1. How did they perish?
   Can these bones live?
2. Do you remember these people?
   Have you prayed for the bones?

In Ezekiel 37, God showed the prophet a vision of a valley with dry bones. The parched bones were symbolic of God's people who were in need of resuscitation. God's question to Ezekiel reaffirms the resurrection theme.

1. Once a day
   Two times a day
2. Three times a day
   Six times a day

Daniel 6:10 states that the prophet "kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime." Daniel continued to pray to God, ignoring the kingdom's laws against prayer.

1. A mantra
   A snake
2. A sword
   A rod

Moses used the same rod to part the Red Sea that he and Aaron used previously to conjure the numerous plagues against Egypt. Concerning the Red Sea, Exodus 14:16 recounts God's words to Moses: "But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it..."

1. With a sword
   With a sling and stone
2. With an ax
   With a rope

During the time that David lived, it was customary that shepherds carried slings. 1 Samuel 17:40 confirms the arsenal that David used against his enemy Goliath: "And he...chose him five smooth stones out of the brook...and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine."

1. God
   Jabal
2. Moses
   A burning bush

In the book of Genesis, God gives Noah specific instructions for building the ark. In Genesis 6, God offers Noah the reason for the ark: "The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark..."

1. Locust
   A morsel of bread
2. A spoonful of honey
   Raven meat

Elijah requested that the widow give him "a little cake first" before feeding herself and her son, according to 1 Kings 17:13. The prophet promised her, "The barrel of meal shall not waste...until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth." The widow complied, and they "did eat many days."

1. All of it
   One third
2. A triple portion
   A double portion

The second chapter of 2 Kings starts by establishing that "the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind." Before he left, Elijah says to his successor Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee." Elisha responds, "let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me."

1. Lighthearted questions
   Silly questions
2. Easy questions
   Hard questions

1 Kings 10 explicitly states that "when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions." She later remarked of Solomon's wisdom, "It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom."

1. 40 days and 40 nights
   One day
2. Three days and three nights
   One night

Jonah 1 records that "Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." Some biblical scholars have suggested that Jonah's experience foreshadowed Jesus's burial and resurrection, as Jesus was interred for three days and three nights.

1. Manna
   Wheat
2. Pumpernickel
   Wonder Bread

In Exodus 16, the children of Israel observed manna as "a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground." Exodus 16:35 confirms that "the children of Israel did eat manna forty years..."

1. A strong heart
   A bleeding heart
2. A cold heart
   An understanding heart

1 Kings 3:9 details that King Solomon asked God for "an understanding heart to judge thy people." Additionally, Solomon asked for the strength of reason so that he could "discern between good and bad."

1. Daniel
   Moses and Aaron
2. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
   King Solomon

Daniel 3 offers the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, all of whom refused to worship the king's gods and golden image. King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished when he observed four men in the fiery furnace, and not three. He reported that "the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."

1. He worked.
   He reversed creation.
2. He rested.
   He duplicated his work.

The creation story is found in the book of Genesis. "On the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work," according to Genesis 2:2. The following verse holds that "God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it..."

1. Mister know-it-all
   The pest
2. The wicked one
   The dreamer

Genesis 37 insists that Joseph's brothers "conspired against him to slay him." As Joseph approached his brothers, they sustained their contempt for him, saying, "Behold, this dreamer cometh."

1. Three
   Two
2. Seven
   Once

Supposedly, the number seven in the scriptures represents completion. At the very least, Joshua 6:3 repeats the number to emphasize its significance in the story: "And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times..."

1. Cancer
   Leprosy
2. Insanity
   Confusion

Because King Uzziah defiled God's law by trespassing into the sanctuary and burning incense there, he was smitten with leprosy. 2 Chronicles 26:19 documents the ordeal: "Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and...the leprosy even rose up in his forehead..."

1. Reuben
   Simeon
2. Levi
   Joseph

In Genesis, Jacob demonstrates the special love that he has for his son Joseph by making him "a coat of many colors." Genesis 37:3 states explicitly that "Israel [Jacob] loved Joseph more than all his children."

1. A small image
   A profane image
2. A great image
   An angelic image

In Daniel 2, King Nebuchadnezzar's "great image" describes a statue with a "head...of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay." The king perceives that the "form thereof was terrible."

1. A ram
   Moses
2. God
   Isaac

Genesis 22:1 presents God's test of Abraham's faith: "And it came to pass...that God did tempt Abraham." God commanded that Abraham sacrifice his son Isaac to prove his sincere devotion. As Abraham attempted to obey, an angel of God directed him to sacrifice a ram instead of his son.

1. A bent sword
   A dull sword
2. A flaming sword
   A blood-stained sword

After Adam and Eve defied God's orders not to eat "fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden," he cast them out. Genesis 3:24 specifies that God "drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword...to keep the way of the tree of life."

1. Cain and Abel
   Jacob and Esau
2. Moses and Aaron
   James and John

Genesis 4 communicates that "Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bare Cain," who tilled the ground. She later gave birth to his brother Abel, who "was a keeper of sheep."

1. Vengeance is mine.
   Anno Domini
2. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
   Eloi Eloi lama sabachthani

The handwriting on the wall was a direct response to King Belshazzar defiling God's sacred vessels. Daniel 5 interprets the message to the defiant king: "Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom...Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances...Peres; Thy kingdom is divided..." Upharsin is the plural of Peres.

1. Rahab
   Asenath
2. Candace
   Ephah

Joshua's spies sought refuge "into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there," according to Joshua 2. Rahab refused to "bring forth the men" to the king of Jericho. She allowed the spies to escape, and the scarlet rope signified that her family would be spared assault from the spies' army.

1. Wicked
   Blameless and upright
2. Outgoing
   Free-spirited

Job's Old Testament book details much about the man's personal life. The book starts by establishing the nature of his character, which was "perfect and upright," according to Job 1:1.

1. Death of firstborn
   Pestilence of livestock
2. Locusts
   Waters turned to blood

God's curse on the water was the first in a series of plagues that resulted from Pharaoh's refusal to release the children of Israel from bondage. The curses begin in Exodus 7:17, where God says, "I will smite with the rod...upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood."

1. A tiny nation
   A rhythm nation
2. A great nation
   A doomed nation

When God revealed to Abram that he would "make of thee a great nation," his name was not yet changed to Abraham. Genesis 12:2 confirms God's covenant with Abram: "I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing."

1. It was Abraham's request.
   The people rejected Moses.
2. The cities were flea-infested.
   Because of their grievous sin.

Genesis 18 states specifically: "And the Lord said, because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now..." God did not find one who was righteous among them that would have spared the cities from fire and brimstone.

1. Bernice
   Dinah
2. Hagar
   Mara

Naomi is a Hebrew name that means "pleasant." In Ruth 1, the town's women ask of her, "Is this Naomi?" She responds, "Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly [and not pleasantly] with me." The name Mara means "bitter" in Hebrew.

1. A foolish man
   A just man
2. A timid man
   A proud man

Noah's righteous character is mentioned several times in Genesis 6. Immediately after God promises to "destroy man...from the face of the earth," the chapter highlights that "Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." The chapter goes on to describe his uprightness: "Noah was a just man..."

1. Matzo
   Shewbread
2. Brioche
   Manna

The 12 loaves of bread, which represent the 12 tribes of Israel, were placed in two rows with six loaves in each row. In Exodus 25:30, God commands, "And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway."

1. Aholah and Aholibah
   Jael and Jemima
2. Leah and Lois
   Tirzah and Tabitha

"Samaria is Aholah [the elder] and Jerusalem Aholibah [her sister]," as stated in Ezekiel 23:4. Through prophet Ezekiel, God proclaims, "they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters." The renaming symbolizes the errant nature of the cities' inhabitants, like wandering harlots.

1. Gold
   Stone
2. Iron
   Spirit

Proverbs 27:17 offers the famous proverb, "Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of a friend." The resonant adage suggests that the characters of individuals are shaped by interactions with others.

1. Loyalty and faith
   Life, righteousness and honor
2. Justice and honesty
   Love and commitment

The Old Testament book of Proverbs is filled with words to live by, including Proverbs 21:21, which states: "He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness and honor." Stated in a simpler, more secular way, "You are what you attract."

1. Zeresh
   Mary Magdalene
2. Esther
   Priscilla

A Jewish orphan maiden from the town of Shushan, Esther became queen of Persia. She intervened with the king on behalf of her people to prevent their slaughter. As she was not sent for by the king in the instance referenced in Esther 4:16, she risked death.

1. King of Israel
   Mother in Israel
2. Queen of Persia
   Faithful harlot

Judges 5:7 reveals the title of respect assigned to Deborah: "The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel." The phrase connotes the people's trust in Deborah as a female and as a prophetess.