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New Year Bible Quiz

Fifteen questions on beginnings: first verses, new hearts, new mercies, and the long road of a reading plan. Built for the first youth group or small group night of the year.

Next New Year / read the Bible in a year: 2027-01-01. 15 questions, each with the passage it comes from.

1. 1How does the Bible's first verse begin?

   1. "In the beginning God"
   2. "Hear, O Israel"
   3. "The Lord is my shepherd"
   4. "Blessed is the man"
   Answer

   "In the beginning God" Genesis 1:1

   "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."

2. 2According to Lamentations, God's mercies are new every what?

   1. Sabbath
   2. Morning
   3. Year
   4. Hour
   Answer

   Morning Lamentations 3:22-23

   "Great is thy faithfulness" comes from the same passage.

3. 3Paul writes that anyone in Christ is a new what?

   1. Creature
   2. Nation
   3. Temple
   4. Covenant
   Answer

   Creature 2 Corinthians 5:17

   "Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

4. 4Which psalm calls God's word "a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"?

   1. Psalm 1
   2. Psalm 23
   3. Psalm 119
   4. Psalm 139
   Answer

   Psalm 119 Psalm 119:105

   The longest psalm, and all of it about God's word.

5. 5Paul forgets what lies behind and presses toward what?

   1. The mark, for the prize of the high calling
   2. The land of promise
   3. The crown of thorns
   4. The city of Jerusalem
   Answer

   The mark, for the prize of the high calling Philippians 3:13-14

   Written from prison, late in his ministry.

6. 6In Isaiah 43:19 God says, "Behold, I will do a new ___"

   1. Work
   2. Thing
   3. Covenant
   4. Way
   Answer

   Thing Isaiah 43:19

   "Shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness."

7. 7Who was told to meditate on the book of the law day and night?

   1. Moses
   2. Joshua
   3. Samuel
   4. Ezra
   Answer

   Joshua Joshua 1:8

   Said as he took over leadership after Moses died.

8. 8How many days did Jesus fast in the wilderness before being tempted?

   1. Seven
   2. Twelve
   3. Thirty
   4. Forty
   Answer

   Forty Matthew 4:2

   Forty days and forty nights, echoing Moses and Elijah.

9. 9Which book opens, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly"?

   1. Proverbs
   2. Psalms
   3. Ecclesiastes
   4. Job
   Answer

   Psalms Psalm 1:1

   The first psalm sets up the whole book as two ways to live.

10. 10In Revelation 21:5, the one on the throne says, "Behold, I make all things ___"

    1. New
    2. Well
    3. Whole
    4. Right
    Answer

    New Revelation 21:5

    Spoken as the new heaven and new earth appear.

11. 11God promises through Ezekiel to give a new heart and a new what?

    1. Name
    2. Spirit
    3. Law
    4. Land
    Answer

    Spirit Ezekiel 36:26

    "I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh."

12. 12Which feast marked the beginning of Israel's year?

    1. Pentecost
    2. Tabernacles
    3. Passover
    4. Purim
    Answer

    Passover Exodus 12:2; 13:4

    "This month shall be unto you the beginning of months."

13. 13Which psalm asks God to "teach us to number our days"?

    1. Psalm 51
    2. Psalm 90
    3. Psalm 103
    4. Psalm 121
    Answer

    Psalm 90 Psalm 90:12

    A psalm of Moses, on how short a life is.

14. 14Who wrote, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me"?

    1. Peter
    2. John
    3. Paul
    4. James
    Answer

    Paul Philippians 4:13

    Written about contentment in plenty and in want.

15. 15Hebrews tells us to lay aside every weight and run with patience what?

    1. The race that is set before us
    2. The course of this world
    3. The way everlasting
    4. The path of the just
    Answer

    The race that is set before us Hebrews 12:1

    Run "looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith."

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