Longsuffering 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.What does Exodus say about the LORD's nature?
- A. Jealous and vengeful
- B. Merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth ✓
- C. Silent and distant
- D. Quick to anger
Answer: Merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth
The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. (Exodus 34:6)
Q2.What does Peter say the longsuffering of God is for?
- A. To give time for repentance ✓
- B. To punish sinners later
- C. To show weakness
- D. To test angels
Answer: To give time for repentance
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
Q3.What fruit of the Spirit includes longsuffering?
- A. Love and joy
- B. Longsuffering is listed directly ✓
- C. Wisdom and knowledge
- D. Power and might
Answer: Longsuffering is listed directly
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance. (Galatians 5:22-23)
Q4.How should the aged men behave?
- A. With pride
- B. With soberness and longsuffering ✓
- C. With anger
- D. With silence
Answer: With soberness and longsuffering
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (Titus 2:2)
Q5.What does Paul say love is?
- A. Jealous and boastful
- B. Patient and kind ✓
- C. Proud and rude
- D. Selfish and angry
Answer: Patient and kind
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not. (1 Corinthians 13:4)
Q6.How should a servant of the Lord behave?
- A. Impatiently
- B. Patiently, in meekness instructing ✓
- C. Angrily
- D. Silently
Answer: Patiently, in meekness instructing
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient. (2 Timothy 2:24)
Q7.How many years did God put up with Israel in the wilderness?
- A. Ten years
- B. Twenty years
- C. Forty years ✓
- D. Seventy years
Answer: Forty years
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation... Forty years long was I grieved with this generation. (Psalm 95:10; Hebrews 3:9-10)
Q8.What did Paul say he would show toward all men?
- A. Longsuffering ✓
- B. Anger
- C. Pride
- D. Fear
Answer: Longsuffering
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. (1 Timothy 6:11)
Q9.How does Colossians say we should walk?
- A. In anger
- B. In pride
- C. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering ✓
- D. In fear
Answer: With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering. (Colossians 3:1; 4:1-2)
Q10.What did James say about the farmer waiting for rain?
- A. He is foolish
- B. He has long patience for the precious fruit ✓
- C. He gives up
- D. He digs wells instead
Answer: He has long patience for the precious fruit
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it. (James 5:7)