The 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 what mountain were the Ten Commandments given?
- A. Mount Zion
- B. Mount Sinai ✓
- C. Mount Carmel
- D. Mount Moriah
Answer: Mount Sinai
God spake all these words, saying… on mount Sinai.
Q2.What did God write them on?
- A. Scrolls of papyrus
- B. Tables of stone ✓
- C. Clay tablets
- D. Bronze plates
Answer: Tables of stone
He gave unto Moses… two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Q3.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 and mother
Answer: Thou shalt have no other gods before me
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Q4.What does the second commandment forbid?
- A. Stealing
- B. Graven images / idols ✓
- C. Lying
- D. Murder
Answer: Graven images / idols
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image… thou shalt not bow down thyself to them.
Q5.What is the third commandment?
- A. Remember the Sabbath
- B. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain ✓
- C. Honour thy parents
- D. Thou shalt not steal
Answer: Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain.
Q6.What day is the Sabbath?
- A. The first day
- B. The seventh day ✓
- C. The sixth day
- D. The eighth day
Answer: The seventh day
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy… the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God.
Q7.Which commandment carries a promise?
- A. Thou shalt not kill
- B. Honour thy father and thy mother ✓
- C. Thou shalt not steal
- D. Thou shalt not covet
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.
Q8.What does the eighth commandment forbid?
- A. False witness
- B. Stealing ✓
- C. Coveting
- D. Adultery
Answer: Stealing
Thou shalt not steal.
Q9.What does the ninth commandment forbid?
- A. Stealing
- B. Bearing false witness ✓
- C. Coveting
- D. Adultery
Answer: Bearing false witness
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Q10.Where did Moses place the tablets after receiving them the second time?
- A. In the ark of the covenant ✓
- B. In the tabernacle
- C. On the altar
- D. In Joshua's keeping
Answer: In the ark of the covenant
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb.