Quiz 8 Flashcards
Which king wrote a letter to Ezra telling him to take lots of silver and gold and buy livestock and produce for sacrificing in the temple in Jerusalem?
King Artaxerxes
In the New Testament, whom does James compare to a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes?
Those who boast about the business they will do in the future and the money they will make
In the book of Exodus, how much was the sanctuary shekel?
Half a shekel
To the king of which nation did Elisha prophesy, “about this time tomorrow, a seah of flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel”?
The king of Israel
In the time of Elisha, how was the widow of one of Elisha’s prophets saved from creditors?
God provided the widow with enough oil to sell and pay off her debts
In the New Testament, which field was bought with Judas’ thirty pieces of silver?
The potter’s field
After which parable does Jesus say, “so if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches”?
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
What was the name of the beggar, in one of Jesus’ parables, who was laid at the gate of a rich man?
Lazarus
Which church does Paul exhort to, “just as you excel in everything… see that you also excel in this grace of giving”?
The church at Corinth
According to Paul’s letter to Timothy what kind of people, “fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction”?
People who want to get rich
Who was Jesus talking to when he told the story of the two men who did not have any money to pay off the debts they owed to a moneylender?
Simon the Pharisee
True or false? Just before they left Egypt, the Israelites asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and clothing and were given them.
True (Exodus 12:35-36)
According to Exodus, if you buy a Hebrew servant, how long should he serve you for before he goes free?
6 years
According to Proverbs 22, what is more desirable than great riches?
A good name
When Solomon asked Hiram, King of Tyre, to supply him with cedars for building the temple, what did Hiram ask for in return?
Food for his royal household
