50 Book of James Bible Quiz Questions and Answers

James is a short, practical letter about trials, wisdom, the tongue and faith that shows itself in action. Test what you know.

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Easy questions

  1. Question 1Easy

    According to James, God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.

    Answer: TrueJames 4:6
    But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
  2. Question 2Easy

    The book of James promises: 'Come near to God and he will come near to you.'

    Answer: TrueJames 4:8
    Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
  3. Question 3Easy

    In the book of James, everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become what?

    Answer: C. AngryJames 1:19
    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  4. Question 4Easy

    James addresses his letter to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations.

    Answer: TrueJames 1:1
    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
  5. Question 5Easy

    James declares that faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is what?

    Answer: B. DeadJames 2:17
    Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
  6. Question 6Easy

    According to James, if anyone lacks wisdom, they should ask God, who gives generously to all.

    Answer: TrueJames 1:5
    If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
  7. Question 7Easy

    If anyone is sick, James says they should call the elders of the church to pray and anoint them with what?

    Answer: C. OilJames 5:14
    Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
  8. Question 8Easy

    What does James say we put into the mouths of horses to make them obey us?

    Answer: C. BitsJames 3:3
    Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
  9. Question 9Easy

    In the letter of James, believers are told to confess their sins to each other and pray for each other so that they may be what?

    Answer: A. HealedJames 5:16
    Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
  10. Question 10Easy

    If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, 'Love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing what?

    Answer: B. WellJames 2:8
    If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
  11. Question 11Easy

    Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

    Answer: TrueJames 4:10
    Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
  12. Question 12Easy

    In his letter, James writes that those who consider themselves religious but do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves.

    Answer: TrueJames 1:26
    If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
  13. Question 13Easy

    James uses Job as an example of someone who persevered in the face of suffering.

    Answer: TrueJames 5:11
    Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
  14. Question 14Easy

    James says believers should merely listen to the word, and not worry about doing what it says.

    Answer: FalseJames 1:22
    But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
  15. Question 15Easy

    In the Epistle of James, what small object is used to steer large ships driven by strong winds?

    Answer: C. RudderJames 3:4
    Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Medium questions

  1. Question 16Medium

    James instructs believers not to swear by heaven or earth, but to let their 'Yes' be what?

    Answer: B. YesJames 5:12
    But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
  2. Question 17Medium

    According to James, what does human anger fail to produce?

    Answer: B. RighteousnessJames 1:20
    For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
  3. Question 18Medium

    According to James, wishing a brother well without providing food or clothing is a demonstration of true faith.

    Answer: FalseJames 2:15-16
    If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
  4. Question 19Medium

    Which Old Testament patriarch does James use as an example of faith and deeds working together?

    Answer: C. AbrahamJames 2:21
    Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
  5. Question 20Medium

    Which prophet does James say prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain for three and a half years?

    Answer: B. ElijahJames 5:17
    Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
  6. Question 21Medium

    Religion that God accepts as pure includes looking after orphans and whom in their distress?

    Answer: C. WidowsJames 1:27
    Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
  7. Question 22Medium

    James asks if both fresh water and salt water can flow from the same what?

    Answer: D. SpringJames 3:11
    Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
  8. Question 23Medium

    Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of what?

    Answer: A. RighteousnessJames 3:18
    And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
  9. Question 24Medium

    James also uses Rahab as an example of a person whose faith was made complete by her actions.

    Answer: TrueJames 2:25
    Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
  10. Question 25Medium

    In the Epistle of James, what crown is promised to the person who perseveres under trial?

    Answer: B. LifeJames 1:12
    Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
  11. Question 26Medium

    James says that the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure, then peace-loving.

    Answer: TrueJames 3:17
    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
  12. Question 27Medium

    In the Epistle of James, what are believers told not to do against one another, as doing so is equivalent to judging the law?

    Answer: A. SlanderJames 4:11
    Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
  13. Question 28Medium

    James compares the human tongue to what destructive element?

    Answer: D. A fireJames 3:6
    And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
  14. Question 29Medium

    In the Epistle of James, when a person asks God for wisdom, they must ask in faith and not do what?

    Answer: B. DoubtJames 1:6
    But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
  15. Question 30Medium

    James says that every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of what?

    Answer: C. The heavenly lightsJames 1:17
    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  16. Question 31Medium

    In his epistle, James writes: 'Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will...'

    Answer: D. Flee from youJames 4:7
    Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  17. Question 32Medium

    In the letter of James, even the demons are said to believe that God is one and shudder.

    Answer: TrueJames 2:19
    Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
  18. Question 33Medium

    In the Epistle of James, let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking what?

    Answer: D. AnythingJames 1:4
    But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
  19. Question 34Medium

    In his epistle, how does James describe human life?

    Answer: B. A vapor that appears and vanishesJames 4:14
    Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
  20. Question 35Medium

    The Epistle of James teaches that faith without deeds can save a person.

    Answer: FalseJames 2:14
    What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
  21. Question 36Medium

    James warns against giving special attention to a man who comes into a meeting wearing what?

    Answer: B. A gold ring and fine clothesJames 2:2
    For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

Hard questions

  1. Question 37Hard

    James states that whoever is wise and understanding should show it by their good life and deeds done in humility.

    Answer: TrueJames 3:13
    Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
  2. Question 38Hard

    James encourages everyone to become teachers, because teachers receive a less strict judgment.

    Answer: FalseJames 3:1
    My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
  3. Question 39Hard

    Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover a multitude of what?

    Answer: A. SinsJames 5:20
    Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
  4. Question 40Hard

    In his warning to rich oppressors, James says their wealth has rotted and what has happened to their clothes?

    Answer: B. Eaten by mothsJames 5:2
    Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
  5. Question 41Hard

    The Epistle of James states: 'You desire but do not have, so you kill. You do not have because you do not...'?

    Answer: C. Ask GodJames 4:2
    Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
  6. Question 42Hard

    Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to what?

    Answer: A. DeathJames 1:15
    Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
  7. Question 43Hard

    In the letter of James, those who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city' do not know what will happen when?

    Answer: D. TomorrowJames 4:13-14
    Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
  8. Question 44Hard

    In the Epistle of James, what should the rich person take pride in, since they will pass away like a wild flower?

    Answer: B. HumiliationJames 1:9-10
    Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
  9. Question 45Hard

    According to the Epistle of James, God has chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in what?

    Answer: A. FaithJames 2:5
    Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
  10. Question 46Hard

    In the Epistle of James, if you show special attention to a man in fine clothes over a poor man, you have become judges with evil what?

    Answer: C. ThoughtsJames 2:3-4
    And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
  11. Question 47Hard

    In the Epistle of James, the human tongue is said to have been successfully tamed by mankind.

    Answer: FalseJames 3:8
    But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
  12. Question 48Hard

    In the Epistle of James, a person who listens to the word but does not do what it says is compared to someone looking at their face in a what?

    Answer: A. MirrorJames 1:23
    For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
  13. Question 49Hard

    In the Epistle of James, a person who keeps the whole law but fails in one point is still considered mostly righteous.

    Answer: FalseJames 2:10
    For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
  14. Question 50Hard

    James teaches that God sometimes tempts people with evil to test the strength of their faith.

    Answer: FalseJames 1:13
    Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

Answer key

  1. True (James 4:6)
  2. True (James 4:8)
  3. C. Angry (James 1:19)
  4. True (James 1:1)
  5. B. Dead (James 2:17)
  6. True (James 1:5)
  7. C. Oil (James 5:14)
  8. C. Bits (James 3:3)
  9. A. Healed (James 5:16)
  10. B. Well (James 2:8)
  11. True (James 4:10)
  12. True (James 1:26)
  13. True (James 5:11)
  14. False (James 1:22)
  15. C. Rudder (James 3:4)
  16. B. Yes (James 5:12)
  17. B. Righteousness (James 1:20)
  18. False (James 2:15-16)
  19. C. Abraham (James 2:21)
  20. B. Elijah (James 5:17)
  21. C. Widows (James 1:27)
  22. D. Spring (James 3:11)
  23. A. Righteousness (James 3:18)
  24. True (James 2:25)
  25. B. Life (James 1:12)
  26. True (James 3:17)
  27. A. Slander (James 4:11)
  28. D. A fire (James 3:6)
  29. B. Doubt (James 1:6)
  30. C. The heavenly lights (James 1:17)
  31. D. Flee from you (James 4:7)
  32. True (James 2:19)
  33. D. Anything (James 1:4)
  34. B. A vapor that appears and vanishes (James 4:14)
  35. False (James 2:14)
  36. B. A gold ring and fine clothes (James 2:2)
  37. True (James 3:13)
  38. False (James 3:1)
  39. A. Sins (James 5:20)
  40. B. Eaten by moths (James 5:2)
  41. C. Ask God (James 4:2)
  42. A. Death (James 1:15)
  43. D. Tomorrow (James 4:13-14)
  44. B. Humiliation (James 1:9-10)
  45. A. Faith (James 2:5)
  46. C. Thoughts (James 2:3-4)
  47. False (James 3:8)
  48. A. Mirror (James 1:23)
  49. False (James 2:10)
  50. False (James 1:13)
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What is the Book of James about?

James is a short New Testament letter from "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" (James 1:1), written to believers scattered abroad. It is full of practical teaching. James tells readers to count it all joy when they face trials and to ask God for wisdom, for he gives to all men liberally (James 1:5). He urges them to be doers of the word, and not hearers only (James 1:22).

He warns against favoring the rich over the poor and teaches that "faith without works is dead" (James 2:26), pointing to Abraham and Rahab as examples. In chapter 3 he compares the tongue to a small fire that can kindle a great matter. The letter closes with a call to patience, like a farmer waiting for rain, and to pray for the sick, for "the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16).

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