Bible Content Exam 20
All biblical quotations have been taken from the NRSV.
1. What was the sign of the covenant that God made with Noah and his descendants?
2. What was found in Benjamin's sack of grain?
3. Who was the diviner hired by the king of Moab to curse Israel?
4. The Pharaoh’s order that the slaves had to provide their own straw for brickmaking was a reaction to what?
5. Which book contains an account of Moses’ death and burial?
6. Who was married to Jacob?
7. Which two sons of Aaron were consumed by fire from God because of their priestly disobedience?
8. For what are the midwives Shiphrah and Puah most famous?
9. Who said “The Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from the other?
10. “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace” is found in which of the following?
11. What do Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Hannah all have in common?
12. Which of the following statements is true about Edom?
13. “Three times in the year you shall hold a festival for me.” The three feasts are: Weeks (or the harvest of the first fruits), Booths (or the feast of the ingathering), and which of the following?
14. Who thought Israel would easily overcome the Canaanites?
15. Abel was?
16. Who gave Eve her name, and why?
17. In the book of Deuteronomy, which statement follows the command: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone”?
18. What book contains the following quotation: “In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes”?
19. “Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people?” Who prayed this at the outset of his reign?
20. “Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; Where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.” Who said this, and to whom?
21. In which book does David become king over Judah?
22. Which tribe of Israel received cities located within the territories of other tribes?
23. Who said, “Speak for your servant is listening”?
24. “If only my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy” is found in a story about which of the following?
25. What was Nehemiah’s great achievement?
26. For what was Jehu remembered in Israel?
27. What role did Abner, Joab, and Benaiah have in common?
28. Which of the following did David do?
29. Who was the first king of the Northern Kingdom (Israel), the one whose sins were said to have been repeated by every king of Israel who followed him?
30. Which of the following prophets predicted the death of King Ahab?
31. Which of the following groups of prophets prophesied in Judah before the exile?
32. To whom did God say: “Now I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant”?
33. A boiling pot, Gog and Magog, Oholah and Oholibah, are three symbols in which book?
34. Who had a vision of four great beasts whose power will be broken when “the holy ones of the Most High…receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom – forever and ever”?
35. How does the prophet Micah answer the question: “What does the Lord require of you?”
36. Which prophet was directed by God to name his children “Jezreel,” “Not pitied,” and “Not my people”?
37. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” This is found in which book?
38. Which prophet addressed most of his oracles to Israel although he was from Judah?
39. “He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity” refers to an individual described in which book?
40. Which book contains the call narrative of the prophet?
41. Which prophet was commanded by God: “Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom”?
42. Which prophetic book envisions a future in which “your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions”?
43. In which book does the following appear: “I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies… But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream”?
44. Which of the following was not a leader of the Jerusalem community in the period of Persian rule?
45. “Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem” is found in which book?
46. “Thus says the Lord of hosts: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, so that it can never be mended” is found in which of the following?
47. “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?
48. In which book does the following appear: “What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun”?
49. In Psalm 14 and 53, how is the following saying completed: “Fools say in their hearts, ‘There is no…’”?
50. “Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it” is found in which of the following?
51. “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord” appears in which book?
52. “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!” is found in which book?
53. Which statement does Proverbs 31 NOT include in its description of a “capable wife”?
54. Which words follow this verse from the book of Psalms: “How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity”?
55. In which book is the following quotation found: “There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in their toil”?
56. “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at last he will stand upon the earth” is found in which book?
57. About whom is it written: “When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills I was brought forth…”?
58. In John 1, how is John the Baptist introduced?
59. Who asked Jesus: “In the resurrection whose wife will she be”?
60. Which two Gospels include genealogies of Jesus?
61. “So the last will be first and the first will be last” comes at the conclusion of which parable?
62. “Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour” is the conclusion to which parable?
63. “Do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.” Who said this?
64. Who responded to Jesus by saying: “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God”?
65. When the scribes claimed that Jesus was casting out demons by the power of Beelzebul, what did Jesus reply?
66. When Jesus interprets the parable of the sower in Mark, he says that the sower sows which of the following?
67. Which event in Mark’s Gospel takes place as Jesus enters the region of Caesarea Philippi?
68. Luke begins the birth narrative of Jesus with which of the following?
69. “Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you” is part of what story in Luke?
70. “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Who spoke these words?
71. When asked which commandment is greatest, Jesus answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” What did he say was the second commandment?
72. According to Luke, in the Nazareth synagogue, Jesus read which of the following from the book of Isaiah?
73. According to Mark, what did the angel say to the women at the empty tomb?
74. Which of the following disciples brought his brother to Jesus?
75. In the Gospel of John, to whom does the risen Lord first appear?
76. Paul appealed to the Lord three times to remove his “thorn in the flesh.” What response did God give?
77. Which of the following is a question from Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians?
78. What book or letter contains an account of the day of Pentecost?
79. “A person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real _____________ is a matter of the heart – it is spiritual and not literal.” What is the missing word?
80. To which church did Paul write a letter before visiting them?
81. After his conversation with the Ethiopian eunuch, what did Philip do?
82. Freedom in Christ is a major theme of which book?
83. Where was Paul when he wrote to Philemon?
84. By whom are the sermons in Acts preached?
85. The Book of Acts mentions?
86. In which chapter does Paul emphasize the “election” of God’s people?
87. Paul’s recommendation to the unmarried is found in which of the following letters?
88. In which book does Paul repeatedly say: “Rejoice!”?
89. Which letter contains the following quotation: “…and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ‘This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me’”?
90. Which book calls Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of faith?
91. According to 1 John, why do we love?
92. “So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand…” is found in which of the following?
93. In which book does the writer compare Christ to Old Testament institutions and call upon his readers to be faithful?
94. “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light” occurs in what book?
95. Which of the following New Testament books begins with these words: “We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life…”?
96. The following quotation, “Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith” is found in which epistle?
97. According to the book of Revelation, where was John when he heard “a loud voice like a trumpet”?
98. “’I am the Alpha and Omega,’ says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” What book contains these words?
99. Which of the following is NOT a city to which John writes a letter in Revelation 1-3?
100. In Revelation John tells of a vision of seven bowls being poured out. According to John, what do all seven of the bowls contain?
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