“Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with lapis lazuli.

• Isaiah 54:11

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Look! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”

• Jeremiah 25:32

I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in agony. Thebes will be taken by storm; Memphis will be in constant distress.

• Ezekiel 30:16

I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah that will consume her fortresses amid war cries on the day of battle, amid violent winds on a stormy day.

• Amos 1:14

The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.

• Nahum 2:4

This quiz is about the word “storm.”  It can be found in the NIV 42 times in the forms of storm, storms, or stormed.

There are a few questions where the answer is the name of an Old Testament book.  The questions are in biblical order.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	In the first use of the word storm in the NIV, what was the worst storm that ever hit Egypt since it had become a nation?
2	In the next five mentions of storm in the NIV, this person laments that he might never get a hearing to question his Judge and he might be crushed by a storm, multiplying his wounds.  Who makes this lament amidst his pain?
3	In what book of the Bible does it say that the Lord stirred up a tempest, a made the winds high; they staggered like drunkards; they were at their wit’s end and then he stilled the storm to a whisper?
4	Similar to what God provided the Israelites during the Exodus, one thing by day and another by night, Isaiah says a cloud similar to that will protect His people on Mount Zion.
5	Jeremiah is told not to plea for the people after they had broken God’s covenant.  God likens the people to an olive tree that was producing beautiful fruit, but a storm will come and do what to the tree?
6	In Revelation 20, the prophet speaks of a battle against Gog and Magog.  Where in the Old Testament is the battle against Gog and Magog mentioned where the army will advance like a storm, like a cloud covering the land.
7	The storm in question three sounds a lot like a storm in the three synoptic gospels.  Who calmed that storm?
8	When the ship carrying Paul to Rome was tossed in a storm, where did the shipwreck leave Paul and the others?
9	In the next to last mention of storm in the NIV, if they are not going to a mountain of fear, where there is darkness, gloom, and storm, what mountain are they going to?
10	“These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.” In the last reference to storm in the NIV, to whom is Peter referring?

This quiz was inspired by prayers, of a sort.  For the first two weekends after my wife passed away, there were tornadoes that ripped through the south, many of them being deadly.  There are many towns that may never be the same.

In one instance, I prayed as I watched the storm go around the town my son and his family were in, all huddled in the bathroom while I gave them updates on the storm’s location.  And the storm not doing as tornadoes usually do…

On each of those weekends, the following Saturday, strong winds came to our area and knocked out the power.

With that happening two weeks in a row, I thought a quiz about storms was in order.

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	In the first use of the word storm in the NIV, what was the worst storm that ever hit Egypt since it had become a nation?	Exodus 9:24
2	In the next five mentions of storm in the NIV, this person laments that he might never get a hearing to question his Judge and he might be crushed by a storm, multiplying his wounds.  Who makes this lament amidst his pain?	Chapter and verse 9:17
3	In what book of the Bible does it say that the Lord stirred up a tempest, a made the winds high; they staggered like drunkards; they were at their wit’s end and then he stilled the storm to a whisper?	Chapter and verse 107:25-29
4	Similar to what God provided the Israelites during the Exodus, one thing by day and another by night, Isaiah says a cloud similar to that will protect His people on Mount Zion.	Isaiah 4:5-6
5	Jeremiah is told not to plea for the people after they had broken God’s covenant.  God likens the people to an olive tree that was producing beautiful fruit, but a storm will come and do what to the tree?	Jeremiah 11:16
6	In Revelation 20, the prophet speaks of a battle against Gog and Magog.  Where in the Old Testament is the battle against Gog and Magog mentioned where the army will advance like a storm, like a cloud covering the land.	Chapter and verse 38:9
7	The storm in question three sounds a lot like a storm in the three synoptic gospels.  Who calmed that storm?	Matthew 8, Mark 4, Luke 8
8	When the ship carrying Paul to Rome was tossed in a storm, where did the shipwreck leave Paul and the others?	The storm in Acts 27.  The answer in Acts 28:1
9	In the next to last mention of storm in the NIV, if they are not going to a mountain of fear, where there is darkness, gloom, and storm, what mountain are they going to?	Hebrews 12:18
10	“These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.” In the last reference to storm in the NIV, to whom is Peter referring?	1 Peter 2:17

But these storms brought an old memory to mind.  On the second date that I had with the woman who would become my bride, I dreamed up the idea of going to the beach and having a picnic.  I dug a hole in the sand and I blocked the hole with my sports car (a Datsun 260Z).  But the wind was still so strong that I could not keep the fire lit.

While I focused on the fire, and the lack there of, my future wife looked at the Gulf of Mexico.  At one point, she came around the car where I was working and she said, “I think we should forget about the fire and go back to your apartment and cook the food there.  I have seen these kinds of clouds before, and I think it may not be safe to stay here.”

I had noticed that it was getting darker, but I thought the sun was setting.  I saw the storm clouds and then gathered up the gear and loaded it into the car.

We were still ahead of the storm when we reached the intercoastal waterway, west of the oil refineries that are west of Port Arthur, Texas.  She asked me to stop on top of the bridge, since no one was following us.

We counted fourteen funnel clouds along the horizon.  The next day, the weatherman claimed that sixteen tornadoes had touched down.  I called my future wife and joked that we missed two of them.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	In the first use of the word storm in the NIV, what was the worst storm that ever hit Egypt since it had become a nation?	Exodus 9:24	The plague of Hail.  Hail was the seventh of the ten plagues of Egypt.
2	In the next five mentions of storm in the NIV, this person laments that he might never get a hearing to question his Judge and he might be crushed by a storm, multiplying his wounds.  Who makes this lament amidst his pain?	Chapter and verse 9:17	Job.  And the five mentions of storm is the most of any book in the Bible.
3	In what book of the Bible does it say that the Lord stirred up a tempest, a made the winds high; they staggered like drunkards; they were at their wit’s end and then he stilled the storm to a whisper?	Chapter and verse 107:25-29	Psalm
4	Similar to what God provided the Israelites during the Exodus, one thing by day and another by night, Isaiah says a cloud similar to that will protect His people on Mount Zion.	Isaiah 4:5-6	A cloud of smoke by day and fire by night – the glory of God which will be a refuge and a hiding place from storm and rain.
5	Jeremiah is told not to plea for the people after they had broken God’s covenant.  God likens the people to an olive tree that was producing beautiful fruit, but a storm will come and do what to the tree?	Jeremiah 11:16	Set it on fire and break its branches.
6	In Revelation 20, the prophet speaks of a battle against Gog and Magog.  Where in the Old Testament is the battle against Gog and Magog mentioned where the army will advance like a storm, like a cloud covering the land.	Chapter and verse 38:9	Ezekiel 38:9
7	The storm in question three sounds a lot like a storm in the three synoptic gospels.  Who calmed that storm?	Matthew 8, Mark 4, Luke 8	Jesus
8	When the ship carrying Paul to Rome was tossed in a storm, where did the shipwreck leave Paul and the others?	The storm in Acts 27.  The answer in Acts 28:1	Malta
9	In the next to last mention of storm in the NIV, if they are not going to a mountain of fear, where there is darkness, gloom, and storm, what mountain are they going to?	Hebrews 12:18	Mount Zion, the mountain of Joy
10	“These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.” In the last reference to storm in the NIV, to whom is Peter referring?	1 Peter 2:17	False Prophets and / or Teachers

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video.  Here is Ryan Stevenson singing Eye of the Storm. 

And here is Casting Crowns singing Praise You in this Storm.

And here is Michael Lining singing A Shelter in the Time of Storm.

If you like these Saturday morning Bible quizzes, but you think you missed a few, you can use this LINK. I have set up a page off the home page for links to these Saturday morning posts. I will continue to modify the page as I add more.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.