Remember the Lord (Deuteronomy 6–8)
Poor, Needy, & Prophets (Deuteronomy 15 & 18)
Choose Life (Deuteronomy 29–30 & 34)
Scripture Chase
LDS Trivia
100

According to Deuteronomy 6:5, what are the three things we are commanded to love the Lord our God with?

All our heart, all our soul, and all our might

100

Deuteronomy 15 commands that every seven years, Israel was to release a specific type of financial burden for their brothers and neighbors. What was released?

Debts (The Year of Release).

100

In Deuteronomy 30:19, Moses sets before Israel a choice between blessing and cursing, and gives them a two-word exhortation. What is the exhortation?

"Choose life."

100

Moses taught Israel to love God with all their heart, might, mind, and strength. Which section of the Doctrine and Covenants echoes this perfectly as a requirement for those who embark in the service of God?

Doctrine and Covenants 4

100

Which book in the Book of Mormon contains the fewest pages and only has a single chapter consisting of 27 verses?

The Book of Omni

200

Deuteronomy 8:3, Moses teaches that man does not live by bread only, but by what?

By every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord.

200

According to Deuteronomy 15:7–8, if there is a poor man among you, you are commanded not to harden your heart or shut your hand, but to do this instead.

Open thine hand wide unto him (and lend him sufficient for his need).

200

In Deuteronomy 34, Moses climbs to the top of this mountain, where the Lord shows him the promised land before he departs.

Mount Nebo.

200

Deuteronomy 30 teaches that when we return to the Lord, He will have compassion on us. Which famous Book of Mormon verse in 2 Nephi 25 teaches that "it is by grace that we are saved, after..." what?

"...all we can do." (2 Nephi 25:23).

200

In 1836, the Saints completed the Kirtland Temple, which was the first temple built in this dispensation. In which state is Kirtland located?

Ohio

300

Deuteronomy 6:7 emphasizes the importance of teaching the gospel in everyday moments. According to this verse, what are two of the four specific times or places we should talk of the commandments with our families?

When thou sittest in thine house, when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

300

In Deuteronomy 18:15, Moses prophesies that the Lord will raise up a specific figure "like unto me" from among their brethren, whom they must hearken to. Who is this prophesied figure?

Jesus Christ (The Great Prophet).

300

While Deuteronomy 34:6 states that Moses was buried in a valley in Moab and "no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day," modern revelation clarifies that Moses did not die, but underwent this physical change so he could bestow priesthood keys on Peter, James, and John. What did Moses undergo?

Translation

300

Deuteronomy 29:9 promises prosperity for keeping covenants. This perfectly mirrors Lehi's final teachings to his sons, a theme repeated throughout the Book of Mormon: "Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall..." do what?

Prosper in the land

300

Exclusive of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency, what is the title given to the three men who oversee the temporal affairs of the Church, such as fast offerings, tithing, and building management?

The Presiding Bishopric

400

In Deuteronomy 8:11–17, Moses warns that when the people have built goodly houses, multiplied their herds, and grown wealthy, they are in danger of falling into this specific spiritual trap.

Pride / Forgetting the Lord and thinking “My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.”

400

According to Deuteronomy 15:11, Moses states that a certain demographic "shall never cease out of the land." Who is he referring to, which Jesus also echoed in the New Testament?

The poor.

400

In Deuteronomy 30:11–14, Moses reassures Israel that the commandment isn't hidden or far away across the sea, but is very nigh unto them, located in these two places.

In thy mouth and in thy heart.

400

Moses warned Israel not to forget the Lord when they entered a prosperous land. What classic Book of Mormon chapter features King Benjamin warning his people to remember the greatness of God and their own nothingness?

Mosiah 4

400

Following the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, the Saints began their historic trek west to the Salt Lake Valley. Which pioneer trail did they primarily follow, which is now a National Historic Trail spanning five states?

The Mormon Pioneer Trail (or the Omaha-to-Salt Lake trail).

500

Moses reminds Israel that the Lord led them through the wilderness for 40 years to "humble" them and to "prove" them. According to Deuteronomy 8:2, what was the Lord trying to know by doing this?

What was in their hearts, and whether they would keep His commandments or no.

500

In Deuteronomy 18, the Levites are given no land inheritance among the other tribes. What or who does Moses say is their inheritance instead?

The Lord God Himself (and the priesthood offerings/service).

500

In Deuteronomy 29:9, Moses tells Israel the specific reason they must keep the words of the covenant and do them. What is the promised outcome?

That they may prosper in all that they do.

500

In Deuteronomy 30:19, Moses commands Israel to "choose life." Which exact verse in 2 Nephi 2 beautifully echoes this by teaching that we are "free to choose liberty and eternal life... or to choose captivity and death"?

2 Nephi 2:27

500

Beside English, what was the very first non-English language that the Book of Mormon was translated and published into (in the year 1851)?

Danish (followed closely by German, French, and Italian in 1852).