Bible Challenge - Teachings 2

Good Evening to All!

Hopefully, I will be able to post this after I get it typed. As you know I have been having a lot of trouble lately getting my Blog posted. So after saying a little prayer and mentally keeping my fingers crossed (as it would be hard to type with crossed fingers) LOL, I am plodding onward with the Bible Challenge of "TEACHINGS 2". I usually don't like to post too much of a good thing, but to me this subject was interesting, so I thought I would just continue for a while longer.

1. Psalm 134 directs what specific group of people to praise the LORD? (No Hint needed)
a) those in bondage
b) the Israelite nation
c) servants in the house of the Lord
d) young people

2. Proverbs 28 teaches that it's foolish to trust in your own __________. (Proverbs 28:26)
a) ability
b) wisdom
c) heart
d) strength

3. In the Beatitudes, Jesus said these people will obtain mercy. (Matthew 5:7)
a) those who are poor
b) those who are just
c) those who are obedient
d) those who are merciful
4. Jesus' warning about false prophets inspired the modern adage about___________. (Matthew 7:15)
a) the pot calling the kettle black
b) wolves in sheeps' clothing
c) a stitch in time
d) a bird in the hand
5. Speaking of His second coming, Jesus said it would be prefaced by a time of "famines, and pestilences, and ______________, in divers places. (Matthew 24:7)
a) floods
b) burning cities
c) earthquakes
d) hail storms

6. In John's Gospel account, the famous "ask and it shall be given" promise by Jesus is prefaced by a vital but often overlooked "if"condition. What is the requirement? (John 15:7)

7. In his letter to the Romans, Chapter 1, Paul explained that the just shall olive by _____________.(Romans 1:;17)
a) perseverance
b) faith
c) works
d) a peaceful river

8. The apostle Paul once likened Sarah's handmaid Hagar to _____.
(Galatians 4:24-25)
a) Babylon
b) a martyr
c) the Tower of Babel
d) Mount Sinai

9. The apostle James warned that the tongue can be ________. (James 3:8)

10. The apostle John wrote that "he that _________not knoweth not God." (1 John 4:8)
a) loveth
b) repenteth
c) prayeth
d) none of the above

Good Night and May God Bless!