In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

• Genesis 41:8

Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.”

• Exodus 16:29

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

• Deuteronomy 11:18

but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”

• Hebrews 7:21

This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

• Hebrews 8:10

“This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits.

• Revelation 17:9

About a month ago, the quiz topic was about the word “thinking,” but you have to have a “mind” to think.

As I looked for verses, I was amused by the phrases associated with “mind.”  This is a matching quiz.  From the rest of the Bible verse, hopefully you can figure out what the author “had in” mind.  “Bear in” mind that I might “change my” mind.  But some people think I am “out of my” mind.

The concept is simple.  Match the appropriate expression to properly complete the verse.

These questions are in biblical order, half in each testament.  The words to complete each verse are in alphabetical order.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the ____ mind.
2	When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might ____ minds and return to Egypt.”
3	The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and ____ mind.
4	“Do all that you ____ mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
5	He won over the hearts of the men of Judah so that they were ____ mind. They sent word to the king, “Return, you and all your men.”
6	Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with ____ mind.’
7	When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is ____ mind.”
8	and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and ____ mind; and they were afraid.
9	“If the world hates you, ____ mind that it hated me first.
10	But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and ____ minds against the brothers.

Word Groups

all of one, all your, change their, confusion of, have in, in his right, keep in, matter in, out of his, poisoned their

I have had people who have said to me, “Are you out of your mind?”

Back then, I took it as an insult, and it was probably meant that way.

Then again, I have purposefully said inane things to lighten the mood.  They might have asked the question, but they were laughing at the time.

I think our minds do not always make good decisions when we are stressed out.  We often take the decision that is easy to accomplish at the moment.  But we may have just put a bandage in the wrong place and the bandage might need to be removed later.  But if we bought ourselves time, was it the wrong choice?

When I worked Facilities Management, that was often the case, putting a bandage on the severe problem to buy more time until the proper solution is available.

We make those decisions with our minds.  But how does the mind become distinguished from the brain or the soul?

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the ____ mind.	Genesis 37:11
2	When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might ____ minds and return to Egypt.”	Exodus 13:17
3	The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and ____ mind.	Deuteronomy 28:28
4	“Do all that you ____ mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”	1 Samuel 14:7
5	He won over the hearts of the men of Judah so that they were ____ mind. They sent word to the king, “Return, you and all your men.”	2 Samuel 19:14
6	Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with ____ mind.’	Matthew 22:37
7	When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is ____ mind.”	Mark 3:21
8	and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and ____ mind; and they were afraid.	Luke 8:35
9	“If the world hates you, ____ mind that it hated me first.	John 15:18
10	But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and ____ minds against the brothers.	Acts 14:2

I ended the last discussion with what are the distinguishing traits between: brain, mind, and soul?  The soul lives forever.  The brain is a physical thing.  When alive, it might house the mind, but it is still a brain after the body passes away.

You can take the brain from a cadaver and weigh it.  Does the brain weigh more when you have learned more?  In a search of that question, it seems that while learning, the brain’s weight and volume may increase, but then they normalize once that skill is mastered.  So, knowledge and memories are part of the brain, but the mind accesses them.

The mind has a consciousness.  There are some animals, not all, that have a certain sentience.  A dog is aware that it is in pain.  There is value within the dog to address that pain.  But other animals just keep going regardless.  Yet, most of what a dog does is from instinct.

The human has a soul.  We have a sense of right and wrong.  We have an advanced sentience, where we not only are aware of our existence, we are aware that we have a sense of awareness.

What will we carry with us to the next life?  I think that is the big question and the reason why many of us ponder the difference between brain, mind, and soul.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the ____ mind.	Genesis 37:11	His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
2	When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might ____ minds and return to Egypt.”	Exodus 13:17	When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
3	The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and ____ mind.	Deuteronomy 28:28	The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind.
4	“Do all that you ____ mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”	1 Samuel 14:7	“Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
5	He won over the hearts of the men of Judah so that they were ____ mind. They sent word to the king, “Return, you and all your men.”	2 Samuel 19:14	He won over the hearts of the men of Judah so that they were all of one mind. They sent word to the king, “Return, you and all your men.”
6	Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with ____ mind.’	Matthew 22:37	Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
7	When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is ____ mind.”	Mark 3:21	When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
8	and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and ____ mind; and they were afraid.	Luke 8:35	and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
9	“If the world hates you, ____ mind that it hated me first.	John 15:18	“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
10	But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and ____ minds against the brothers.	Acts 14:2	But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video, here is Risen Tunes singing Jesus, Guide My Path.

Here is Angie Killian Music with I am Thankful.  I have used this before, and I wonder why it took me this long to return to it.

Here is Danny Gokey singing Slow Down.  As I mentioned above, we may not make the best decisions when we are stressed out.

Psalm 46:10 “He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.’”

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.