Ten Commandments 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.On which mountain were the Ten Commandments given?
- A. Mount Zion
- B. Mount Sinai ✓
- C. Mount Carmel
- D. Mount Moriah
Answer: Mount Sinai
And God spake all these words, saying… from the midst of the fire, cloud, and thick darkness upon mount Sinai.
Q2.What is the first commandment?
- A. Thou shalt not kill
- B. Thou shalt have no other gods before me ✓
- C. Remember the Sabbath day
- D. Honour thy father
Answer: Thou shalt have no other gods before me
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Q3.What is the second commandment?
- A. Thou shalt not steal
- B. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image ✓
- C. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain
- D. Thou shalt not covet
Answer: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Q4.What does the third commandment forbid?
- A. Working on the Sabbath
- B. Taking the name of the LORD thy God in vain ✓
- C. Dishonouring parents
- D. Murder
Answer: Taking the name of the LORD thy God in vain
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Q5.Which day is the Sabbath, according to the fourth commandment?
- A. The first day
- B. The seventh day ✓
- C. The sixth day
- D. Any day of rest
Answer: The seventh day
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God.
Q6.What is the fifth commandment?
- A. Thou shalt not kill
- B. Honour thy father and thy mother ✓
- C. Thou shalt not steal
- D. Thou shalt not bear false witness
Answer: Honour thy father and thy mother
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Q7.What is the sixth commandment?
- A. Thou shalt not commit adultery
- B. Thou shalt not kill ✓
- C. Thou shalt not steal
- D. Thou shalt not covet
Answer: Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not kill.
Q8.What is the seventh commandment?
- A. Thou shalt not steal
- B. Thou shalt not commit adultery ✓
- C. Thou shalt not bear false witness
- D. Thou shalt not covet
Answer: Thou shalt not commit adultery
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Q9.What is the eighth commandment?
- A. Thou shalt not bear false witness
- B. Thou shalt not steal ✓
- C. Thou shalt not kill
- D. Thou shalt not covet
Answer: Thou shalt not steal
Thou shalt not steal.
Q10.What did Jesus say is the first commandment with promise?
- A. Thou shalt not kill
- B. Honour thy father and mother ✓
- C. Thou shalt have no other gods
- D. Remember the Sabbath
Answer: Honour thy father and mother
Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.