Can You Match the Old Testament Verses? -- #3 Quiz

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1. "And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done."

Answer: Genesis 2:2

The verse is found in Genesis 2:2 and tells of God resting on the seventh day after creating the heavens and the earth. Chapter 1 of Genesis is devoted to details of the creation. Genesis is the first book in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible. Tradition holds the book was written by Moses.

2. "So Delilah said to Samson, 'Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.'"

Answer: Judges 16:6

Judges 16:6 is the correct answer. It's part of a passage in which Samson is questioned by Delilah, his Philistine lover, about the secret to his great strength. Samson was a judge of Israel and was known far and wide for his superior strength.

Eventually, Delilah found out the secret to Samson's strength was his long hair. Scripture tells of Delilah having Samson's locks cut while he slept and he was then captured by the Philistines.

For further details, see Judges 16:4-31.

3. "At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, 'Ask! What shall I give you?'"

Answer: 1 Kings 3:5

1 Kings 3:5 is part of a passage in which God appears before Solomon in a dream and asks him what he wants. In response, Solomon tells Him he desires wisdom to be a good leader of the Israelites.

Solomon's request pleased the LORD immensely and He gave Solomon two things he did not ask for -- riches and honor.

Solomon, the son of David and Bathsheba, ruled over Israel during its golden era.

4. "And if the burnt sacrifice of his offering to the LORD is of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or young pigeons."

Answer: Leviticus 1:14

The verse is in the question is from Leviticus 1:14. Leviticus is the third book in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible. Much of the content of Leviticus pertains to God's instructions to the Israelites. God tells the Israelites about how to conduct themselves and the various rules for presenting their offerings.

Some of the rules pertain to only priests while other rules pertain to the general population.

5. "For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake His saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off."

Answer: Psalm 37:28

Psalm 37:28 is the correct answer. David, a noted king of Israel, is the author of Psalm 37 as well as a large number of the other submissions found in the Book of Psalms.

The sub-head for Psalm 37 in the NKJV Study Bible is 'The Heritage of the Righteous and the Calamity of the Wicked'.

In the next verse (Verse 29), David writes, "The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in it forever."

6. "A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones."

Answer: Proverbs 17:22

Proverbs 17:22 is the correct answer. Proverbs is a collection of witty sayings and the like, and Chapter 17 is a prime example of this. Chapter 17 ends with this gem in the NKJV: "Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; when he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive."

Solomon, a king of Israel noted for his wisdom, wrote most of the content of Proverbs.

7. "He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid... our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him."

Answer: Isaiah 53:3

The verse is found in Isaiah 53:3. Christians believe the verse is prophecy pertaining to the Lord Jesus Christ. In fact, many Christians believe the entire 53rd chapter pertains to Jesus.

In the NKJV Study Bible, the sub-heading for Chapter 53 is 'The Sin-Bearing Messiah'.

The Book of Isaiah was written by Isaiah, a major prophet of God.

For the record, here's how Isaiah 53:3 reads in its entirety in the NKJV: "He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him"

Part of the verse is not featured in the question due to space limitations with the match quiz format.

8. "Then I said to them, 'If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.' So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver."

Answer: Zechariah 11:12

Zechariah 11:12 is the correct answer. The verse is part of a passage known as Prophecy of the Shepherds. Interestingly, thirty sheckels of silver was the price of a slave (Exodus 21:32) and, of course, the amount of money Judas received for betraying Jesus after the Last Supper.

9. "You shall have no other gods before Me."

Answer: Exodus 20:3

The statement, "You shall have no other gods before Me" is from Exodus 20:3, of course. The verse is part of the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.

According to Exodus 19:18 in the NKJV, when God descended on Mount Sinai, it was "completely in smoke... and the whole mountain quaked greatly."

10. "Again He said to me, 'Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!'"

Answer: Ezekiel 37:4

The verse in the question is from Ezekiel 37:4. It's part of a passage in which Ezekiel tells of being taken to a valley full of bones and receiving instructions from God to prophesy to the bones.

Scripture goes on to tell miraculously of the bones rattling, then coming together and then developing sinews, flesh and skin.

Scripture goes on to explain the bones represent "the whole house of Israel", as per Verse 11 in the NKJV.

Source: Author Cowrofl

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Questions		Choices
1. "And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done."		1 Kings 3:5
2. "So Delilah said to Samson, 'Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.'"		Judges 16:6
3. "At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, 'Ask! What shall I give you?'"		Proverbs 17:22
4. "And if the burnt sacrifice of his offering to the LORD is of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or young pigeons."		Genesis 2:2
5. "For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake His saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off."		Zechariah 11:12
6. "A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones."		Isaiah 53:3
7. "He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid... our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him."		Leviticus 1:14
8. "Then I said to them, 'If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.' So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver."		Ezekiel 37:4
9. "You shall have no other gods before Me."		Exodus 20:3
10. "Again He said to me, 'Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!'"		Psalm 37:28

In this match quiz, I give you ten Old Testament verses and your challenge is to match them up with their chapters and verses. All verses are from the New King James Version Bible.