Bible Content Exam 19
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1. According to the first creation story in Genesis 1, who or what was created last?
2. In her conversation with the serpent, what consequences does the woman (Eve) describe for eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
3. Who “went away from the presence of the Lord, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden”?
4. The book of Deuteronomy contains all but which of the following?
5. What did God promise in his covenant with Noah?
6. What did circumcision signify according to the book of Genesis?
7. According to Genesis, what is the origin of Ammon and Moab?
8. Who lied twice, saying his wife was his sister?
9. The saying, “Two nations are in your womb, and two people 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?
10. Who said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me”?
11. Who told Moses to choose “able men” to help ease the burden of his responsibilities?
12. How did the people of Israel corrupt themselves while Moses was on the mountain with the Lord?
13. Which of the following is a central theme of Leviticus?
14. Which of the following was a result of the mission of the twelve spies?
15. Which book of the Pentateuch does Jesus cite in the gospel narratives of his temptation?
16. Which of the following statements is not a part of the conversation between God and Moses at the burning bush?
17. What did Hagar, Ruth, Zipporah, and Jezebel all have in common?
18. Which is NOT one of the sacred occasions traditionally associated with Moses?
19. Why was Rahab saved from the destruction of Jericho?
20. Which of the judges refused to be elected king?
21. To what town do Naomi and Ruth return from Moab?
22. Who are the three main characters in 1 Samuel?
23. What did Saul do to make Samuel turn against him?
24. Which prophet was associated with David?
25. In which books does the prophet Elijah appear?
26. Who said: “I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite”?
27. Nebuchadnezzar was most closely associated with which country?
28. Ahab, 400 prophets of Asherah, and Mount Carmel are parts of the story involving which of the following?
29. The decree of Cyrus regarding the reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple may be found in which book?
30. Who said the following: “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you”?
31. “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations” is found in which chapter?
32. Regarding whom was the following said: “I have found among the exiles from Judah a man who can tell the king the interpretation”?
33. In which book does the following quotation appear: “What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God”
34. In which book do the following quotations occur: “The righteous live by their faith”; “the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord”; and “in wrath may you remember mercy”?
35. In what book are the following found: “a shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse”; “the lion shall eat straw”; “the nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp”?
36. Isaiah is associated with which location?
37. King Uzziah, seraphs, and “holy, holy, holy,” are associated with which of the following?
38. In which book do these lines appear: “Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, ‘What are you making’”, “…you that have no money, come buy and eat”; “Arise, shine; for your light has come”?
39. What was Jonah’s message to Nineveh?
40. Which books contain the following: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks”?
41. What prophet had a vision of a valley of dry bones?
42. After the sailors cast lots to determine who had caused their calamity, what did they do to Jonah?
43. To whom did God say: “Do not say, ‘I am only a boy’ . . .you shall speak whatever I command you”?
44. To what event does the book of Lamentations respond?
45. Which prophet counseled a king to submit to the yoke of Babylon?
46. Which prophet does the Lord command to bake a barley cake over human dung and to eat it in the sight of the people if Israel?
47. The immanent approach of ‘the great day of the Lord’ is a major theme in which prophetic book?
48. “By the rivers of Babylon – there we sat down and there we wept” is followed immediately by what words?
49. “God is our refuge and strength” is followed in the biblical text by what line?
50. Which of the following completes the quotation from Proverbs: “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will…”?
51. 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…”?
52. Which of the following completes the quotation from Proverbs: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of . . . “?
53. In which book does the following quotation appear: “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Anyone who argues with God must respond”?
54. What is the first line in Psalm I?
55. Which of the following is NOT a quotation from the Song of Solomon?
56. In which book do we find the directive to praise God with music and dance?
57. “. . . The silver cord is snapped, and the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher is broken at the foundation and the wheel is broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was.” To what does this description refer?
58. What was the answer given to the scribe’s question: “Which commandment is the first of all”?
59. Seeds, a path, and rocky ground are part of which parable?
60. According to Mark, who said, “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs”?
61. Which of the following asked to be seated at the right and left hand of Jesus?
62. Instead of unclean hands, what does Jesus say defiles a person?
63. According to Mark and Matthew, what did Jesus say from the cross?
64. How is this saying completed: “Blessed are the peacemakers…”?
65. In Matthew, why did the angel tell Joseph to name the child “Jesus?”
66. Which is the only miracle reported in all four Gospels?
67. Which prophet figures most prominently in the Gospels?
68. Which is NOT a part of the description of John the Baptist?
69. In which Gospel does Jesus promise that “where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them”?
70. How does Luke’s Gospel begin?
71. Who climbed a tree in order to see Jesus?
72. According to the Gospel of Luke, who was the mother of John the Baptist?
73. Who said, “What is truth?”
74. At the wedding at Cana, who remarked on the quality of the wine?
75. In which Gospel is the infant Jesus circumcised and presented in the temple?
76. Which of the following sayings is from Paul’s letter to the Romans?
77. For whom did Paul take up a “contribution”?
78. What is the effect of the “law. . .written on their hearts” in Romans 2?
79. Which of these claims is found in 1 Corinthians?
80. Which of the following completes this quotation from Galatians: “For _______ Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery”?
81. In which book does the following appear: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel; …For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith; as it is written, ‘The one who is righteous will live by faith’”?
82. In what context did Paul quote from Greek poets?
83. The following passage is often used as a Declaration of Pardon in worship: “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” Where is it found?
84. In which letter does Paul commend “Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae” to his readers and describe a female co-worker named Junia as “prominent among the apostles”?
85. According to Ephesians, how should husbands love their wives?
86. ‘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’ is found in which book?
87. To whom is the following advice given “Let no one despise your youth”?
88. Who addressed the men of Judea at Pentecost?
89. in which book does this line of argumentation appear: “Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a beloved brother”?
90. Which of the following baptized the man known as the Ethiopian eunuch?
91. Which book compares Jesus to Melchizedek?
92. What does James say stains the whole body and is set on fire by hell?
93. Where does the following appear: “Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire”?
94. Which of the following epistles comments on Paul’s letters, noting that “There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures”?
95. According to the letter of James, what are the elders of the church to do for sick church members?
96. Which of the following refer to believers as “aliens and exiles,” “a chosen race,” and “a royal priesthood”?
97. Which event occurs earliest in the book of Revelation?
98. “. . . He entered once for all into the Holy Place” is said of Christ in what book?
99. In the book of Revelation, which group falls before the one who is seated on the throne and casts their crowns before the throne?
100. Which phrase DOES appear in the book of Revelation?
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