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Zechariah 8-14 Oct 18-24 Answers…

18\Zechariah 8

Jerusalem will be called the City of _ _ _ _ _.

Zech 8:3 This is what the LORD says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain."

What does God hate?

Zech 8:16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; 17 do not plot evil against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this," declares the LORD. NIV

How many men were going to ask one Jew about letting them go with him?

Zech 8:23 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "In those days ten men from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, 'Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.'"

19\Zechariah 9 

Who had gold like the dirt of the streets? 

Zech 9:3 Tyre has built herself a stronghold; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

Who will be riding on a colt?

Zech 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. NIV

How will they sparkle in his land?

Zech 9:16 The LORD their God will save them on that day as the flock of his people. They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown. NIV

20\Zechariah 10 

God gives the showers of rain to whom?

Zech 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone. NIV

Why is God going to restore the house of Judah?

Zech 10:6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them 

because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them. NIV

In whose name will they walk?

Zech 10:12 I will strengthen them in the LORD and in his name they will walk," declares the LORD.

21\Zechariah 11

What was the fire going to devour? 

Zech 11:1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars! NIV

Who received the thirty pieces of silver?

Zech 11:12 I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter"-the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD to the potter. NIV

What will happen to the worthless shepherd?

Zech 11:17 "Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered, his right eye totally blinded!" NIV

22\Zechariah 12 

The stretches the heavens and lays what foundation?

Zech 12:1 This is the word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the spirit of man within him, declares: NIV

What will the leaders of Judah say in their hearts?

Zech 12:5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, 'The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the LORD Almighty is their God.' NIV

What will be greater, the honor of the house of David or those of Judah?

Zech 12:7 "The LORD will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem's inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah. NIV

23\Zechariah 13

What will cleanse them from sin and impurity?

Zech 13:1 "On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. NIV

What will happen to the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land? 

Zech 13:2 "On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. NIV

The third will be refined like silver and tested like?

Zech 13:9 This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God.'" NIV

24\Zechariah 14 

Which scripture says “The Lord will be king over the whole earth...”?

Zech 14:9 The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name. NIV

What will the plague do to the nations that fought against Jerusalem?

Zech 14:12 This is the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. NIV

Who would be punished with no rain?

Zech 14:18 If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The LORD will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. NIV

 

Malachi 1- Matthew 3 October 25-31 Answers

Oct 25\Malachi 1

Of the Isaac’s twins, who did God love?

Mal 1:2 "I have loved you," says the LORD. "But you ask, 'How have you loved us?' "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" the LORD says. "Yet I have loved Jacob, NIV

Who does God tell them to try offering up crippled or diseased animals? 

Mal 1:8 When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?" says the LORD Almighty. NIV

Who is cursed?

Mal 1:14 "Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the LORD Almighty, "and my name is to be feared among the nations. NIV

26\Malachi 2

Who is this admonition for? Mal 2:1 "And now this admonition is for you, O priests.  

The Lord mentions two things he hates, what are they?

Mal 2:16 "I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel, "and I hate a man's covering himself with violence as well as with his garment," says the LORD Almighty. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith. NIV

God is wearied by what words?

Mal 2:17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. "How have we wearied him?" you ask. 

By saying, "All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD, and he is pleased with them" or "Where is the God of justice?" NIV

27\Malachi 3 

Whom will God be quick to testify against?

Mal 3:5 "So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty. NIV

How can a man rob God?

Mal 3:8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings. NIV

What did God want them to bring into the storehouse?

Mal 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. NIV

28\Malachi 4

What would happen to those who would revere God’s name?

Mal 4:2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. 3 Then you will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty. NIV

What prophet would be sent to them before that great and dreadful day?

Mal 4:5 "See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. NIV

Who will turn to one another?

Mal 4:6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse." NIV

29\Matthew 1

Who was Boaz’s Mother?

Matt 1:5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose other was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, NIV

Why was the son going to be given the name Jesus?

Matt 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." NIV

What does Immanuel mean?

Matt 1:23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"-which means, "God with us." NIV

30\Matthew 2

Where was Jesus born? Jerusalem?

Matt 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem NIV

Why were all the boys in Bethlehem who were two years and under killed?

Matt 2:16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. NIV

Why was Jesus called a Nazarene?

Matt 2:23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene." NIV

31\Matthew 3

What was John’s clothes made of?

Matt 3:4 John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. NIV

Why was Jesus baptized?

Matt 3:15 Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness." Then John consented. NIV

What did the voice from heaven say?

Matt 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." NIV