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Joel and the Locusts Quiz

Test how well you remember the story of Joel and the locusts, from Joel 1-2. Each question is answered directly from the passage, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. Who was Joel's father?
    • Beeri
    • Amoz
    • Pethuel
    • Hilkiah
  2. Who did Joel first call to hear his message?
    • The kings of Judah
    • The old men and all the inhabitants of the land
    • The soldiers
    • The merchants of Tyre
  3. What came first, before the locust, in Joel 1:4?
    • The caterpiller
    • The cankerworm
    • The grasshopper
    • The palmerworm
  4. What did Joel say the invaders' teeth were like?
    • The teeth of a lion
    • The teeth of a bear
    • Iron
    • Swords
  5. What was cut off from the house of the LORD?
    • The singers
    • The lamp oil
    • The meat offering and the drink offering
    • The water supply
  6. What did Joel tell the people to sanctify?
    • A fast
    • A new altar
    • A feast
    • The city walls
  7. What did God tell the people to rend instead of their garments?
    • Their idols
    • Their tents
    • Their nets
    • Their heart
  8. Where were the priests to weep?
    • At the city gate
    • Between the porch and the altar
    • On the mount of Olives
    • By the river Jordan
  9. What did God promise to restore?
    • The walls of Jerusalem
    • The ark of the covenant
    • The years that the locust hath eaten
    • The throne of David
  10. What did God promise to pour out upon all flesh?
    • Rain
    • His spirit
    • Oil
    • Fire

Joel and the Locusts Quiz Answers & Bible References

Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.

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  1. Who was Joel's father?

    Pethuel

    The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

    joel 1:1 (KJV)

  2. Who did Joel first call to hear his message?

    The old men and all the inhabitants of the land

    Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

    joel 1:2 (KJV)

  3. What came first, before the locust, in Joel 1:4?

    The palmerworm

    That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

    joel 1:4 (KJV)

  4. What did Joel say the invaders' teeth were like?

    The teeth of a lion

    For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

    joel 1:6 (KJV)

  5. What was cut off from the house of the LORD?

    The meat offering and the drink offering

    The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.

    joel 1:9 (KJV)

  6. What did Joel tell the people to sanctify?

    A fast

    Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

    joel 1:14 (KJV)

  7. What did God tell the people to rend instead of their garments?

    Their heart

    And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

    joel 2:13 (KJV)

  8. Where were the priests to weep?

    Between the porch and the altar

    Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

    joel 2:17 (KJV)

  9. What did God promise to restore?

    The years that the locust hath eaten

    And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

    joel 2:25 (KJV)

  10. What did God promise to pour out upon all flesh?

    His spirit

    And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

    joel 2:28 (KJV)