Habakkuk Trivia Quiz

Answer: iniquity

Habakkuk 1:3 "Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention."

Iniquities are wickedness or very bad things or sins. So God was showing Habakkuk the wickedness that was going on, and Habakkuk did not want to see it.

Answer: slacked

Habakkuk 1:4 "Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth."

This law probably refers to the law in the city, not to God's Law.

Answer: Chaldeans

Habakkuk 1:6 "For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs."

Chaldeans were the people from Chaldea. Today, Chaldea lies in Iraq.

Answer: by faith

Habakkuk 2:4 "Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith."

There is a Christian T-shirt that says the letters of FAITH stand for Forsaking All, I Trust Him. This explains what faith means to a Christian.

Answer: to him that increases that which is not his

Habakkuk 2:6 "Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!"

Basically, this says that if you steal from another and then gain on that theft, eventually you will suffer.

Answer: keep silent

Habakkuk 2:20 "But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him."

This verse is saying that one can worship God by being silent and reflecting. Often people think that worship refers to only singing.

Answer: afraid

Habakkuk 3:2 "O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy."

Habakkuk is talking about how, though times are tough, one still has to praise the Lord.

Answer: sun and moon

Habakkuk 3:11 "The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear."

Habakkuk is making a reference to the book of Joshua, to the moment when Joshua commanded the sun to stay still. (See the book of Joshua for this story).

Answer: fig tree

Habakkuk 3:17 "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls."

This verse is saying that when everything is going wrong, it is necessary to stop, and listen to God.

Answer: instruments

Habakkuk 3:19 "The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments."

I hope you enjoyed this quiz. The next quiz will be on the book of Zephaniah.