{"id":118191,"date":"2026-10-06T15:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bgodinspired.com\/?page_id=118191"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:29:29","slug":"bible-trivia-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bgodinspired.com\/index.php\/bible-trivia-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Trivia: Thanksgiving &#038; Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- BGodInspired Bible Trivia: Thanksgiving & Gratitude -->\n<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Playfair+Display:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;0,700;1,400;1,600&#038;family=Inter:wght@300;400;500;600&#038;display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n<style>\n#bgi-game-bible-trivia-thanksgiving *, #bgi-game-bible-trivia-thanksgiving *::before, #bgi-game-bible-trivia-thanksgiving *::after { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }\n#bgi-game-bible-trivia-thanksgiving {\n  --navy: #0D1B2A; --navy-mid: #162233; --cream: #F5F0E8;\n  --sage: #7B9E87; 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Thanksgiving<\/span>\n      <h2 class=\"g-title\">Bible Trivia: Thanksgiving &amp; Gratitude<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"g-sub\">Ten men healed and one came back. A harvest feast spent living in booths, a psalm that repeats the same line twenty-six times, two choirs walking a city wall in opposite directions, a hymn sung at midnight in a jail, and a Pharisee whose thank-you was really a brag. Twelve questions on the thankful (and unthankful) moments of the Bible, drawn fresh from a bank of 53 every round, with the verse behind every answer. 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Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks.\\\"\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"Which two-word command comes right before \\\"Pray without ceasing\\\" in 1 Thessalonians 5?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Rejoice evermore\",\n\"Give thanks\",\n\"Love always\",\n\"Fear not\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"1 Thessalonians 5:16-17\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"Rejoice evermore. 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This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.\\\"\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"Psalm 50:14 says, \\\"Offer unto God ___; and pay thy vows unto the most High.\\\"\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Thanksgiving\",\n\"Burnt offerings\",\n\"Gold\",\n\"Silence\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Psalm 50:14\",\n\"fact\": \"In a psalm where God says \\\"I will take no bullock out of thy house,\\\" the offering asked for instead is thanksgiving.\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"Which prophet wrote, \\\"Although the fig tree shall not blossom... Yet I will rejoice in the LORD\\\"?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Habakkuk\",\n\"Amos\",\n\"Jeremiah\",\n\"Hosea\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Habakkuk 3:17-18\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation\\\" \u2014 thankfulness with the crops failed and the barns empty.\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"Who said, after losing everything in a single day, \\\"the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD\\\"?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Job\",\n\"Jacob\",\n\"Naomi\",\n\"David\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Job 1:21\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.\\\"\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"At the dedication of Jerusalem's rebuilt wall, Nehemiah appointed how many \\\"great companies of them that gave thanks\\\"?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Two\",\n\"Twelve\",\n\"Seven\",\n\"One\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Nehemiah 12:31\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"I... appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks\\\" \u2014 two choirs walking the top of the wall in opposite directions until they met at the temple.\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"When the foundation of the second temple was laid, what could the people not tell apart?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"The shout of joy from the sound of weeping\",\n\"The priests from the Levites\",\n\"Day from night\",\n\"The trumpets from the cymbals\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Ezra 3:11-13\",\n\"fact\": \"They sang \\\"giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good,\\\" and the old men who remembered the first temple wept so loudly that \\\"the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping.\\\"\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"When the ark came to Jerusalem, David gave every man and woman in Israel what three things?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"A loaf of bread, a piece of meat and a flagon of wine\",\n\"A coin, a lamb and a robe\",\n\"Oil, honey and a fig cake\",\n\"A cup, a candle and a scroll\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"1 Chronicles 16:3\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"To every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine\\\" \u2014 a national thank-you dinner, paid for by the king.\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"Which Levite did David put in charge of those appointed \\\"to thank and praise the LORD\\\" before the ark?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Asaph\",\n\"Korah\",\n\"Zadok\",\n\"Heman\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"1 Chronicles 16:4-5\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"Asaph the chief\\\" \u2014 the same Asaph whose name sits in the heading of a dozen psalms. He \\\"made a sound with cymbals.\\\"\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"Which mother brought her young son to the house of the LORD at Shiloh and said, \\\"For this child I prayed\\\"?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Hannah\",\n\"Elisabeth\",\n\"Jochebed\",\n\"Rachel\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"1 Samuel 1:27-28\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition... Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD.\\\" Her thank-you was the child himself.\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"After rescuing Lot, Abram gave a tenth of everything to which king-priest who brought out bread and wine?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Melchizedek, king of Salem\",\n\"The king of Sodom\",\n\"Abimelech\",\n\"Pharaoh\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Genesis 14:18-20\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God... And he gave him tithes of all.\\\"\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"At Bethel, after his dream of the ladder, Jacob vowed to give God what share of everything he received?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"A tenth\",\n\"A half\",\n\"The firstborn\",\n\"A seventh\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Genesis 28:22\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"Of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee\\\" \u2014 said by a man sleeping on a rock with nothing yet to give.\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"Naaman was healed of leprosy and came back to offer Elisha a gift. What did Elisha do?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"He refused it\",\n\"He gave it to the poor\",\n\"He kept half\",\n\"He asked for double\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"2 Kings 5:16\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.\\\" The healing was free, and Elisha kept it that way.\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"In Jesus' parable, who prayed, \\\"God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are\\\"?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"The Pharisee\",\n\"The publican\",\n\"The prodigal son\",\n\"The rich young ruler\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Luke 18:11\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are.\\\" A thank-you that was really a brag \u2014 and the publican went home justified instead.\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"Before calling Lazarus out of the tomb, Jesus prayed, \\\"Father, I thank thee that thou hast ___ me.\\\"\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Heard\",\n\"Sent\",\n\"Chosen\",\n\"Glorified\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"John 11:41\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.\\\" He said thank you for the answer before the answer walked out of the tomb.\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"Jesus prayed, \\\"I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,\\\" because things were hidden from the wise and revealed to whom?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Babes\",\n\"Kings\",\n\"Priests\",\n\"Angels\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Matthew 11:25\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.\\\"\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"In Luke 7, Jesus explained a woman's lavish thankfulness by saying, \\\"to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth ___.\\\"\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Little\",\n\"Much\",\n\"Nothing\",\n\"Last\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Luke 7:47\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.\\\" Gratitude grows in proportion to what you know you were given.\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"Which 84-year-old widow in the temple \\\"gave thanks likewise unto the Lord\\\" when she saw the baby Jesus?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"Anna\",\n\"Elisabeth\",\n\"Martha\",\n\"Lydia\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Luke 2:36-38\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"She coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.\\\"\"\n},\n{\n\"q\": \"The two disciples on the road to Emmaus recognised Jesus at what moment?\",\n\"opts\": [\n\"When he took bread, blessed it and broke it\",\n\"When he showed them his hands\",\n\"When he called them by name\",\n\"When he walked on the water\"\n],\n\"correct\": 0,\n\"ref\": \"Luke 24:30-31\",\n\"fact\": \"\\\"He took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 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Deuteronomy 8:10 gives what may be the oldest after-dinner grace on record: &#8220;When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land.&#8221; The Psalms are full of thanksgiving songs, Leviticus describes a specific thanksgiving offering, and the New Testament tells people to give thanks &#8220;in every thing&#8221; and &#8220;for all things.&#8221; So the holiday is modern, but the idea of setting aside a day, a meal and a sentence to say thank you is about as old as the Bible gets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does the Bible actually say about being thankful?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A surprising amount, and not only in the gentle verses people put on wall art. Paul tells the Thessalonians, &#8220;In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you&#8221; (1 Thessalonians 5:18), and tells the Philippians to bring their requests to God &#8220;with thanksgiving&#8221; (Philippians 4:6). Colossians 3:15 ends simply, &#8220;and be ye thankful.&#8221; On the other side of the ledger, Romans 1:21 lists being unthankful near the very start of how people drift away from God, and 2 Timothy 3:2 puts &#8220;unthankful&#8221; in the same list as &#8220;proud&#8221; and &#8220;blasphemers.&#8221; The Bible treats gratitude as a choice you make rather than a feeling that shows up on its own, which is why Habakkuk can write about rejoicing in God while the fig tree fails and the barns stand empty. You do not have to feel thankful first. You start by saying it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the story of the ten lepers and the one who came back?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is in Luke 17. On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus meets ten men with leprosy who stand far off, as the law required, and call out for mercy. He tells them to go and show themselves to the priests, which is what a healed leper would do to be declared clean, and as they go, they are healed. One of them, seeing it, turns back, praises God out loud, and falls at Jesus&#8217; feet to thank him. Luke adds a detail that would have stung the original audience: &#8220;and he was a Samaritan,&#8221; the outsider. Jesus asks, &#8220;Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?&#8221; The nine were just as healed. They were not punished, and the healing was not taken back. But the one who returned got something the others missed, a face-to-face moment with the one who healed him. 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