“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites. Since he was as zealous for my honor among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal.

• Numbers 25:11

If you violate the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land he has given you.”

• Joshua 23:16

When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger.

• 1 Samuel 11:6

This happened because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel.

• 1 Kings 15:30

He served and worshiped Baal and aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.

• 1 Kings 22:53

It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence.
Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

• 2 Kings 24:20

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.

• Ephesians 4:26-27

The last quoted verse ties in the title.  Do not let the sun set on your anger, thus this is a quiz about verses containing the word “anger.”  No angry birds here.  Angered is part of the answer to one question.  There are well over two hundred mentions of “anger” in the Old Testament.  There are a whopping twelve references to anger in the New Testament,

The questions are in biblical order.  The last four questions are from the New Testament.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	In the first use of “anger” in the NIV, a woman shows her husband a cloak and tells him that his slave had attempted to sleep with her.  Who then burned with anger and put his Hebrew slave into prison?
2	When is the first time that the Lord’s anger burned?  This is when someone said he was slow in speech.  A bonus for the Lord’s solution.
3	God talks about taking care of the widows and orphans (fatherless) throughout the Scriptures, but in one of the miscellaneous laws, under social responsibilities, God’s anger is promised to burn so that those guilty will be killed by the sword and their wives will become widows and their children will become fatherless.  What heinous crime is being discussed?
4	Before Moses reaches the frontier of the Promised Land and after they received the Law at Mount Sinai, before he sends the twelve spies into the Land, the Lord’s anger burns twice.  The people complain about no meat and God sends quail and the very next story is about a rebellion against Moses within his own family.  What were the two punishments?
5	When Joshua attacked Ai, he was repelled.  God let him know that there was sin in the camp.  And Achan, from the tribe of Judah was identified.  What was his sin?
6	King Xerxes of Persia had thrown a lengthy celebration, followed by a seven-day long banquet.  While he and his companions were drunk what happened to make him burn with anger?
7	While Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers in each of the Gospels, do any of the Gospels say He was angry?
8	How can a chapter devoted to “love” have a verse about anger?
9	Hebrews 3 talks about unbelievers never entering God’s rest, but it quotes God saying never resting as it related to what happened to the Israelites before they took the Promised Land?
10	Why does the author of James say human anger does not produce?

I came up with this quiz more than a week ago.  I decided to make anger the theme of yesterday’s Babs and Harold Conversation.  But there are so many references to anger in the Old Testament.  And before you point out that God was angry a lot, those references do not all point to the Lord’s anger or God being angry.  Besides “wrath” is still fair game for a quiz someday.

No, people get angry.  It is a common emotion.  These days, we need to tone down our anger.  The sides are so divided that there is a gulf between the sides in arguments, yet with all that space, there is no room for common ground.  I might compromise on many topics.  I might let some things go, but when it comes to God, I cannot compromise.

And over my lifetime, I think I have been angry over people not accepting Jesus as their Savior.  But God loves them, and He lets them make their free choice to choose a place without God.  The Lake of Fire will not be pleasant, but you will not find God there.

I have spent a lot of time in prayer, wondering why the people I love reject God.  And some of them control the narrative so that as soon as you mention God, the fight starts.  To have peace, you cannot do what is the most natural thing for a believer to do, talk about Jesus.  That would make the most calm person in the world angry.

But salvation requires the work of the Holy Spirit.  So, maybe I did not pray enough.  Maybe I did not use the right words, although I know the Holy Spirit helps us in that department.  So, maybe my anger has been misplaced.  As the old fellow used to say, “I was barking up the wrong tree.”

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	In the first use of “anger” in the NIV, a woman shows her husband a cloak and tells him that his slave had attempted to sleep with her.  Who then burned with anger and put his Hebrew slave into prison?	Genesis 39:6-20
2	When is the first time that the Lord’s anger burned?  This is when someone said he was slow in speech.  A bonus for the Lord’s solution.	Exodus 4:14
3	God talks about taking care of the widows and orphans (fatherless) throughout the Scriptures, but in one of the miscellaneous laws, under social responsibilities, God’s anger is promised to burn so that those guilty will be killed by the sword and their wives will become widows and their children will become fatherless.  What heinous crime is being discussed?	Exodus 22:22-24
4	Before Moses reaches the frontier of the Promised Land and after they received the Law at Mount Sinai, before he sends the twelve spies into the Land, the Lord’s anger burns twice.  The people complain about no meat and God sends quail and the very next story is about a rebellion against Moses within his own family.  What were the two punishments?	Numbers 11:33 and Numbers 12:9-10
5	When Joshua attacked Ai, he was repelled.  God let him know that there was sin in the camp.  And Achan, from the tribe of Judah was identified.  What was his sin?	Joshua 7:20-21
6	King Xerxes of Persia had thrown a lengthy celebration, followed by a seven-day long banquet.  While he and his companions were drunk what happened to make him burn with anger?	Esther 1:12
7	While Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers in each of the Gospels, do any of the Gospels say He was angry?	N/A
8	How can a chapter devoted to “love” have a verse about anger?	1 Corinthians 13:5
9	Hebrews 3 talks about unbelievers never entering God’s rest, but it quotes God saying never resting as it related to what happened to the Israelites before they took the Promised Land?	Hebrews 3:11
10	Why does the author of James say human anger does not produce?	James 1:20

In yesterday’s Babs and Harold story, I talked about some of my wife’s and my arguments.  Not the content.  I cannot remember the content of any of our arguments, until the sun went down, and I would quote Ephesians 4:26-27.  Husbands of the world, do not quote that Scripture when your wife is angry.  It escalates the argument, and she digs in her heals.

And then the argument becomes, “This argument is keeping me from my sleep.  We will continue to argue tomorrow, but you can sleep on the couch.  No one messes with my sleep!”  As I wrote yesterday, maybe only twice after that argument ending statement, and usually slamming the bedroom door, maybe twice did she ever come into the living room, to the couch, to cuddle – never to apologize.

After my wife accepted Jesus after twenty-five years, my wife and I argued, and she said she was sorry.  Note: She did not say she was wrong, just sorry for arguing.  I did something very stupid.  I held up four fingers and smiled.  She asked what that was for.  I said that is the fourth time since we were married that she ever said that she was sorry.  She punched me, but then she asked me whether that was correct.  I said it was to the best of my memory.  Then she said she was sorry for the countless times before, but the Holy Spirit had not been her guide then.

We can talk a good story about getting along with others, but to really accomplish that feat, it takes the Love of God in the relationship.  Other forms of “love” are never long-lasting.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	In the first use of “anger” in the NIV, a woman shows her husband a cloak and tells him that his slave had attempted to sleep with her.  Who then burned with anger and put his Hebrew slave into prison?	Genesis 39:6-20	Potiphar put Joseph in Prison, but Potiphar’s wife had not told the truth.
2	When is the first time that the Lord’s anger burned?  This is when someone said he was slow in speech.  A bonus for the Lord’s solution.	Exodus 4:14	Moses was told to go back to Egypt and ask Pharoah to let the Israelites go free.  And the Lord said that Aaron could help him talk.
3	God talks about taking care of the widows and orphans (fatherless) throughout the Scriptures, but in one of the miscellaneous laws, under social responsibilities, God’s anger is promised to burn so that those guilty will be killed by the sword and their wives will become widows and their children will become fatherless.  What heinous crime is being discussed?	Exodus 22:22-24	If anyone takes advantage of the widows and fatherless.
4	Before Moses reaches the frontier of the Promised Land and after they received the Law at Mount Sinai, before he sends the twelve spies into the Land, the Lord’s anger burns twice.  The people complain about no meat and God sends quail and the very next story is about a rebellion against Moses within his own family.  What were the two punishments?	Numbers 11:33 and Numbers 12:9-10	They are hit with a severe plague while the meat was still in their mouths.  And Miriam becomes leprous.
5	When Joshua attacked Ai, he was repelled.  God let him know that there was sin in the camp.  And Achan, from the tribe of Judah was identified.  What was his sin?	Joshua 7:20-21	The Israelites were instructed to leave everything in Jericho for the Lord, no plunder, but Achan took a Babylonian robe, some silver, and a bar of gold.  In short, he took plunder.  And this accounts for two references to the Lord’s anger in all of Joshua.
6	King Xerxes of Persia had thrown a lengthy celebration, followed by a seven-day long banquet.  While he and his companions were drunk what happened to make him burn with anger?	Esther 1:12	He summoned Queen Vashti, and she refused to come to him.
7	While Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers in each of the Gospels, do any of the Gospels say He was angry?	N/A	No.  He looked at the Pharisees in anger (Mark 3:1-6) when they would not answer His question about whether it was best to do good or evil on the Sabbath.
8	How can a chapter devoted to “love” have a verse about anger?	1 Corinthians 13:5	Love is not easily angered.
9	Hebrews 3 talks about unbelievers never entering God’s rest, but it quotes God saying never resting as it related to what happened to the Israelites before they took the Promised Land?	Hebrews 3:11	These verses are about the initial people who came out of Egypt and God had them wander in the wilderness until that generation died off (Joshua and Caleb being the exceptions, for they believed).
10	Why does the author of James say human anger does not produce?	James 1:20	The righteousness that God desires

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video, here is Joshua Miller singing Slow to Anger.

Here is Unspoken singing God Help Me.

Here is Austin French singing Why God?

Here is Phil Wickham singing Battle Belongs.

Anger is a natural emotion, but we must wallow in it.  We must never wrap ourselves in a grand robe of anger and live in anger.  Ephesians 4:26-27 does not say that anger is a sin, but we should not let it become a sin.  We must never identify with that anger and live in it.  Let our anger take us to our knees, and let God fight our battles.  For the battle belong to God.

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.