Bible Trivia 2009

Suppose we on things traditive divide,

And both appeal to Scripture to decide;

By various texts we both uphold our claim,

Nay, often ground our titles on the same:

After long labour-lost and time's expense,

Both grant the words and quarrel for the sense.

Thus all disputes forever must depend,

For no dumb rule can controversies end.

The Hind and the Panther, Dryden (II.196-203)

Well, we didn't finish the final round, so if any of you wanted (or even thought about) closure, here's your chance. Wisdom Category.

1. According to Psalms 8:5, what did God make man a little lower than? (Shakespeare uses this comparison in Hamlet- sort of ). This makes me think of my dear friend Holly because she really liked the first part of Hamlet's speech, when we read it in our AP English class. :)

2. What answer was given by Samuel when God called him? (It wasn't "wrong number").

3. Complete the following sentence: "Draw nigh unto God and. . . ." (6 words)

4. Who wrote the following verse: "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life"? "He that hath a sandwich hath lunch; and he that hath not a sandwich of eating hath not lunch." (Ok, I made the lunch thing up; I'm hungry for a good sandwich).

5. Fill in the blanks: "A good name is rather to be chosen than _____ _____." (2 words)

6. In what book is the following verse found: "For the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword"? (There's a cheeky possible answer here, along with the more difficult, specific one).

7. Complete the instruction of Jesus: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations. . . . " (17 words)

8. Who said, "After my skin is destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God"?

9. Finish the following: "In all thy ways acknowledge him, . . . ." (6 words)

10. What statement of Jesus confused and amazed Nicodemus?

11. In the beatitudes, who does Jesus say will receive mercy?

12. Finish the following line: "As for me and my house. . . ." (5 words)

13. Complete this verse: "Seek and ye shall find, . . . . " (6 words)

14. Complete this sentence: "For dust thou art. . . . " (6 words)

15. Complete the statement from Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar about heaven and hell: "Between us and you there is a great _____ _____. " (2 words)

16. Proverbs 3:11 tells us not to despise what from the Lord?

17. Which book promises that "God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil"?

18. Which book records Paul's correction of Peter for his shunning of the uncircumcised?

19. Finish the promise: "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and . . . . " (5 words)

20. Which book tells us not to forget to entertain strangers, since some have thus entertained angels?

21. Where is this verse found: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"? (Probably the way my advisor feels).

22. Where can this statement be found: "I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness"? (I read "doorstopper" here first; it was more entertaining).

23. What did Jesus tell us not to do, "lest they trample them under their feet"?

24. Complete the following statement by Paul: "God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to . . . . " (3 words)

25. Where should we have learned: "Much study wearies the body"? (Ok, that's my question). Then again, you do have to study to know that, ah, the paradox.


Feel free to answer as many as you want. I'll give points for real and silly, amusing answers this round. Prizes will be awarded after we're done.