Hosea Chapters
1 - 3
1 - 3
When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, who was the king of Israel?
(a) Ahaz
(b) Uzziah
(c) Hezekiah
(d) Jeroboam
(d) Jeroboam
Select the correct reference: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge……”
(a) Hosea 4:6
(b) Hosea 6:4
(c) Hosea 14:6
(d) Hosea 4:16
(a) Hosea 4:6
To which king was the idol at Beth Aven’ presented as a gift?
(a) Nebuchadnezzar
(b) Tilgath-Pilezer
(c) Sennacherib
(d) Jareb
(d) Jareb
Fill in the blank:
“For the love of money is _______ root of all kinds of evil..”
(a) a
(b) the
(c) the real
(d) the main
(b) the
He greatly resisted Paul and did him much harm - who?
(a) Conan, the barbarian
(b) Tychicus the goldsmith
(c) Acquia the tentmaker
(d) Alexander the coppersmith
(d) Alexander the coppersmith
As God instructed, Hosea named his first child….?
(a) Joash
(b) Jehu
(c) Jezreel
(d) Jehoshaphat
(c) Jezreel
According to Hosea’s prophecy, when Ephraim saw his sickness what did he do?
(a) Sent for the prophet
(b) Cried out to the Lord God
(c) Went to Judah, sent to King Asa
(d) Went to Assyria, sent to King Jareb
(d) Went to Assyria, sent to King Jareb
“After repentance and restoration, he shall grow like the lily, and lengthen his roots like Lebanon. Who is he?
(a) Jacob
(b) Judah
(c) Israel
(d) Zebulun
(c) Israel
To which group of people was the following instruction to be directed:
“Let them do good, that they may be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share,….”
(a) the scribes and the pharisees
(b) the tax collectors
(c) the rich
(d) the widows
(c) the rich
From Paul’s perspective, this disciple did not finish well; he abandoned Paul and went to Thessalonica…who?
(a) Crescens
(b) Titus
(c) Mark
(d) Dema
(d) Dema
After his call, God’s first task for Hosea was ….?
(a) ‘Go sacrifice burnt offerings’
(b) 'Go shave’
(c) ‘Go anoint Jehu as king’
(d) ‘Go marry’
(d) ‘Go marry’
God says Ephraim and Judah will earnestly seek him (when?)
(a) When He gives them peace on all sides
(b) In their time of need
(c) When He sends a bountiful harvest
(d) In their affliction
(d) In their affliction
“The sorrows of a woman in childbirth will come upon him, he is an unwise son.” Who is he?
(a) Ephraim
(b) Judah
(c) Jacob
(d) Naphtali
(a) Ephraim
Fill in the blank: “Do not lay hands on anyone ______________________, nor share in other people’s sin; keep yourself pure.”
(a) Emotionally
(b) Without due consideration
(c) Without prompting
(d) Hastily
(d) Hastily
This disciple regained Paul’s trust after a prior disappointment:
(a) Demas
(b) Mark
(c) Epaphroditus
(d) Cleopas
(b) Mark
In response to the Lord’s instruction, Hosea married …who?
(a) Jezebel
(b) Hannah
(c) Gomer
(d) Delilah
(c) Gomer
Select the correct reference: “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”
(a) Hosea 6:16
(b) Hosea 4:16
(c) Hosea 6:16
(d) Hosea 6:6
(d) Hosea 6:6
Hosea’s prophecy discloses the following charge: “He took his brother by heel in the womb, and in his strength he struggled with God.” Who is he?
(a) Israel, northern kingdom
(b) Jacobites
(c) Judah, southern kingdom
(d) Ephraimites
(c) Judah, southern kingdom
Fill in the blank: “This is a faithful saying worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am __________________. “
(a) Worst
(b) Chief
(c) Leader
(d) Cornerstone
(b) Chief
Select the correct reference: “Nevertheless, I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him, until that day.”
(a) 2 Tim. 12:1
(b) 1 Tim. 1:12
(c) 1 Tim. 2:12
(d) 2 Tim. 1:12
(d) 2 Tim. 1:12
By naming Hosea’s second child ‘Lo-Ruhamah’. God declared that:
(a) He will have mercy on Israel
(b) He will have no mercy on Judah
(c) He will have mercy on Judah
(d) He will have no mercy on Judah
(b) He will have no mercy on Judah
Fill in the blank: “As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the _________________________________ murder on the way to Shechem;”
(a) evildoers
(b) Levites
(c) company of priests
(d) house of David
(c) company of priests
“They shall say to the mountains, cover us!’ and to the hills, ‘fall on us!” To which ‘northern’ city was this prophecy particularly directed?
(a) Gilead
(b) Samaria
(c) Shechem
(d) Shiloh
(b) Samaria
Jamila, a member of the Ephesian church, lost her husband and adult sons in a shipwreck off the coast of Malta. Now, fifty-five years old and all alone, she supports the ministry and, as God enables her, ministers to the needs of the saints to the knowledge and appreciation of the community.
Will Jamila be added to the number of widows supported by the church?
(a) Yes, because she still tithes
(b) No, because she is less than 60 years old
(c) No, because she can re-marry.
(d) Yes, because she is all alone and known for her good works.
(d) Yes, because she is all alone and known for her good works.
Select the correct reference: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”.
(a) I Tim. 4:7
(b) 2 Tim. 7:4
(c) 2 Tim. 4:7
(d) 1 Tim. 3:4
(c) 2 Tim. 4:7
Per God’s instructions, what kind of wife was Hosea to take?
(a) A wife of faith
(b) A wicked wife
(c) A wife of harlotry
(d) A beautiful wife
(c) A wife of harlotry
Because of its futile reliance on surrounding nations, God likens Ephraim to a..?
(a) Lazy dog
(b) Bald eagle
(c) Blind bat
(d) Silly dove
(d) Silly dove
As punishment for Israel’s sin, the prophet names some strange ‘gifts’; fill in the blanks: “Give them, O Lord – what will You give? Give them ____________________________ and ____________________________ !”
(a) fertile loins & full bodies
(b) empty breasts & agile bones
(c) a miscarrying womb & dry breasts
(d) fertile wombs & flowing breasts
(c) a miscarrying womb & dry breasts
85. Select the correct reference: “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
(a) 2 Tim. 8:5
(b) 1 Tim. 5:8
(c) 1 Tim 8:5
(d) 2 Tim. 5:8
(b) 1 Tim. 5:8
By profitable service in righteousness, the man of God is made complete such that he is……?
(a) Thoroughly equipped for life with gentiles
(b) Thoroughly equipped to shine like the stars
(c) Thoroughly prepared for the scribes and pharisees
(d) Thoroughly equipped for every good work
(d) Thoroughly equipped for every good work
In Hosea’s prophecy, the ‘day of Jezreel’ is a promised…..?
(a) Day of Judgment for Israel
(b) Day of restoration for Israel & Judah
(c) Day of fire & brimstone for all nations
(d) Day of restoration for Judah
(a) Day of Judgment for Israel
Complete the following declaration from Hosea’s prophecy: “Because you have rejected knowledge, …..
(a) I will also reject your sacrifices
(b) I will also reject your children
(c) I will also reject you from my covenant
(d) I will also reject you from being priest for Me
(d) I will also reject you from being priest for Me
In his prophecy, Hosea saw the inhabitants of Samaria gripped with fear. Why?
(a) a siege laid by Sennacherib
(b) Samaritans worshipping in the high places
(c) glory departed from the calf of Beth Aven
(d) the statue of Baal is captured
(c) glory departed from the calf of Beth Aven
Paul declares that bondservants should count their masters worthy of all honor so that….?
(a) They may receive a good welcome in heaven
(b) Their testimony would not be compromised
(c) The church will be proved law-abiding
(d) God and His doctrine will not be blasphemed
(d) God and His doctrine will not be blasphemed
Paul’s charge – “Preach he word! Be ready in season and out of season..” – is to be found in?
(a) 2 Tim. 4:2
(b) 1 Tim. 3:4
(c) 1 Tim. 2:4
(d) 2 Tim. 2:4
(a) 2 Tim. 4:2
By the name “Lo-Ammi”. God was saying………….?
(a) You are not my people…I will not be your God.
(b) You are my people…I am your God.
(c) You are my people…I am not your God
(d) You are not my people…I am your God.
(a) You are not my people…I will not be your God.
Therefor Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them.”
Who, or What is Ephraim?
(a) Capital city of Assyria
(b) Judah, Southern kingdom
(c) Israel, Northern kingdom
(d) Capital city of Babylon
(c) Israel, Northern kingdom
Fill in the blanks: “He shall not return to the land of Egypt, ______________________________________ because they refused to repent.”
(a) but I shall no longer show mercy
(b) but the land shall produce thorns and briers
(c) but by foreigners he shall be oppressed
(d) but the Assyrian shall be his kin
(d) but the Assyrian shall be his kin
Paul urges Timothy - as a man of God – to flee the love of money and its traps and sorrows, and to pursue…what? (1) greatness in the kingdom, (2) righteousness and godliness, (3) faith and love, (4) patience and gentleness, (5) the anointing.
(a) 1, 2 & 3.
(b) 2, 3 & 4
(c) 3. 4 & 5
(d) 2. 3 & 5
(b) 2, 3 & 4
What does Paul say Timothy must do as a good soldier of Christ?
(a) Aim before shooting
(b) Bring in the tithes
(c) Endure hardship
(d) Discipline the church
(c) Endure hardship
The prophet speaks of a future time of mercy when the ‘unfaithful wife will be brought into the wilderness where (1) God will speak comfort to her (2) she will be punished (3) she will sing youthfully (4) she will regret her harlotry (5) God will make a covenant for her.
(a) 1, 3 & 5
(b) 1. 2 & 3
(c) 1, 2 & 4
(d) 2, 3 & 5
(a) 1, 3 & 5
Fill in the blanks: “Come let us return to the Lord…. After two days He will revive us. On the ____ day,
He will raise us up, that we may______________________________________________ “.
(a) 7th …offer sacrifices of praise
(b) Last, live with Him forever
(c) 3rd…live in His sight
(d) 3rd…worship in spirit and in truth
(c) 3rd…live in His sight
Fill in the blank: “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy; ____________________________________ , for it is time to seek the Lord…”
(a) gather in the sheaves
(b) remove your idols from among you
(c) put away the garments that are stained with sin
(d) break up your fallow ground
(d) break up your fallow ground
Select the correct reference: “But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully.”
(a) 1 Tim. 1:3
(b) 1 Tim. 2:8
(c) 2 Tim. 1:3
(d) 1 Tim. 1:8
(d) 1 Tim. 1:8
What is the seal of the ‘solid foundation of God’ which stands in spite of all false teaching?
(1) Let those fail to sing who never knew our God; (2) Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity; (3) He who wins souls is wise; (4) The Lord knows those who are His.
(a) 3 and 1
(b) 4 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 4
(b) 4 and 2