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In which book is the following benediction: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.”
Numbers
In which book is found “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”?
Leviticus
What did Jacob call the place where “he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar”?
Bethel
Which book contains the following words: “one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord”?
Deuteronomy
In which book is the following saying found: “You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy”?
Leviticus
Who proclaimed the rise of a prophet like himself?
Moses
Over which country was Ahab king?
Israel
Which prophet declared, “Thus says the Lord: ‘For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals…”?
Amos
Match each of the following prophets with the quotation taken from God’s call of that particular prophet. Make your matches by selecting the prophet’s name from the drop-down list next to the corresponding quotation.
“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
Isaiah
Match each of the following prophets with the quotation taken from God’s call of that particular prophet. Make your matches by selecting the prophet’s name from the drop-down list next to the corresponding quotation.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah
Match each of the following prophets with the quotation taken from God’s call of that particular prophet. Make your matches by selecting the prophet’s name from the drop-down list next to the corresponding quotation.
“Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me.”
Ezekiel
“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt” is found in which book?
Daniel
“I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people,” is in found in which of the following books?
Jeremiah
In which book does this quotation appear: “I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I; send me’”?
Isaiah
Which prophet spoke the words of promise quoted in Acts 2, “I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh”?
Joel
Where in Isaiah is Israel referred to repeatedly as the servant of the Lord?
Isaiah 40-55
Who says, “I am young in years and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you”?
Elihu
Who declares, “By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just; by me rulers rule, and nobles, and all who govern rightly. I love those who love me and those who seek me diligently find me”?
Wisdom
With what words do the last five Psalms all begin?
Praise the Lord!
Which of the following teachings is NOT found in the Gospel according to Matthew?
Select one:
a. “Blessed are the poor in spirit.”
b. “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church.”
c. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.”
d. “Remember Lot’s wife.”
d. “Remember Lot’s wife.”
According to Luke, who was the Roman Emperor at the time when John and Jesus began their public ministries?
Tiberius
In which Gospel do blood and water flow from Jesus’ dead body after it is stabbed by a spear?
John
Where can you find Jesus telling a parable about a sower who sows seed in different types of ground?
In Matthew, Mark, and Luke only
Which of the following gospels tells of Jesus’ driving the money changers out of the temple near the beginning of his ministry?
John
In Luke’s Gospel, the centurion who witnessed Jesus’ death remarked, “Certainly this man was…”
Innocent
Which of the following appears in the Gospel of Mark?
Select one:
a. “Those who do what is true come to the light.”
b. “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.”
c. “What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
d. “The unclean spirits…fell down before him and shouted, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.”
d. “The unclean spirits…fell down before him and shouted, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.”
Which letter contains this quotation: “And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love”?
1 Corinthians
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God–not the result of works, so that no one may boast” occurs in which book?
Ephesians
“For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Where is this found?
Galatians
“Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever” occurs in which book?
1 Thessalonians
In which letter does Paul say, “If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ”?
2 Corinthians
Which book warns of a time when a figure known as “the lawless one” will be revealed?
2 Thessalonians
How does this quotation from Philippians end: “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling…”?
Select one:
a. “for faith without works is dead.”
b. “for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.”
c. “for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”
d. “for the one who is righteous will live by faith.”
b. “for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.”
Which book includes the following: “The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance”?
2 Peter
According to 1 John 1, the message being proclaimed is what?
Select one:
a. that the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord
b. that God is one
c. that the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword
d. that God is light, and in God there is no darkness at all
d. that God is light, and in God there is no darkness at all
Which book contains the following: “Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house …”?
1 Peter
Which book contains the following quotation: “You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture . . . . For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it”?
James
To whom did God say: “Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind.”
a. Abraham
b. Hagar
c. Jacob
d. Noah
e. Rebekah
Noah
To whom did God say: “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will forgive the whole place for their sake.”
a. Abraham
b. Hagar
c. Jacob
d. Noah
e. Rebekah
Abraham
To whom did God say: “Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”
a. Abraham
b. Hagar
c. Jacob
d. Noah
e. Rebekah
Hagar
To whom did God say: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger.”
a. Abraham
b. Hagar
c. Jacob
d. Noah
e. Rebekah
Rebekah
To whom did God say: “I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me.”
a. Abraham
b. Hagar
c. Jacob
d. Noah
e. Rebekah
Jacob
To whom did God say: “Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.”
Abram
From which OT book is this quote taken: “God also said to Moses, ‘Thus you shall say to the Israelites, “The LORD, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: This is my name forever, and this my title for all generations.”
Exodus
From which OT book is this quote taken: “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.”
Leviticus
From which OT book is this quote taken: “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
Genesis
From which OT book is this quote taken: “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
Genesis
From which OT book is this quote taken: “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
Genesis
Who said the following?
“And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.”
Joseph
Who said the following?
“Who is the LORD, that I should heed him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not Israel go.”
Pharaoh
Who said the following?
“Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”
Caleb
Who said the following?
“So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, take it off’; so they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”
Aaron
In which book is this person’s primary story told?
Hezekiah
2 Kings
In which book is this person’s primary story told?
Rehoboam
1 Kings
In which book is this person’s primary story told?
Rahab
Joshua
In which book is this person’s primary story told?
Deborah
Judges
In which book is this person’s primary story told?
Hannah
1 Samuel
From which OT book is this quote taken: “For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals; for all is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes
From which OT book is this quote taken: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up yur loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.”
Job
From which OT book is this quote taken: “How beautiful you are, my love, how very beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead.”
Song of Solomon
From which OT book is this quote taken: “Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law they meditate day and night”
Psalm 1
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”
Isaiah
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “Say to your brother, Ammi, and to your sister, Ruhamah. Plead with your mother, plead– for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband.”
Hosea
From which prophetic book is the following: “Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.”
Malachi
In which prophetic book is the following image/ symbol found?
The beloved’s unfruitful vineyard
Isaiah
In which prophetic book is the following image/ symbol found?
The linen loincloth
Jeremiah
In which prophetic book is the following image/ symbol found?
The plumb line
Amos
In which prophetic book is the following image/ symbol found?
Valley of dry bones
Ezekiel
In which prophetic book is the following image/ symbol found?
The plague of locusts
Joel
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.”
Isaiah
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “As I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.”
Ezekiel
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him.”
Daniel
In which gospel does “the king” say, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me”?
Select one:
a. John
b. Luke
c. Mark
d. Matthew
Matthew
In which Gospel is the following found?
“All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spririt.”
Matthew
In which Gospel is the following found?
“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.”
Luke
In which Gospel is the following found?
“It is finished.”
John
In which Gospel is the following found?
“Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.’”
Luke
In which Gospel is the following found?
“The Sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the Sabbath.”
Mark
Which gospel opens with quotations from the Old Testament books of Isaiah and Malachi?
Mark
What does the Syrophoenician woman request from Jesus?
Select one or more:
a. forgiveness from her sins
b. healing for her hemorrhaging
c. curing her daughter who is at the point of death
d. exoricising an unclean spirit from her daughter
d.exoricising an unclean spirit from her daughter
The Gospel of Luke both begins and ends with scenes set in which of the following?
Select one:
a. the temple in Jerusalem
b. the synagogue in Nazareth
c. a mountaintop in Galilee
d. the shore of the Sea of Galilee
a. the temple in Jerusalem
In which chapter within John’s Gospel do we find Jesus healing a man born blind?
Select one:
a. Chapter 4
b. Chapter 9
c. Chapter 13
d. Chapter 16
b. Chapter 9
Of the following, which sign of Jesus does NOT appear in John’s gospel?
Select one:
a. Jesus, onboard a boat, calms a storm on the sea with a word.
b. Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead
c. Jesus heals an invalid man who has been lying by the pool of Beth-zatha (Bethsaida) but unable to touch the waters
d. Jesus heals a man blind from birth by making a mud mask using saliva
a. Jesus, onboard a boat, calms a storm on the sea with a word.
Which gospel explicitly states its purpose as “that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name”?
John
In which Gospel does Jesus refer to himself as both “the gate for the sheep” and “the good shepherd”?
John
In the Gospel of John, when John is baptizing in Bethany and sees Jesus coming how does he describe Jesus?
Select one:
a. “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”
b. “the true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world”
c. “the living bread that came down from heaven”
d. “the good shepherd [who] lays down his life for the sheep”
a. “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”
In which gospel do healing stories commonly end in the following: “See that you say nothing to anyone…”, “He strictly ordered them that no one should know…”, “Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one…”?
Mark
Stories about Mary and Martha appear in which two Gospels?
Luke and John
In John 4, to whom does Jesus say, “Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’?”
Select one:
a. his disciples
b. the Samaritans from the city of Sychar
c. the woman at the well
d. Nicodemus
a. his disciples
Which episode did Mark sandwich within his narrative about Jesus’ cursing a fig tree?
Select one:
a. Jesus healing a blind person
b. Jesus cleansing the Temple
c. Jesus telling a parable about the wicked tenants
d. Peter acknowledging Jesus as Christ
b. Jesus cleansing the Temple
In the Gospel of Mark, the expression Jesus most often uses to refer to himself is
Select one:
a. Son of Man.
b. Son of David.
c. Son of God.
d. Messiah.
b. Son of David.
c. Son of God.
d. Messiah.
a. Son of Man.
In the Gospel of John, who are Martha and Mary?
Select one:
a. women who ministered to Jesus and the disciples
b. sisters whom Jesus visited and taught at their house
c. women who came to Jesus’ empty tomb
d. sisters of Lazarus, the one whom Jesus raised from the dead
d. sisters of Lazarus, the one whom Jesus raised from the dead
Some members of which of the following groups questioned Jesus about the resurrection by using a situation where a woman might have been married to a series of brothers and then asking, “In the resurrection whose wife will she be?”
Select one:
a. Sadducees
b. Pharisees
c. Herodians
d. Essenes
a. Sadducees
Which Gospel contains the narrative about Jesus lingering at the Temple as a young boy?
Luke
According to the Gospel of Matthew, how does Jesus describe John the Baptist?
a. “if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come”
b. “one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight’”
c. “the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord … to give knowledge of salvation to his people”
d. “a man sent from God … as a witness to testify to the light”
a. “if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come”
Which of the following appears in the Gospel of Mark?
a. “Those who do what is true come to the light.”
b. “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.”
c. “What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
d. “The unclean spirits…fell down before him and shouted, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he sternly ordered them not to make him known
d. “The unclean spirits…fell down before him and shouted, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he sternly ordered them not to make him known
Which of the following appearances by the resurrected Jesus is found in the Gospel of Luke?
Select one:
a. to Mary Magdalene near the tomb
b. to Thomas about a week after the resurrection
c. to Cleopas and his companion as they were going to Emmaus
d. to Peter and six other disciples by the Sea of Tiberias
c. to Cleopas and his companion as they were going to Emmaus
In Mark’s gospel, who said of Jesus “Truly this man was God’s Son”?
a. the centurion at his crucifixion
b. Pilate
c. Simon Peter
d. John the Baptist
a. the centurion at his crucifixion
Which of the following healing stories is found only in the Gospel of Mark?
a. the healing of the man born blind whom Jesus sends to the Pool of Siloam
b. the healing of the paralytic, lowered through the roof by his friends
c. the healing of a blind man near Bethsaida, who initially only saw people as if they were walking trees
d. the healing of a man in a synagogue who had a withered hand
c. the healing of a blind man near Bethsaida, who initially only saw people as if they were walking trees
Which gospel begins, “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God”?
Mark
Complete this statement from Matthew 5: “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you…
a. Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.”
b. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
c. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.”
d. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and the whole world would soon be blind and toothless.”
a. Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.”
At what point in Matthew’s Gospel does Jesus say, “For all who take the sword will perish by the sword”?
a. at his arrest
b. at his entry into Jerusalem
c. at his trial
d. at the last supper
a.at his arrest
In Luke, which of the following are topics addressed in the parable of the widow and the judge?
a. prayer
b. justice
c. faith
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is unique to which gospel?
Luke
The conclusion of Mark’s Gospel includes which of the following sentences?
a. “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
b. “You are witnesses of these things.”
c. “These are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the son of God.”
d. “They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.”
d. “They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.”
Who says, “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth”?
Select one:
a. Solomon
b. Job
c. King Lemuel
d. the Teacher
b. Job
Complete the following couplet that opens Psalm 100: “Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.”
Select one:
a. “Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing.”
b. “Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful.”
c. “Praise is due to you, O God in Zion; and to you shall vows be performed.”
d. “We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks; your name is near,”
a. “Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing.”
The admonition, “Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone,” is found in which book?
Select one:
a. Proverbs
b. Psalms
c. Job
d. Ecclesiastes
d. Ecclesiastes
Complete this quotation: “It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for…”
Select one:
a. …he accomplishes victory for his beloved.”
b. …all things are accomplished in God’s good time.”
c. …he gives sleep to his beloved.”
d. …your reward is with the Lord.”
c….he gives sleep to his beloved.”
The psalm that begins, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” also includes which of the following lines?
Select one:
a. “O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.”
b. “Sing praises to the Lord, O you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime.”
c. “I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast.”
d. “O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him.”
c. “I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast.”
To which character in the Book of Job is the following challenge directed: “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Anyone who argues with God must respond.”
Select one:
a. Eliphaz
b. Bildad
c. Zophar
d. Job
d. Job
Which psalm begins, “The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork”?
Select one:
a. Psalm 1
b. Psalm 19
c. Psalm 119
d. Psalm 110
b. Psalm 19
From the observations that “the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful,” the author of Ecclesiastes concludes
Select one:
a. God grants blessings however God may choose.
b. only a righteous life assures God’s favor.
c. everyone is subject to the uncertainties of chance.
d. no one ever receives what they rightfully deserve.
c. everyone is subject to the uncertainties of chance.
Psalm 119, the longest of the psalms, devotes many verses to what theme?
Select one:
a. lamentation
b. creation
c. keeping the law
d. thanksgiving for deliverance
c. keeping the law
Of whom is the psalmist speaking in these words: “May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice . . . May he defend the cause of the poor of he people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor”?
Select one:
a. the LORD
b. the prophet
c. the king
d. the judge
c. the king
Complete the following verse from Psalm 118: “O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; …”
Select one:
a. “his steadfast love endures forever.”
b. “for as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him.”
c. “our God is a God of salvation.”
d. “Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.”
a. “his steadfast love endures forever.”
Complete the following verse from the Book of Proverbs: “The human mind plans the way,
Select one:
a. “but all such plans come to nothing.”
b. “but the LORD directs the steps.”
c. “and the foolish are lost in their wanderings.”
d. “but no one can know the future.”
b. “but the LORD directs the steps.”
Psalm 51, attributed to David as his response to Nathan confronting him about Bathsheba, begins with what request?
Select one:
a. “Attend to me, and answer me; I am troubled in my complaint. I am distraught by the noise of the enemy, because of the clamor of the wicked.”
b. “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love.”
c. “Let those be put to shame and confusion who seek my life. Let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire to hurt me.”
d. “O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.”
b. “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love.”
“What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord” is found in which book?
Select one:
a. Job
b. Psalms
c. Song of Solomon
d. Ecclesiastes
b. Psalms
The psalm attributed to David as a response to Nathan’s rebuke of his relationship with Bathsheba includes which of the following lines?
Select one:
a. “Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”
b. “I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.”
c. “I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.”
d. “Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.”
d. “Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.”
The words, “The LORD says to my lord, ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool,’” open which psalm?
Select one:
a. Psalm 23
b. Psalm 51
c. Psalm 110
d. Psalm 119
c. Psalm 110
Which biblical book begins, “happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers”?
Select one:
a. Psalms
b. Proverbs
c. Job
d. Ecclesiastes
a. Psalms
The psalmist describes how “great is [God’s] steadfast love toward those who fear him” by saying it is
Select one:
a. “deeper than the deepest sea.”
b. “longer than the great river, the River Euphrates.”
c. “taller than the highest mountain.”
d. “as the heavens are high above the earth.”
d. “as the heavens are high above the earth.”
The directions for the construction of the Tabernacle are found in which book?
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
a. Exodus
Which two books tell the story of the golden calf?
Select one:
a. Exodus and Numbers
b. Numbers and Deuteronomy
c. Exodus and Deuteronomy
d. Exodus and Leviticus
c. Exodus and Deuteronomy
The instructions for observance of sabbatical years and the year of Jubilee are found in which book?
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
b. Leviticus
In Numbers, the LORD says, “I hereby accept _______ from among the Israelites as substitutes for all the firstborn that open the womb among the Israelites.”
Select one:
a. burnt offerings of newborn cattle or sheep
b. the Levites
c. sons who will serve for one year in the tabernacle
d. offerings of grain and oil
b. the Levites
The controversy between Moses and his siblings Miriam and Aaron that led them to say, “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” was caused because Moses had
Select one:
a. selected a council of 70 elders to assist him.
b. appointed Joshua to be his successor.
c. been transformed in his appearance by his encounter with God on Mount Sinai.
d. married a Cushite woman.
d. married a Cushite woman.
In which book is found the story of Balaam and the talking donkey?
Select one:
a. 1 Kings
b. 2 Kings
c. Numbers
d. Leviticus
c. Numbers
Which book begins “These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan”?
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
d. Deuteronomy
Which of the following quotations illustrates an important theme from the Book of Deuteronomy?
Select one:
a. “Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy . . . For in six ays the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.”
b. “You shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and observe them, so that the land to which I bring you to settle in may not vomit you out. . . . You shall be holy to me; for I the LORD am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.”
c. “Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well-being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”
d. “Then all the congregation raised a loud cry and the people wept that night. And all the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron.”
c. “Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well-being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”
“Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” This appears in which book?
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Deuteronomy
d. Numbers
c. Deuteronomy
Which book contains the following words: “one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord”?
Select one:
a. Genesis
b. Exodus
c. Leviticus
d. Deuteronomy
d. Deuteronomy
A central theme of which book is expressed the verses, “If you will only obey the LORD your God, by diligently observing all his commandments that I am commanding you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth”?
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
d. Deuteronomy
God commanded Moses to climb which mountain in order to “view the land of Canaan” before he died?
Select one:
a. Mount Sinai
b. Mount Horeb
c. Mount Nebo
d. Mount Hor
c. Mount Nebo
On Mt. Sinai, Moses makes the request “Show me your glory.” In response, the LORD refuses to be seen, but passes before Moses and proclaims:
a. “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfuness.”
b. “This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.”
c. “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and the one who curses you I will curse.”
d. “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. . . See, I have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land that I swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.”
a. “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfuness.”
In which book is the following saying found: “You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy”?
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
b. Leviticus
When Moses sent men to spy out the land of Canaan, they returned
a. after three days.
b. after seven days.
c. after 40 days.
d. after 120 days.
c. after 40 days.
According to its opening verses, where were the Israelites when Moses spoke the words in Deuteronomy in order to “expound this law”?
Select one:
a. in Egypt, preparing for the Exodus
b. wandering in the Sinai wilderness around Mt. Horeb
c. beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab
d. in the promised land having conquered Jericho
c. beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab
For what reason does the LORD say that he set his heart on Israel and chose Israel?
Select one:
a. “You are a people holy to the LORD your God.”
b. “The LORD loved you and kept the oath that he swore to your ancestors.”
c. “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.”
d. “the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”
b. “The LORD loved you and kept the oath that he swore to your ancestors.”
In which book are the laws found for preparing for, and engaging in, holy war?
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
d. Deuteronomy
In what place does Jacob have a dream about a ladder stretching from earth to heaven?
a. Bethel
b. Peniel
c. Beersheba
d. Shechem
a. Bethel
Of whom is it written, “On the way, at a place where they spent the night, the LORD met him and tried to kill him”?
Select one:
a. Abraham
b. Jeremiah
c. Moses
d. Pharaoh
c. Moses
After departing from Egypt, what wilderness does Moses lead the Israelites into to serve the LORD, make a covenant, and receive the LORD’s instructions?
Select one:
a. Canaan
b. Sinai
c. Midian
d. Sin
b. Sinai
What sign did the LORD give to Moses as a perpetual covenant between the LORD and the people?
Select one:
a. The Torah
b. Circumcision
c. The sabbath
d. A bow in the sky
c. The sabbath
According to the book of Deuteronomy, where did God make a covenant with Israel “in addition to the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb”?
Select one:
a. Mount Nebo
b. Mount Sinai
c. the land of Moab
d. the plains of Jericho
c. the land of Moab
The reason the LORD God put the man in the garden of Eden was
Select one:
a. to till it and keep it.
b. to name the animals.
c. to have dominion over it.
d. to be fruitful and multiply.
a. to till it and keep it.
Moses’ Hebrew father and mother were both members of which tribe of Israel?
Select one:
a. Asher
b. Ephraim
c. Judah
d. Levi
d. Levi
Identify the biblical book from which the following command comes: “The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were once aliens in the land of Egypt.”
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
b. Leviticus
Which book establishes legal limits on the power of the king?
Select one:
a. Genesis
b. Exodus
c. Leviticus
d. Deuteronomy
d. Deuteronomy
Which book refers to Moses’ view of the promised land from Mt. Nebo?
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
d. Deuteronomy
In the third commandment, what reason is given that the people should not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD?
Select one:
a. “Because the name of the LORD is too wonderful.”
b. “The LORD will not aquit anyone who misuses his name.”
c. “Because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”
d. “So that you may not profane my holy name.”
b. “The LORD will not aquit anyone who misuses his name.”
When Moses tells the LORD that he can no longer bear the people alone because of their complaining, the LORD instructs him to
Select one:
a. seek support from Aaron and Miriam.
b. appoint 70 elders to help bear the burden.
c. instruct the people to set up nets to catch quail.
d. tell the people that they will not be allowed to enter Canaan.
b. appoint 70 elders to help bear the burden.
The story about Moses raising a “serpent of bronze” to save people bitten by poisonous serpents is found in which of the following books?
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
c. Numbers
Which of the following books is structured as a series of final speeches by Moses to the Israelites?
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
d. Deuteronomy
“Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home, and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on te doorposts of your house and on your gates” is found in which book?
Select one:
a. Exodus
b. Leviticus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
d. Deuteronomy
Which book includes the following statement: “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own peple; you shall heed such a prophet.”
a. Genesis
b. Exodus
c. Numbers
d. Deuteronomy
d. Deuteronomy
Which Israelite in the book of Judges tries to establish a monarchy?
Select one:
a. Samson
b. Jephthah
c. Abimelech
d. Gideon
c. Abimelech
According to Chronicles, which leader was responsible for arranging the Levitical singers and ministers for service before the ark of the Lord?
Select one:
a. David
b. Solomon
c. Asaph
d. Korah
a. David
Ezra returned to Jerusalem during the reign of which Persian king?
Select one:
a. Nebuchadnezzar
b. Darius
c. Cyrus
d. Artaxerxes
d. Artaxerxes
In contrast to the accounts in Samuel and Kings, the books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
a. omit the story of David and Bathsheba.
b. omit the story of David bringing the ark of the LORD into Jerusalem.
c. include the story of Elisha healing Naaman of Syria.
d. include the reign of Hezekiah and Sennacherib’s invasion.
a. omit the story of David and Bathsheba.
Who was king of Judah when the Assyrians beseiged and took Samaria?
Select one:
a. Ahaz
b. Hezekiah
c. Josiah
d. Zedekiah
b. Hezekiah
Over which country was Ahab king?
Select one:
a. Tyre
b. Israel
c. Judah
d. Syria
b. Israel
Which of David’s sons did the general Joab and the priest Abiathar support to succeed him as king of Judah?
Select one:
a. Absalom
b. Adonijah
c. Amnon
d. Solomon
b. Adonijah
Who said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him”?
Select one:
a. Joshua
b. Samuel
c. Josiah
d. Elijah
d. Elijah
On whose sin does 2 Kings blame the fall of Jerusalem?
Select one:
a. Jehoiachin’s
b. Rehoboam’s
c. Hezekiah’s
d. Manasseh’s
c. Hezekiah’s
Who said, “Remember me, O my God, for good.”
Select one:
a. Elijah
b. Nehemiah
c. Ezra
d. Moses
b. Nehemiah
Which king sent letters to all Israel and Judah so that the Israelites would come to the temple and celebrate the Passover?
Select one:
a. David
b. Solomon
c. Hezekiah
d. Manasseh
c. Hezekiah
In the book of Judges, what did God repeatedly do when the people turned their backs?
Select one:
a. Gave them over to their enemies
b. Struck them down with plagues
c. Sent prophets to pronounce his judgments
d. Forgave them
a. Gave them over to their enemies
Which is true of the Israelite conquest of Ai?
Select one:
a. The walls fell down when the Israelites shouted.
b. The sun stood still to give the Israelites time to win the battle.
c. The people of Ai tricked the Israelites by pretending to be from far away.
d. The Israelites took the city by setting up an ambush.
d. The Israelites took the city by setting up an ambush.
The edict of King Cyrus of Persia announcing “the LORD, the God of heaven” had charged him “to build [God] a house at Jerusalem” that concludes 2 Chronicles is also found in the opening verses of which book?
Select one:
a. 1 Kings
b. Ezra
c. Nehemiah
d. Esther
b. Ezra
Nehemiah was the leader who
a. returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city wall.
b. laid the foundation for the Temple.
c. read the book of the law to the people.
d. established the festival of Purim.
a. returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city wall.
After the book of the law is found in the temple, to whom does Josiah send representatives to “inquire of the Lord”?
Select one:
a. Isaiah
b. Huldah
c. Jeremiah
d. Micaiah
b. Huldah
Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was cured of leprosy when he followed instructions given to him by
Select one:
a. Nathan
b. Elijah
c. Elisha
d. Micaiah
c. Elisha
The LORD regretted making Saul king because Saul
Select one:
a. tried to kill David several times.
b. failed to utterly destroy all of the belongings of the Amalekites.
c. did not trust the LORD and so was unable to defeat the Philistines.
d. made an offering to a god other than the LORD.
b. failed to utterly destroy all of the belongings of the Amalekites.
Which of the judges led the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun to victory over Sisera?
Select one:
a. Gideon
b. Deborah
c. Jephthah
d. Samson
b. Deborah
At the end of his life, Joshua led the tribes of Israel in a covenant renewal ceremony near which city?
Select one:
a. Jerusalem
b. Samaria
c. Shechem
d. Jericho
c. Shechem
Which judge leads the Israelites in a successful campaign against the Midianites?
Select one:
a. Deborah
b. Jephthah
c. Gideon
d. Samson
c. Gideon
Who offered the prayer that begins with these words: “My heart exults in the LORD; my strength is exalted in my God. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in my victory”?
Select one:
a. Saul
b. Deborah
c. David
d. Hannah
d. Hannah
Which of the following stories occurs in 2 Samuel, but not in 1 Chronicles?
Select one:
a. The LORD promises to build David a house.
b. David brings the Ark to Jerusalem.
c. David sends messengers to bring Bathsheba to him.
d. David orders a census of the people of Israel.
c. David sends messengers to bring Bathsheba to him.
What Israelite official murdered the kings of Israel and of Judah, and then assumed the throne in Israel?
Select one:
a. Jehu
b. Rehoboam
c. Ahaz
d. Asa
a. Jehu
Which king of Judah was released from prison in Babylon, but not allowed to return to his homeland?
Select one:
a. Zedekiah
b. Jehoiakim
c. Jehoahaz
d. Jehoiachin
d. Jehoiachin
Which of the following books contains a series of letters, written in Aramaic, regarding Persian policy toward Jerusalem?
Select one:
a. 2 Chronicles
b. Nehemiah
c. Ezra
d. Esther
c. Ezra
Who sang a song that includes the words, “The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength. Those who were full have hired themselves for bread, but those who were hungry are fat with spoil. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.”
Select one:
a. Deborah
b. Hannah
c. David
d. Jonathan
b. Hannah
In the book of Acts, who was accused of saying that “Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed on to us”?
Select one:
a. Peter
b. Stephen
c. Paul
d. James
b. Stephen
In Romans, Paul uses which of the following metaphors to describe the means by which Gentiles are incorporated into the promises of Israel’s God?
Select one:
a. Grafting of a wild olive shoot onto the root of a cultivated olive tree
b. The adoption and inheritance of children
c. A widow remarrying after the death of her first husband
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
In which letter does Paul begin an extended discussion of the theology of resurrection by asking, “Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?”
Select one:
a. 1 Thessalonians
b. 1 Corinthians
c. Galatians
d. Ephesians
b. 1 Corinthians
In which letter did Paul write, “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me”?
Select one:
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. Colossians
d. 2 Corinthians
b. Galatians
According to 1 Timothy, what saying is “sure and worthy of full acceptance”?
Select one:
a. “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the foremost.”
b. “The gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
c. “Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day.”
d. “By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”
a. “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the foremost.”
According to Ephesians 2, how have we been saved?
a. by grace through faith
b. when we repented and were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ so that our sins may be forgiven
c. when we confessed with our lips that Jesus is Lord and believed in our hearts that God raised him from the dead
d. by works and not by faith alone
a. by grace through faith
From Romans 8:28, complete the following: “We know that all things work together for good for those who ______God, who are called according to his purpose.”
Select one or more:
a. worship
b. love
c. obey
d. praise
b. love
Also known by her Greek named Dorcas, who is the woman Peter raised from the dead?
Select one or more:
a. Tabitha
b. Priscilla
c. Phoebe
d. Euodia
a. Tabitha
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” is found in which book?
Select one:
a. Romans
b. 1 Corinthians
c. Ephesians
d. Philippians
a. Romans
According to Colossians, Christ is “the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” for what reason?
Select one:
a. “in him all things in heaven and on earth were created … all things have been created through him and for him”
b. “in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them”
c. “since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being”
d. “it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me”
a. “in him all things in heaven and on earth were created … all things have been created through him and for him”
Which Pauline letter provides instructions for caring for widows?
Select one:
a. Philippians
b. Colossians
c. 1 Timothy
d. 2 Timothy
c. 1 Timothy
Which book warns of a time when a figure known as “the lawless one” will be revealed?
Select one:
a. 2 Corinthians
b. Philippians
c. 2 Thessalonians
d. 1 Timothy
c. 2 Thessalonians
Where is the following found: “Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts …”?
Select one:
a. Acts
b. Philippians
c. Philemon
d. Romans
b. Philippians
Where is the following found: “Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh…Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, lincentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkeness, carousing, and things like these.”
Select one or more:
a. Galatians
b. 1 Timothy
c. Ephesians
d. 2 Corinthians
a. Galatians
In which letter does Paul begin an extended discussion of the topic by writing, “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed”?
Select one:
a. 1 Corinthians
b. 2 Corinthians
c. Galatians
d. Colossians
a. 1 Corinthians
Who is the “deacon of the church at Cenchreae” whom Paul commends in the closing greetings of Romans 16?
Select one:
a. Prisca
b. Phoebe
c. Junia
d. Aquila
b. Phoebe
From which book does the following quote come?
“What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means!”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 1 Corinthians
d. 2 Corinthians
e. 1 Thessalonians
a. Romans
From which book does the following quote come?
“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 1 Corinthians
d. 2 Corinthians
e. 1 Thessalonians
c. 1 Corinthians
From which book does the following quote come?
“Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 1 Corinthians
d. 2 Corinthians
e. 1 Thessalonians
d. 2 Corinthians
From which book does the following quote come?
“By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 1 Corinthians
d. 2 Corinthians
e. 1 Thessalonians
b. Galatians
From which book does the following quote come?
“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you many not grieve as others do who have no hope.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 1 Corinthians
d. 2 Corinthians
e. 1 Thessalonians
e. 1 Thessalonians
In which letters does Paul state that the Torah can be accomplished by obeying the comand “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”?
Select one:
a. Romans and Galatians
b. 1 Corinthians and Philippians
c. 2 Thessalonians and Philemon
d. Ephesians and Colossians
a. Romans and Galatians
Which of the following are themes discussed in 1 Corinthians?
Select one:
a. false teachers and spiritual gifts
b. spiritual gifts and the resurrection of the dead
c. persecution and false teachers
d. sexual immorality and persecution
b. spiritual gifts and the resurrection of the dead
In which letter does Paul say, “If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ”?
Select one:
a. Romans
b. 1 Corinthians
c. 2 Corinthians
d. Galatians
c. 2 Corinthians
“Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever” occurs in which book?
Select one:
a. 2 Corinthians
b. Galatians
c. Ephesians
d. 1 Thessalonians
d. 1 Thessalonians
“For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Where is this found?
Select one:
a. Romans
b. 1 Corinthians
c. Galatians
d. Colossians
c. Galatians
Match the following quote with the letters in which it is found:
“We have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.”
a. 1 Timothy
b. 1 Thessalonians
c. Ephesians
d. 2 Corinthians
d. 2 Corinthians
Match the following quote with the letters in which it is found:
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”
a. 1 Timothy
b. 1 Thessalonians
c. Ephesians
d. 2 Corinthians
c. Ephesians
Match the following quote with the letters in which it is found:
“The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost. “
a. 1 Timothy
b. 1 Thessalonians
c. Ephesians
d. 2 Corinthians
a. 1 Timothy
Match the following quote with the letters in which it is found:
“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.”
a. 1 Timothy
b. 1 Thessalonians
c. Ephesians
d. 2 Corinthians
b. 1 Thessalonians
Match the following quote with the letters in which it is found:
“We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. Ephesians
d. Philippians
e. 1 Corinthians
a. Romans
Match the following quote with the letters in which it is found:
“If I speak in tongues of mortals and angels, but do not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountatins, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. Ephesians
d. Philippians
e. 1 Corinthians
e. 1 Corinthians
Match the following quote with the letters in which it is found:
“There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. Ephesians
d. Philippians
e. 1 Corinthians
b. Galatians
Match the following quote with the letters in which it is found:
“Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. Ephesians
d. Philippians
e. 1 Corinthians
d. Philippians
On his journey to Rome at the end of Acts, Paul is shipwrecked on which Mediterranean island?
Select one:
a. Malta
b. Elba
c. Patmos
d. Cyprus
a. Malta
In which epistle does the following admonition appear: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable and perfect”?
a. Philippians
b. Romans
c. 1 Thessalonians
d. Ephesians
b. Romans
Paul’s allegory likening Hagar “to the present Jerusalem” and “the other woman [the mother of Isaac] to the Jerusalem above” is found in which letter?
Select one:
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 2 Thessalonians
d. 1 Timothy
b. Galatians
How does this quotation from Philippians end: “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling…”?
Select one:
a. “for faith without works is dead.”
b. “for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
c. “for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”
d. “for the one who is righteous will live by faith.”
b. “for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Paul’s encouragement to those concerned about Christians who died before Christ’s return, assuring them “the dead in Christ will rise first,” is found in which letter?
Select one:
a. 1 Corinthians
b. 1 Thessalonians
c. Galatians
d. Titus
b. 1 Thessalonians
In which letter did Paul quote someone whom he referred to as “their very own prophet” who described the people of Crete as “always liars, vicious brutes, lazy gluttons”?
Select one:
a. 2 Timothy
b. Titus
c. Philemon
d. Galatians
b. Titus
In which letter does Paul exhort his audience to “do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves.”
Select one:
a. Ephesians
b. Philippians
c. Colossians
d. 1 Thessalonians
b. Philippians
In which letter does Paul explicitly use allegory about Hagar and Sarah to make a point about the relationship between Jews and Gentiles?
Select one:
a. 2 Timothy
b. 1 Corinthians
c. Romans
d. Galatians
d. Galatians
In which letter does Paul explain how to conduct the Lord’s Supper?
a. 1 Corinthians
b. Romans
c. 1 Timothy
d. Titus
a. 1 Corinthians
Match the quote with the letter in which it is found:
“But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 1 Corinthians
d. Colossians
e. Philippians
a. Romans
Match the quote with the letter in which it is found:
“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 1 Corinthians
d. Colossians
e. Philippians
c. 1 Corinthians
Match the quote with the letter in which it is found:
“There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 1 Corinthians
d. Colossians
e. Philippians
b. Galatians
Match the quote with the letter in which it is found:
“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 1 Corinthians
d. Colossians
e. Philippians
e. Philippians
Match the quote with the letter in which it is found:
“For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.”
a. Romans
b. Galatians
c. 1 Corinthians
d. Colossians
e. Philippians
d. Colossians
In which city were the disciples first called Christians?
Select one:
a. Antioch
b. Ephesus
c. Jerusalem
d. Philippi
a. Antioch
Which prophet proclaimed an oracle describing Israel as a vineyard that produced “bloodshed” instead of “justice” and a “cry” rather than “righteousness”?
Select one:
a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Ezekiel
d. Nahum
a.Isaiah
Isaiah’s vision of “the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty … and the hem of his robe filled the temple” occurred in the year of which king’s death?
Select one:
a. Uzziah
b. Jotham
c. Ahaz
d. Hezekiah
a.Uzziah
In which book does this quotation appear: “I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I; send me’”?
Select one:
a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Lamentations
d. Jonah
a. Isaiah
Which prophet calls on the people of Jerusalem to rejoice because of a coming period of “peace to the nations” established by a king who comes “triumphant and victorious, … humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey”?
Select one:
a. Haggai
b. Zechariah
c. Malachi
d. Nahum
b. Zechariah
Which prophet relates a vision of horsemen patrolling the earth that is accompanied by a message of comfort for Jerusalem.
Select one:
a. Habakkuk
b. Zephaniah
c. Malachi
d. Zechariah
d.Zechariah
In which book does this quotation appear: “I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I; send me’”?
Select one:
a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Lamentations
d. Jonah
a. Isaiah
Which prophet had visions of a plumb line and summer fruit?
Select one or more:
a. Ezekiel
b. Amos
c. Zechariah
d. Nahum
b.Amos
In response to what crisis did Isaiah say, “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel”?
Select one:
a. The conquest of Israel by Assyria
b. The anticipated invasion of Judah by Egypt
c. The threat of invasion by the kings of Ephraim and Aram
d. The siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians
c.The threat of invasion by the kings of Ephraim and Aram
Which prophet prophecied “concerning Israel in the days of king Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake”?
Select one:
a. Joel
b. Amos
c. Haggai
d. Malachi
b.Amos
In Isaiah 55, the prophet calls the people to the participate in the blessings of restoration from exile with what words?
Select one:
a. “Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
b. “The latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts; and in this place I will give prosperity, says the LORD of hosts.”
c. “Jerusalem shall be inhabited like villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and animals in it.”
d. “If you will not listen, if you will not lay to heart to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse on you and I will curse your blessings.”
a.”Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
In which book is the following quotation found: “Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed”?
a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Hosea
d. Micah
a.Isaiah
Complete this passage: “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old…”
Select one:
a. “…They went out of my mouth and I made them known; then suddenly I did them and they came to pass.”
b. “…I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?”
c. “…For in the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali.”
d. “…New things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.”
b.”…I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?”
In the book of Isaiah, what action are the people called to do in response to the words of comfort that Jerusalem “has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins”?
Select one:
a. “In the wilderness, prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
b. “Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”
c. “Now therefore do not scoff, or your bonds will be made stronger.”
d. “Awake, awake, put on strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for the uncircumcised and the unclean shall enter you no more.”
a.”In the wilderness, prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
Which prophet relates a vision of a lampstand and two olive trees in which the branches of the olive trees are called “the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth”?
Select one:
a. Isaiah
b. Amos
c. Daniel
d. Zechariah
d.Zechariah
Which prophetic book contains God’s declaration, “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son”?
Select one or more:
a. Jeremiah
b. Nahum
c. Hosea
d. Micah
c.Hosea
Which prophet’s ministry began during the reign of Josiah and continued until the captivity of Jerusalem.
a. Amos
b. Jeremiah
c. Ezekiel
d. Isaiah
b.Jeremiah
n his sermon at the gate of the temple, Jeremiah says that the LORD will dwell in the temple if the people obey the commandments and stop oppressing the
Select one:
a. orphan, widow, and servant.
b. alien, orphan, and widow.
c. poor, orphan, and servant.
d. widow, poor, and alien.
b.alien, orphan, and widow.
In which book are the people accused of having robbed God by the withholding of their tithes and offerings?
Select one or more:
a. Haggai
b. Malachi
c. Zephaniah
d. Zechariah
b.Malachi
Which prophet has a vision of “the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty … and the hem of his robe filled the temple”?
Select one:
a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Ezekiel
d. Amos
a.Isaiah
In which of the following books would these words be found?
“He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
a. Isaiah
b. Hosea
c. Obadiah
d. Zechariah
e. Malachi
a. Isaiah
In which of the following books would these words be found?
“‘Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,’ says the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered.”
a. Isaiah
b. Hosea
c. Obadiah
d. Zechariah
e. Malachi
d. Zechariah
In which of the following books would these words be found?
“Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.”
a. Isaiah
b. Hosea
c. Obadiah
d. Zechariah
e. Malachi
e. Malachi
To which king did Isaiah say, “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel”?
Select one:
a. Ahaz
b. Uzziah
c. Jotham
d. Hezekiah
a. Ahaz
What was the name God told Isaiah to call his son as a sign that “the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria”?
Select one:
a. Maher-shalal-hash-baz
b. Immanuel
c. Jezreel
d. Lo-ammi
a.Maher-shalal-hash-baz
In Isaiah 45, who is called the anointed one of the Lord?
Select one:
a. An unspecified “Servant”
b. Jesus
c. Zerubbabel
d. Cyrus
d.Cyrus
Which prophet was active during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah?
Select one:
a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Ezekiel
d. Daniel
a.Isaiah
Match the following images or symbols with the prophetic book in which they are found.
The beloved’s unfruitful vineyard
a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Amos
d. Ezekiel
e. Joel
a. Isaiah
Match the following images or symbols with the prophetic book in which they are found.
The plumb line
a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Amos
d. Ezekiel
e. Joel
c. Amos
Match the following images or symbols with the prophetic book in which they are found.
The linen loincloth
a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Amos
d. Ezekiel
e. Joel
b. Jeremiah
In which prophetic book is the following quotation found: “O that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of my poor people!”?
Select one:
a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Hosea
d. Obadiah
b.Jeremiah
In which book does this appear? “Why do you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness, not light.”
Select one:
a. Isaiah
b. Obadiah
c. Jeremiah
d. Amos
d. Amos
Which prophet “bought the field at Anathoth” and preserved the deed as a sign that “Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land”?
Select one:
a. Jeremiah
b. Ezekiel
c. Zechariah
d. Zephaniah
a. Jeremiah
Which prophetic book states: “See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble . . . But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings”?
Select one:
a. Ezekiel
b. Malachi
c. Haggai
d. Zechariah
b. Malachi
Match the following quote with the prophetic book in which it appears:
“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.”
a. Amos
b. Daniel
c. Ezekiel
d. Micah
e. Jeremiah
a. Amos
Match the following quote with the prophetic book in which it appears:
“As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.”
a. Amos
b. Daniel
c. Ezekiel
d. Micah
e. Jeremiah
c. Ezekiel
Match the following quote with the prophetic book in which it appears:
“They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying ‘peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.”
a. Amos
b. Daniel
c. Ezekiel
d. Micah
e. Jeremiah
e. Jeremiah
Match the following quote with the prophetic book in which it appears:
“As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven.”
a. Amos
b. Daniel
c. Ezekiel
d. Micah
e. Jeremiah
b. Daniel
Match the following quote with the prophetic book in which it appears:
“What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
a. Amos
b. Daniel
c. Ezekiel
d. Micah
e. Jeremiah
d. Micah
According to Genesis 1, on the 5th day God created:
The great sea monsters and birds
In the book of Genesis, God’s promise to Abram follows most closely on which story?
The Flood
What was the meaning God gave to the divine name when God revealed it to Moses at the burning bush?
I AM
What happened when Sarai was taken into the Pharaoh’s house?
The Pharaoh’s house was afflicted with plagues.
“Here, oh Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord, your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.“ This appears in which book.
Deuteronomy
“I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you” was spoken to whom?
Noah
What were the cities of refuge?
Cities where those accused of homicide could escape from the avenger
What is the first commandment?
You shall have no other gods before me
According to Genesis, Jacob’s brother, Isa, settled in the hill country of Seir. Which nation does he represent?
Edom
When the gospel of John says, “as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,” to which story and numbers is it referring?
The healing of serpent bites
What “Nazirite to God from birth” would “begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the philistines”?
Samson
What city did Omri build that became the capital of the northern kingdom?
Samaria
King Artacerxes of what country gave permission for Ezra and others to return to Jerusalem?
Persia
Who tells the parable of the rich man and the poor man who “had nothing to but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought“?
Nathan
Why did Joshua gather all of the tribes of Israel at Shechem?
To renew a covenant
Whose voice is prominent in the book of lamentations?
Zion’s
Which profit justified his behavior by saying, “I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding, steadfast, love, and ready to relent from punishing”?
Jonah
Which books contains the following: “they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks”?
Isaiah, Joel, and Micah
Who prophesied after the return from the Babylonian exile?
Zachariah
Which prophet complained, that God enticed him, overpowered him, and made him a laughing stock all day long?
Jeremiah
About what city was the prophet Nahum speaking when he said, “I will let nations look on your nakedness and kingdoms on your shame. I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt, and make you a spectacle“?
Nineveh
In which book is the following quotation found: “shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?”
Job
In which book does the following appear: “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the holy one is insight”?
Proverbs
“Go and eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God as long ago approved what you do. Let your garments always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head” is found in which book?
Ecclesiastes
“Sent me as a steel upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion, fierce as the grave” is found in which book?
Song of Solomon
Which of the following statements is found in Ecclesiastes?
“All this I have tested by wisdom; I said, ‘I will be wise’, but it was far from me.“
And Luke 10, what is the question that prompted Jesus to tell the parable of the good Samaritan?
“Who is my neighbor?”
Which of the following familiar phrases is not taken from the Bible?
A. “doctor, cure yourself!”
B. “Profits are not without honor, except in their hometown.“
C. “Relax, eat, drink, be merry.”
D. “To thine own self be true.“
D. “ to thine own self be true.“
To whom, and on what occasion, was it said, “certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean”?
To Peter, when he stood in the courtyard of the high priest
Where can you find Jesus telling a parable about a sewer who succeeds in different types of ground?
Matthew, Mark, and Luke only
Which of the following gospels tells of Jesus is driving the money changers out of the temple at the beginning of his ministry?
John
Jesus said that Moses permitted men to divorce their wives for what reason?
Because the people were so hardhearted
What is Paul’s situation at the end of the book of acts?
He is under house arrest in Rome
According to the book of acts, what Sparks a riot in Ephesus?
The local Silversmith thought their business was in jeopardy.
What is the issue that prompts the gathering in Jerusalem described in acts 15?
The debate of circumcision and salvation
In which letter does Paul say, “if anyone is in Christ, there’s a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ”?
2 Corinthians
“For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, he proclaimed the Lord’s death until he comes.” From which letter does this quotation come?
1 Corinthians
In Romans, nine through 11, as Paul discusses the fate of the Jewish people and their place in God‘s plan, which of the following statements does he make?
All Israel will be saved
What is the conclusion of this retrospective view of Paul’s career: “I have fought the good fight…”?
“I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
The quotation, “show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith” is found in which book?
James
“Long ago, God spoke to our ancestors and many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his son, whom he appointed air of all things, through whom he also created the world” is found in which of the following?
Hebrews
Which book includes the following: “the Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance“?
2 Peter
What does not appear in the book of James?
“God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the spirit and through belief in the truth.”
Because “we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,” what should we do?
Run with perseverance, the race that a set before us
In the book of revelation, what causes John to weep bitterly?
No one can be found to break the seals on a scroll.
According to the book of revelation, what will the Lord do?
Reign forever, wipe tears, rule the nations. (Multiple choice answer is “all of the above”)
In the creation account of Genesis 1, God:
a. Places man in the garden to till and keep it.
b. Forms man from the dust of the ground.
c. Creates humankind, male and female in God’s image
d. Creates a helper as a partner for the man.
(Pentateuch)
c. Creates humankind, male and female in God’s image
Joseph had two sons named:
a. Mannaseh and Ephraim
b. Judah and Levi
c. Issachar and Gad
d. Siméon and Dan
(Pentateuch)
a. Mannaseh and Ephraim
What was Abram’s original hometown?
a. Samaria
b. Ur
c. Nineveh
d. Babylon
(Pentateuch)
Ur
God’s call to Moses was through:
a. A whirlwind
b. The angel Michael
c. A donkey who spoke to him
d. A bush that was burning but did not burn up.
(Pentateuch)
d. A bush that was burning but did not burn up
When Moses and Aaron asked that the people of Israel be permitted to “go three days journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the Lord, our God,“ pharaoh commanded that his taskmasters
a. Travel with the Israelites to make sacrifices on pharaoh‘s behalf.
b. Kill all the Israelites first born children because they were becoming too numerous to control.
c. Escort the Israelites on the journey to assure that they returned to their work.
d. Require that the Israelites gather their own straw needed to make bricks.
(Pentateuch)
d. Require that the Israelites gather their own straw needed to make bricks.
The pharaoh oppressed the Israelites because
a. He wanted to reclaim the land of Goshen from them.
b. He didn’t like the way they dressed.
c. He was afraid that in the event of war, they would join with his enemies and fight against them.
d. He was jealous of their great herd of cattle.
(Pentateuch)
c. He was afraid that in the event of war, they would join with his enemies and fight against them.
In the 10 Commandments, what reason is given for the command to “honor your father and your mother”?
a. “So that your days may be long in the land that the Lord, your God is giving you“
b. “So that your father and mother will be glad; she who bore you rejoice”
c. “because the Lord your God will not quit anyone who fails to honor their father and mother”
d. “Because anyone who curses, father or mother, she’ll be put to death“
(Pentateuch)
a. “So that your days may be long in the land that the Lord, your God is giving you”
What was the name of the Midianite priest who became Moses‘ father-in-law?
a. Jemuel
b. Isaachar
c. Jethro
d. Getshom
(Pentateuch)
Jethro
Which two patriarch claim that their wives were their sisters in order to avoid conflicts with rulers they encounter?
a. Jacob and Judah.
b. Abraham and Isaac.
c. Isaac and Jacob.
d. Abraham and Jacob.
(Pentateuch)
Abraham and Isaac
Noah’s three sons were
a. Nabath, Dan, and Esau
b. Shem, Ham, and Japeth
c. Micah, Hosea, and Obediah
d. Methuselah, Enoch, and Jabeth
(Pentateuch)
b. Shem, Ham, and Japeth
The land in Egypt that was given to Joseph and his family was
a. Cannan
b. Hebron
c. Luz
d. Goshen
(Pentateuch)
Goshen
In which book are the Israelites exhorted to “remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt” when various laws are given?
(Pentateuch)
Deuteronomy
Jacob wrestled with “the man” who put his hip out of joint and gave him the name “Israel” just before his encounter with whom?
a. Potiphar
b. Isaac.
c. Esau
d. Laban
Esau
When the people grew tired of eating manna and demanded meat to eat, what did God provide for them?
(Pentateuch)
Quail
As part of the annual ritual for atonement, Aaron is instructed to atone for the sins of the people by
a. Presenting a bull as a sin offering and sprinkling some of the blood of the bull on the mercy seat.
b. Taking a handful of choice, flour and oil, and burning it on a fire to produce a pleasing odor to the Lord.
c. Having the people bathe and water and put on clean white linen garments.
d. Laying hands on the head of a live goat, confessing the sins of the people, and sending the goat into the wilderness.
(Pentateuch)
d. Laying hands on the head of a live goat, confessing the sins of the people, and sending the goat into the wilderness.
What happens to lots daughters after they escape Sodom?
a. They turned to look back and her turned into pillars of salt.
b. They are both married to Jacob.
c. They are both married to Ishmael.
d. They become the mothers of Moab and Amon.
d. They become the mothers of Moab and Amon.
Which of the following occurred when the Israelites cross the Jordan river into Canaan under Joshua’s leader ship?
a. A pillar of cloud led them.
b. 12 stones replaced in the river is stepping stones.
c. The ark preceded them to the other side.
d. The water stopped flowing so they crossed on dryland.
(Historical)
The water stopped flowing, so they crossed on dryland
Which prophet first announced the Lord support of David’s plan to replace the tabernacle with a temple, but then announced gods intention that after David’s death, Solomon would build the temple?
a. Elijah
b. Samuel
c. Nathan
d. Elisha
(Historical)
Nathan
According to the book of judges, why was it that “people did what was right in their own eyes”?
a. Because “their hearts were inclined to evil”
b. Because their parents had “trained them up in the way they should go”
c. Because “there was no King in Israel“
d. “The Earth was full of the knowledge of the Lord”
Because “there was no King in Israel”
Which is true of David’s kingship?
a. He became the king of Israel, three years before becoming the king of Judah.
b. He was the king of Judah for seven years before becoming the king of Israel.
c. He became the king of Israel when Saul died.
d. He became the king of both Judah and Israel after Jonathan’s death.
He was the king of Judah for seven years before becoming king of Israel
Which Old Testament book describes the distribution of land to the tribes as their inheritance?
a. Joshua.
b. Judges.
c. 2 Kings
d. 1 Samuel
Joshua
When the people of Israel cross the Jordan river on dry ground, they were commanded to pick up 12 large stones
a. To build an altar to the Lord.
b. Because they had gold in them.
c. To mark the spot where they crossed.
d. To remind people to tell the story to future generations.
To remind the people to tell the story to future generations
Why did Jezebel have Naboth killed?
a. He refused to sell his ancestral inheritance to Ahab.
b. He supported Elijah and his contest against the profits of Baal.
c. He refused to accept Jezebel as queen.
d. He led an assassination attempt against Ahab.
He refused to sell his ancestral inheritance to Ahab
The sin that Jeroboam caused Israel to commit was
a. Failing to make appropriate sacrifices to the Lord.
b. Placing an altar to a false God in the temple.
c. Worshiping golden calves at Dan and Bethel.
d. Failing to care for the widow, orphan and alien.
Worshiping golden calves at Dan and Bethel
Who was the king during Isaiah’s ministry?
Hezekiah
Who is the king during Nathan’s ministry?
David
Who is the king during Jeremiah’s ministry?
Josiah
Who was the king during Micaiah’s ministry?
Jehoshaphat
Who was the king during Elijah’s ministry?
Ahab
Which of Saul sons made a covenant with David “because he loved him as his own soul”?
a. Jonathan.
b. Ishbaal
c. Abinadab
d. Malchishuah
Jonathan
Who said, “the Lord gave you into my hand today, but I would not raise my hand against the Lords anointed”?
a. David.
b. Jonathan.
c. Absalom.
d. Saul.
David
The king of which country brought people from other cities, and put them in the cities of Samaria to replace the people of Israel?
a. Egypt.
b. Syria.
c. Assyria
d. Babylonia.
Assyria
Who was the first king of (northern) Israel, after the division of the kingdom?
a. Jeroboam
b. Solomon
c. Ishboseth
d. Réhoboam
Jeroboam
During the reign of which king was the book of the law discovered in the temple?
a. Jeroboam
b. Hezekiah.
c. Zedekiah.
d. Josiah.
Josiah
Gideon requested that God gave him a sign that “God would be with him” that involved
a. Lightning strike the altar to Baal in his town.
b. A fleece of wool and the evening dew
c. From heaven that consumes a sacrifice.
d. That rain would fall on his fields, but not his neighbors.
A fleece of wool and the evening dew
When asked by the Israelites to give them a King, Samuel
a. Agreed, but warn them of possible abuses by the king.
b. Did not agree, but eventually anointed a king
c. Agreed readily and immediately chose Saul.
d. Refused to be part of selecting a king.
Did not agree, but eventually anointed a king
To fulfill a vow, he made to the Lord and exchange for victory over the ammonites, Jephthah “offered up ______ as a burnt offering“
a. Seven bulls
b. His daughter.
c. A heifer, a goat, a ram, a turtle dove and a pigeon.
d. Three Rams.
His daughter
What festival is described in Esther?
Purim
Of which priest is it said: he “set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach the statutes and ordinances in Israel”?
a. Aaron
b. Zadok
c. Nehemiah.
d. Ezra
Ezra
Which of the following Persian Kings issued the edict permitting Judah’s exiles to return to Jerusalem, and rebuild the temple
a. Cyrus.
b. Artaxerxes
c. Darius.
d. Ahaseurus
Cyrus
The group that tricks Joshua into making a treaty with them is
a. The people of Ai.
b. The five kings of the Amorites.
c. The Gibeonites.
d. The Midianites.
The Gibeonites
The plot to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Persia was conceived by
a. Vashti
b. Ahasierus
c. Haman
d. Mordecai
Haman
The story of Esther is set during the reign of Ahasierus, king of
a. Babylonia.
b. Egypt.
c. Assyria.
d. Persia.
Persia
After the book of the law is found in the temple, to whom does Josiah and representatives to “inquire of the Lord“?
a. Jeremiah.
b. Micaiah.
c. Isaiah.
d. Huldah.
Huldah
What is not said of Ezra?
a. That the hand of the Lord of his God was upon him.
b. Artaxerxes of Persia authorized him to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people.
c. That he was a scribe of the law of the god of heaven.
d. That Artaxerxes of Persia appointed him governor in the land of Judah.
d. That Artaxerxes of Persia appointed him governor in the land of Judah
The book of 1 Chronicles begins with
A series of genealogies
From which book does the following quotation come: “the Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens; by his knowledge, the deep broke open, and the clouds dropped down the dew.“
a. Psalms
b. Job
c. Ecclesiastes
d. Proverbs
Proverbs
Central theme of the book of proverbs is expressed in the verse:
a. “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light onto my path“
b. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools, despise wisdom and instruction“
c. “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?”
d. “For in as much wisdom is much fixation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow“
b. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools, despise wisdom and instruction“
At the beginning of his dialogue with his friends, Job curses:
a. Satan.
b. The day of his birth.
c. God.
d. His suffering.
The day of his birth
Which of the following quotations best characterizes the view of Job’s three friends?
a. “If you will seek God and make supplication to the almighty, if you’re pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore you to your rightful place.”
b. “A mortal, born of woman, few of days, and full of trouble, comes up like a flower and withers“
c. It is all one; therefore, I say, he destroys both the blameless and the wicked“
d. “Will you speak for God, and speak to for him?“
“if you will seek God and make supplication to the almighty, if you’re pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore you to your rightful place“
In which book does the wise person “make a test of pleasure” and conclude, “but again, this is also vanity”?
a. Proverbs.
b. Ecclesiastes.
c. Job
d. Song of Solomon.
Ecclesiastes
Which prophet declared judgment on the land of Edom because of their violence to their brother Jacob?
a. Amos.
b. Haggai
c. Obediah.
d. Ezekiel.
Obediah
From which prophetic book is the following quotation taken: “I will stand at my watch, post, and station myself on the Rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what he will answer concerning my complaint. Then the Lord answered me, and said: write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so that a runner may read it“?
a. Obadiah.
b. Haggai.
c. Habakkuk.
d. Amos.
Habakkuk
What is the major theme for the book of Haggai?
The rebuilding of the temple
When the Lord relent from punishing Nineveh, Jonah is so angry he
a. Flees to Tarshish
b. ask the Lord to take his life.
c. Refuses to speak to the Lord.
d. Puts on sackcloth and cries out angrily.
Ask the Lord to take his life
Which profit does God repeatedly addressed as “mortal”?
a. Joel.
b. Jeremiah.
c. Ezekiel.
d. Isaiah.
Ezekiel
The story of Shadrach Misch, and a Bendigo being delivered by God from a “furnace of blazing fire“ is found in the book of
a. Daniel.
b. Nahum
c. Isaiah.
d. Ezekiel.
Daniel
Which prophetic book ends abruptly with God expressing concern for a great many animals?
a. Malachi.
b. Amos.
c. Jonah.
d. Hosea
Jonah
Which profit proclaims, “even the nations are like a drop from a bucket and our accounted as dust on the scale; see he takes up the isles like fine dust“?
a. Isaiah.
b. Jeremiah.
c. Jonah.
d. Micah
Isaiah
When news reached the king of Nineveh, that God was going to destroy his city and 40 days, he responded by:
a. Removing his robes, putting on cloth and sitting in ashes.
b. Sending his personal guard to arrest Jonah.
c. Laughing.
d. Fleeing the city.
Removing his robes, putting on stack cloth and sitting in ashes
From which prophetic book is the following “taken: “I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. Because you pushed with flank and shoulder, and butted at all the weak animals with your horns, until you scattered them far and wide“?
a. Isaiah.
b. Amos.
c. Ezekiel.
d. Obediah.
Ezekiel
Which Prophet Said:
“I am no prophet, nor a prophets son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the LORD took me from the following flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”
a. Amos
b. Isaiah
c. Hosea
d. Ezekiel
e. Jeremiah
Amos
Match the quote to the correct prophet:
“Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the LORD said to me, ‘Now I have put my words in your mouth. See today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.’”
a. Amos
b. Isaiah
c. Jeremiah
d. Ezekiel
Jeremiah
Which prophet said:
“He said to me, O mortal, eat what is offered to you; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth and he gave me the scroll to eat. He said to me, Mortal, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it. Then I ate it; and in my mouth it was as sweet as honey.”
a. Amos
b. Hosea
c. Ezekiel
d. Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Which prophet said:
“The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring the good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim the liberty to the captive, and release to the prisoners“
a. Micah
b. Joel
c. Jeremiah
d. Isaiah
Isaiah
Which prophet said:
“As I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens opened, and I saw visions of God.”
a. Hosea
b. Ezekiel
c. Jeremiah
d. Isaiah
Ezekiel
Which prophetic books says:
“ for the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I’m mourn, and this may has taken hold of me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored?”
a. Jeremiah
b. Amos
c. Isaiah
d. Hosea
Jeremiah
Which prophetic book says:
“I will stand at my watch, post, and station myself on the Rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and he will answer concerning my complaint. Then the Lord answered me and said: write the visions; make it playing on tablets, so that a runner may read it.”
a. Joel
b. Habakkuk
c. Obadiah
d. Nahum
Habakkuk
Which book ends with the words:
“… unless you have utterly rejected us, and are angry with us beyond measure”?
a. 2 Chronicles
b. Ezekiel
c. Lamentations
d. Ezra
Lamentations
According to the gospel of Luke, to whom did Jesus address the statement, “if you, even you, had only recognized on this day, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes“?
a Martha
b. Jerusalem.
c. The Pharisees & scribes.
d the temple
Jerusalem
When Jesus sent out his disciples, what did he tell them to do if a place does not welcome them?
a. Shake the dust off their feet.
b. Command to come down from heaven and consume them.
c. Let such a one be to you as a gentile and a tax collector.
d. Tear their clothes.
Shake the dust off their feet
Which of the following is not one of the series of seven that herald events and revelation
a. Stars falling from the sky.
b. Seals being opened.
c. Bowls being poured.
d. Trumpets being blown.
Stars falling from the sky
Which book opens with a declaration about “what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at, and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life“?
a. James
b. Hebrews
c. 1 John
d. 1 Peter
1 John
From 1 John 4:7, complete this verse: “Everyone who loves”
a. Has fulfilled the law
b. Is born of God and knows God
c. Will know fully, even as we have been fully know
d. Will bear fruit, fruit that will last.
Is born of God and knows God
According to the Letter to the Hebrews, Christians are to “Endure trials for the sake of discipline” because:
a. Do you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance?
b. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom parent does not discipline?
c. The Lord is with his holy ones, execute judgment on, and to convict everyone of all the deeds of ungodliness that they have committed.
d. The genuineness of your faith, being more precious gold, perishable, is tested by fire – maybe found her result and praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
God treating his children; for what child is there him parent does not discipline
In revelation, what great empire does God destroy with wrath?
a. Egypt.
b. Persia.
c. Babylon.
d. Greece.
Babylon
Which of the following sequences appears last in the book of revelation?
a. The opening of a scroll “sealed with seals”
b. The words written to seven churches.
c. The seven angels who had the seven trumpets.
d. The seven bowls of the wrath of God
The seven bowls of the wrath of God
Which book contains the following quotation, “you must understand this, beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness“
a. 1 John.
b. James.
c. Hebrews.
d. Jude.
James
What was Abraham sons name?
Ishmael
Who has a vision of “four winds of heaven, stirring up the great sea, and four beasts that came up out of the sea”?
a. Daniel.
b. Ezekiel.
c. Amos.
d. Zachariah.
Daniel
Which prophet has a vision of the glory of the god of Israel returning to the temple?
a. Haggai
b. Jeremiah.
c. Daniel.
d. Ezekiel.
Ezekiel
