Bible Characters Who Made Costly Mistakes Bible Quiz

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1. What did Esau sell for one morsel of meat?A) His birthright · B) His land · C) His sword · D) His flocks

   His birthright (Hebrews 12:16)

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

   He struck the rock instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:11-12)

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

   A golden calf (Exodus 32:4)

4. Which priest fell backward and broke his neck when he heard the ark was taken?A) Samuel · B) Zadok · C) Abiathar · D) Eli

   Eli (1 Samuel 4:18)

5. Which king offered a burnt offering himself instead of waiting for Samuel?A) Saul · B) David · C) Solomon · D) Ahab

   Saul (1 Samuel 13:9-13)

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

   Adultery, and then the murder of Uriah (2 Samuel 11:4, 15)

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

   The young men's (1 Kings 12:13-16)

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

   All his treasures (Isaiah 39:2-6)

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

   Thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26:15)

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

    He loved this present world (2 Timothy 4:10)