What had been revealed to Simeon by the Holy Spirit?

That he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ

What vow did Israel make to God if He delivered the Canaanites into their hands?

They would totally destroy their cities

When Jesus asked the demon his name, what did he answer?

My name is Legion; for we are many

During the crucifixion of Jesus, for how long was there darkness over all the land?

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour (3 hours)

To illustrate counting the cost, Jesus asked if anyone building a tower doesn't first sit down and estimate the cost to see if what?

They have enough money to complete it

At the dedication of the Temple, how many fellowship offerings (cattle and sheep) did Solomon sacrifice?

22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep

In his time of trouble, what did King Ahaz do?

He became even more unfaithful to the Lord

What did Jehu tell his fellow officers when they asked about the 'madman' (prophet) who had visited him?

He initially evaded the question, then admitted he was anointed king

Moses made a bronze serpent in the wilderness. Centuries later, King Hezekiah crushed it into pieces. Why?

Because the Israelites had started burning incense to it as an idol (Nehushtan)

Which proverb did God tell Ezekiel to put an end to in Israel?

The days are prolonged, and every vision fails

What did Aaron do to the live goat (scapegoat)?

Confessed Israel's sins over it and sent it away

What happens if a husband hears his wife's vow and says nothing to her from day to day?

He confirms the vow and it stands

Following the deaths of Nadab and Abihu, what was Aaron's reasoning for not eating the sin offering?

Because such tragic things had happened to him that day

50 Bible Quiz Questions for Adults

Medium questions

Question 1Medium

What had been revealed to Simeon by the Holy Spirit?
Answer: B. That he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's ChristLuke 2:26
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Question 2Medium

Rebekah favored her son Esau over her son Jacob.
Answer: FalseGenesis 25:28
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Question 3Medium

What vow did Israel make to God if He delivered the Canaanites into their hands?
Answer: D. They would totally destroy their citiesNumbers 21:2
And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
Question 4Medium

When Jesus asked the demon his name, what did he answer?
Answer: A. My name is Legion; for we are manyMark 5:9
And he asked him, ‹What› is ‹thy name?› And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Question 5Medium

During the crucifixion of Jesus, for how long was there darkness over all the land?
Answer: D. From the sixth hour until the ninth hour (3 hours)Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Question 6Medium

According to the Gospel of John, the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not _____ it.
Answer: A. Comprehend (Overcome)John 1:5
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Question 7Medium

To illustrate counting the cost, Jesus asked if anyone building a tower doesn't first sit down and estimate the cost to see if what?
Answer: B. They have enough money to complete itLuke 14:28
‹For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have› sufficient ‹to finish› it?
Question 8Medium

The Sea of Galilee is a large freshwater lake, not a saltwater ocean.
Answer: TrueLuke 5:1
And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
Question 9Medium

Jesus said, 'You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be...'
Answer: D. SavedMatthew 10:22
‹And ye shall be hated of all› men ‹for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.›
Question 10Medium

Before Joseph and Mary came together, she was found with child of the _____.
Answer: C. Holy SpiritMatthew 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Question 11Medium

At the dedication of the Temple, how many fellowship offerings (cattle and sheep) did Solomon sacrifice?
Answer: C. 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep1 Kings 8:63
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
Question 12Medium

In his time of trouble, what did King Ahaz do?
Answer: D. He became even more unfaithful to the Lord2 Chronicles 28:22-23
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Question 13Medium

Deborah was a prophetess who led Israel and held court under a palm tree in the hill country of Ephraim.
Answer: TrueJudges 4:4-5
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Question 14Medium

In the book of Hebrews, since believers have no enduring city on earth, they seek the city that is:
Answer: C. To comeHebrews 13:14
For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Question 15Medium

Paul told the elders, 'I have coveted no one's silver or gold or _____.'
Answer: A. Apparel (Clothing)Acts 20:33
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
Question 16Medium

In the Law: 'You shall not steal; you shall not deal _____ with one another'?
Answer: A. FalselyLeviticus 19:11
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Question 17Medium

Who can nullify a young woman's vow if she lives in her father's house?
Answer: A. Her fatherNumbers 30:3-5
If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds …
Question 18Medium

From which valley did the Israelite spies cut down a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes so large it took two men to carry it?
Answer: B. Valley of EshkolNumbers 13:23
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Question 19Medium

What did Jehu tell his fellow officers when they asked about the 'madman' (prophet) who had visited him?
Answer: C. He initially evaded the question, then admitted he was anointed king2 Kings 9:11-12
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
Question 20Medium

Do not offer to the Lord an animal that is blind, injured, or has a...
Answer: A. Wart or running soreLeviticus 22:22
Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
Question 21Medium

Why did the armor-bearer refuse to kill Saul?
Answer: A. He was terrified1 Chronicles 10:4
Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
Question 22Medium

The Israelites successfully defeated the Amalekites when they tried to enter the land without Moses.
Answer: FalseNumbers 14:44-45
But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Question 23Medium

In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul states that he wanted to visit them, but Satan stopped him.
Answer: True1 Thessalonians 2:18
Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
Question 24Medium

Besides Pharaoh's daughter, whom did Solomon love?
Answer: B. Many foreign women1 Kings 11:1
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
Question 25Medium

What happened to Saul's heart when he turned to leave Samuel?
Answer: B. God changed it1 Samuel 10:9
And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

Hard questions

Question 26Hard

How long had Abram lived in Canaan when Hagar was given to him?
Answer: A. 10 yearsGenesis 16:3
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
Question 27Hard

According to Leviticus, where is the life of the flesh found?
Answer: C. In the bloodLeviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Question 28Hard

In his first letter, what does the apostle John call that which was from the beginning, heard, seen, and touched?
Answer: D. The Word of life1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
Question 29Hard

According to the book of Ezra, how many gold dishes were listed in the inventory of temple articles returned from Babylon?
Answer: B. 30Ezra 1:9
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
Question 30Hard

Moses made a bronze serpent in the wilderness. Centuries later, King Hezekiah crushed it into pieces. Why?
Answer: A. Because the Israelites had started burning incense to it as an idol (Nehushtan)2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
Question 31Hard

How tall was the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar set up?
Answer: B. Sixty cubitsDaniel 3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Question 32Hard

In what city was Paul preaching late into the night when Eutychus fell out of a third-story window?
Answer: B. TroasActs 20:6-9
And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. And there sat in …
Question 33Hard

Which of David's mighty men defended a field of lentils against the Philistines?
Answer: C. Shammah2 Samuel 23:11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
Question 34Hard

In Peter's sermon, he quotes King David's prophecy: 'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be...'
Answer: A. ShakenActs 2:25
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Question 35Hard

Which proverb did God tell Ezekiel to put an end to in Israel?
Answer: C. The days are prolonged, and every vision failsEzekiel 12:22
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Question 36Hard

Jesus told Nathanael he would see heaven open and the _____ of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.
Answer: C. AngelsJohn 1:51
And he saith unto him, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.›
Question 37Hard

The 'Sabbath' is strictly defined as the first day of the week in the Gospels.
Answer: FalseLuke 6:1
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
Question 38Hard

In the final chapter of the Bible, Jesus identifies himself as 'the Root and the Offspring of David'.
Answer: TrueRevelation 22:16
‹I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David,› and ‹the bright and morning star.›
Question 39Hard

What did Aaron do to the live goat (scapegoat)?
Answer: B. Confessed Israel's sins over it and sent it awayLeviticus 16:21
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Question 40Hard

According to the First Epistle of Peter, exactly eight people were saved through water in Noah's ark.
Answer: True1 Peter 3:20
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Question 41Hard

What ancient city, built along the Euphrates River, was known for its massive walls and the legendary Hanging Gardens?
Answer: B. BabylonDaniel 4:30
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Question 42Hard

When Jacob fled from Laban, what culturally significant items did his wife Rachel steal from her father's house?
Answer: B. The household gods (Teraphim)Genesis 31:19
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
Question 43Hard

What happens if a husband hears his wife's vow and says nothing to her from day to day?
Answer: A. He confirms the vow and it standsNumbers 30:14
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
Question 44Hard

While Jesus was in Cana of Galilee, an official from which city begged him to heal his dying son?
Answer: A. CapernaumJohn 4:46-47
So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
Question 45Hard

In the Law of Leviticus, if a person is called to testify but does not speak up, he...
Answer: C. Bears his iniquity (is guilty)Leviticus 5:1
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Question 46Hard

Following the deaths of Nadab and Abihu, what was Aaron's reasoning for not eating the sin offering?
Answer: C. Because such tragic things had happened to him that dayLeviticus 10:19
And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?
Question 47Hard

On whose sundial did the shadow go back ten degrees as a sign to Hezekiah?
Answer: C. AhazIsaiah 38:8
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
Question 48Hard

How many men did King Zedekiah command Ebed-Melech to take to rescue Jeremiah?
Answer: A. Thirty menJeremiah 38:10
Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
Question 49Hard

Micah prophesied that God would gather the remnant of Israel like sheep in a pen.
Answer: TrueMicah 2:12
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
Question 50Hard

According to Mosaic Law, parents shall not be put to death for their...
Answer: D. ChildrenDeuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

Answer key

B. That he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ (Luke 2:26)
False (Genesis 25:28)
D. They would totally destroy their cities (Numbers 21:2)
A. My name is Legion; for we are many (Mark 5:9)
D. From the sixth hour until the ninth hour (3 hours) (Matthew 27:45)
A. Comprehend (Overcome) (John 1:5)
B. They have enough money to complete it (Luke 14:28)
True (Luke 5:1)
D. Saved (Matthew 10:22)
C. Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18)
C. 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep (1 Kings 8:63)
D. He became even more unfaithful to the Lord (2 Chronicles 28:22-23)
True (Judges 4:4-5)
C. To come (Hebrews 13:14)
A. Apparel (Clothing) (Acts 20:33)
A. Falsely (Leviticus 19:11)
A. Her father (Numbers 30:3-5)
B. Valley of Eshkol (Numbers 13:23)
C. He initially evaded the question, then admitted he was anointed king (2 Kings 9:11-12)
A. Wart or running sore (Leviticus 22:22)
A. He was terrified (1 Chronicles 10:4)
False (Numbers 14:44-45)
True (1 Thessalonians 2:18)
B. Many foreign women (1 Kings 11:1)
B. God changed it (1 Samuel 10:9)
A. 10 years (Genesis 16:3)
C. In the blood (Leviticus 17:11)
D. The Word of life (1 John 1:1)
B. 30 (Ezra 1:9)
A. Because the Israelites had started burning incense to it as an idol (Nehushtan) (2 Kings 18:4)
B. Sixty cubits (Daniel 3:1)
B. Troas (Acts 20:6-9)
C. Shammah (2 Samuel 23:11)
A. Shaken (Acts 2:25)
C. The days are prolonged, and every vision fails (Ezekiel 12:22)
C. Angels (John 1:51)
False (Luke 6:1)
True (Revelation 22:16)
B. Confessed Israel's sins over it and sent it away (Leviticus 16:21)
True (1 Peter 3:20)
B. Babylon (Daniel 4:30)
B. The household gods (Teraphim) (Genesis 31:19)
A. He confirms the vow and it stands (Numbers 30:14)
A. Capernaum (John 4:46-47)
C. Bears his iniquity (is guilty) (Leviticus 5:1)
C. Because such tragic things had happened to him that day (Leviticus 10:19)
C. Ahaz (Isaiah 38:8)
A. Thirty men (Jeremiah 38:10)
True (Micah 2:12)
D. Children (Deuteronomy 24:16)

How to use this quiz with a group

These questions go past the Sunday school stories into the names, numbers and details that adults who read the Bible regularly will recognize. Many come from books that are read less often, like Leviticus, the minor prophets and the letters.

For a group, read each question aloud, give everyone a moment to answer, then reveal the answer and read the verse together. The verse often opens a good conversation about the passage. You can split into teams, keep score, or use a few questions to start a small group meeting. Like the Bereans, who received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily (Acts 17:11), let every answer send you back to the text.

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