Lamentations Bible Quiz
10 questions on Lamentations: finish its best-known verses, name the chapter a verse comes from, and test what you know about the book. Lamentations has 154 verses in the King James Version, and every answer below links to the verse or page it comes from.
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Question 1
Fill in the missing word
“All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The ▁▁▁▁▁ of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?”
Lamentations 2:15 - Acondemnation
- Boffspring
- Cmerchant
- Dperfection
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D. perfection
“All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?” — Lamentations 2:15 (KJV)
Read Lamentations 2Question 2
Fill in the missing word
“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the ▁▁▁▁▁ that seeketh him.”
Lamentations 3:25 - Ahead
- Bbread
- Csoul
- Dmight
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C. soul
“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.” — Lamentations 3:25 (KJV)
Read Lamentations 3Question 3
Fill in the missing word
“The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their ▁▁▁▁▁, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.”
Lamentations 4:20 - Anecks
- Bpits
- Clabours
- Dbacks
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B. pits
“The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.” — Lamentations 4:20 (KJV)
Read Lamentations 4Question 4
Fill in the missing word
“The ▁▁▁▁▁ is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!”
Lamentations 5:16 - Ablessing
- Bvineyard
- Cwest
- Dcrown
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D. crown
“The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!” — Lamentations 5:16 (KJV)
Read Lamentations 5Question 5
In which chapter of Lamentations is this verse?
“Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.”
- ALamentations 1
- BLamentations 2
- CLamentations 4
- DLamentations 5
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A. Lamentations 1 — This is Lamentations 1:12 — chapter 1 of Lamentations.
“Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.” — Lamentations 1:12 (KJV)
Read Lamentations 1Question 6
Which group of books is Lamentations part of?
- AMinor Prophets
- BLaw (Torah)
- CHistory
- DMajor Prophets
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D. Major Prophets — Lamentations is one of the Major Prophets, the books from Isaiah to Daniel.
All 66 books by groupQuestion 7
Fill in the missing word
“Let us search and try our ▁▁▁▁▁, and turn again to the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:40 - Afeet
- Bgods
- Cways
- Dlips
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C. ways
“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.” — Lamentations 3:40 (KJV)
Read Lamentations 3Question 8
Fill in the missing word
“Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy ▁▁▁▁▁; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.”
Lamentations 2:14 - Apresence
- Bcaptivity
- Ccounsel
- Dfirstborn
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B. captivity
“Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.” — Lamentations 2:14 (KJV)
Read Lamentations 2Question 9
Fill in the missing word
“Arise, cry out in the ▁▁▁▁▁: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.”
Lamentations 2:19 - Anight
- Bpraise
- Cbread
- Dwell
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A. night
“Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.” — Lamentations 2:19 (KJV)
Read Lamentations 2Question 10
Fill in the missing word
“The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a ▁▁▁▁▁ in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.”
Lamentations 4:11 - Acity
- Bvoice
- Cfire
- Dmouth
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C. fire
“The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.” — Lamentations 4:11 (KJV)
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