Bible Content Exam 12
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1. What did Hagar, Ruth, Zipporah, and Jezebel all have in common?
2. What did Rebekah do that led to her marriage with Isaac?
3. What did Jacob's daughter Dinah and David's daughter Tamar have in common?
4. Which of the following are not included among the laws in Leviticus?
5. How did the people of Israel corrupt themselves while Moses was on the mountain
with the Lord?
6. Whom did the Lord command Moses to bring near to him "to serve me as priests"?
7. Which individual was allowed to enter the promised land?
8. When Abraham divided the land with him, what land did Lot choose?
9. Who was the child of Hagar and Abraham?
10. The saying, "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"
refers to which of the following?
11. What was the eventual result of Joseph's rise to prominence in Egypt?
12. To which tribe did Moses belong?
13. Who sang: "Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has
thrown into the sea"?
14. When John's Gospel says, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness..." to
what story in Numbers is it referring?
15. Which of the following was not a son of Noah?
16. What happened to Jacob when he wrestles with a man at the river Jabbok?
17. According to the Book of Numbers what position was assigned to the Levites in the
Israelites' camp?
18. Who was the father of Obed, the father of Jesse, the father of David?
19. What were Shamgar, Gideon and Jephthah?
20. Mordecai's failure to bow down before Haman is recorded in which book?
21. Why was Gideon's fighting force reduced to 300 men before they fought the
Midianites?
22. The duties of a "next of kin" figure strongly in what book?
23. Which two people were important in Samuel's life?
24. Which does not belong in the same story with the others?
25. Who was the wife of Uriah the Hittite whom David married after her husband was
killed in battle?
26. King Hiram was most closely associated with which of the following?
27. Which prophet was associated with David?
28. King Artaxerxes of what country gave permission for Ezra and others to return to
Jerusalem?
29. Which is not one of the sacred occasions traditionally associated with Moses?
30. Who was spared in the destruction of Jericho?
31. Which prophet said, "I will stand at my watchpost, 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"?
32. "He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with
infirmity" refers to an individual described in which book?
33. Which prophet was commanded, "O mortal, eat what is offered to you; eat this
scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel"?
34. "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped"
is found in which of the following?
35. "Woe is me, my mother, that you ever bore me, a man of strife and contention to the
whole land" was said by whom?
36. Amos prophesied during the reign of which king of Israel?
37. Which prophet was in Judah at the time of the fall of Jerusalem?
38. When did Ezekiel's visions occur?
39. Isaiah is associated with which location?
40. Why was Daniel cast into the den of lions?
41. The comparison of Israel to an unfaithful wife is important in the prophecy of which
of the following?
42. Which prophet complained that God enticed him, overpowered him, and made
him a laughingstock all day long?
43. Which prophet addressed most of his oracles to Israel although he was from Judah?
44. After the sailors cast lots to determine who had caused their calamity, what did they
do to Jonah?
45. According to Isaiah, how would Sennacherib, king of Assyria, die?
46. "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;
because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals" is
found in which book?
47. How did the prophet Micah answer the question, "What does the Lord require of
you"?
48. Which book warns that adultery leads one "like an ox to the slaughter"?
49. "How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!" is found in
which book?
50. Which of the following completes the challenge of Satan to God regarding Job:
"stretch out your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will...."?
51. With what do the last five Psalms all begin?
52. "My child, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's
teaching" is found in which of the following?
53. In which book is the bride referred to as a "rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys"?
54. To what event does the book of Lamentations respond?
55. Which two female figures appear in the book Proverbs?
56. Who was Bildad?
57. Which saying does not appear in the book of Ecclesiastes?
58. Which two of Jesus' disciples were sons of Zebedee?
59. Which title appears most frequently in Mark?
60. Who said, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make 3 dwellings
here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"?
61. The parable of the Unforgiving Servant is found in which Gospel?
62. After Jesus' death, Joseph of Arimathea had the courage to do which of the
following?
63. The word, a path, and rocky ground are part of which parable?
64. Which biblical event is narrated as having taken place in the region of Caesarea
Philippi?
65. Which Gospel begins with an introduction explicitly addressed to the reader?
66. Which is not part of the description of John the Baptist?
67. To whom did Jesus address this statement: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me"?
68. Which of the following appears in the Gospel of Mark?
69. Which of the following disciples brought his brother to Jesus?
70. In the Gospel of John, when did Jesus say, "Father, the hour has come; glorify
your Son so that the Son may glorify you"?
71. What was Thomas's response when Jesus offered to let him touch his hands and
side?
72. In his teaching on the mountain in Matthew 5, which of the following does Jesus say
about the law?
73. Instead of unclean hands, what does Jesus say defiles a person?
74. To whom did Jesus say, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have
had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband"?
75. In John's Gospel, who asked, "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?"
76. Paul appealed to the Lord three times to remove his "thorn in the flesh." What response did God give?
77. Which of Paul's letters maintains that "the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night"?
78. What did the disciples of Jesus do to replace Judas?
79. According to the second chapter of Acts, the early followers of Jesus received the
Holy Spirit during which feast?
80. "The seven" in Acts 6 were appointed by the Jerusalem church for what purpose?
81. "Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?" is a
cry from whom?
82. Paul's recommendation to the unmarried is found in which of the following?
83. "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the
Holy Spirit be with you all" is a benediction given by whom?
84. Where does the following quotation appear: "But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children"?
85. Paul urges Philemon to welcome Onesimus as he would welcome whom?
86. According to the opening chapter of Acts, for how many days did the resurrected
Jesus appear to the apostles?
87. In what context did Paul quote from Greek poets?
88. According to Ephesians, how should husbands love their wives?
89. Where was Paul when he wrote to the church in Philippi?
90. For the sake of which church did Paul collect offerings?
91. What will happen to the lukewarm Christians in Laodicea?
92. Hebrews describes which of the following as "living and active, sharper than any
two-edged sword"?
93. Which of the following New Testament books warns: "Children, it is the last hour!
As you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come.
From this we know that it is the last hour"?
94. In which letter is the following question central: "What good is it, my brothers and
sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you?"
95. Why do we love, according to 1 John?
96. To whom is the book of Revelation addressed?
97. Which of the following concerns does 1 Timothy address at length?
98. According to Hebrews, why is Jesus able to sympathize with our weakness?
99. According to Hebrews, which of the following is "the same yesterday and today and
forever"?
100. According to 1 Peter, what is the appropriate response when one suffers as a
Christian?
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Bible Exam 12
Answer Key
THE PENTATEUCH
HISTORICAL BOOKS
PROPHETS
PSALMS AND WISDOM LITERATURE
GOSPELS
ACTS AND PAULINE WRITINGS
REST OF NEW TESTAMENT
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