Jabez Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.Where is Jabez's prayer recorded?
- A. 1 Chronicles 4 ✓
- B. Genesis 25
- C. Numbers 13
- D. Nehemiah 9
Answer: 1 Chronicles 4
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 (KJV).
Q2.What was Jabez 'more' than his brethren?
- A. Rich
- B. Honourable ✓
- C. Strong
- D. Old
Answer: Honourable
1 Chronicles 4:9 (KJV) — 'more honourable than his brethren.'
Q3.Why did his mother call him Jabez?
- A. Because she bare him with sorrow ✓
- B. Because he was first-born
- C. Because of a dream
- D. Because of a prophet's word
Answer: Because she bare him with sorrow
1 Chronicles 4:9 (KJV) — 'Because I bare him with sorrow.'
Q4.On whom did Jabez call?
- A. The angel of the LORD
- B. The God of Israel ✓
- C. His father
- D. The king
Answer: The God of Israel
1 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV).
Q5.What did Jabez first ask?
- A. Riches
- B. Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed ✓
- C. Long life
- D. Children
Answer: Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed
1 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV).
Q6.What did he ask to be enlarged?
- A. His house
- B. His coast ✓
- C. His fields
- D. His army
Answer: His coast
1 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV) — 'enlarge my coast.'
Q7.What did he ask God's hand to be with him for?
- A. To prosper
- B. Thine hand might be with me, and... keep me from evil ✓
- C. To fight
- D. To rule
Answer: Thine hand might be with me, and... keep me from evil
1 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV).
Q8.What did Jabez ask to be kept from?
- A. Famine
- B. Evil, that it may not grieve me ✓
- C. His enemies
- D. Sickness
Answer: Evil, that it may not grieve me
1 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV).
Q9.Did God grant his request?
- A. Partially
- B. Yes, God granted him that which he requested ✓
- C. No
- D. Only later
Answer: Yes, God granted him that which he requested
1 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV) — 'God granted him that which he requested.'
Q10.Jabez is also the name of what?
- A. A city ✓
- B. A river
- C. A mountain
- D. A field
Answer: A city
1 Chronicles 2:55 (KJV) — 'the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez.'