Fill In Your Bible IQ
Fill In Your Bible IQ
Without using a Bible, reference book or the internet (honor system) answer the following questions.
The answers will be posted in the comments at 9:00 pm (PST).
1. “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” is a quotation from which Old Testament book? ________________
2. Which book of the Bible contains the following? “The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.”
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3. “…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for God is at work in you, both to will and to work his good pleasure.” Where is this statement found in the Bible?
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4-7. In what four New Testament books do we find lists of the Twelve Apostles?
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8. Which Old Testament book is named after a prophet called “my messenger”?
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9. In what book of the Bible do we find the statement of Jesus, “be wise as serpents and innocent as doves”?
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10. Where in the Bible is this sentence: “We have a little sister and she has no breasts.”?
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11. Where in the Bible is the description of love which is patient and kind?
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12. To whom did Jesus tell the ten lepers to show themselves? __________________
Grading Scale:
12 Right – Bible Teacher!
11 Right – Over confident Bible Teacher
10 Right – Daily Bible Reader
9 Right – Not a Daily Bible reader, but you have a good memory!
8 Right – You listen closely when you go to church.
7 Right – You need to listen closely when you go to church.
6 Right – Attended Sunday School on a regular basis.
5 Right – Sunday School was a long time ago…
4 Right – Someone stole your Bible…
3 Right – Reading the Bible, even occasionally, can be a wonderful thing…
2 Right – You remember some Bible movies from the 1950s
1 Right – “The Bible… you can find it in most hotel rooms…”
0 Right – Living with a lost tribe in the Amazon rain forest?
If I suck at this one I think I will resign.
Probably not.
This was an easier lot.
I remember a bible quiz where we had to name as many of the 12 apostles as we could. I got 13.
One of those I read this morning, and probably couldn’t have named the book if I hadn’t been there lately.
We’ll make the next one more challenging…
1, 2, maybe 3? I’m very bad at remembering chapter and verse numbers. I do, however, remember phrases well enough to look them up. My 10th grade English teacher recommended I read The Chosen by Chaim Potok. It blew me away how orthodox kids were expected to memorize not only the scriptures, but also the rabbinical commentaries, not to mention expected to make reasoned arguments. If I had to go back in time, it would be to listen to 12 year old Jesus discussing The Law in the temple.
At first I thought Michael dropped the ball on the answers, then I remembered that I am MST and he is PST. Five more minutes………..
Fill In Your Bible IQ – Answers
1. Psalm 22
2. Romans 4
3. Philippians
4. Matthew
5. Mark
6. Luke
7. Acts
8. Malachi
9. Matthew
10. Song of Solomon
11. First Corinthians 13
12. The Priests
All
Sorry for the above being posted late… As Robert Plant would say, “Communication Breakdown” ?…
Heh. I am amused by your grading system. Pretty accurate, considering how I did this. From memory. I have not been reading the bible on a regular basis for a good while.
And I got 8.5. Why a half point? For #3, I wrote, “Not sure, but Pauline epistle, tho.” (Philippians) I awarded myself a half point because my statement was correct, but not so correct as to be the exact epistle.
Also, I called it Song of Songs, not Song of Solomon. But yeah, *that* one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Missed #2 (I said Hebrews, not Romans) didn’t even take a stab at #8 (Malachai) and wrote down “dunno” for number 12.
Nailed the apostolic mentions, tho. That was a slam dunk. John is not a synoptic gospel, Luke wrote Luke and Acts. bada bing, bada boom.
Thank you for this opportunity to test my memory.
OTF
Thanks… and well done! Yes, it’s supposed to be fun!
My apologies…I totally dropped the ball.
Michael
“That what friends are for…” ?
Thank you, my friend…I got hooked up with Kate Bowler and forgot about everything… 🙂
Got lucky with the Philippians verse because I’d read it just before.
Forgot that the apostles were listed in Acts, but guessed John, although I didn’t think all four gospels listed them.
Got lucky with Malachi.
9. Guessed Luke rather than Matthew. It’s the equivalent passage.
10/12
I am from a tradition that valued knowing the scriptures. (And putting them into practice too, but the former is easier).
Eric
You’re on the way!
I need to take notes when I go to church 🙁