Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

• Nehemiah 1:2

In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.

• Daniel 1:20

Jesus replied, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

• Mark 11:39

Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

• 1 Timothy 3:16

This is a quiz about verses containing the word “question,” but it could be questions, questioned, questioning, etc.  There are 57 verses to choose from in the NIV.

The questions are in biblical order.  And all but the last two questions are from the Old Testament.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	Israel turned to his ten older sons and asked why they even brought up the fact that they had a younger brother.  The sons said that this Egyptian kept asking questions.  Who was the Egyptian official?
2	Gideon was chasing Zebah and Zalmunna to complete the defeat of the Midianites.  Gideon questioned a young man of Sukkoth to find there were 77 elders there.  He swore he would punish them with desert thorns and briers.  What did Sukkoth not do that caused Gideon’s anger?
3	Before Jephthah went into battle against the Ammonites, what question did he pose to the Ammonite king?
4	A member of royalty came to Solomon to ask hard questions.  Solomon answered all the questions, but the Scriptures do not mention what the questions were.  Who was this royal visitor?
5	A letter was sent to King Darius explaining how they had asked who had authorized them to start the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  Who wrote the letter?
6	Esther made a request of King Xerxes, but she would not ask her question until the king and one other person came to a private banquet that she had prepared.  Who was the person she wished to entrap?
7	Job is talking, but he explains that someone else told him to listen, and when asked questions, answer them.  Of whom was Job speaking?
8	Jeremiah had been thrown into a cistern, but Ebed-Melek, a Cushite, rescued him.  Afterwards, Zedekiah had a private consultation with Jeremiah.  Jeremiah told Zedekiah what he had already said, but then Zedekiah asked a favor of Jeremiah.  What was it?
9	When the chief priests and teachers of the Law demanded that Jesus tell them from whom He had authority, Jesus asked them a question before answering.  What was the question Jesus asked?
10	The Apostle Paul tells the Corinthians what they can eat.  They could eat anything according to their what?

One of my favorite television shows is Hard Questions on the Cornerstone Television Network.  They have several ways of getting questions from viewers and many of the questions are indeed hard questions to answer.  Sometimes, the four pastors get emotional, passionate about their answers, but they always try to answer them from the Bible.

The only place in the Scriptures that talks of “hard questions” is the story of question four in the quiz.  We do not know the questions, only that the person being asked was able to answer them all.

Sometimes, we have hard questions, and there is no panel of pastors available to answer the questions.  When I was about to have two surgeries in a two and a half week period, I surged ahead on my writing.  The last time that I skipped a day was when I have kidney stones the last time, in 2018.  So, I was almost three weeks ahead of schedule.

But then, the second of these two procedures did not work completely.  The same procedure had to be repeated two weeks later.  And in the meantime, I came down with two infections.  The urinary infection was of little consequence to how I felt, but the sinus infection was the worst that I have had since high school.  I hardly looked at the computer for a full week and a half.

The result was that I was less than a week ahead when I finally got back to writing after the last catheter was removed.  I find it nearly impossible to write while having a dilation catheter in place – too hard to sit down without a lot of pain.

I could have asked God a lot of questions, but I only came up with one.  God, I have that feeling that I am behind.  I do not like this feeling.  Can you help me with the feeling and with my writing once I am back up to my usual routine?  No more questions for now because God always has a purpose, so asking the why can wait.

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	Israel turned to his ten older sons and asked why they even brought up the fact that they had a younger brother.  The sons said that this Egyptian kept asking questions.  Who was the Egyptian official?	Genesis 43:6-7
2	Gideon was chasing Zebah and Zalmunna to complete the defeat of the Midianites.  Gideon questioned a young man of Sukkoth to find there were 77 elders there.  He swore he would punish them with desert thorns and briers.  What did Sukkoth not do that caused Gideon’s anger?	Judges 8:13-17
3	Before Jephthah went into battle against the Ammonites, what question did he pose to the Ammonite king?	Judges 11:12
4	A member of royalty came to Solomon to ask hard questions.  Solomon answered all the questions, but the Scriptures do not mention what the questions were.  Who was this royal visitor?	1 Kings 10:1-3 or 2 Chronicles 9:1-3
5	A letter was sent to King Darius explaining how they had asked who had authorized them to start the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  Who wrote the letter?	Ezra 5:9
6	Esther made a request of King Xerxes, but she would not ask her question until the king and one other person came to a private banquet that she had prepared.  Who was the person she wished to entrap?	Esther 5:7-8
7	Job is talking, but he explains that someone else told him to listen, and when asked questions, answer them.  Of whom was Job speaking?	Job 42:4
8	Jeremiah had been thrown into a cistern, but Ebed-Melek, a Cushite, rescued him.  Afterwards, Zedekiah had a private consultation with Jeremiah.  Jeremiah told Zedekiah what he had already said, but then Zedekiah asked a favor of Jeremiah.  What was it?	Jeremiah 38:14
9	When the chief priests and teachers of the Law demanded that Jesus tell them from whom He had authority, Jesus asked them a question before answering.  What was the question Jesus asked?	Luke 20:1-8
10	The Apostle Paul tells the Corinthians what they can eat.  They could eat anything according to their what?	1 Corinthians 10:25-27

Do you have a lot of questions that you want God to answer when you get to Heaven?

They could be theological questions that kind of take care of themselves when we are in His presence.  Maybe you wonder about who really assassinated JFK.  You might want to know where in Heaven your grandmother is.

I like the old joke about the first two questions that we will ask when we get to Heaven: “Where is so-and-so?” and “What is THAT person doing here?”  It is a cautionary joke in that God makes those decisions and we do not, but then our sin nature is gone, and we understand the ‘why’ of God better.  So, we might not ask either of those questions.

But the more that I ponder being in a big bear hug with Jesus, I wonder if I will have any questions at all.

I might be in that bear hug for a few months, or however time is handled in Heaven, and Jesus might ask, “I came over to answer your questions.”  And I might just answer, “Maybe after we hug for a few more months.”

Ask questions?  That might be the furthest thing from our minds when we are in the presence of Almighty God.

But while here on earth, we have questions and as the first song below says, “It’s okay to have questions.”

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	Israel turned to his ten older sons and asked why they even brought up the fact that they had a younger brother.  The sons said that this Egyptian kept asking questions.  Who was the Egyptian official?	Genesis 43:6-7	Their brother Joseph
2	Gideon was chasing Zebah and Zalmunna to complete the defeat of the Midianites.  Gideon questioned a young man of Sukkoth to find there were 77 elders there.  He swore he would punish them with desert thorns and briers.  What did Sukkoth not do that caused Gideon’s anger?	Judges 8:13-17	The city of Sukkoth refused to give Gideon’s army of 300 men bread or anything to drink.  They were in need of sustenance.
3	Before Jephthah went into battle against the Ammonites, what question did he pose to the Ammonite king?	Judges 11:12	“What do you have against me that you have attacked my country?” or basically why are you being aggressive?  The king replied that Israel had conquered his land, but then Jephthah gave him a history lesson.  The land was not Ammonite land.
4	A member of royalty came to Solomon to ask hard questions.  Solomon answered all the questions, but the Scriptures do not mention what the questions were.  Who was this royal visitor?	1 Kings 10:1-3 or 2 Chronicles 9:1-3	The Queen of Sheba
5	A letter was sent to King Darius explaining how they had asked who had authorized them to start the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  Who wrote the letter?	Ezra 5:9	Officials of Trans-Euphrates.  Specifically, Tattenai (governor) and Shether Bozenai
6	Esther made a request of King Xerxes, but she would not ask her question until the king and one other person came to a private banquet that she had prepared.  Who was the person she wished to entrap?	Esther 5:7-8	Haman, who wanted to kill all the Jews.
7	Job is talking, but he explains that someone else told him to listen, and when asked questions, answer them.  Of whom was Job speaking?	Job 42:4	The Lord
8	Jeremiah had been thrown into a cistern, but Ebed-Melek, a Cushite, rescued him.  Afterwards, Zedekiah had a private consultation with Jeremiah.  Jeremiah told Zedekiah what he had already said, but then Zedekiah asked a favor of Jeremiah.  What was it?	Jeremiah 38:14	Do not tell anyone that the two of them had this private conversation.
9	When the chief priests and teachers of the Law demanded that Jesus tell them from whom He had authority, Jesus asked them a question before answering.  What was the question Jesus asked?	Luke 20:1-8	“John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin?”  They could not answer, and thus Jesus did not answer their question.
10	The Apostle Paul tells the Corinthians what they can eat.  They could eat anything according to their what?	1 Corinthians 10:25-27	Their conscience

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video, here is 7eventh Time Down singing Questions.

And here is CeCe Winans singing Jesus is the Answer.  The Martins are backing her up.

And here is Gaither Vocal Band singing Songs that Answer Questions.

Sadly, I could probably add many of my quiz questions, but if it gets people reading the Bible, I will keep asking them.

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.