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Mix those with true statements that sound made up, like Methuselah living 969 years, the book of Esther never mentioning God by name, or Elijah going up to heaven by a whirlwind, and you have a round that surprises almost everyone. A good set is roughly half true and half false, so nobody can win by guessing the same answer every time. That is exactly how the game above is built: every round pulls six true and six false statements at random from a bank of 41.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is &ldquo;God helps those who help themselves&rdquo; in the Bible?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No. It is one of the most widely believed Bible quotes that is not in the Bible at all. Benjamin Franklin made it famous in Poor Richard&rsquo;s Almanack in 1736, and versions of the idea are older still, but it does not appear in Proverbs or anywhere else in scripture. Several other famous sayings fall in the same category: cleanliness is next to godliness, this too shall pass, and spare the rod, spoil the child, which is a 1660s rhyme loosely based on Proverbs 13:24. Others are near misses that change the meaning: the Bible does not say money is the root of all evil, it says the love of money is (1 Timothy 6:10). The easiest way to check any quote is to look it up in a concordance or a searchable Bible. If no chapter and verse turns up, it is a proverb, not scripture, however biblical it sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the most common misconceptions about the Bible?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A few show up again and again. People picture an apple in Eden, three kings at the manger, a whale swallowing Jonah, Noah loading animals strictly two by two, and Jesus born in a stable. None of those details is actually in the text: Genesis says fruit, Matthew never counts the wise men, Jonah says great fish, Genesis 7:2 sends clean animals in by sevens, and Luke mentions a manger but no stable. Character mix-ups are common too. Mary Magdalene is often called a prostitute, but Luke 8:2 says only that seven devils went out of her. Many people believe Saul became Paul at his conversion, when Acts 13:9 shows he simply had both names. Most of these came from paintings, sermons and Christmas plays over the centuries rather than from scripture, which is why reading the actual verses is still the quickest way to sort them out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are true or false questions a good way to learn the Bible?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>They are one of the better ways, and not only because they are quick. A true or false statement makes you commit to an answer before you see the verse, and that moment of being surprised is what makes a fact stick. Finding out you have believed something for years that is not actually written tends to send people back to read the passage for themselves. The format also works for every age and every level of Bible knowledge. A child can play along with Daniel in the lions&rsquo; den, while an adult who grew up in church can still be caught out by the number of animals on the ark or who held the razor in the Samson story. For groups, read the statement aloud, let everyone vote with a thumb up or down, then read the verse together. It makes a good youth group opener, family night game or small group icebreaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does this Bible true or false game work, and can I play it again?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Each round gives you twelve statements, one at a time, with two big buttons: True or False. 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