194+ Best Bible Trivia Questions & Answers

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

Answer: 1611

Question: 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.'

Answer: John

Question: Who was told not to prophesy at Bethel?

Answer: Amos

Question: Who was the father of Saul?

Answer: Kish

Question: Who preached the first sermon on the Day of Pentecost?

Answer: Peter

Question: How many languages has the Bible been translated into?

Answer: 1200

Question: I press toward the _____ for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.'

Answer: Mark

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

Answer: Bees

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

Answer: Moses

Question: 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?

Answer: Noah

Question: How many books are there in the Old Testament?

Answer: 39

Question: How many rivers flowed out of Eden?

Answer: 4

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

Answer: Abel

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

Answer: Peter

Question: In the book of Galatians, who was accused of hypocrisy by Paul because of the way he treated the Gentiles?

Answer: Peter

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

Answer: The devil

Question: Which J in the Bible had a coat of many colors?

Answer: Joseph

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

Answer: Twenty

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

Answer: Shepherd

Question: Which organization is responsible for placing Bibles in hotel rooms?

Answer: Gideons

Question: The author of which letter addresses the letter 'to the chosen lady and her children'?

Answer: 2 John

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

Answer: Barabbas

Question: What is the first book of the Bible?

Answer: Genesis

Question: 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?

Answer: Exodus

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

Answer: Hebrews

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

Answer: Hebron

Question: Who did Jesus raise from the dead?

Answer: Lazarus

Question: Who ordered the beheading of John the Baptist?

Answer: King Herod

Question: Who murdered his brother Abel?

Answer: Cain

Question: Who took Judas' place amongst the disciples?

Answer: Matthias

Question: Who led the Israelites out of Egypt across the Red Sea?

Answer: Moses

Question: Who said, 'This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased'?

Answer: God

Question: Who said, 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word'?

Answer: Mary -Jesus' mother

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

Answer: The Children of Israel

Question: In which book of the Bible is this verse found? 'They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.'

Answer: Jude

Question: Where in the Bible is this verse found? ''There is no peace,' says my God, 'for the wicked.''

Answer: Isaiah

Question: According to the Bible, where was Jesus born?

Answer: Bethlehem

Question: The grace of the Lord Jesus be with ____ people. Amen.'

Answer: God's

Question: Where was Abraham born?

Answer: Ur

Question: In the Bible, where was Jesus baptized by John the Baptist?

Answer: River Jordan

Question: Surely goodness and ____ will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.' (Remember that I am using the NIV translation)

Answer: Love

Question: The bible's first martyr was who?

Answer: Stephen

Question: Which prophet saw a valley of bones come alive again?

Answer: Ezekiel

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

Answer: Criminal

Question: The woman at the side of King David was who?

Answer: Bathsheba

Question: The first book in the New Testament is what?

Answer: Romans

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

Answer: Desires

Question: According to the Bible, Noah's Ark came to rest on which mountain?

Answer: Ararat

Question: 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?'

Answer: Nicodemus

Question: 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?

Answer: Euphrates

Question: 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.'

Answer: Satan

Question: Who prophesied saying, 'Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of His Saints'?

Answer: Enoch

Question: I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

Answer: Jacob

Question: For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and _____

Answer: Peace

Question: Who said: 'How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?'?

Answer: Joseph

Question: Whose house did Peter go to when an angel rescued him from prison?

Answer: Mary's

Question: In the Bible, who was Jesus's earthly father?

Answer: Joseph

Question: 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?

Answer: The Corinthians

Question: Who said 'I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord'?

Answer: John the Baptist

Question: Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother.' To which of Paul's letters does this greeting belong?

Answer: 1 Corinthians

Question: In the Bible, what relation was Abraham to Jacob?

Answer: Grandfather

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

Answer: Gabriel

Question: Who said: 'Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.'?

Answer: Herod

Question: Who lived to the oldest age in the Bible?

Answer: Methuselah

Question: The wicked queen who wanted to kill Elijah was who?

Answer: Jezebel

Question: In Genesis 20, Abraham lied to Abimelech about his relationship with Sarah. What relation did he say that she was to him?

Answer: Sister

Question: Who teamed up with Benjamin in the war with Judah?

Answer: Ephraim

Question: Go, enquire of the Lord for me.

Answer: Josiah

Question: David killed Goliath with a stone. Afterwards, he cut off Goliath's head. Whose sword did he use to do this?

Answer: Goliath

Question: Which sport's 'Bible' is called 'Wisden'?

Answer: Cricket

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

Answer: Yes

Question: According to the Bible, where was Jesus born?

Answer: Bethlehem

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

Answer: Goodness

Question: Who said: 'How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?'?

Answer: Joseph

Question: Whose house did Peter go to when an angel rescued him from prison?

Answer: Mary's

Question: In the Bible, what was the name of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in the Holy Book Injeel (Bible)?

Answer: Faarqalid

Question: Complete this saying in the Bible, 'I can do all _____ through Christ which strengtheneth me.'

Answer: Things

Question: Whose name means 'child of great joy?'

Answer: Benjamin

Question: Who said: 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word'?

Answer: Mary -Jesus' mother

Question: Which disciple was known as 'doubting'?

Answer: Thomas

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

Answer: Zebedee

Question: What is the Hebrew word for 'place of the skull'?

Answer: Golgotha

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

Answer: A gourd

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

Answer: Elizabeth

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

Answer: Matthew

Question: In 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.'

Answer: Jude

Question: 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.'

Answer: Ecclesiastes 3

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

Answer: St Luke's Gospel

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

Answer: The lake of fire

Question: Who was the king who threw Daniel into the lion's den?

Answer: King Darius

Question: Who in the bible directed Mary and Joseph to the stable?

Answer: The Innkeeper

Question: A man of flesh and blood asked almighty God this: 'Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?' Who challenged the Creator with this Query?

Answer: Abraham

Question: Which prophet ate a book and found it sweet to the stomach?

Answer: Ezekiel

Question: Who ordered two Hebrew midwives (named Shiphrah and Puah) to kill all baby boys born but to let all baby girls born live?

Answer: Pharaoh

Question: In John 11, who does Jesus raise from the dead?

Answer: Lazarus

Question: Which son of David became king?

Answer: Solomon

Question: Who was it that ordered the crucifixion of Christ in the bible?

Answer: Pontius Pilate

Question: Who made this plea to an angry God: 'Oh God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and be wroth with all the congregation?'

Answer: Moses and Aaron

Question: Who was NOT present at the Last Supper, according to the Bible account of the day before the crucifixion?

Answer: Mary Magdalene

Question: Who spoke these words? 'If it seems good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.'

Answer: Esther

Question: Who pondered: 'Why is my pain perpetual, and my wounds incurable, which refuseth to be healed?'

Answer: Jeremiah

Question: Who didn't believe that Christ has been resurrected until he saw him?

Answer: Thomas

Question: Who was the first judge of Israel?

Answer: Othniel

Question: The disciple who was a fisherman was who?

Answer: Simon/Peter

Question: Who was the first of the 12 disciples to die in the bible?

Answer: Judas

Question: Who lived to reach the oldest age in the Bible?

Answer: Methuselah

Question: Who said: 'Shout, for the Lord has given you the city!'?

Answer: Joshua

Question: Who, according to the Book of Acts, was the first Christian martyr?

Answer: Stephen

Question: In the Bible, at approximately what time was Moses alive?

Answer: 1300BC

Question: Which verse says 'Cast all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you'?

Answer: I Peter 5:7

Question: Complete the saying in the bible, '...darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the _____ was hovering over the waters.'

Answer: Spirit of God

Question: 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.'

Answer: Ecclesiastes 3

Question: Fill in the missing blank. 'For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that _____ believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting life.'

Answer: Whosoever

Question: What does the name 'Barnabas' mean?

Answer: Son of Encouragement

Question: I am the Lord thy God' is which of the 10 Commandments?

Answer: 1st

Question: The Bible has an Authorised Version (AV) and another version, the RSV. That stands for?

Answer: Revised Standard Version

Question: The modern phrase 'ask a silly question, get a silly answer' was taken from the Bible. Where can it be found?

Answer: Proverbs 26

Question: What does the name 'Barnabas' mean?

Answer: Son of Encouragement

Question: 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth' was recorded by which biblical character?

Answer: Matthew

Question: Give her the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.' is the last sentence in which KJV book?

Answer: Proverbs

Question: For there is one God, and one _____ between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.

Answer: Mediator

Question: Who said: 'Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man's all.'?

Answer: Solomon

Question: Which chapter mostly talks about what you say?

Answer: James 3

Question: Which book opens with: 'God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,'?

Answer: Hebrews

Question: 'In the year that King Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.'? Who said this?

Answer: Isaiah

Question: Which of the following is not one of the twelve tribes of Israel?

Answer: Abraham

Question: In the New International Version of the Bible, which Old Testament prophet was thrown into a cistern?

Answer: Jeremiah

Question: Who earnestly asked the Lord: 'Oh Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?'

Answer: Elijah

Question: Which of the following is not one of the twelve tribes of Israel?

Answer: Abraham

Question: According to the book of Revelation, for how long was there silence in Heaven?

Answer: Half an hour

Question: Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.' is the last sentence in which KJV book?

Answer: Song of Solomon

Question: Which book of the Bible is this from? 'I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.'

Answer: Galatians

Question: What is the last book of the Old Testament?

Answer: Malachi

Question: What was Belteshazzar's other name?

Answer: Daniel

Question: Which book of the Bible is this from? 'Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.'

Answer: Revelation

Question: In which book of the Bible does it say 'The love of money is the root of all evil'?

Answer: Timothy

Question: Who said: 'Shout, for the Lord has given you the city!'?

Answer: Joshua

Question: Who said: 'Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God'?

Answer: Stephen

Question: Which book is this verse found in? 'The joy of the Lord is my strength.'

Answer: Nehemiah

Question: What is the name of the runaway slave about whom Paul writes in his letter to Philemon?

Answer: Onesimus

Question: Which of these books of the Bible is in the Old Testament?

Answer: Genesis

Question: According to the book of Revelation, for how long was there silence in Heaven?

Answer: Half an hour

Question: Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.' is the last sentence in which KJV book?

Answer: Song of Solomon

Question: Which book of the Bible is this from? 'I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.'

Answer: Galatians

Question: What is the last book of the Old Testament?

Answer: Malachi

Question: What was Belteshazzar's other name?

Answer: Daniel

Question: Which book of the Bible is this from? 'Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.'

Answer: Revelation

Question: In which book of the Bible does it say 'The love of money is the root of all evil'?

Answer: Timothy

Question: Who said: 'Shout, for the Lord has given you the city!'?

Answer: Joshua

Question: Who said: 'Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God'?

Answer: Stephen

Question: Which book is this verse found in? 'The joy of the Lord is my strength.'

Answer: Nehemiah

Question: What is the name of the runaway slave about whom Paul writes in his letter to Philemon?

Answer: Onesimus

Question: Which of these books of the Bible is in the Old Testament?

Answer: Genesis

Question: What avian helper was first sent by Noah to see if the waters had receded after the great flood?

Answer: Raven

Question: Which disciple was known as 'doubting'?

Answer: Thomas

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

Answer: Zebedee

Question: What is the Hebrew word for 'place of the skull'?

Answer: Golgotha

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

Answer: A gourd

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

Answer: Elizabeth

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

Answer: Matthew

Question: In 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.'

Answer: Jude

Question: 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.'

Answer: Ecclesiastes 3

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

Answer: St Luke's Gospel

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

Answer: The lake of fire

Question: What was the occupation of Joseph?

Answer: Carpenter

Question: Which of these wrote one of the gospels in the Bible?

Answer: Matthew

Question: Which passage talks about not taking revenge?

Answer: Romans 12:17

Question: Who made this plea to an angry God: 'Oh God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and be wroth with all the congregation?'

Answer: Moses and Aaron

Question: Which speaks of forgiveness?

Answer: I John 1:9

Question: Who ordered two Hebrew midwives (named Shiphrah and Puah) to kill all baby boys born but to let all baby girls born live?

Answer: Pharaoh

Question: Who, with the help of his followers, made the first complete translation of the New Testament into English?

Answer: Wycliffe

Question: In 1536, this English Bible translator was put to death. His translation of the New Testament was based on Erasmus's Greek translation, with reference to the Vulgate.

Answer: Tyndale

Question: Who said, 'In the year that King Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.'?

Answer: Isaiah

Question: Who said: 'Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore four fold.'?

Answer: Zacchaeus

Question: Who said: 'I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.'?

Answer: Isaiah

Question: The steps of a good man are _____ by the LORD: and He delighteth in his way. (King James Version)

Answer: Ordered