A Quiz

Many sayings from the Bible are used in daily conversation or in writing, sometimes by people who are not particularly believers or interested in the Bible..

In this quiz we have taken some of these expressions, and you have to match up each saying with an everyday meaning, and then find the correct Bible reference. You may be interested to look up the reference and see how the saying arose, and perhaps notice how it is being used differently today.

The meanings and references have of course been jumbled up, but not too much!

SAYING	MEANING	REFERENCE
1 a good Samaritan who reforms	a a wasteful person	A John 20.24-29
2 a prodigal	b someone sceptical who needs proof	B Luke 10.33-5
3 a doubting Thomas	c someone who helps others in need	C Luke 15.20-24
4 a Jonah	d not to want to be involved any more	D Gen. 4.9-10
5 my brother's keeper	e someone who brings bad luck	E Matt. 27.24-5
6 to wash your hands of	f responsible for someone else	F Jonah 1.6-7
7 at the 11th hour	g an enthusiastic convert	G Gen.. 4.9-10
8 born again	h behaviour should be appropriate	H Matt. 20.6
9 spare the rod and spoil the child	i nearly too late	I John 3.3-4
10 a time and a place for everything	j children need discipline	J Prov. 13.24
11 the writing on the wall	k greed is responsible when things go wrong	K Eccl. 10.1
12 blind leading the blind	l impatient with those who make mistakes	L Dan. 5.5
13 not suffer fools gladly	m helping others when you need help yourself	M Matt. 15.14
14 money is the root of all evil	n what spoils something good	N 2 Cor. 11.19
15 the fly in the ointment	o signs of approaching ruin	O 1 Tim. 6.10
16 can the leopard change his spots	p made to take the blame for others	P Rev. 3.14-16
17 the powers that be	q lukewarm and can't be bothered	Q Ezek. 1.16
18 a scapegoat	r people never change their ways	R Rom. 13.1
19 Laodicean	s a complex series of related influences	S Jer. 13.23
20 wheels within wheels	t those who are in charge	T Lev. 16.10

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