37 Book of Amos Bible Quiz Questions

Amos was a herdman from Tekoa sent to warn wealthy Israel. How much do you know about his visions and his call for justice?

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Easy questions

  1. Question 1Easy

    Amos told Amaziah that he was not a professional prophet, but a herdsman.

    Answer: TrueAmos 7:14
    Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
  2. Question 2Easy

    God judged Judah because they rejected the law of the Lord.

    Answer: TrueAmos 2:4
    Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
  3. Question 3Easy

    In the book of Amos, what did the Lord tell the house of Israel to do so they might live?

    Answer: A. Seek the LordAmos 5:4
    For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
  4. Question 4Easy

    The book of Amos ends with a promise that Israel will be planted in their land and never be uprooted again.

    Answer: TrueAmos 9:15
    And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
  5. Question 5Easy

    The priest Amaziah told Amos to go back to Judah and earn his bread by prophesying there.

    Answer: TrueAmos 7:12
    Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
  6. Question 6Easy

    Amos declared: 'The lion has roared—who will not fear?'

    Answer: TrueAmos 3:8
    The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
  7. Question 7Easy

    Amos told the people to 'Seek good, not evil, that you may live.'

    Answer: TrueAmos 5:14
    Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
  8. Question 8Easy

    Amos asked if horses run on rocks, pointing out how unnatural Israel's twisted justice was.

    Answer: TrueAmos 6:12
    Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

Medium questions

  1. Question 9Medium

    According to the prophet Amos, at what time of day will the Sovereign Lord make the sun go down?

    Answer: D. NoonAmos 8:9
    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
  2. Question 10Medium

    Amos saw a vision of a basket of ripe summer fruit, symbolizing that the end had come for Israel.

    Answer: TrueAmos 8:1-2
    Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
  3. Question 11Medium

    In his prophecies against the nations, Amos repeatedly uses the phrase 'For three sins... even for four'.

    Answer: TrueAmos 1:3
    Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
  4. Question 12Medium

    In the prophecy of Amos, what would God command to bite the Israelites if they hid at the bottom of the sea?

    Answer: C. A serpentAmos 9:3
    And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
  5. Question 13Medium

    According to the prophet Amos, the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the...

    Answer: B. ProphetsAmos 3:7
    Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
  6. Question 14Medium

    According to the prophet Amos, those who swear by the sin of Samaria say: 'As surely as your god lives, O...'?

    Answer: D. DanAmos 8:14
    They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
  7. Question 15Medium

    According to the prophet Amos, whose fallen shelter (or tabernacle) will God restore?

    Answer: C. David'sAmos 9:11
    In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
  8. Question 16Medium

    Amos received his visions concerning Israel two years before what event?

    Answer: B. The earthquakeAmos 1:1
    The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  9. Question 17Medium

    According to the prophet Amos, what did God want to roll on like a river instead of noisy songs?

    Answer: B. JusticeAmos 5:23-24
    Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
  10. Question 18Medium

    According to the prophet Amos, God raised up some of Israel's young men to be what?

    Answer: B. NaziritesAmos 2:11
    And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
  11. Question 19Medium

    What was the first judgment vision God showed to Amos?

    Answer: A. A swarm of locustsAmos 7:1
    Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
  12. Question 20Medium

    In the book of Amos, God declared that He hated and despised Israel's religious festivals.

    Answer: TrueAmos 5:21
    I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
  13. Question 21Medium

    According to the prophet Amos, for what sin did God judge the nation of Moab?

    Answer: B. He burned the bones of Edom's king to ashAmos 2:1
    Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
  14. Question 22Medium

    Amos warned the people not to seek God at Bethel or Gilgal.

    Answer: TrueAmos 5:5
    But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
  15. Question 23Medium

    What animal did Amos compare the wealthy women of Samaria to?

    Answer: C. Cows of BashanAmos 4:1
    Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
  16. Question 24Medium

    Amos proclaimed 'Woe to you who are...' in Zion and Samaria?

    Answer: B. ComplacentAmos 6:1
    Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
  17. Question 25Medium

    Amos asked: 'Do two walk together unless they have...'?

    Answer: B. Agreed to do soAmos 3:3
    Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
  18. Question 26Medium

    What famous warning did Amos give to Israel because of God's coming judgment?

    Answer: A. Prepare to meet your GodAmos 4:12
    Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Hard questions

  1. Question 27Hard

    Which prophet warned that the Day of the Lord would be 'darkness, not light' for those who desired it without repenting?

    Answer: A. AmosAmos 5:18
    Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
  2. Question 28Hard

    Through the prophet Amos, God accused the Israelites of carrying the shrines of Sikkuth their king and Kiyyun their star god.

    Answer: TrueAmos 5:26
    But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
  3. Question 29Hard

    Through the prophet Amos, God declared He would destroy the winter and summer houses, along with houses adorned with what?

    Answer: C. IvoryAmos 3:15
    And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
  4. Question 30Hard

    Through the prophet Amos, God warned of a famine not of bread or water, but of what?

    Answer: D. Hearing the words of the LordAmos 8:11
    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
  5. Question 31Hard

    Which priest of Bethel told the king that Amos was raising a conspiracy?

    Answer: D. AmaziahAmos 7:10
    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
  6. Question 32Hard

    Amos compares rescuing Israel to a shepherd salvaging what from a lion's mouth?

    Answer: A. Two leg bones or a piece of an earAmos 3:12
    Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
  7. Question 33Hard

    Amos said Israel sold the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of what?

    Answer: D. SandalsAmos 2:6
    Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
  8. Question 34Hard

    In the book of Amos, what kind of beds were the complacent leaders lounging on?

    Answer: B. Beds adorned with ivoryAmos 6:4
    That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
  9. Question 35Hard

    The leaders of Israel invented new musical instruments like which famous king?

    Answer: A. DavidAmos 6:5
    That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
  10. Question 36Hard

    In the book of Amos, which two constellations are named as being created by God?

    Answer: D. Pleiades and OrionAmos 5:8
    Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
  11. Question 37Hard

    Through the prophet Amos, God reminded Israel that He also brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from where?

    Answer: A. KirAmos 9:7
    Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Answer key

  1. True (Amos 7:14)
  2. True (Amos 2:4)
  3. A. Seek the Lord (Amos 5:4)
  4. True (Amos 9:15)
  5. True (Amos 7:12)
  6. True (Amos 3:8)
  7. True (Amos 5:14)
  8. True (Amos 6:12)
  9. D. Noon (Amos 8:9)
  10. True (Amos 8:1-2)
  11. True (Amos 1:3)
  12. C. A serpent (Amos 9:3)
  13. B. Prophets (Amos 3:7)
  14. D. Dan (Amos 8:14)
  15. C. David's (Amos 9:11)
  16. B. The earthquake (Amos 1:1)
  17. B. Justice (Amos 5:23-24)
  18. B. Nazirites (Amos 2:11)
  19. A. A swarm of locusts (Amos 7:1)
  20. True (Amos 5:21)
  21. B. He burned the bones of Edom's king to ash (Amos 2:1)
  22. True (Amos 5:5)
  23. C. Cows of Bashan (Amos 4:1)
  24. B. Complacent (Amos 6:1)
  25. B. Agreed to do so (Amos 3:3)
  26. A. Prepare to meet your God (Amos 4:12)
  27. A. Amos (Amos 5:18)
  28. True (Amos 5:26)
  29. C. Ivory (Amos 3:15)
  30. D. Hearing the words of the Lord (Amos 8:11)
  31. D. Amaziah (Amos 7:10)
  32. A. Two leg bones or a piece of an ear (Amos 3:12)
  33. D. Sandals (Amos 2:6)
  34. B. Beds adorned with ivory (Amos 6:4)
  35. A. David (Amos 6:5)
  36. D. Pleiades and Orion (Amos 5:8)
  37. A. Kir (Amos 9:7)
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What is the Book of Amos about?

Amos is the thirtieth book of the Bible. Amos was among the herdmen of Tekoa, in Judah, sent to prophesy to the northern kingdom of Israel (Amos 1:1). He told the priest Amaziah that he was not a prophet by trade but "an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit" (Amos 7:14).

The book begins with judgments on the nations around Israel, then turns to Israel itself. Amos condemns those who sell the poor for a pair of shoes (Amos 2:6), live in luxury and keep feasts while ignoring injustice. God says He hates such feasts and calls instead, "let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream" (Amos 5:24). Amos sees visions of locusts, fire, a plumbline and a basket of summer fruit. He warns of a famine "of hearing the words of the LORD" (Amos 8:11). The book ends with a promise that God will raise up the fallen tabernacle of David (Amos 9:11).

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