Fasting Bible Quiz
10 questions · King James Version · biblesundays.com
1.How long did Jesus fast in the wilderness?
- A. Seven days
- B. Twenty days
- C. Forty days and forty nights
- D. Three days
2.What did Jesus say about fasting when the bridegroom is taken away?
- A. They will fast
- B. They will feast
- C. They will mourn forever
- D. They will forget
3.What did Jesus warn against when fasting?
- A. Fasting too long
- B. Appearing unto men to fast, with a sad countenance and disfigured face
- C. Fasting without prayer
- D. Fasting on the Sabbath
4.What did Jesus say to do when fasting?
- A. Anoint thine head, and wash thy face
- B. Wear sackcloth publicly
- C. Tell everyone
- D. Skip the synagogue
5.Why did the Ninevites fast?
- A. Because of Jonah's preaching of judgment
- B. Because of a famine
- C. Because of a plague
- D. Because of war
6.What did Esther ask Mordecai and the Jews to do before she went to the king?
- A. Fast for me, and neither eat nor drink, three days, night or day
- B. Prepare weapons
- C. Send messengers
- D. Flee the city
7.What kind of fast does God choose in Isaiah 58?
- A. To afflict the soul for a day
- B. To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free
- C. To wear sackcloth only
- D. To abstain from all work
8.What did Joel call the people to?
- A. A feast
- B. A solemn assembly, a fast, and a day of blowing the trumpet
- C. A military parade
- D. A harvest celebration
9.How often did the Pharisee in Luke 18:12 say he fasted?
- A. Once a week
- B. Twice in the week
- C. Every day
- D. Once a month
10.What did the church at Antioch do before sending Paul and Barnabas?
- A. They fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them
- B. They held a feast
- C. They voted by ballot
- D. They consulted the Sanhedrin
Answer Key
1.C. Forty days and forty nights — Matthew 4:2 (KJV)
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
2.A. They will fast — Matthew 9:15 (KJV)
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
3.B. Appearing unto men to fast, with a sad countenance and disfigured face — Matthew 6:16 (KJV)
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
4.A. Anoint thine head, and wash thy face — Matthew 6:17 (KJV)
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret.
5.A. Because of Jonah's preaching of judgment — Jonah 3:5 (KJV)
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6.A. Fast for me, and neither eat nor drink, three days, night or day — Esther 4:16 (KJV)
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink, three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise.
7.B. To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free — Isaiah 58:6 (KJV)
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
8.B. A solemn assembly, a fast, and a day of blowing the trumpet — Joel 2:15 (KJV)
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly.
9.B. Twice in the week — Luke 18:12 (KJV)
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
10.A. They fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them — Acts 13:3 (KJV)
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.