Bible Quiz for kids – Proverbs (With Answers and the Complete Reference Verse)

 

Bible Quiz for kids – Proverbs (With Answers and the Complete Reference Verse) 

The Book of Proverbs is filled with simple yet powerful wisdom about how to live a good life—teaching us about kindness, honesty, respect, and trusting God. This quiz will help kids explore these truths in a fun and meaningful way!

 

📝 Instructions

Read each question carefully.

Try to answer without looking at your Bible first.

After completing all sections, check your answers below.

Each answer includes the full reference verse so you can learn more!

 

🟢 Easy Level (Starter Wisdom)

 

1.        What is the beginning of knowledge?

 

2.        What should we trust in with all our heart?

 

3.        Who should children listen to?

 

4.        What should we guard because it is the wellspring of life?

 

5.        What kind of answer turns away wrath?

 

6.        What should we not boast about?

 

7.        Who makes us wise when we walk with them?

 

8.        What does a cheerful heart do?

 

9.        What should we not lean on?

 

10.  What is better than silver and gold?

 

🟡 Harder Level (Growing Wisdom)

 

1.        What happens to lazy people according to Proverbs?

 

2.        What does the Lord hate that is listed first among the seven things?

 

3.        What is like apples of gold in settings of silver?

 

4.        What should you do if your enemy is hungry?

 

5.        What is the reward of humility and the fear of the Lord?

 

6.        What happens when there is no vision?

 

7.        What kind of woman is described as more precious than rubies?

 

8.        What should you avoid if you want to keep your life?

 

9.        What does pride lead to?

 

10.  What is a friend like at all times?

 

🔴 Hardest Level (Deep Wisdom Challenge)

 

1.        What does Proverbs say about answering a fool? (two connected ideas)

 

2.        What is compared to a tree of life?

 

3.        What does the Lord require regarding honesty in business?

 

4.        What happens to those who ignore instruction?

 

5.        What is better: a patient person or a warrior?

 

6.        What does a gentle tongue have the power to do?

 

7.        What is the name of the Lord described as?

 

8.        What does Proverbs say about plans and counsel?

 

9.        What happens to those who are generous?

 

10.  What is better than great treasure with trouble?

 

✅ Answers with Complete Reference Verses

 

🟢 Easy Level Answers

 

1.        The fear of the Lord

Proverbs 1:7 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

 

2.        The Lord

Proverbs 3:5 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

 

3.        Their parents (father and mother)

Proverbs 1:8 – “My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother.”

 

4.        Your heart

Proverbs 4:23 – “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.”

 

5.        A gentle answer

Proverbs 15:1 – “A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

 

6.        Tomorrow

Proverbs 27:1 – “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”

 

7.        Wise people

Proverbs 13:20 – “He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.”

 

8.        Brings good health

Proverbs 17:22 – “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.”

 

9.        Our own understanding

Proverbs 3:5 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

 

10.  Wisdom

Proverbs 16:16 – “How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.”

 

🟡 Harder Level Answers

 

1.        They become poor

Proverbs 10:4 – “He who has a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.”

 

2.        A proud look

Proverbs 6:16–17 – “These six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look…”

 

3.        A word fitly spoken

Proverbs 25:11 – “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.”

 

4.        Feed him

Proverbs 25:21 – “If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.”

 

5.        Riches, honor, and life

Proverbs 22:4 – “By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life.”

 

6.        People perish

Proverbs 29:18 – “Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law.”

 

7.        A virtuous woman

Proverbs 31:10 – “Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.”

 

8.        Your tongue (wrong speech)

Proverbs 13:3 – “He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.”

 

9.        A fall

Proverbs 16:18 – “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

 

10.  Loving and constant

Proverbs 17:17 – “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”

 

🔴 Hardest Level Answers

 

1.        Answer carefully—sometimes yes, sometimes no

Proverbs 26:4–5 – “Do not answer a fool according to his folly… Answer a fool according to his folly…”

 

2.        Wisdom

Proverbs 3:18 – “She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her…”

 

3.        Honest weights and measures

Proverbs 11:1 – “Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.”

 

4.        They suffer consequences / go astray

Proverbs 10:17 – “He who keeps instruction is in the way of life, but he who refuses correction goes astray.”

 

5.        A patient person

Proverbs 16:32 – “He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty…”

 

6.        Break a bone (powerful influence)

Proverbs 25:15 – “By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded, and a gentle tongue breaks a bone.”

 

7.        A strong tower

Proverbs 18:10 – “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”

 

8.        They succeed with good counsel

Proverbs 20:18 – “Plans are established by counsel; by wise counsel wage war.”

 

9.        They prosper

Proverbs 11:25 – “The generous soul will be made rich…”

 

10.  Peace with little

Proverbs 15:16 – “Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure with trouble.”

 

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