Bible Riddles

1. Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet. What is it? Medium

2. I was the first man ever made, yet I was never born. Who am I? Easy

3. I built a giant boat on dry land while my neighbors laughed. Then the rain proved me right. Who am I? Easy

4. I am a book of the Bible named after a man who spent three days inside a great fish. Which book am I? Easy

5. I fought a giant with no sword, no armor, and no fear. Five smooth stones were all I carried. Who am I? Easy

6. My hair was my strength. When it was cut, my power left me. Who am I? Easy

7. I was thrown into a den of hungry lions, yet in the morning I did not have a single scratch. Who am I? Easy

8. I am a sea that opened like a hallway so a whole nation could walk through on dry ground. What am I? Easy

9. My brothers sold me, a prison held me, yet I ended up second in command of all Egypt. Who am I? Easy

10. I am food that fell from the sky every morning for forty years. What am I? Medium

11. I am a city whose walls fell down after a week of marching and one big shout. Which city am I? Easy

12. I spoke to my master even though I am a donkey. Whose donkey am I? Medium

13. I was swallowed on a Monday, so to speak, and coughed up three days later on a beach. What swallowed me? Easy

14. I am the shortest man in the Bible according to a classic Sunday school joke, because I slept on my watch. Who am I? Medium

15. I am a garden where everything went wrong because of one bite. What garden am I? Easy

16. I am a ladder seen in a dream, with angels going up and down my steps. Whose dream was I in? Medium

17. I burned and burned but was never burned up, and a shepherd took off his sandals to look at me. What am I? Medium

18. I am the oldest man in the Bible, yet I died before my father did. Who am I? Medium

19. Kings followed a light in the sky to find me sleeping in a feeding trough. Who am I? Easy

20. I am a boy's small lunch that fed more than five thousand people. What was in me? Easy

21. I climbed a tree because I was too short to see Jesus over the crowd. Who am I? Easy

22. I am a coat of many colors that started a whole lot of trouble between brothers. Who wore me? Easy

23. I walked on water until I looked down at the waves. Who am I? Medium

24. I am a tower where everyone suddenly stopped understanding each other. What tower am I? Easy

25. I am a stone that rolled away all by itself on a Sunday morning. What did I reveal? Easy

26. I am a bird Noah sent out twice. The second time I came back with a leaf in my beak. What bird am I? Medium

27. My wife looked back at a burning city and turned into something you shake onto french fries. Who was she? Easy

28. I am water that blushed at a wedding. What happened to me? Medium

29. I am a giant over nine feet tall, and a shepherd boy knocked me flat with one shot. Who am I? Easy

30. How many days and nights did it rain during the great flood? Easy

Rain fell for forty days and forty nights (Genesis 7:12).

31. What did God create on the very first day? Easy

God said "Let there be light" on day one (Genesis 1:3-5).

32. How many disciples did Jesus choose? Easy

Jesus chose twelve disciples (Luke 6:13).

33. Which weapon did David use against Goliath? Easy

David used a sling and one smooth stone (1 Samuel 17:49-50).

34. What sign did God put in the sky as a promise to never flood the whole earth again? Easy

The rainbow is the sign of God's covenant with Noah (Genesis 9:13).

35. I led Israel out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments on a mountain. Type my name. Easy

36. I am the first book of the Bible. My name means "beginning". What book am I? Easy

37. I am the strong man whose secret was his uncut hair. Type my name. Easy

38. Noah brought the animals onto the ark two by two. Easy

Pairs of every kind came to Noah (Genesis 6:19-20), with extra pairs of clean animals (Genesis 7:2).

39. Jonah obeyed God right away and sailed straight to Nineveh. Easy

Jonah ran the opposite way, toward Tarshish, and ended up inside the great fish (Jonah 1:3, 1:17).

40. The baby Jesus was born in Jerusalem. Easy

Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Luke 2:4-7).

41. We were thrown into a blazing furnace, but a fourth figure walked in the flames with us and we came out without even the smell of smoke. Who are we? Medium

42. I was a young queen who risked my life before the king to save my people from a wicked plot. Who am I? Medium

43. Two women claimed the same baby, so I called for a sword to settle it and found the true mother. Who am I? Medium

44. A glowing hand appeared and wrote strange words on a palace wall during a king's feast, and I was the only one who could read them. Who am I? Medium

45. I floated down a river in a basket of reeds and was found by a princess who raised me as her own. Who am I? Medium

46. I never tasted death; a chariot of fire and a whirlwind carried me straight up to heaven. Who am I? Medium

47. I gave an offering God did not accept, and out of jealousy I harmed my own brother. Who am I? Medium

48. I was the first of ten warnings to Pharaoh: a whole river turned to blood at the strike of a staff. Which river am I? Medium

49. I told my mother-in-law, where you go I will go, then gathered leftover grain in the field of Boaz. Who am I? Medium

50. I refused to believe my Lord had risen until I could touch the wounds with my own hands. Who am I? Easy

51. I stopped to bandage a wounded stranger by the road that two religious men had already passed by. What am I called in the parable? Easy

52. I wasted my whole inheritance far from home, then came back to a father who ran to welcome me. Who am I in the parable? Easy

53. I had been dead four days and wrapped in a tomb when a voice called me to come out. Who am I? Medium

54. While the prophet was up on the mountain, the people melted their gold jewelry to make me and bowed down to worship me. What am I? Medium

55. We brought three gifts to the young child in Bethlehem: gold, frankincense, and one costly spice for burial. What was that third gift? Medium

56. My thick long hair caught fast in the branches of an oak as I fled on my mule, ending my rebellion against my father David. Who am I? Hard

57. For thirty pieces of silver I handed my teacher over, marking him with a kiss in the garden. Who am I? Medium

58. I am a gold covered chest carried on poles, holding the stone tablets, a jar of manna, and a rod that budded. What am I? Medium

59. Dressed in camel hair and living on locusts and wild honey, I baptized people in the Jordan and pointed them to the coming Messiah. Who am I? Medium

60. I tested God with a wool fleece and morning dew, then routed a huge army with just three hundred men carrying torches and trumpets. Who am I? Medium

61. Left-handed and bold, I hid a short dagger on my right thigh and struck down the fat king of Moab, freeing Israel. Who am I? Hard

62. I welcomed a fleeing enemy commander into my tent, gave him milk, then drove a tent peg through his temple as he slept. Who am I? Hard

63. I was both a king of Salem and a priest, and I brought out bread and wine to bless Abram after his victory. Who am I? Hard

64. Meaning well, I reached out to steady the holy chest when the oxen stumbled, and it cost me my life. Who am I? Hard

65. I buried a beautiful robe and some silver and gold beneath my tent, and my hidden theft brought defeat on my whole army. Who am I? Hard

66. As a married couple we sold some land, secretly kept part of the price, and lied about it, so we both dropped dead. Who are we? Hard

67. Full of faith, I preached boldly, saw heaven open, and became the first believer to be stoned to death. Who am I? Hard

68. I dozed off in a high window during a very long midnight sermon, fell from the third floor, and was raised back to life. Who am I? Hard

69. A proud army commander with leprosy, I finally dipped in the Jordan seven times and came up clean. Who am I? Hard

70. Greedy for a healed man's reward, I chased him down for silver and clothing, and I carried away his leprosy instead. Who am I? Hard

71. When I was sick and prayed, God added fifteen years to my life and made a shadow move backward ten steps as a sign. Who am I? Hard

72. Crowned king at only eight years old, I repaired the temple and wept when the lost book of the law was read to me. Who am I? Hard

73. A wicked queen who chased the prophets, I was thrown from a high window and trampled, and dogs finished the rest. Who am I? Hard

74. Lame in both feet and the son of the king's dear friend, I was invited to eat at the royal table for the rest of my life. Who am I? Hard

75. I told a king a story about a poor man's only lamb, then pointed at him and said, You are the man. Who am I? Hard

76. I made a rash vow to offer whatever came out my door first, and to my grief my only daughter came out to greet me. Who am I? Hard

77. A leader of the Pharisees, I came to Jesus in the dark of night and was told I must be born again. Who am I? Hard

78. A blind beggar by the road near Jericho, I shouted for the Son of David to have mercy and left with my sight. Who am I? Hard

79. A Roman centurion known for prayers and giving, I sent for Peter and became one of the first Gentiles to believe. Who am I? Hard

80. A businesswoman who sold purple cloth, I listened to Paul beside a river and became the first believer in my European city. Who am I? Hard

81. A giant king east of the Jordan, I was famous for a huge iron bed about thirteen feet long. Who am I? Hard

82. I hid two spies on my roof, sent the soldiers the wrong way, and tied a scarlet cord in my window to be spared. Who am I? Hard

83. Married to a foolish, stingy man, I rushed out with food and calm words to stop David from taking bloody revenge. Who am I? Hard

84. Promised I would not die before seeing the Christ, I cradled the infant in the temple and said I could now depart in peace. Who am I? Hard

85. A guilty prisoner set free while an innocent man took my place, I was released when the crowd shouted for me over Jesus. Who am I? Hard