How does that one go again?
First Person
Puns
Strange Flesh
Babble On
100
Do unto others...
as you would have them do unto you (Luke 6:31)
100
Everything was great at first, it was an Eden if you will. My husband and I were the first of our kind, joyous and happy and walking with God in perfect harmony. Everything was great until the talking snake got here, and made me eat the forbidden fruit
Eve
Then the Lord God said to the woman (Eve), “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
(Genesis 3:13)
100
How does God make His coffee?
He speaks it into existence, duh
(He-brews it)
100
He had super strength and long hair, but women and shaved heads were his weaknesses. After losing his precious hair, he also had his eyesight taken, and ultimately his life, because he gave up his secret to the wrong woman.
Samson
If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man. (Judges 16:17b)
100
Where did the Lord confuse people by giving them new languages as they were doing construction work?
The tower of Babel
That is why it was called Babel because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11: 9
200
If anyone slaps you on the right cheek
turn to them the other cheek also. (Matt 5:39b)
200
Oh how I love sitting at the feet of my savior! He came by our house and taught us while my sister was busying herself with hosting. Later on my brother died and Jesus raised him from the dead!
Mary of Bethany
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:41-42
200
NOT SPEED BASED, EVERYONE GETS TO ANSWER!
This is the daily double portion
You have one minute as a team to come up with/write down the best bible joke (bonus points if I haven't heard it before)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA those were hilarious, 200 to someone, apologies to those of you who are
disa-POINT-ed
200
This leader of God's people was 120 and yet his eyesight was still great, and his strength remained, even after lifting his arms high for victory in battle, parting the sea, and walking for 40 years. Nobody knows where he's buried
Moses!
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. (Deut 34:7)
200
What are the names of two people in the bible who had their names changed? (Note, there are plenty of right answers)
Abram/Abraham, Sarai/Sarah, Jacob/Israel, Simon/Peter, Oshea/Joshua, Saul/Paul, Daniel/Belteshazzar, Hananiah/Shadrach, Mishael/Meshach, Azariah/Abednego, Naomi/Mara, Solomon/Jedediah, Joseph/Zaphenath-Paneah, Eliakim/Jehoiakim, Mattaniah/Zedekiah
300
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son..
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
300
And there I was, stood across from this rebellious tree. I was hungry, and yet this plant had the gall to stand there, twiddling its thumbs, not producing any figs so I cursed it. What did it think I was there for, entertainment value?
Jesus
The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
Mark 11:12-13
300
Signs of the times
300
She's got goat hair, sheep for teeth, an ivory tower for a nose, pomegranate temples, doves for eyes, and is statured like a palm tree
The Shulammite/Solomon's love interest
(NOT putting the scripture references for these lol)
300
In the book of Acts, the Holy Spirit is promised to be given to the disciples after Jesus' ressurection. What was the sign that the Holy Spirit had filled them on the day of Pentecost?
Tongues of fire appeared and they began to speak in tongues
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. (Acts 2:3-4)
400
For the wages of sin is death...
but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
400
Riddle me this, Bibleman
I throw in three men into a fire, and then a fourth uninvited guest appears in the fire. The three walked out totally unharmed, and the party crasher disappeared. Boy I need my meds right about now, I feel like an animal
King Nebuchadnezzar
Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?” They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.” He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed... (Daniel 3:24-25a)
400
A walking stick & a dish that holds soup make for a deadly duo!
Cane & a bowl
(Cain and abel)
400
During the life of Jesus on the Earth, many healings are recorded. 2 are more commonly recorded than the rest, what is one of them?
Blindness and Leprosy (skin infections)
400
What is one image the bible gives to compare the power of the tongue to? (many right answers)
Fire that can spread destruction, poison of deadly evil, a wild animal, a bit in a horse's mouth, a ship's keel/rudder, a sword, a tree of life, a fountain/river
500
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. (Psalm 23:6)
500
So I'm the favorite brother, because that idiot traded his birthright for soup. It also turns out I'm a pretty decent grappler, the guy I wrestled had to cheat and messed up my hip... LAME
(haha, get it guys? I'm so funny)
Jacob
So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. (Gen 32:24-25)
500
There is a season for every thing!
500
This servant of the high priest was watching for a signaling smooch. After seeing it, he did his job and promptly lost an ear for it!
Malchus
And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him. (Luke 20:50-51)
500
Which book of the bible is half written in a language that is neither Hebrew nor Greek? (+a high 5 for the language)
Daniel 2:4b-7:28 is written in Aramaic