Parents and Children Trivia Quiz

Answer: train them well

All four answers are important but Proverbs 22:6 advises parents to train their children the right way, so that when they are older, they will not depart from their teaching. Even if they do, said Solomon, they will one day remember what was taught to them and return to the right side of the track.

Answer: in their youth

In Ecclesiastes 12:1, Solomon advises children to remember their creator in the days of their youth and to honour Him whilst they are still young. He told them not to wait until they start having difficult days, or when old age creeps up upon them and they have no pleasure in those days.

Answer: if you honour your parents, a long life is promised

Exodus 20:12 states, "Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God gives you." This verse is known as the commandment with a promise.

Answer: to love the Lord

Deuteronomy 6:5-9 states, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and might." The last book of Moses instructs parents or guardians to teach this commandment diligently to their children at every opportunity. It says that they should teach them when they are at home or out walking, at bedtime and first thing in the morning.

Answer: she cherishes them

1st Thessalonians 2:7-8 says that Paul thanked the people of Thessalonica (a city in north Greece) for their support of the gospel and of himself. He told them that they had become very dear to him and that he and his companions were gentle amongst them, just like a nursing mother who cherishes her children.

Answer: do not give your strength to women or drink wine

All four answers were given to King Lemuel by his mother, but verses three and four advise him not to give his strength to women or to drink wine. Strong drink, she told him, is for the dying and wine for those who are sad. "Let them drink and forget their misery," she said, but "kings must not drink it, lest they forget the law and pervert the justice of the afflicted."
Proverbs 31:1-9.

Answer: obey and respect them

Ephesians 6:1 says that children should obey their parents in the Lord, for it is the right thing to do, and Leviticus 19:3 says that everyone should respect their parents. (This was part of the moral law given to Moses by God.)

Answer: disobedience to parents

Romans 1:18-30 deals with circumstances that will cause God's wrath to be revealed from heaven, and verse thirty mentions disobedience to parents as one of the reasons.

Answer: provoke them

Ephesians 6:4 advises fathers not to provoke their children to wrath, but to bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Answer: understanding

Solomon advised his children to get wisdom, because it is the principal thing to obtain and along with it, he said that they should get understanding. Proverbs 4:1-7.