Bible Study Quiz

Answers to September 1997 Study


The verses from Scripture are given with the answer. You can click on the verse hyperlink [e.g., (Jhn 3:16 KJV) ] to read the indicated verse within the context of its entire chapter.
1. How many children did Job have?
3
7
10
14
20
 
Answer: 20 (7 sons and 3 daughters who were taken prior to his testing and 7 sons and 3 daughters born after his testing
(Job 1:2 KJV) And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

(Job 42:13 KJV) He had also seven sons and three daughters.

2. Re-order these words that follow to match a familiar portion of Scripture.
"diligently he is seek them of a rewarder that him"
 
Answer: see verse below
(Heb 11:6 KJV) But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

3. "But where sin abounded, ."
 
Answer: grace did much more abound
(Rom 5:20 KJV) Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

4. Who said, "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle"?
Job
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Joel
Zechariah
 
Answer: Job
(Job 7:6 KJV) My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

5. Did Jesus ever pray with loud cries and tears?
Yes
No
 
Answer: Yes
(Heb 5:5-7 KJV) So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. [6] As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. [7] Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

6. Name the apostle who objected to having his feet washed by Jesus.
 
Answer: Peter
(John 13:5-9 KJV) After that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. [6] Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? [7] Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. [8] Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. [9] Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

7. Re-order these words that follow to match a familiar portion of Scripture.
"slumber keepeth thee that will not he"
 
Answer: see verse below
(Psa 121:3 KJV) He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

8. What same supernatural act was performed by/through Jesus, Elijah, Elisha, Peter, and Paul?
fed thousands from just a little food
commanded the weather
raised the dead
disappeared before crowds
 
Answer: Raised the dead
(John 11:41-45 KJV) Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. [42] And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. [43] And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. [44] And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. [45] Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

(1 Ki 17:20-24 KJV) And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? [21] And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. [22] And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. [23] And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. [24] And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

(2 Ki 4:32-37 KJV) And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. [33] He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. [34] And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. [35] Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. [36] And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. [37] Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

(Acts 9:36-41 KJV) Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. [37] And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. [38] And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. [39] Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. [40] But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. [41] And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

(Acts 20:9-12 KJV) And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. [10] And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. [11] When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. [12] And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

9. When Paul was shipwrecked, which island did he escape to?
Crete
Cypress
Melita
Sardinia
 
Answer: Melita (or Malta)
(Acts 28:1 KJV) And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.

10. Who was Haman's wife?
Esther
Abigail
Deborah
Huldah
Zeresh
 
Answer: Zeresh
(Est 5:10 KJV) Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.


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