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101 Bible Trivia Questions To Test Your Testament Skills

From Genesis to Jesus, the Bible is full of historical content, spiritual guidance, and redemptive stories. Made up of 66 books, there’s a lot of information packed in there with lots to learn. Many religious people and other lovers of knowledge have dedicated tons of time to reading, re-reading, studying, and analyzing the Bible, so there are plenty of people who might think they can nail this Bible quiz. 

Whether you grew up in religious schools or have recently jumped into this massive text, these Bible trivia questions and answers can be a hoot for you. What is the oldest book in the Bible, and where was Jesus born? Which verse is the shortest, and who was the first person to see Jesus after his resurrection? Flex your spiritual muscles with this fun and challenging quiz. 

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The author of which letter addresses the letter ‘to the chosen lady and her children’?

1 Peter

2 John

2 Peter

1John

I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will know that I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance on them’.

Ezekiel 25

Leviticus 19

Revelation 13

2 Samuel 19

Which organization is responsible for placing bibles in hotel rooms?

Goddens

Giddens

Gideons

Gooduns

When asked where this person had been, who gave this reply? ‘From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.’

Jesus

Moses

Adam

Satan

English translations of the Bible were in existence before the advent of the King James Bible. On which Bible is the King James version mostly based?

The Bishop’s Bible

The Geneva Bible

The Douay Bible

The Great Bible

No, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.’ Who said that?

John

Andrew

James

Peter

Even though one of the meanings of my name is ‘rest’, I probably didn’t get much rest while spending some time afloat. Who am I?

Goliath

Ezekiel

Rahab

Noah

Which book of the Bible is this from? ‘They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.’

James

Jude

1 John

2 Peter

Which cities were destroyed in the bible?

Sodda and Grim

Sodom and Gomorrah

Soda and Gorman

Sordin and Gommbo

Name the man who desperately questioned God with this query: ‘What shall I do with this people? They be almost ready to stone me.’

Elijah

Paul

Ezekiel

Moses

Who preached the first sermon on the Day of Pentecost?

James

Paul

John

Peter

The bible’s first martyr was who?

Stephanie

Stevo

Stephen

Stevie Boy

I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him.’

1 Kings 17

Revelation 6

Ezekiel 48

Jude 1

What profession did the man who spoke these words have? ‘Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.’

Priest

Criminal

Tent Maker

Beggar

What is the first book of the Bible?

Paul

Exodus

Genesis

Revelation

An elderly woman talking to her pregnant cousin said, ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear.’

Martha

Hannah

Anna, the prophetess

Elizabeth

The land promised to Abram (Abraham) was compassed by two rivers. One was the river of Egypt or the Nile river. What is the name of the other?

Jordan

Euphrates

Tigris

Gihon

Am I my brother’s keeper?’ was said by whom?

Cain

Moses

David

Esau

Which man asked, ‘How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?’

Matthew

Thomas

Nicodemus

Joseph of Arimathea

How many soldiers were in the cell with Peter?

0

22

33

2

The modern-day version of this cliche reads, ‘What goes around, comes around.’ Do you know which of the below-mentioned texts is the Bible version?

Galatians 6:7

Jeremiah 29:13

Revelation 14:12

Daniel 4:37

Who ordered the beheading of John the Baptist?

King Harry

King Harold

King Henry

King Herod

In the Bible, Joseph was sold by his brothers for how many silver coins?

Ten

Forty

Sixty

Twenty

A wicked one talking to a holy one promised, ‘All this I will give you if you will bow down and worship me.’

The serpent

The devil

Judas Iscariot

A troll

Where is this quote from in the bible? ‘A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.’

Nehemiah 4

Micah 5

Jonah 2

Ecclesiastes 3

In the Bible, where was Jesus baptised by John the Baptist?

River Jordan

River Tigris

Sea of Galilee

Dead Sea

I press toward the _____ for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.’

Car

Mark

Goal

Finish

In which book of the Bible (New International Version) is this verse found? ‘Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.’

Both of these

Psalms

1 Chronicles

Neither of these

Which of the following cities was not located in the region of Galilee?

Cana

Capernaum

Hebron

Tiberias

Which of the following animals was NOT mentioned as one of the plagues in Egypt?

Bees

Frogs

Flies

Locusts

Paul wrote ‘Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak’. To whom did he write these words?

Timothy

The Romans

The Corinthians

The Philippians

Abi + coarse tobacco = King David’s concubine.

Abigail

Abishag

Abijeh

Abishah

Who discovered Jesus was missing from the tomb on the third day after He had been buried?

Mary Magdalene

Peter

John

The angel

Which of the following talks primarily about ‘blessed’ people?

The Beatitudes

The Romans Road

The Minor Prophets

The fruit of the Spirit

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.’ Can you name this book?

Numbers

Leviticus

Deuteronomy

Exodus

According to Revelation 20, what is the final destination of Satan?

Abyss

Hell

The local library

The lake of fire

Who said: ‘How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?’?

Ahab

Joseph

Balaam

Daniel

Who was the father of Saul?

Kish

Jesse

Dodo

Jonathan

Which prophet saw a valley of bones come alive again?

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Elijah

Jeremiah

According to the Bible, what was the name of the prisoner released as Jesus was sentenced to crucifixion?

Judas

Pilate

Barabbas

Herod

How many books are there in the Old Testament?

17

27

37

7

The world and its _____ pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.’ 1 John 2:17

Folly

Lust

People

Desires

Who wrote that ‘one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day.’?

Paul

Solomon

Peter

Isaiah

According to the Bible, which Moabitess married Boaz in Jerusalem and had two sons, Jesse and David?

Jezebel

Ruth

Mary

Naomi

Which of these phrases does NOT come from the Bible?

Needle in a haystack

When hell freezes over

By the skin of your teeth

Sour grapes

According to Hebrews 11, what physical positiion did Jacob take when he was worshipping God?

He lifted his hands

He fell on his face before God

He knelt in prayer

He leant upon his staff

Whose name means ‘child of great joy?’

Benjamin

Agrippa

Jacob

Abigail

The woman at the side of King David was who?

Bathtime

Bathima

Bathsheba

Bathmat

Which of these books of the Bible tells of the events of the first Easter?

Esther

Matthew

Job

Nehemiah

Who said, ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word’?

Martha

Mary Magdalene

Mary -Jesus’ mother

Mary – Lazarus’ sister

Who did Jesus raise from the dead?

Lazarus

Lazerax

Lasterix

Laszlo

Who murdered his brother Abel?

Christ

Carl

Cain

Charlie

Who lamented: ‘Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?’

Saul

The Children of Israel

Moses

Joshua

Where was the original home of Adam and Eve in the beginning?

Garden of Eden

Promised Land

Divine Sanctuary

Eden’s Haven

In the bible which star shone above the stable when Jesus was born?

Star of Joseph

Star of Isaac

Star of Daniel

Star of David

Surely _____ and loving kindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Goodness

Joy

Peace

Patience

Which of the following is a book of poetry?

Exodus

Ecclesiastes

Mark

Jeremiah

In what year was the King James version of the Bible first published?

1642

1666

1611

1610

For how long did it rain continuously during Noah’s time on the ark?

7 days and nights

20 days and nights

40 days and nights

60 days and nights

Early Christians were sometimes known as ‘Those of the _____’. What word that signifies purification goes in the blank?

Consecration

Celebration

Excommunication

Circumcision

In the Bible story of David and Goliath, how many stones did David have?

1

7

5

3

In the Bible, in 1 Kings 7, what value is given as an approximation for pi?

40381

3.2

40449

3

Complete the saying in the bible, ‘Jesus _____’

Talked

Ran

Wept

Preached

Where in the Bible is this verse found? ”There is no peace,’ says my God, ‘for the wicked.”

Jeremiah

Isaiah

Psalm

Hosea

Which religion emerged from the Bible Student movement, founded in 1872 by Charles Taze Russell:

Quakers

Baha´i

Jehovah´s Witness

Mormons

Which domestic animal is not mentioned in the bible?

Hamster

Cat

Rabbit

Dog

Can all of these cliches be found in the Holy Bible? ‘Who bewitched you?’ ‘Money answers everything.’ ‘Skin for skin!’ ‘Woe to lawyers!’

Yes

No

Who was told not to prophesy at Bethel?

Hosea

Micah

Haggai

Amos

What type of tree did Jesus make wither for not bearing fruit?

Orange

Apple

Pear

Fig

How many languages has the bible been translated into?

1000

1200

12000

5000

In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), the lord of the house entrusted talents to his three servants. How many total talents did he give the three?

7

10

5

8

who is the patron saint of travellers?

Francis

William

Stephen

Christopher

Complete this saying in the Bible, ‘I can do all _____ through Christ which strengtheneth me.’

Learning

Reading

Things

Teaching

Which of the following talks about your thoughts?

Romans 5:8

Philippians 4:8

Romans 12:17

Romans 3:23

What type of plant did God provide for Jonah to sit under after he left the city of Nineveh?

A bamboo

A gourd

A cactus

A sunflower

The Lord is my _____ I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures…’ Psalm 23:1

Leader

Comforter

Shepherd

Provider

The story of the rich and poor man, Dives and Lazarus, is told in which book of the Bible?

Proverbs

Revelation

St Luke’s Gospel

Acts of the Apostles

In which book of the Bible is this verse found? ‘The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.’

Philemon

2 Timothy

Hebrews

John

How many rivers flowed out of Eden?

2

4

5

6

According to the Bible, where was Jesus born?

Jerusalem

Jericho

Bethlehem

What is the Hebrew word for ‘place of the skull’?

Golgotha

Gethsemane

Calvary

Jerusalem

Pontius Pilate did what in an attempt to show he wasn’t responsible for Christ’s death?

Came Up With an Alibi

Placed a newspaper Ad

Washed his Handed

Denied It

Which of the following people is not related to Jesus?

Asa

Obed

Joshua

Jehoshaphat

Which story in the Bible explains the variety of human languages?

Tower of Babel

Noah’s Flood

David and Goliath

Walls of Jericho

According to the Bible, who was the first murder victim?

Eve

Moses

Abel

Noah

What was the name of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in the Holy Book Injeel (Bible)?

Maa’rka

Muhammad

Muzammil

Faarqalid

Which of these books of the Bible is in the New Testament?

Numbers

Ecclesiastes

Hebrews

Psalms

Who was the father of James and John (the disciples of Jesus)?

Zechariah

Zephaniah

Zedekiah

Zebedee

A dancing girl makes an unusual request of her host saying, ‘I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.’

The daughter of Herodias

Jezebel

Priscilla

The daughter of Jairus

Which heavenly being spoke these words? ‘Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.’

Gabriel

Jesus

God

Michael

The first book in the New Testament is what?

Egyptians

Greeks

Saxons

Romans

Which sport’s ‘bible’ is called ‘Wisden’?

Cricket

Rugby

Soccer

Tennis

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall _____, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

Be mine forever

Never lose it

Live forever

Never perish

Which J in the bible had a coat of many colors?

Joseph

Joshua

Jeremiah

Jesus

Who said ‘I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord’?

Nahum

Abraham

Moses

John the Baptist

According to the Bible, Noah’s Ark came to rest on which mountain?

Scafell

K2

Matterhorn

Ararat

Who told his mother, ‘Didn’t you know I had to be about my Father’s business’?

Samson

Paul

Jesus

John the Baptist

In how many days did God create the world?

1

3

6

10

Complete this saying in the Bible, ‘I can do all things through Christ who _____ me.’ Phillipians 4:13

Leads

Strengthens

Teaches

Upholds

In which book of the Bible is this verse found? For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil?

Matthew

Colossians

Luke

1 Timothy

Which disciple was known as ‘doubting’?

Timothy

Tiberius

Tyler

Thomas

You can do better

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Great!

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