TEST YOUR BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: “Better Than” Quiz

BibleQuiz2Sometimes I like to quiz myself. It helps me remember verses, too. Here’s a Fill-in-the-Blank Scripture Verse (NIV) quiz. How did you do?

  1. Better a poor man whose walk is __________ than a fool whose lips are __________. (Pr 19:1 NIV)
  2. Better to live on a corner of the __________ than share a house with a __________ wife. (Pr 21:9
  3. Better is __________ rebuke than __________ love. (Pr 27:5 NIV)
  4. Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother’s house when disaster strikes you— better a __________ nearby than a __________ far away. (Pr 27:10 NIV)
  5. Better one handful with __________ than two handfuls with __________ and chasing after the wind. (Ecc 4:6 NIV)
  6. Two are better than one, because they have a good __________for their __________. . . (Ecc 4:9 NIV)
  7. Better a poor but wise __________ than an old but foolish __________ who no longer knows how to take warning. (Ecc 4:13 NIV)
  8. It is __________ not to vow than to make a vow and not __________ it. (Ecc 5:5 NIV)
  9. It is better to heed a wise man’s __________ than to listen to the __________ of fools. (Ecc 7:5 NIV)
  10. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one __________ of your body than for your __________ body to be thrown into hell. (Mt 5:29 NIV)
  11. It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a __________ tied around his neck than for him to __________one of these little ones to sin. (Lk 17:2 NIV)
  12. It is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing __________ than for doing __________. (1Pe 3:17 NIV)
?    better ?    good ?    part ?    song
?    blameless ?    king ?    perverse ?    toil
?    brother ?    hidden ?    quarrelsome ?    tranquility
?    cause ?    millstone ?    rebuke ?    whole
?    evil ?    neighbor ?    return ?    work
?    fulfill ?    open ?    roof ?    youth

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Answers to “Better Than” Verses Quiz #1

  1. blameless, perverse
  2. roof, quarrelsome
  3. open, hidden
  4. neighbor, brother
  5. tranquility, toil
  6. return, work
  7. youth, king
  8. better, fulfill
  9. rebuke, song
  10. part, whole
  11. millstone, cause
  12. good, evil

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  1. Jim Hamlett says:

    Great exercise of “the little gray cells,” Clarice. I rarely score 100 on anything, but (if not’s considered braggin’) I managed to pull it off here. You’ve given me a great idea to use with the college class at church!

  2. noreenbawn says:

    Clarice…I must find a way to include some of these in my Christmas letter.

  3. ralph says:

    Great quiz! 🙂