Bible Characters Who Made Costly Mistakes: 10 Bible Quiz Questions and Answers

The Bible does not hide the failures of its heroes. Their costly mistakes are written for our learning, so that we may trust God and choose wisely.

Here are 10 Bible quiz questions on Bible Characters Who Made Costly Mistakes, with the answers and Bible references at the end. Use them for Sabbath School, youth meetings, family worship or personal study.

Questions

1. What did Esau sell for one morsel of meat?
   A) His birthright
   B) His land
   C) His sword
   D) His flocks
2. What did Moses do that kept him from entering Canaan?
   A) He broke the tables of stone
   B) He struck the rock instead of speaking to it
   C) He married Zipporah
   D) He went up Mount Nebo
3. What did Aaron make while Moses was on the mount?
   A) A bronze serpent
   B) A stone altar
   C) A golden calf
   D) A silver trumpet
4. Which priest fell backward and broke his neck when he heard the ark was taken?
   A) Samuel
   B) Zadok
   C) Abiathar
   D) Eli
5. Which king offered a burnt offering himself instead of waiting for Samuel?
   A) Saul
   B) David
   C) Solomon
   D) Ahab
6. What sins did David commit concerning Uriah's wife?
   A) Theft
   B) Adultery, and then the murder of Uriah
   C) Idolatry
   D) Lying to Saul
7. Whose counsel did Rehoboam follow, losing ten tribes?
   A) The old men's
   B) Nathan's
   C) The young men's
   D) Jeroboam's
8. What did Hezekiah show to the messengers from Babylon?
   A) Only the temple
   B) Nothing at all
   C) His army
   D) All his treasures
9. How much did Judas Iscariot receive for betraying Jesus?
   A) Thirty pieces of silver
   B) Twenty pieces of silver
   C) A field of gold
   D) Nothing
10. Why did Demas forsake Paul?
    A) He was sick
    B) He loved this present world
    C) He was arrested
    D) He went to preach elsewhere

Answers

1. A) His birthright (Hebrews 12:16)
2. B) He struck the rock instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:11-12)
3. C) A golden calf (Exodus 32:4)
4. D) Eli (1 Samuel 4:18)
5. A) Saul (1 Samuel 13:9-13)
6. B) Adultery, and then the murder of Uriah (2 Samuel 11:4, 15)
7. C) The young men's (1 Kings 12:13-16)
8. D) All his treasures (Isaiah 39:2-6)
9. A) Thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26:15)
10. B) He loved this present world (2 Timothy 4:10)