Bible Content Exam 5
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1. How did the people of Israel corrupt themselves while Moses
was on the mountain with the Lord?
2. Israelite law demanded scrupulous care in the treatment of
the blood of strange animals. What reason for this is given
in Leviticus?
3. Who did the Lord command Moses to bring near to him "to
serve me as priests"?
4. How many sons did Jacob have?
5. Which of the following statements is not a part of the
conversation between God and Moses at the burning bush?
6. What is the focus of the conversation between Eve and the
serpent?
7. The Ten Commandments are recorded in which two books?
8. Of which of the following was Jethro a priest?
9. What accompanied the giving of the Ten Commandments to
Moses?
10. Who did the Lord name when Moses, nearing death, asked for a
man to be his successor?
11. In what way was Miriam punished for speaking against Moses?
12. Who said, "Am I my brother's keeper?"?
13. What was the sign of the covenant God made with Noah and his
descendants?
14. What is the first of the Ten Commandments?
15. What resulted from the mission of the twelve spies?
16. Which of the following phrases is used as a synonym for the
promised land?
17. What was the sign of the covenant God made with Abraham and
his descendants?
18. Where did Joshua send two men as spies?
19. "Bring me a sword and divide the living child in two. . ."
occurs in a story that illustrates which of the following?
20. How many times did the seven priests, blowing rams horns,
march around the city of Jericho?
21. What book contains the following quotation: "In those days
there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in
his own eyes"?
22. The 400 prophets of Asherah, Mount Carmel, and Ahab are
parts of the story involving which of the following?
23. Which of the following was a judge?
24. "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and
the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this
house which I have built!" Who spoke these words?
25. Who was the father of Obed, "the father of Jesse, the father
of David"?
26. "I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
Who spoke these words?
27. What judge, "a Nazirite to God from birth," would "begin to
deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines"?
28. In Joshua, Rahab, who saved the spies, bound what to the
window?
29. Who was king when a "book of the law" was found during
temple repairs?
30. Which prophet refused to eat the food of the Babylonian king
while living at the Babylonian court?
31. Which book contains the vision of a new covenant to be
written on the hearts of God's people?
32. "As I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens
were opened and I saw visions of God." To which prophet does this refer?
33. In which prophetic book does the following quotation appear:
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the
government will be upon his shoulder"?
34. What prophet had a vision of a valley of dry bones?
35. "I have found among the exiles from Judah a man who can make
known to the king the interpretation." Regarding which
prophet was this statement made?
36. Who named his children "Not pitied" and "Not my people" as
signs of his message from God to Israel?
37. To which prophet did the word of the Lord come, saying:
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you
were born I consecrated you"?
38. Which prophet declared: "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall
be overthrown!"?
39. Which prophet complained that God seduced him, overpowered
him, and made him the butt of everyone's jokes?
40. What was Nehemiah commissioned to do?
41. Which book contains the following quotation: "And he said to
me, 'Son of Man, stand upon your feet, and I will speak with
you . . . I send you to the people of Israel, to a nation of
rebels, who have rebelled against me'"?
42. Which prophet was thrown overboard by shipmates because the
prophet told them the stormy sea had come about because of
him?
43. Which book contains the following quotation: "I heard the
voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send, and who will
go for us?' Then I said, 'Here am I! Send me'"?
44. Which prophet said that what the Lord required was "to do
justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God"?
45. Which prophet was commanded, "Son of man, eat what is
offered to you; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house
of Israel"?
46. 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"?
47. Which prophet was in prison during the Babylonian siege of
Jerusalem?
48. Which of the following completes the quotation from
Proverbs: "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh
word . . ."?
49. Which of the following completes the quotation from
Proverbs: "A good name is to be chosen rather than . . ."?
50. "There was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them."
In which book are these works written?
51. 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 . . ."?
52. Which of the following completes the quotation from Psalms:
"For as high as the heaven is above the earth . . ."?
53. "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my
redeemer." Which book contains these words?
54. What book contains "a time for every matter under heaven"?
55. Which of the following completes the challenge of Satan to
God regarding Job: ". . . put forth thy hand now, and touch
his bone and his flesh, and he will . . ."?
56. Which of the following completes the quotation from
Proverbs: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of . . ."?
57. Which of the following completes the quotation from Psalms:
"God is our refuge and strength . . ."?
58. Which two of Jesus' disciples were sons of Zebedee?
59. According to Luke, what happened to Jesus after he preached
in the synagogue of Nazareth?
60. Which of the following teachings is not found in Matthew?
61. In what town or city did Jesus grow up?
62. In Luke, who says, "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant
depart in peace, according to thy word; for mine eyes have
seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared in the presence
of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and
for glory to thy people Israel"?
63. What region was home base for Jesus' ministry?
64. Which of these statements is found in the first chapter of
Matthew?
65. What did the woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years
believe would bring about her healing?
66. What was Gethsemane?
67. According to Matthew, Mark, and Luke, what did Jesus do just
after he was baptized?
68. 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?
69. Which of the following correctly completes the statement:
"For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to
serve . . ."?
70. How is the following saying of Jesus completed: "And I tell
you, you are Peter . . ."?
71. Who was John the Baptist?
72. Which of the following is an essential theme of the First
Letter of John?
73. Which of the following does not occur in Revelation?
74. What special favor did Mary and Martha ask from Jesus?
75. "'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord God, 'who is
and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.'" What book
contains these words?
76. What did John say when he saw Jesus coming to be baptized?
77. What book or letter contains an account of the day of
Pentecost?
78. Who was struck dead after trying to deceive Peter by hiding
some of the money from the sale of a piece of property?
79. "Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
they are justified by his grace as a gift and through the
redemption which is in Christ Jesus." In which of the
following is this statement a theme?
80. Which of the following baptized the "Ethiopian eunuch"?
81. Who was on his way to Damascus when he heard a voice that
said, "Why do you persecute me?"
82. Paul's statement, "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision
nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working
through love" characterizes his exhortations in what letter?
83. How does Paul answer the question, "Are we to continue in
sin that grace may abound?"?
84. "For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you
proclaim the Lord's death until he comes." From which
letter does this quotation come?
85. What is the issue that prompts the gathering described in
Acts 15?
86. Which letter contains the following quotation: "Rejoice in
the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice"?
87. Which letter contains this quotation: "So faith, hope, love
abide, these three: but the greatest of these is love"?
88. In Romans, why did Paul say that he was not ashamed of the
Gospel?
89. Who was the first Christian martyr?
90. In 2 Corinthians, what words conclude the following
sentence: "If any one is in Christ, he is . . .?
91. In the first chapter of Acts, what words complete Jesus'
commission to the apostles: "But you shall receive power
when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and . . . "
92. In 2 Timothy, we are told that "all scripture is inspired by
God" and that it is profitable for what?
93. Where were the disciples called Christians for the first
time?
94. What book contains the following quotation: "'The very stone
which the builders rejected has become the head of the
corner,' and 'A stone that will make men stumble, a rock
that will make them fall'"?
95. Why does the author of Hebrews find Melchizedek to be so
important?
96. In one New Testament book, a forest set ablaze by a small
fire and the rudder of a ship occur as images for which of
the following?
97. What words complete this statement about Christ in the book
of Hebrews: "For because he himself has suffered and been
tempted . . ."?
98. What book contains the following quotation: "Beloved, do not
be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to
prove you"?
99. According to the book of Hebrews, what must one have in
order to please God?
100. Which epistle contains the following quotation, ". . . show me
your faith apart from your work and I by my works will show
you my faith"?
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Bible Exam 5
Answer Key
THE PENTATEUCH
HISTORICAL BOOKS
PROPHETS
PSALMS AND WISDOM LITERATURE
SYNOPTIC GOSPELS
JOHANNINE WRITINGS
ACTS AND PAULINE WRITINGS
REST OF NEW TESTAMENT
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