My Word -- Common Sayings from the Bible -- #7 Quiz

Answer: Abraham

Abraham is the correct answer. According to Scripture, Abraham made the statement while he and his wife Sarah were in Egypt and he asked her to pretend to be his sister rather than his wife. If the Pharaoh knew she was his wife, Abraham feared he would be killed for Sarah was an extremely beautiful woman.

The fear of God is a term that appears time and again in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Even the dying thief on the cross uses the term 'fear God' in Luke 23:40 in the NIV while admonishing the other thief for not believing in Jesus.

Answer: Isaiah 57:21

The term is found in Isaiah 57:21. It can also be found in Isaiah 48:22. The phrase 'no rest for the wicked', of course, refers to the eternal torment of Hell. Today the expression is often used for mild, comic relief. It has been used for everything from the title of an Ozzy Osbourne album to a webcomic by Andrea L. Peterson, according to Wikipedia.

Answer: Bildad

Bildad, a friend of Job, made the statement, according to Job 8:9. The verse in the NKJV states "For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow." Bildad visited Job along with Eliphaz and Zophar, as per Job 2:11. They attempted to comfort Job after he suffered immense personal loss, as documented in the first chapter of Job.

Answer: Jesus

Jesus, of course, is the correct answer. Christ did not say the exact words "ask and you shall receive" but there's no doubt His statement has given birth to today's common expression. In John 14:13, in the NKJV, Jesus states: "And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." The following verse, John 14:14, states: "If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."

Answer: A lump on a male's throat.

Obviously, the correct answer is 'a lump on a male's throat'. Or to quote Wikipedia, an Adam's apple or laryngeal prominence is a protrusion in the front of the throat. It is believed the term Adam's apple is in reference to events in the Garden of Eden, where, according to Scripture, he ate a piece of the forbidden fruit. The term is based on the belief a piece of the forbidden fruit got stuck in his throat, hence the term Adam's apple.

According to the Website Kidshealth.org, the larger larynx gives boys deeper voices than girls.

Answer: 1 Samuel

The correct answer is 1 Samuel with the account of David slaying Goliath appearing in the 17th chapter. It's perhaps one of the best known stories in the Old Testament. David would eventually go on to become king of Israel and usher in a golden age for the nation. He was replaced as king by his son Solomon, whose mother was Bathsheba.

Answer: True

True. The term is not found in the Bible, but is definitely inspired by Scripture. Paul, of course, was the leading apostle to the Gentiles and Peter was seen as the leader of the original twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. Both men were moving forces in the early church.

As a result, when someone has severe financial problems, or living from hand to mouth, it is said they are borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

Answer: The expression is based on church calendars that featured important Christian holidays in red ink.

The expression is based on church calendars that first came out with significant holidays in red ink.

Wikipedia offers this information about the term red-letter day: "The term originates from Medieval church calendars. Illuminated manuscripts often marked initial capitals and highlighted words in red ink, known as rubrics. The First Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed the saints' days, feasts and other holy days, which came to be printed on church calendars in red. The term came into wider usage with the appearance in 1549 of the first Book of Common Prayer in which the calendar showed special holy days in red ink."

Red-letter day has come to mean a day of good fortune or immense celebration.

Answer: David

When David was lamenting over the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, he exclaimed, "How the mighty have fallen!" The words are featured in a song David wrote. Its titled Song of the Bow in the NKJV and the words appear in 2 Samuel 1:19-27. David's best friend was Jonathan and his father was King Saul.

Although David lamented Saul's death, the truth of the matter is the king spent much of the latter part of his life attempting to kill David.

Answer: Leviticus

The term scapegoat is found in the 16th chapter of Leviticus.

Leviticus 16:7-10, in the NKJV, states: "He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the LORD's lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering. But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness."

Releasing of the scapegoat into the wilderness apparently represented the removal of sin and guilt from the community.