# James Bible quiz

Ten questions on the book of James, each answered with the verse that settles it, quoted from the Lumin Translation. Play it at https://www.lumin.faith/bible-quiz/james.

## 1. James says to think of it as complete joy when you run into what?

- Old friends
- **Trials of every kind** (answer)
- Good news

> My brothers and sisters, think of it as complete joy when you run into trials of every kind… ([James 1:2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/1#2))

## 2. If you lack wisdom, what should you do?

- Study the law
- Ask the elders
- **Ask God** (answer)

> Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let that person ask God for it. He gives to everyone freely and without scolding, and wisdom will be given to them. ([James 1:5](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/1#5))

## 3. James says every person must be ready to do what?

- Judge
- **Listen** (answer)
- Speak

> Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: every person must be ready to listen, in no hurry to speak, and slow to anger… ([James 1:19](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/1#19))

## 4. James says to act on the word. What do you do if you only hear it?

- Lose your reward
- **Deceive yourselves** (answer)
- Grow weak

> But be people who act on the word. If you only hear it, you deceive yourselves. ([James 1:22](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/1#22))

## 5. Faith without works is what?

- **Dead** (answer)
- Weak
- Hidden

> So it is with faith as well: if it has no works, it is dead on its own. ([James 2:17](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/2#17))

## 6. Even the demons believe there is one God, and do what?

- Hide
- Pray
- **Shudder** (answer)

> You believe that God is one. Good! Even the demons believe that, and they shudder. ([James 2:19](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/2#19))

## 7. What does James say the tongue is?

- **A fire** (answer)
- A gate
- A sword

> The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of our body. It stains the whole body, sets the whole course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. ([James 3:6](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/3#6))

## 8. Resist the devil, and he will do what?

- Fight harder
- Come back later
- **Flee from you** (answer)

> So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ([James 4:7](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/4#7))

## 9. James says your life is like what?

- **A mist that appears for a little while** (answer)
- A long road
- A tree by the water

> You do not even know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ([James 4:14](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/4#14))

## 10. Which prophet prayed and it did not rain for three and a half years?

- Elisha
- Moses
- **Elijah** (answer)

> Elijah was a human being just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. ([James 5:17](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/5#17))