) What did Naboth the Jezreelite have that King Ahab wanted?

Answer: c. A vineyard.

Reference: 1 Kings 21:1,2

2.) Judges 6 tells of a group of people who camped in the Valley of Jezreel. Who were they?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Judges 6:33

3.) David married Abigail, the widow of Nabal, and also a woman from Jezreel. What was her name?

Answer: b. Ahinoam

Reference: 1 Samuel 25:43

4.) What was the name of Jonathan's son who became lame when he fell from his nurse's arms as she fled when news of Saul and Jonathan reached them from Jezreel?

Answer: a. Mephibosheth

Reference: 2 Samuel 4:4

5.) What was unusual about the entrance of Elijah into Jezreel after he had told Ahab to hurry there to avoid the rain?

Answer: b. He ran in front of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Reference: 1 Kings 18:45,46

6.) The prophet who foretold Jezebel's death said, "The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and..."

Answer: c. no one shall bury her.

Reference: 2 Kings 9:10

7.) The LORD told Hosea to name his son Jezreel; for "in a little while I will..."

Answer: d. punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Reference: Hosea 1:4

8.) Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, where Joram was lying ill, with it in mind to kill Joram. What was the unexpected surprise for Jehu when he got there?

Answer: a. King Ahaziah of Judah had also come down to Jezreel to visit Joram.

Reference: 2 Kings 9:16

9.) As Joram died, Jehu spoke of the Lord's vengeance for the blood of Naboth whom Jezebel had slaughtered. What was noteworthy of the word?

Answer: a. It was spoken on the very same plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth.

Reference: 2 Kings 9:26

10.) King Ahaziah was also shot by Jehu in Jezreel that day, but he fled in his chariot and died. Where?

Answer: c. Megiddo

Reference: 2 Kings 9:27

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Damascus

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1.) A man called Eliezer of Damascus was steward to this man, and stood to inherit all that his master owned if he had not had a son.

Answer: b. Abram

Reference: Genesis 15:2

2.) King Asa took the treasures of the king's house and something else and delivered them to the king of Assyria that dwelt in Damascus, and entreated him to help him defeat the king of Israel. What was it?

Answer: a. All the silver and gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord.

Reference: 1 Kings 15:18,19

3.) The Lord told Elijah, "Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel..." and then told him who to anoint to be prophet after him. Who was that?

Answer: c. Elisha

Reference: 1 Kings 19:15,16

4.) This man said, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?" and he almost missed out on being healed. Who was he?

Answer: d. Naaman

Reference: 2 Kings 5:9-12

5.) Elisha went to Damascus, and the king (Benhadad) sent him a gift and a question. What was the question?

Answer: b. Shall I recover of this disease?

Reference: 2 Kings 8:7-15

6.) What message did king Ahaz send to Urijah the priest when he visited the king of Assyria in Damascus?

Answer: c. The design of the altar on which the king of Assyria burnt sacrifices.

Reference: 2 Kings 16:10-12

7.) This king "sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel." Who was he?

Answer: a. Ahaz

Reference: 2 Chronicles 28:23-25

8.) Two prophets prophesied that God would "kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad." Who were they?

Answer: d. Jeremiah and Amos

Reference: Jeremiah 49:27; Amos 1:4

9.) From whom did Saul seek letters before he went to Damascus to persecute the disciples of the Lord?

Answer: c. The high priest

Reference: Acts 9:1,2

10.) Paul stood before this man and testified, "Whereupon, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me..."

Answer: b. King Agrippa

Reference: Acts 26:19-21

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Edom

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1.) This man had his name changed to Edom, because he asked his brother Jacob to give him some of the red pottage that he was eating.

Answer: b. Esau

Reference: Genesis 25:30-34

2.) This man, the father of the Edomites, lived in a mountain area. Which mountain was it?

Answer: c. Mount Seir

Reference: Genesis 36:8,9

3.) The land of Edom had kings in what time relation to Israel having a king?

Answer: a. Before Israel had a king.

Reference: Genesis 36:31

4.) Who sent a message to the king of Edom, asking permission for the children of Israel to pass through Edom on their way to their new country?

Answer: d. Moses

Reference: Numbers 20:14-17

5.) Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: What did the children of Israel do?

Answer: c. They turned away from him, and stayed out of the borders of his land.

Reference: Numbers 20:21

6.) The first book of Samuel tells us that when this king had secured his grasp on the throne, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, Ammon, Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned he was victorious. Who was it?

Answer: a. Saul

Reference: 1 Samuel 14:46-48

7.) Who was the king that made a navy of ships in Edom?

Answer: c. Solomon

Reference: 1 Kings 9:26

8.) Jeremiah prophesied that Edom would be made desolate. What did he say that people who see it will do?

Answer: d. Be astonished, and shall gasp at all the plagues they see there.

Reference: Jeremiah 49:17

9.) Joel also prophesied that Edom would be a desolate wilderness and said why. Why was that?

Answer: c. Both of the above.

Reference: Joel 3:19

10.) Which other old testament prophet spoke a prophecy against Edom in the opening words of the book named after him?

Answer: a. Obadiah

Reference: Obadiah 1:1-8

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The Book of Proverbs

Strife

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1.) Better is _____, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Answer: a. a dry morsel

Reference: Proverbs 17:1

2.) The beginning of strife is as _____: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Answer: d. when one letteth out water

Reference: Proverbs 17:14

3.) He loveth _____ that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

Answer: d. transgression

Reference: Proverbs 17:19

4.) It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but _____ will be meddling.

Answer: b. every fool

Reference: Proverbs 20:3

5.) Cast out _____, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Answer: c. the scorner

Reference: Proverbs 22:10

6.) He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that _____.

Answer: a. taketh a dog by the ears

Reference: Proverbs 26:17

7.) Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no _____, the strife ceaseth.

Answer: d. talebearer

Reference: Proverbs 26:20

8.) As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is _____ to kindle strife.

Answer: c. a contentious man

Reference: Proverbs 26:21

9.) He that is _____ stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Answer: a. of a proud heart

Reference: Proverbs 28:25

10.) An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man _____.

Answer: a. aboundeth in transgression

Reference: Proverbs 29:22

11.) Proverbs tells us that the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife as surely as _____.

Answer: c. both of the above

Reference: Proverbs 30:33

12.) A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer _____.

Answer: d. separateth chief friends

Reference: Proverbs 16:28

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Fools

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1.) A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is...

Answer: b. prudent.

Reference: Proverbs 15:5

2.) A reproof entereth more into a wise man than _____ stripes into a fool.

Answer: c. a hundred

Reference: Proverbs 17:10

3.) Let _____ meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Answer: a. a bear robbed of her whelps

Reference: Proverbs 17:12

4.) The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall...

Answer: d. fall.

Reference: Proverbs 10:8

5.) He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth _____, is a fool.

Answer: b. a slander

Reference: Proverbs 10:18

6.) It is as sport to a fool to _____: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Answer: b. do mischief

Reference: Proverbs 10:23

7.) He that troubleth his own house shall_____: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Answer: a. inherit the wind

Reference: Proverbs 11:29

8.) The way of a fool _____: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Answer: c. is right in his own eyes

Reference: Proverbs 12:15

9.) As a dog returneth _____, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Answer: d. to his vomit

Reference: Proverbs 26:11

10.) A wise man feareth, and _____: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Answer: a. departeth from evil

Reference: Proverbs 14:16

11.) Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that _____ is esteemed a man of understanding.

Answer: b. shutteth his lips

Reference: Proverbs 17:28

12.) As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so _____ is not seemly for a fool.

Answer: d. honour

Reference: Proverbs 26:1

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Money

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1.) He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent _____.

Answer: d. maketh rich

Reference: Proverbs 10:4

2.) There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, _____.

Answer: c. yet hath great riches

Reference: Proverbs 13:7

3.) Better is little with the fear of the LORD than _____.

Answer: a. great treasure and trouble therewith

Reference: Proverbs 15:16-17

4.) He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil _____.

Answer: b. shall not be rich

Reference: Proverbs 21:17

5.) A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than _____.

Answer: a. silver and gold

Reference: Proverbs 22:1

6.) By humility and the fear of the LORD are _____.

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Proverbs 22:4

7.) Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is ____.

Answer: d. the companion of a destroyer

Reference: Proverbs 28:24

8.) The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth ____.

Answer: b. no sorrow with it

Reference: Proverbs 10:22

9.) Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness ____.

Answer: d. delivereth from death

Reference: Proverbs 11:4

10.) He that trusteth in his riches shall _____: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Answer: a. fall

Reference: Proverbs 11:28

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Alcohol

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1.) Solomon identifies those that tarry long at the wine as...

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Proverbs 23:29,30

2.) Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it _____.

Answer: c. biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder

Reference: Proverbs 23:31,32

3.) Wine is _____, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Answer: a. a mocker

Reference: Proverbs 20:1

4.) Proverbs tells us, "Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall _____."

Answer: b. utter perverse things

Reference: Proverbs 23:33

5.) They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and _____: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Answer: c. I felt it not

Reference: Proverbs 23:35

6.) It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: Lest they _____.

Answer: d. drink, forget the law, and pervert the judgment of the afflicted

Reference: Proverbs 31:4,5

7.) Give strong drink unto him that is _____, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Answer: a. ready to perish

Reference: Proverbs 31:6

8.) Let him drink, and forget _____, and remember his misery no more.

Answer: b. his poverty

Reference: Proverbs 31:7

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Anger

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1.) A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and...

Answer: c. is confident.

Reference: Proverbs 14:16

2.) He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit...

Answer: d. exalteth folly.

Reference: Proverbs 14:29

3.) He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than...

Answer: a. he that taketh a city.

Reference: Proverbs 16:32

4.) He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like...

Answer: b. a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Reference: Proverbs 25:28

5.) Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before...

Answer: b. envy?

Reference: Proverbs 27:4

6.) An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man...

Answer: d. aboundeth in transgression.

Reference: Proverbs 29:22

7.) Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but...

Answer: c. wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Reference: Proverbs 20:22

8.) It is better to _____ than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Answer: a. dwell in the wilderness

Reference: Proverbs 21:19

9.) The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to...

Answer: c. pass over a transgression.

Reference: Proverbs 19:11

10.) Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest...

Answer: b. thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Reference: Proverbs 22:24,25

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Counsel

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1.) In the opening words of the book of Proverbs, Solomon declares that the purpose of the book is:

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Proverbs 1:1-4

2.) A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall _____.

Answer: a. attain unto wise counsels

Reference: Proverbs 1:5

3.) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools _____.

Answer: a. despise wisdom and instruction

Reference: Proverbs 1:7

4.) The way of _____ is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Answer: c. a fool

Reference: Proverbs 12:15

5.) Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest _____.

Answer: b. be wise in thy latter end

Reference: Proverbs 19:20

6.) Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice _____.

Answer: c. make war

Reference: Proverbs 20:18

7.) Where no counsel is, _____: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

Answer: d. the people fall

Reference: Proverbs 11:14

8.) Without counsel _____: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word in due season, how good is it!

Answer: a. purposes are disappointed

Reference: Proverbs 15: 22-23

9.) Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. That _____, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Answer: c. thy trust may be in the LORD

Reference: Proverbs 22:17-19

10.) The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are _____.

Answer: d. deceit

Reference: Proverbs 12:5

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Friends

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1.) The poor is hated even of _____: but the rich hath many friends.

Answer: a. his own neighbour

Reference: Proverbs 14:20

2.) Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from _____.

Answer: b. his neighbour

Reference: Proverbs 19:4

3.) Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that _____.

Answer: d. giveth gifts

Reference: Proverbs 19:6

4.) A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that _____.

Answer: a. sticketh closer than a brother

Reference: Proverbs 18:24

5.) He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips _____ shall be his friend.

Answer: b. the king

Reference: Proverbs 22:11

6.) Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is _____.

Answer: c. near than a brother far off

Reference: Proverbs 27:10

7.) A forward (perverse) man soweth strife: and a whisperer _____.

Answer: c. separateth chief friends

Reference: Proverbs 16:28

8.) Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get _____.

Answer: a. a snare to thy soul

Reference: Proverbs 22:24,25

9.) He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter_____.

Answer: c. separateth very friends

Reference: Proverbs 17:9

10.) He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted _____.

Answer: b. a curse to him

Reference: Proverbs 27:14

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Marriage

Answers

1.) Who can find a virtuous woman? Her price is _____.

Answer: a. far above rubies

Reference: Proverbs 31:10

2.) A virtuous woman is _____ to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Answer: c. a crown

Reference: Proverbs 12:4

3.) Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth _____.

Answer: d. favor of the Lord

Reference: Proverbs 18:22

4.) House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is _____.

Answer: a. from the Lord

Reference: Proverbs 19:14

5.) The strange woman, the stranger which flattereth with her words; her house inclineth unto _____.

Answer: d. death, and her paths unto the dead

Reference: Proverbs 2:16-18

6.) For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is _____: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Answer: c. smoother than oil

Reference: Proverbs 5:3,4

7.) What did Solomon tell us would keep us from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman (an adultress)?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Proverbs 6:23,24

8.) What did Solomon say the man who expects to sleep with an adulteress and not be punished is like?

Answer: c. Both of the above.

Reference: Proverbs 6:26-28

9.) Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith _____.

Answer: a. I have done no wickedness

Reference: Proverbs 30:20

10.) It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a _____ in a wide house.

Answer: b. brawling woman

Reference: Proverbs 21:9

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Discipline

Answers

1.) Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but _____ shall drive it far from him.

Answer: d. the rod of correction

Reference: Proverbs 22:15

2.) The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself _____.

Answer: a. bringeth his mother to shame

Reference: Proverbs 29:15

3.) Correct thy son, and he shall _____.

Answer: c. give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul

Reference: Proverbs 29:17

4.) My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he _____; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Answer: b. correcteth

Reference: Proverbs 3:11,12

5.) He that _____ hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Answer: c. spareth his rod

Reference: Proverbs 13:24

6.) Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt _____.

Answer: a. deliver his soul from hell

Reference: Proverbs 23:13,14

7.) My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be _____.

Answer: b. an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck

Reference: Proverbs 1:8,9

8.) My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For _____ shall they add to thee.

Answer: d. length of days, and long life, and peace

Reference: Proverbs 3:1,2

9.) Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find _____ in the sight of God and man.

Answer: b. favour and good understanding

Reference: Proverbs 3:3,4

10.) He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof _____.

Answer: a. erreth

Reference: Proverbs 10:17

11.) Judgments are prepared for scorners, and _____ for the back of fools.

Answer: d. stripes

Reference: Proverbs 19:29

12.) A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and _____ for the fool's back.

Answer: a. a rod

Reference: Proverbs 26:3

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Sluggards

Answers

1.) As vinegar to the teeth, and as _____, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

Answer: d. smoke to the eyes

Reference: Proverbs 10:26

2.) The sluggard is _____ than seven men that can render a reason.

Answer: b. wiser in his own conceit

Reference: Proverbs 26:16

3.) The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man...

Answer: a. is precious.

Reference: Proverbs 12:27

4.) The desire of the slothful _____; for his hands refuse to labour.

Answer: c. killeth him

Reference: Proverbs 21:25

5.) The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore...

Answer: b. shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Reference: Proverbs 20:4

6.) I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding - so said Solomon. What did he see?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Proverbs 24:30,31

7.) As _____, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

Answer: a. the door turneth upon his hinges

Reference: Proverbs 26:14

8.) He also that is slothful in his work is brother to...

Answer: c. him that is a great waster.

Reference: Proverbs 18:9

9.) The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous...

Answer: a. is made plain.

Reference: Proverbs 15:19

10.) The soul of the sluggard desireth, and _____: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Answer: b. hath nothing

Reference: Proverbs 13:4

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The Fear of the Lord

Answers

1.) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of _____: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Answer: c. knowledge

Reference: Proverbs 1:7

2.) A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool _____.

Answer: b. rageth, and is confident

Reference: Proverbs 14:16

3.) The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is _____.

Answer: d. humility

Reference: Proverbs 15:33

4.) Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be _____.

Answer: a. health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones

Reference: Proverbs 3:7,8

5.) By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD _____.

Answer: c. men depart from evil

Reference: Proverbs 16:6

6.) Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD _____.

Answer: a. all the day long

Reference: Proverbs 23:17,18

7.) The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to _____.

Answer: b. depart from the snares of death

Reference: Proverbs 14:27

8.) The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall _____.

Answer: c. abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil

Reference: Proverbs 19:23

9.) By humility and the fear of the LORD are _____.

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Proverbs 22:4

10.) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, _____.

Answer: b. she shall be praised

Reference: Proverbs 31:30

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Gossip

Answers

1.) _____ revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Answer: c. A talebearer

Reference: Proverbs 11:13

2.) A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall _____.

Answer: c. perish

Reference: Proverbs 19:9

3.) As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is _____ to kindle strife.

Answer: a. a contentious man

Reference: Proverbs 26:21

4.) The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down _____.

Answer: b. into the innermost parts of the belly

Reference: Proverbs 26:22

5.) A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and _____ worketh ruin.

Answer: d. a flattering mouth

Reference: Proverbs 26:28

6.) There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is _____.

Answer: a. health

Reference: Proverbs 12:18

7.) An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through _____ shall the just be delivered.

Answer: b. knowledge

Reference: Proverbs 11:9

8.) _____ are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Answer: d. Death and life

Reference: Proverbs 18:21

9.) Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, _____.

Answer: d. the strife ceaseth

Reference: Proverbs 26:20

10.) The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out _____.

Answer: c. evil things

Reference: Proverbs 15:28

11.) The lips of the righteous know _____: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh forwardness.

Answer: b. what is acceptable

Reference: Proverbs 10:32

12.) A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth _____.

Answer: a. foolishness

Reference: Proverbs 12:23

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Wrath

Answers

1.) The desire of the righteous is only good: but the _____ of the wicked is wrath.

Answer: b. expectation

Reference: Proverbs 11:23

2.) He that is slow to wrath _____: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Answer: d. is of great understanding

Reference: Proverbs 14:29

3.) A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man _____.

Answer: b. covereth shame

Reference: Proverbs 12:16

4.) A soft answer turneth away wrath: but_____ stir up anger.

Answer: a. grievous words

Reference: Proverbs 15:1

5.) _____ is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

Answer: d. Proud and haughty scorner

Reference: Proverbs 21:24

6.) The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against _____.

Answer: c. him that causeth shame

Reference: Proverbs 14:35

7.) The king's wrath is as _____; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Answer: b. the roaring of a lion

Reference: Proverbs 19:12

8.) A man of great wrath shall _____: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

Answer: a. suffer punishment

Reference: Proverbs 19:19

9.) Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but _____ turn away wrath.

Answer: a. wise men

Reference: Proverbs 29:8

10.) Surely _____, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

Answer: b. the churning of milk bringeth forth butter

Reference: Proverbs 30:33

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Women

Answers

1.) For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to _____ and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

Answer: c. a piece of bread

Reference: Proverbs 6:26

2.) But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it...

Answer: b. destroyeth his own soul.

Reference: Proverbs 6:32

3.) Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith...

Answer: a. I have done no wickedness.

Reference: Proverbs 30:20

4.) A gracious woman retaineth _____ and strong men retain riches.

Answer: d. honour

Reference: Proverbs 11:16

5.) As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without...

Answer: a. discretion.

Reference: Proverbs 11:22

6.) A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as...

Answer: c. rottenness in his bones.

Reference: Proverbs 12:4

7.) Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish...

Answer: d. plucketh it down with her hands.

Reference: Proverbs 14:1

8.) _____ and a contentious woman are alike.

Answer: b. A continual dropping in a very rainy day

Reference: Proverbs 27:15

9.) It is better to dwell _____, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Answer: b. in the wilderness

Reference: Proverbs 21:19

10.) Who can find a _____ woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Answer: c. virtuous

Reference: Proverbs 31:10

11.) For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat. For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that...

Answer: d. is heir to her mistress.

Reference: Proverbs 30:21-23

12.) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, _____

Answer: b. she shall be praised.

Reference: Proverbs 31:30

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Leadership

Answers

1.) The prince that wanteth understanding is _____: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Answer: a. also a great oppressor

Reference: Proverbs 28:16

2.) Take away the wicked from before the king, and _____.

Answer: d. his throne shall be established in righteousness

Reference: Proverbs 25:5

3.) It is an abomination to kings to _____: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Answer: d. commit wickedness

Reference: Proverbs 16:12

4.) A wise king scattereth the wicked, and _____.

Answer: b. bringeth the wheel over them

Reference: Proverbs 20:26

5.) Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment _____.

Answer: c. cometh from the LORD

Reference: Proverbs 29:26

6.) The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that _____.

Answer: a. causeth shame

Reference: Proverbs 14:35

7.) When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, _____.

Answer: b. the people mourn

Reference: Proverbs 29:2

8.) The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne _____.

Answer: c. shall be established for ever

Reference: Proverbs 29:14

9.) Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by _____.

Answer: a. mercy

Reference: Proverbs 20:28

10.) He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall _____.

Answer: a. abhor him

Reference: Proverbs 24:24

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Wisdom

Answers

1.) When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; _____ shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee.

Answer: d. discretion

Reference: Proverbs 2:10,11

2.) Wisdom _____ him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

Answer: a. resteth in the heart of

Reference: Proverbs 14:33

3.) The wise in heart shall be called _____: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Answer: d. prudent

Reference: Proverbs 16:21

4.) Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will _____

Answer: c. increase in learning.

Reference: Proverbs 9:9

5.) Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will _____

Answer: b. love thee.

Reference: Proverbs 9:8

6.) He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the _____ shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Answer: c. fool

Reference: Proverbs 11:29

7.) Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed _____

Answer: b. a man of understanding.

Reference: Proverbs 17:28

8.) A scorner seeketh wisdom, _____: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Answer: a. and findeth it not

Reference: Proverbs 14:6

9.) In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but _____ him that is void of understanding.

Answer: a. a rod is for the back of

Reference: Proverbs 10:13

10.) He that is void of wisdom _____ but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

Answer: b. despiseth his neighbor

Reference: Proverbs 11:12

11.) Hear counsel, and receive _____, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Answer: d. instruction

Reference: Proverbs 19:20

12.) How much better is it to get wisdom than _____ and to get understanding rather to be chosen than _____

Answer: c. gold and silver

Reference: Proverbs 16:16

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Temptation

Answers

1.) Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from...

Answer: c. the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things.

Reference: Proverbs 2:11,12

2.) For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: To keep thee from...

Answer: d. the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Reference: Proverbs 6:23,24

3.) And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? For the ways of man are _____, and he pondereth all his goings.

Answer: b. before the eyes of the LORD

Reference: Proverbs 5:20,21

4.) But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it...

Answer: a. destroyeth his own soul.

Reference: Proverbs 6:32,33

5.) Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her...

Answer: c. shall not be innocent.

Reference: Proverbs 6:27-29

6.) My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and _____ among men.

Answer: a. increaseth the transgressors

Reference: Proverbs 23:26-28

7.) My son, if sinners entice thee...

Answer: b. consent thou not.

Reference: Proverbs 1:10

8.) Let not thine heart decline to her (the harlot's) ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is...

Answer: d. the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Reference: Proverbs 7:25-27

9.) Remove thy way far from her (an adulteress), and come not nigh the door of her house: Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto...

Answer: a. the cruel.

Reference: Proverbs 5:8,9

10.) And thou mourn at the last, when...

Answer: b. thy flesh and thy body are consumed.

Reference: Proverbs 5:11

11.) Solomon looked through a window and saw a youth going to the house of harlot. How did he describe the young man?

Answer: c. Simple and void of understanding.

Reference: Proverbs 7:6-9

12.) What time of day was it when Solomon saw this man going to the harlot's house?

Answer: d. In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.

Reference: Proverbs 7:8,9

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Books of the Bible

Authors and Facts

Answers

1.) Who wrote the first five books of the Bible?

Answer: b. Moses

Reference:

2.) Who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes?

Answer: c. Solomon

Reference:

3.) How many books of the Bible did Timothy write?

Answer: a. None

Reference:

4.) Who wrote the most books in the New Testament?

Answer: c. Paul

Reference:

5.) In which book of the Bible is God not mentioned?

Answer: a. Esther

Reference:

6.) How many books are in the Bible?

Answer: b. 66

Reference:

7.) Who wrote the book of Lamentations?

Answer: d. Jeremiah

Reference:

8.) Who wrote the book of Acts?

Answer: b. Luke

Reference:

9.) What is the longest book in the Bible?

Answer: c. Psalms

Reference:

10.) What is the shortest book in the Bible?

Answer: b. 3rd John

Comment: From the KJV, a word count shows 2nd John to have 299 words, while 3rd John has 295 words, just 4 words less.

Reference:

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The Revelation

Answers

1.) Who wrote the book of Revelation?

Answer: c. John

Reference: Revelation 1:1

2.) He wrote the book of Revelation while in exile on what island?

Answer: a. Patmos

Comment: Revelation 1:9

Reference:

3.) What did Jesus have in his right hand when he first appeared in Revelation?

Answer: b. Seven stars

Reference: Revelation 1:16

4.) What church in the book of Revelation does Jesus find no fault with?

Answer: c. Philadelphia

Reference: Revelation 3:7-13

5.) How many elders Will be seated around the throne in heaven?

Answer: c. 24

Reference: Revelation 4:4

6.) How many beasts will be around the throne?

Answer: a. 4

Reference: Revelation 4:6

7.) Who will say, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."

Answer: b. The beasts

Reference: Revelation 4:8

8.) In the right hand of him that sat on the throne, was a book with how many seals?

Answer: c. 7

Reference: Revelation 5:1

9.) Who was worthy to open the book and break the seals?

Answer: c. The Lamb

Reference: Revelation 5:5

10.) As the seals were opened, one by one, how many horses were seen?

Answer: a. 4

Reference: Revelation 6:1-8

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Which Book Has...

Answers

1.) Which book has "To every thing there is a season"?

Answer: d. Ecclesiastes

Reference: Ecclesiastes 3:1

2.) Which book has "Wine is a mocker and strong drink is raging"?

Answer: c. Proverbs

Reference: Proverbs 20:1

3.) Which book has "Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth"?

Answer: d. Ecclesiastes

Reference: Ecclesiastes 12:1

4.) Which book has "Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels"?

Answer: d. Song of Solomon

Reference: The Song of Solomon 1:10

5.) Which book has "Vanity vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity"?

Answer: c. Ecclesiastes

Reference: Ecclesiastes 12:8

6.) Which book has "A soft answer turneth away wrath"?

Answer: b. Proverbs

Reference: Proverbs 15:1

7.) Which book has "Behold how good it is for brethren to dwell together in unity"?

Answer: a. Psalms

Reference: Psalms 133:1

8.) Which book has "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he"?

Answer: b. Proverbs

Reference: Proverbs 23:7

9.) Which book has "My beloved is mine and I am his"?

Answer: d. Song of Solomon

Reference: The Song of Solomon 2:16

10.) Which book has "Let the day perish wherein I was born"?

Answer: a. Job

Reference: Job 3:3

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Words From Paul to...

Answers

1.) And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

Answer: a. The Romans

Reference: Romans 5:5

2.) In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

Answer: c. Titus

Reference: Titus 2:7-8

3.) Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Answer: b. The Corinthians

Reference: 1 Corinthians 15:33

4.) And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Answer: c. The Thessalonians

Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:23

5.) Take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Answer: c. The Ephesians

Reference: Ephesians 6:13

6.) Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.

Answer: b. The Colossians

Reference: Colossians 3:12

7.) Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Answer: d. The Philippians

Reference: Philippians 2:3

8.) Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.

Answer: d. Hebrews

Reference: Hebrews 12:14

9.) This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Answer: b. The Galatians

Reference: Galatians 5:16

10.) For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

Answer: d. Philemon

Reference: Philemon 1:7

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Curious Verses

Answers

1.) Which book says: "the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood?"

Answer: c. Proverbs

Reference: Proverbs 30:33

2.) Which book says: "the voice of the turtle is heard in our land?"

Answer: b. Song of Solomon

Reference: The Song of Solomon 2:12

3.) Which book says: "I will discover thy skirts upon thy face?"

Answer: a. Nahum

Reference: Nahum 3:5

4.) Which book says: "I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on?"

Answer: d. Song of Solomon

Reference: The Song of Solomon 5:3

5.) Which book says: "Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour?"

Answer: c. Ecclesiastes

Reference: Ecclesiastes 10:1

6.) Which book says: "[They] shalt suck the breast of kings?"

Answer: c. Isaiah

Reference: Isaiah 60:16

7.) Which book says: "I am tossed up and down as the locust?"

Answer: c. Psalms

Reference: Psalms 109:23

8.) Which book says: "I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces?"

Answer: a. Malachi

Reference: Malachi 2:3

9.) Which book says: "every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled?"

Answer: b. Ezekiel

Reference: Ezekiel 29:18

10.) Which book says: "Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer?"

Answer: d. Proverbs

Reference: Proverbs 24:26

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Everyday Phrases

Answers

1.) From which book comes the phrase: "By the skin of my teeth?"

Answer: b. Job

Reference: Job 19:20

2.) From which book comes the phrase: "The blind leading the blind?"

Answer: a. Matthew

Reference: Matthew 15:14

3.) From which book comes the phrase: "My brother's keeper?"

Answer: c. Genesis

Reference: Genesis 4:9

4.) From which book comes the phrase: "Pride goeth before a fall?"

Answer: a. Proverbs

Reference: Proverbs 16:18

5.) From which book comes the phrase: "A lamb for the slaughter?"

Answer: d. Isaiah

Reference: Isaiah 53:7

6.) From which book comes the phrase: "Eat, drink, and be merry?"

Answer: b. Ecclesiastes

Reference: Ecclesiastes 8:15

7.) From which book comes the phrase: "Wolf in sheep's clothing?"

Answer: a. Matthew

Reference: Matthew 7:15

8.) From which book comes the phrase: "Woe is me?"

Answer: b. Isaiah

Reference: Isaiah 6:5

9.) From which book comes the phrase: "A drop in the bucket?"

Answer: b. Isaiah

Reference: Isaiah 40:15

10.) From which book comes the phrase: "Can a leopard change his spots?"

Answer: b. Jeremiah

Reference: Jeremiah 13:23

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Gospel of John

Answers

1.) Who was the father of John, the writer of the Gospel according to John?

Answer: c. Zebedee

Reference: Matthew 4:21

2.) We all know John 3:16. To whom was Jesus speaking when he said this verse?

Answer: c. Nicodemus

Reference: John 3:9-16

3.) What miracle of Jesus is mentioned only by John in his Gospel account?

Answer: a. Turning water into wine.

Reference: John 2:1-11

4.) What parable of Jesus is mentioned only by John in his Gospel account?

Answer: b. The parable of the good shepherd.

Reference: John 10:1-18

5.) Only John mentions the raising of Lazarus from the dead. In what city did that happen?

Answer: d. Bethany

Reference: John 11:17-18

6.) John mentions the money-changers and traders being cast out of the temple by Jesus. During what feast was that?

Answer: c. Passover

Reference: John 2:13-17

7.) In John's gospel account, who was invited by Philip to come and see Jesus, after he asked, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?"

Answer: b. Nathanael

Reference: John 1:46

8.) In a story told only in John's gospel, what was the name of the pool where Jesus healed a man which had an infirmity thirty-eight years?

Answer: b. Bethesda

Reference: John 5:1-9

9.) The Gospel of John has no information on the birth of Jesus. Other than 'The Word', who is Jesus, who is the first person introduced?

Answer: c. John the Baptist

Comment: The John mentioned is John the Baptist. John the writer nevers refers to his own name, and always calls John the Baptist by just John.

Reference: John 1:6

10.) Which of the following characters is mentioned only in John's Gospel?

Answer: a. Nicodemus

Reference: John 3:1-21

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First Verses-Old Testament

Answers

1.) Which book starts with: There was a man in the land of Uz...

Answer: d. Job

Reference: Job 1:1

2.) Which book starts with: The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Answer: a. Ecclesiastes

Reference: Ecclesiastes 1:1

3.) Which book starts with: In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Answer: d. Daniel

Reference: Daniel 1:1

4.) Which book starts with: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Answer: c. Psalms

Reference: Psalms 1:1

5.) Which book starts with: Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

Answer: c. 1 Kings

Reference: 1 Kings 1:1

6.) Which book starts with: Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land.

Answer: a. Ruth

Reference: Ruth 1:1

7.) Which book starts with: Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

Answer: b. Judges

Reference: Judges 1:1

8.) Which book starts with: Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim...

Answer: b. 1 Samuel

Reference: 1 Samuel 1:1

9.) Which book starts with: Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

Answer: c. Esther

Reference: Esther 1:1

10.) Which book starts with: How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people...

Answer: b. Lamentations

Reference: Lamentations 1:1

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First Verses-New Testament

Answers

1.) Which book starts with: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Answer: d. John

Reference: John 1:1

2.) Which book starts with: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Answer: a. Matthew

Reference: Matthew 1:1

3.) Which book starts with: Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.

Answer: b. Romans

Reference: Romans 1:1

4.) Which book starts with: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life.

Answer: c. 1 John

Reference: 1 John 1:1

5.) Which book starts with: Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother.

Answer: a. 1 Corinthians

Reference: 1 Corinthians 1:1

6.) Which book starts with: The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach...

Answer: c. Acts

Reference: Acts 1:1

7.) Which book starts with: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Answer: c. Luke

Reference: Luke 1:1

8.) Which book starts with: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope...

Answer: a. 1 Timothy

Reference: 1 Timothy 1:1

9.) Which book starts with: Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness...

Answer: b. Titus

Reference: Titus 1:1

10.) Which book starts with: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets...

Answer: c. Hebrews

Reference: Hebrews 1:1

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Colossians

Answers

1.) The letter to the Colossians was written by Paul and someone else. Who?

Answer: d. Timothy

Reference: Colossians 1:1

2.) Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints...

Answer: a. in light.

Reference: Colossians 1:12

3.) What was "the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints?"

Answer: b. Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Reference: Colossians 1:26,27

4.) For what things does the wrath of God come on the children of disobedience?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Colossians 3:5,6

5.) What does Paul describe as "the bond of perfectness?"

Answer: c. charity

Reference: Colossians 3:14

6.) The apostle tells the Colossians that psalms and hymns and spiritual songs should be used to...

Answer: c. teach and admonish one another.

Reference: Colossians 3:16

7.) What does Paul advise that wives should do in relationship to their husbands?

Answer: d. Submit to their husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Reference: Colossians 3:18

8.) What does Paul advise that husbands should do in relationship to their wives?

Answer: d. Love them and do not be harsh with them.

Reference: Colossians 3:19

9.) In the letter to the Colossians, Paul advises that fathers should...

Answer: b. provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Reference: Colossians 3:21

10.) Who did Paul send to deliver the letter that he had written to the Colossians?

Answer: a. Tychicus and Onesimus

Reference: Colossians 4:7-9

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Last Verses-Old Testament

Answers

1.) Which book ends with: For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Answer: d. Ecclesiastes

Reference: Ecclesiastes 12:14

2.) Which book ends with: In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Answer: a. Judges

Reference: Judges 21:25

3.) Which book ends with: Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

Answer: d. Psalms

Reference: Psalms 150:6

4.) Which book ends with: Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Answer: a. Song of Solomon

Reference: The Song of Solomon 8:14

5.) Which book ends with: So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Answer: a. Genesis

Reference: Genesis 50:26

6.) Which book ends with: And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

Answer: d. Ruth

Reference: Ruth 4:22

7.) Which book ends with: All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

Answer: c. Ezra

Reference: Ezra 10:44

8.) Which book ends with: For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

Answer: b. Esther

Reference: Esther 10:3

9.) Which book ends with: Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Answer: b. Proverbs

Reference: Proverbs 31:31

10.) Which book ends with: And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

Answer: c. Joshua

Reference: Joshua 24:33

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Last Verses-New Testament

Answers

1.) Which book ends with: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Answer: c. Revelation

Reference: Revelation 22:21

2.) Which book ends with: To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Answer: b. Jude

Reference: Jude 1:25

3.) Which book ends with: And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

Answer: d. John

Reference: John 21:25

4.) Which book ends with: And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

Answer: b. Mark

Reference: Mark 16:20

5.) Which book ends with: There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

Answer: a. Philemon

Reference: Philemon 1:23-25

6.) Which book ends with: Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Answer: d. Ephesians

Reference: Ephesians 6:24

7.) Which book ends with: Keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

Answer: c. 1 Timothy

Reference: 1 Timothy 6:20,21

8.) Which book ends with: Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

Answer: b. James

Reference: James 5:20

9.) Which book ends with: Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

Answer: a. Acts

Reference: Acts 28:31

10.) Which book ends with: Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Answer: b. Hebrews

Reference: Hebrews 13:24,25

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The Book of Judges

Answers

1.) Othniel, the first judge of Israel, had a famous older brother. Who was it?

Answer: d. Caleb

Reference: Judges 3:9

2.) This man was the second judge of Israel. He thrust a dagger into the king of Moab so hard that the handle went into him as well!

Answer: b. Ehud

Reference: Judges 3:17-22

3.) This lady was a judge of Israel - she told Barak, "The road you take will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman."

Answer: c. Deborah

Reference: Judges 4:4-9

4.) This judge of Israel had his army dramatically reduced right down to 300 men, but the Lord still gave him victory.

Answer: a. Gideon

Reference: Judges 7:1-8

5.) This man was made a king of Israel - he was killed by a woman who threw an upper millstone off the tower at Thebez.

Answer: b. Abimelech

Reference: Judges 9:50-55

6.) After the man in question five, Tola, a man of Issachar, was a judge. What does the book of 1 Chronicles tell us about the men of Issachar?

Answer: a. They had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do.

Reference: 1 Chronicles 12:32

7.) Jephthah was a mighty warrior. He made a vow to the LORD, and said, "If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord's, to be offered up by me as a burnt offering." His only daughter was the first to come out to meet him, so what did he do?

Answer: c. Allowed his daughter two months to spend time with her friends in the mountains, and then sacrificed her as promised.

Reference: Judges 11:38-40

8.) This judge of Israel tied 300 foxes tail to tail and set them alight and then sent them to destroy the Philistines corn, vineyards and olives.

Answer: d. Samson

Reference: Judges 15:4,5

9.) This judge said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords of the Philistines, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

Answer: b. Samson

Reference: Judges 16:30

10.) This judge had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead.

Answer: d. Jair

Reference: Judges 10:4,5

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Through the Old Testament

Answers

1.) The book of Genesis is the book that tells the story of:

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference:

2.) The book of Exodus tells the story of:

Answer: b. Moses and the Israelites coming out of Egypt.

Reference:

3.) The first five books of the Bible are called:

Answer: b. The Pentateuch.

Reference:

4.) In the book of Joshua, how long did God lead the children of Israel around in the wilderness before the walls of Jericho fell down?

Answer: d. He didn't.

Reference: Joshua 2:22; 3:3

5.) In the book of Judges, there is one judge who is a woman. What was her name?

Answer: c. Deborah

Reference: Judges 4:4

6.) The books of Samuel tell the story of Samuel and which two kings of Israel?

Answer: a. Saul and David.

Reference:

7.) The first book of the Kings opens with one of David's sons claiming the throne of his father. Who was it?

Answer: c. Adonijah

Reference: 1 Kings 1:23-27

8.) The book of Ezra, Cyrus, the king of Persia wrote a letter allowing....

Answer: b. the Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple.

Reference: Ezra 1:2-3

9.) After the book of Nehemiah (which is the story of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem) there is a book named after the queen who saved her people from being slaughtered. Who was she?

Answer: b. Esther

Reference:

10.) The book of Job tells the story of God's faithfulness in the time of Job's suffering. How many friends came to visit Job in his time of distress?

Answer: c. Three

Reference: Job 2:11

11.) Which king is named in Psalms, Proverbs, and the Song of Solomon?

Answer: d. Solomon

Reference: Psalms 72:1; Proverbs 1:1; The Song of Solomon 1:5

12.) What was the good news that the Old Testament prophets told of?

Answer: a. The Messiah would come.

Reference:

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Through the New Testament

Answers

1.) Which books of the bible are called the gospels?

Answer: c. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Reference:

2.) The book of Acts begins with the ascension of Jesus. What was the last thing that He said to the disciples?

Answer: d. You shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Reference: Acts 1:6-9

3.) Who was the apostle that wrote the vast majority of the New Testament letters to the churches?

Answer: b. Paul

Reference:

4.) Paul wrote to the Romans: "For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall _____"

Answer: a. be saved.

Reference: Romans 10:11-13

5.) How many of Paul's letters to the Corinthians are included in the New Testament?

Answer: b. Two

Comment: Paul had made reference to other letters that he had written to the Corinthians, but only two are included in the New Testament.

Reference:

6.) Paul told the Galatians, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Why did he say that?

Answer: d. They were returning to their previous pagan practices.

Reference: Galatians 5:1; 4:9-11

7.) Paul gave the Ephesians an illustration of the Christian life using the example of the equipping of....

Answer: c. a Roman Soldier.

Reference: Ephesians 6:10-18

8.) To whom did Paul write: "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me."

Answer: a. Philippians

Reference: Philippians 4:12-14

9.) Paul told the Colossians about a "mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is: _____

Answer: b. Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Reference: Colossians 1:26-28

10.) Paul wrote to some young pastors, giving them lots of good advice for their personal lives, and for their churches - who were they?

Answer: c. Timothy and Titus.

Reference: 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:1-2; Titus 1:1,4

11.) This man's letter has many well-known Bible verses in it (e.g. Resist the devil and he will flee from you, The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous avails much before God, and Be doers of the Word and not hearers only.)

Answer: a. James

Reference:

12.) The book of Revelation is "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants _____ and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw."

Answer: c. things which must shortly come to pass.

Reference: Revelation 1:1

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Children in the Bible

David

Answers

1.) David's best friend was

Answer: a. Jonathan

Comment: David's best friend Johnathan, was the son of King Saul who had constantly sought to kill him.

Reference: 1 Samuel 20:17

2.) Who was David's father?

Answer: b. Jesse

Comment: Comment: David was the youngest of Jesse's eight sons.

Reference: 1 Samuel 17:12

3.) What was the name of David`s oldest brother?

Answer: d. Eliab

Reference: 1 Samuel 17:13

4.) What animals did David slay as a young shepherd?

Answer: d. Lion and bear

Reference: 1 Samuel 17:36

5.) Why did Jesse send David to his brothers when they faced the Philistines?

Answer: c. To bring food

Reference: 1 Samuel 17:17,18

6.) What was young David doing when Samuel called for him and anointed him King?

Answer: c. Tending sheep

Reference: 1 Samuel 16:11-13

7.) Whose sword did the priest of Nob give unto David?

Answer: a. Goliath's

Reference: 1 Samuel 21:8,9

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Samuel

Answers

1.) What was the name of Samuel's father?

Answer: b. Elkanah

Reference: 1 Samuel 1:1,2

2.) Why did Hannah name her son 'Samuel'?

Answer: a. Because she asked him of the Lord.

Reference: 1 Samuel 1:20

3.) What did Hannah bring to Samuel every year?

Answer: a. A coat

Reference: 1 Samuel 2:19

4.) Of what material was the ephod made that the child Samuel wore when he ministered before the Lord?

Answer: a. Linen

Reference: 1 Samuel 2:18

5.) What did Samuel do when he was woken during the night by someone calling him?

Answer: a. He got up and went to Eli.

Reference: 1 Samuel 3:6

6.) What did Eli tell Samuel to say to God, when God called him?

Answer: c. Speak, for thy servant heareth.

Reference: 1 Samuel 3:9,10

7.) When God spoke to Samuel for the first time, what did He tell him?

Answer: d. That Eli's sons would die.

Reference: 1 Samuel 3:11-14

8.) How many times did the Lord call Samuel that night?

Answer: d. 4

Reference: 1 Samuel 3:3-10

9.) God told Samuel that He would do something in Israel at which...

Answer: c. both the ears of every one that heard it would tingle.

Reference: 1 Samuel 3:11

10.) As well as a priest and judge, what else did Samuel eventually become?

Answer: a. A prophet

Reference: 1 Samuel 3:20

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Brief Appearances

Answers

1.) Whose daughter died while Jesus was on the way to his house to heal her?

Answer: a. Jairus

Reference: Mark 5:22-43

2.) What young virgin kept the aged King David warm?

Answer: b. Abishag

Reference: 1 Kings 1:1-4

3.) This daughter of Leah was raped by Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite.

Answer: a. Dinah

Reference: Genesis 34:1-5

4.) He was David's first son who later in life raped his half-sister Tamar. For this deed he was murdered by her brother.

Answer: c. Amnon

Reference: 2 Samuel 13:1-29

5.) This king was seven years old when he began to reign:

Answer: b. Jehoash

Reference: 2 Kings 11:21

6.) How many children did Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue have?

Answer: d. One daughter

Reference: Luke 8:41-42

7.) What did the young Shunammite child do when Elisha brought him back to life?

Answer: b. He sneezed seven times.

Reference: 2 Kings 4:35

8.) This child was dropped by his nurse, and was crippled for life.

Answer: d. Mephibosheth

Reference: 2 Samuel 4:4

9.) A woman from Canaan asked Jesus to heal her daughter, because she...

Answer: a. was vexed with a devil.

Reference: Matthew 15:22-28

10.) What king threatened to cut a child in half?

Answer: c. Solomon

Reference: 1 Kings 3:16-27

11.) When Jonathan shot his arrow beyond the target in the field, who retrieved it for him?

Answer: b. A little boy who is not named.

Reference: 1 Samuel 20:35,36

12.) When Jesus fed the five thousand people with five loaves and two fishes, who provided the loaves and the fish?

Answer: a. A young boy.

Reference: Matthew 14:17; Mark 6:38; Luke 9:13; John 6:7-10

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Famous Children

Answers

1.) Who was the widow who met the baby Jesus at the temple?

Answer: a. Anna

Reference: Luke 2:36-38

2.) Which child was born into the house of Levi, and was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter.

Answer: d. Moses

Reference: Exodus 2:1-10

3.) Hannah, his mother, dedicated him to the Lord, and he became the last Judge of Israel.

Answer: b. Samuel

Reference: 1 Samuel 1

4.) By commandment of God, this boy was prepared as a burnt offering, but spared just in time.

Answer: b. Isaac

Reference: Genesis 22:1-14

5.) What young man was sold into slavery by his brothers?

Answer: b. Joseph

Reference: Genesis 37:28

6.) Whose mother would bring him a coat every year when he worked in the temple?

Answer: c. Samuel

Reference: 1 Samuel 2:18-19

7.) What child was 13 years old when he was circumcised?

Answer: a. Ishmael

Reference: Genesis 17:23-26

8.) What was David doing when Samuel called to anoint him King?

Answer: b. tending sheep

Reference: 1 Samuel 16:11-13

9.) Who once caught 300 foxes, tied them together in pairs with firebrands on their tails, and loosed them into his enemies cornfields to set their crops on fire!

Answer: c. Samson

Reference: Judges 15:1-8

10.) This child was a twin, and Abraham's grandson. His mother's name was Rebecca.

Answer: d. Esau

Reference: Genesis 25:21-27

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Baby Moses

Answers

1.) What tribe did the parents of Moses belong to?

Answer: c. Levi

Reference: Exodus 2:1

2.) How long did Moses' mother hide him before she put him in the ark made of reeds?

Answer: a. three months

Reference: Exodus 2:2,3

3.) Moses was hidden among the bulrushes in what river:

Answer: c. Nile

Reference: Exodus 2:1-10

4.) Who watched over the little ark?

Answer: d. Moses' sister.

Reference: Exodus 2:4

5.) What did the daughter of Pharaoh do when she saw the ark?

Answer: d. She sent her maid to fetch it.

Reference: Exodus 2:5

6.) What was the response of the daughter of Pharaoh when she heard the baby crying?

Answer: b. She had compassion on him.

Reference: Exodus 2:6

7.) What did the little girl offer to do for the daughter of Pharaoh?

Answer: a. Find a Hebrew nurse for the baby.

Reference: Exodus 2:7

8.) Who did the little girl bring back to the Pharaoh's daughter?

Answer: c. The baby's mother.

Reference: Exodus 2:8

9.) What did the Pharaoh's daughter tell the woman to do?

Answer: b. Take the child away and nurse it.

Reference: Exodus 2:9

10.) What happened to Moses when he was taken back to the Pharaoh's daughter?

Answer: d. He became her son.

Reference: Exodus 2:10

11.) Why did the Pharaoh's daughter call his name Moses?

Answer: a. She said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Comment: The name Moses means 'drawn.'

Reference: Exodus 2:10

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Joseph

Answers

1.) Who was Joseph's mother?

Answer: c. Rachel

Reference: Genesis 30:22-24

2.) When Jacob went to meet Esau, where were Joseph and his mother?

Answer: d. At the back.

Reference: Genesis 33:1,2

3.) Who was Joseph's younger brother?

Answer: b. Benjamin

Reference: Genesis 35:24

4.) How old was Joseph when he brought his father a bad report concerning his brothers?

Answer: c. seventeen

Reference: Genesis 37:2

5.) Why did Israel love Joseph more than any other of his children?

Answer: a. Because he was the son of his old age.

Reference: Genesis 37:3

6.) When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, but what made them hate him even more?

Answer: c. Joseph had a dream and told his brothers about it.

Reference: Genesis 37:5

7.) Where did Israel tell Joseph to go to, to see if his brothers and the flocks were doing alright?

Answer: b. Shechem

Reference: Genesis 37:13

8.) What did Joseph do when he could not find his brothers?

Answer: a. He asked a man for directions about where they had gone.

Reference: Genesis 37:14-17

9.) What did Joseph's brothers say when they saw him coming?

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Genesis 37:18-20

10.) Which of Joseph's brothers wanted to save Joseph?

Answer: a. Reuben

Reference: Genesis 37:21

11.) Which of Joseph's brothers suggested that they should sell him to the Ishmaelites?

Answer: b. Judah

Reference: Genesis 37:26,27

12.) What was Joseph sold for?

Answer: d. Twenty pieces of silver.

Reference: Genesis 37:28

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Ishmael

Answers

1.) Who was the mother of Ishmael?

Answer: c. Hagar

Reference: Genesis 16:15

2.) Because Sarah was not able to have children, she gave her maidservant to Abraham to wife. When the maidservant conceived Ishmael, how did that affect her relationship with Sarah?

Answer: c. She despised Sarah.

Reference: Genesis 16:4

3.) Because Sarah did not treat her maidservant well while she was pregnant, what did the maidservant do?

Answer: a. She fled from her out into the desert.

Reference: Genesis 16:6

4.) Where was Ishmael's mother when the angel of the Lord found her?

Answer: d. By the fountain on the road to Shur.

Reference: Genesis 16:7

5.) Why was Ishmael's mother to name him Ishmael?

Answer: b. Because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

Reference: Genesis 16:11

6.) What did the angel tell Ishmael's mother he would be like?

Answer: c. He will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him.

Reference: Genesis 16:12

7.) How old was Abram when Ishmael was born?

Answer: a. 86

Reference: Genesis 16:16

8.) What was Abraham request of God concerning Ishmael?

Answer: c. That he might live before the Lord.

Reference: Genesis 17:18

9.) God told Abraham, concerning Ishmael:

Answer: d. All of the above.

Reference: Genesis 17:20

10.) How old was Ishmael when he was circumcised?

Answer: b. 13

Reference: Genesis 17:25

11.) How long before Ishmael was Abraham circumcised?

Answer: d. They were circumcised on the same day.

Reference: Genesis 17:26

12.) Why were Ishmael and his mother sent out into the desert?

Answer: b. Ishmael mocked Isaac at the feast Abraham held to celebrate Isaac's weaning and it irritated Sarah.

Reference: Genesis 21:8-10

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Isaac

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1.) With whom did God tell Abraham that he would establish his everlasting covenant?

Answer: b. Isaac and his descendents.

Reference: Genesis 17:19

2.) Who was Isaac's mother?

Answer: b. Sarah

Reference: Genesis 21:3

3.) How old was Isaac when he was circumcised?

Answer: a. Eight days.

Reference: Genesis 21:4

4.) What did Abraham do for Isaac on the day that he was weaned?

Answer: c. Made a great feast for him.

Reference: Genesis 21:8

5.) How old was Abraham when his son Isaac was born to him?

Answer: d. One hundred years old.

Reference: Genesis 21:5

6.) God told Abraham to take his son Isaac and go to the land of Moriah. Why?

Answer: c. To offer him as a burnt offering.

Reference: Genesis 22:2

7.) How many of Abraham's servants accompanied him on the journey to Mount Moriah?

Answer: b. two

Reference: Genesis 22:3

8.) When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar and laid the wood in order. What did he do next?

Answer: a. Bound Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

Reference: Genesis 22:9

9.) The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from where?

Answer: d. Out of heaven.

Reference: Genesis 22:11

10.) What did the angel tell Abraham to do to Isaac?

Answer: c. Not to lay a hand on the lad or to do anything to him.

Reference: Genesis 22:12

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Jacob and Esau

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1.) Why did Rebekah go to inquire of the Lord before Jacob and Esau were born?

Answer: d. The children struggled together within her.

Reference: Genesis 25:22

2.) The Lord in His reply told her something very unusual. What was that?

Answer: b. Two nations are in your womb.

Reference: Genesis 25:23

3.) Which child was born first?

Answer: b. Esau

Reference: Genesis 25:25

4.) Esau was described as:

Answer: c. Red and hairy.

Reference: Genesis 25:25

5.) The second child came out gripping the first - where?

Answer: d. By the heel.

Reference: Genesis 25:26

6.) When the boys grew up, what was Esau?

Answer: c. A skillful hunter.

Reference: Genesis 25:27

7.) Jacob's personality is described as:

Answer: b. Quiet and home-loving.

Reference: Genesis 25:27

8.) How does the bible describe the way that the parents related to the children?

Answer: a. Isaac loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Reference: Genesis 25:28

9.) How old was Isaac when Rebekah gave birth to Jacob and Esau?

Answer: a. sixty

Reference: Genesis 25:26

10.) Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished, so Jacob sold him some stew for...

Answer: b. his birthright.

Reference: Genesis 25:29-33

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Younger Brothers

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1.) Who was the younger brother of Cain who inherited in his stead?

Answer: b. Seth

Reference: Genesis 4:16,25

2.) Who was the younger brother of Ishmael who received the blessing?

Answer: c. Isaac

Reference: Genesis 21:12

3.) Who was the younger brother of Esau, who deceived their aging father into giving him the blessing?

Answer: b. Jacob

Reference: Genesis 27:22,23

4.) This boy had brothers who were older than he was but went to Egypt and became second only to the pharaoh.

Answer: a. Joseph

Reference: Genesis 41:39,40

5.) Who was the younger brother of Manasseh who received the blessing of the first-born from his grandfather?

Answer: d. Ephraim

Reference: Genesis 48:13-20

6.) This third son, his father blessed as 'a lion's whelp...' having described his older brothers as 'unstable as water' and cruel.

Answer: a. Judah

Reference: Genesis 49:3-9

7.) Who was the younger brother of Aaron?

Answer: b. Moses

Reference: 1 Chronicles 6:3

8.) This boy was the youngest of eight sons, and yet he became king.

Answer: d. David

Reference: 1 Samuel 16:6-12

9.) Who was the brother of Adonijah, who was anointed king by his father?

Answer: c. Solomon

Reference: 1 Kings 1:37-43

10.) This child was hidden from his murderous grandmother, and later became king.

Answer: a. Joash

Reference: 2 Kings 11:1,2

11.) Japheth was the younger brother of this man whom their father cursed with servanthood?

Answer: a. Ham

Reference: Genesis 9:22-26

12.) This man was the fourth son of the king, and when his three older brothers had died was the next in line for the throne, but still did not make it.

Answer: d. Adonijah

Reference: 2 Samuel 3:2-4

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Babies in the Bible

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1.) Who was the widow who met the baby Jesus at the temple?

Answer: a. Anna

Reference: Luke 2:36-38

2.) Solomon judged a dispute between two mothers about whose baby boy had died. What did one mother say had caused the death of the child?

Answer: b. His mother had lain on him.

Reference: 1 Kings 3:16-27

3.) What was the name of the first baby to be born?

Answer: d. Cain

Reference: Genesis 4:1

4.) How soon after birth was a Jewish boy circumcised?

Answer: b. Eight days

Reference: Leviticus 12:1-3

5.) What baby was born into the house of Levi, and was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter?

Answer: d. Moses

Reference: Exodus 2:1-10

6.) King Herod had all the children in Bethlehem from two years old and under killed. Which prophet foretold this event?

Answer: d. Jeremiah

Reference: Matthew 2:16-18

7.) Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, whose baby was due to be born six months before Jesus. What did Elizabeth and Zachariah call their baby?

Answer: b. John

Reference: Luke1:60-63

8.) What child did Naomi lay in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

Answer: a. Obed

Reference: Ruth 4:16,17

9.) What child was brought to Eli as soon as it was weaned?

Answer: c. Samuel

Reference: 1 Samuel 1:19-25

10.) Whose wife named her baby Ichabod, saying, "The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.'

Answer: d. Phinehas

Reference: 1 Samuel 4:19-22

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Children and their Parents

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1.) Honour thy father and thy mother: that _____

Answer: a. thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Reference: Exodus 20:12

2.) And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt _____ when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Answer: c. talk of them

Reference: Deuteronomy 6:6-9

3.) Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers _____ but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Answer: d. provoke not your children to wrath

Reference: Ephesians 6:1-4

4.) Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest _____

Answer: b. they be discouraged.

Reference: Colossians 3:20,21

5.) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old _____

Answer: c. he will not depart from it.

Reference: Proverbs 22:6

6.) Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but _____ shall drive it far from him.

Answer: a. the rod of correction

Reference: Proverbs 22:15

7.) Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou _____ he shall not die.

Answer: b. beatest him with the rod

Reference: Proverbs 23:13,14

8.) The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself _____

Answer: d. bringeth his mother to shame.

Reference: Proverbs 29:15

9.) In the gospels of Matthew and Mark, Jesus is quoted as saying the following concerning the last days on the earth. "And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall _____

Answer: d. rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Reference: Matthew 10:21,22; Mark 13:12,13

10.) The apostle Paul wrote this grim passage to the Romans. "And even as they _____, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."

Answer: a. did not like to retain God in their knowledge

Reference: Romans 1:28-32

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