He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

• 1 Samuel 17:43

The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float.

• 2 Kings 6:6

Because of thirst the infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth; the children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.

• Lamentations 4:4

sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! “‘Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick.

• Ezekiel 21:10

But I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales. I will pull you out from among your streams, with all the fish sticking to your scales.

• Ezekiel 29:4

“I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned to me,” declares the Lord.

• Amos 4:11

The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

• Zechariah 3:2

I think that I have had a quiz on stones, but maybe it was on rocks.  But with the thought that “Sticks and Stones” breaking bones, I decided to make verses with the word “stick” or “Sticks” into questions of some kind.  While there are 21 verses to choose from, all are in the Old Testament.

Remember that a stick can be a piece of wood, but as a verb, things can stick together.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	When Elijah approached the widow of Zarephath, why was she gathering sticks?
2	God reminds Job that God can resolve the problem of the dust becoming hard, and the clods of earth stick together?
3	In a psalm that Jesus quoted from the cross, King David says that his mouth is as dry as a potsherd, and what about his tongue?
4	In antithetic parallelism (contrasting opposites), having an unreliable friend comes to ruin, but a friend sticks closer than what?
5	When the offspring of a sorceress, adulterers and prostitutes mock and sneer, what do they stick out?
6	What has shriveled onto bones and is dry as a stick, according to Lamentations?
7	Among the Scripture quoted above, who is the river monster that has a hook in its jaw and fish sticking to its scales?
8	After Ezekiel experiences the dry bones, God tells him to gather two sticks.  He puts the sticks together to make one ‘stick.’  What does this illustrate?
9	Who is like a burning stick snatched from the fire, as described in the Amos Scripture above?
10	Who is the man that Zechariah compares to a burning stick?

The last two questions are referring to a burning stick.

God had rescued people, nations and individuals from trouble, trouble that they caused themselves.  Here they are.  They are like a stick on a fire, but God plucks them from the fire to save them.  Yet, they keep making the same mistakes and returning to the fire.

At some point they must repent.

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	When Elijah approached the widow of Zarephath, why was she gathering sticks?	1 Kings 17:12
2	God reminds Job that God can resolve the problem of the dust becoming hard, and the clods of earth stick together?	Job 38:38
3	In a psalm that Jesus quoted from the cross, King David says that his mouth is as dry as a potsherd, and what about his tongue?	Psalm 22:15
4	In antithetic parallelism (contrasting opposites), having an unreliable friend comes to ruin, but a friend sticks closer than what?	Proverbs 18:24
5	When the offspring of a sorceress, adulterers and prostitutes mock and sneer, what do they stick out?	Isaiah 57:4
6	What has shriveled onto bones and is dry as a stick, according to Lamentations?	Lamentations 4:8
7	Among the Scripture quoted above, who is the river monster that has a hook in its jaw and fish sticking to its scales?	Ezekiel 29:1-4
8	After Ezekiel experiences the dry bones, God tells him to gather two sticks.  He puts the sticks together to make one ‘stick.’  What does this illustrate?	Ezekiel 37:15-23
9	Who is like a burning stick snatched from the fire, as described in the Amos Scripture above?	Amos 4:11
10	Who is the man that Zechariah compares to a burning stick?	Zechariah 3:2

When we get stuck, we are often stuck because we put ourselves there.

About a month ago, I was stuck trying to think of a theme for this quiz.

So, when stuck, think of “stick.”

Sorry, that sounds weird, but God works in mysterious ways, and sometimes those ways are kind of weird.  But maybe that is because He knows my weirdly wired brain.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	When Elijah approached the widow of Zarephath, why was she gathering sticks?	1 Kings 17:12	To prepare their last bit of bread, then eat and die.
2	God reminds Job that God can resolve the problem of the dust becoming hard, and the clods of earth stick together?	Job 38:38	Rain or as written tipping over the water jars of heaven.
3	In a psalm that Jesus quoted from the cross, King David says that his mouth is as dry as a potsherd, and what about his tongue?	Psalm 22:15	It sticks to the roof of his mouth.
4	In antithetic parallelism (contrasting opposites), having an unreliable friend comes to ruin, but a friend sticks closer than what?	Proverbs 18:24	A brother
5	When the offspring of a sorceress, adulterers and prostitutes mock and sneer, what do they stick out?	Isaiah 57:4	Stick out their tongues
6	What has shriveled onto bones and is dry as a stick, according to Lamentations?	Lamentations 4:8	skin
7	Among the Scripture quoted above, who is the river monster that has a hook in its jaw and fish sticking to its scales?	Ezekiel 29:1-4	Egypt
8	After Ezekiel experiences the dry bones, God tells him to gather two sticks.  He puts the sticks together to make one ‘stick.’  What does this illustrate?	Ezekiel 37:15-23	One stick represents Judah, the other represents Joseph (Ephraim and the associated tribes).  God will one day unite them into one nation.
9	Who is like a burning stick snatched from the fire, as described in the Amos Scripture above?	Amos 4:11	Israel
10	Who is the man that Zechariah compares to a burning stick?	Zechariah 3:2	Joshua, the high priest

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video, here is Nappanee Missionary Church with Theresa Cummings singing Noel.  The 5^th grade class performs a “Stick Drama.”

Here is Rob Michelson with Sticks and Stones.

Here is Carrie Yost singing Sticks and Stones.

What if we used those sticks and stones to build instead of breaking bones.

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.