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Habakkuk's Questions Quiz

Test how well you remember Habakkuk's questions and God's answers, from Habakkuk 1-3. 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. What was Habakkuk's first question to God?
    • Whom shall I send?
    • Why hast thou forsaken me?
    • Where is the lamb?
    • O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear?
  2. What did Habakkuk cry out to God about?
    • Violence
    • A famine
    • A plague
    • A flood
  3. Which nation did God say he was raising up?
    • The Philistines
    • The Egyptians
    • The Chaldeans
    • The Edomites
  4. What did God say the Chaldeans' horses were swifter than?
    • The eagles
    • The leopards
    • The wind
    • The lions
  5. In his second question, what did Habakkuk say God's eyes were too pure to do?
    • Behold evil
    • See the sun
    • Look on the temple
    • Watch the nations
  6. Where did Habakkuk say he would stand?
    • In the temple
    • In a cave
    • By the river
    • Upon his watch, on the tower
  7. What did God tell Habakkuk to do with the vision?
    • Keep it secret
    • Write it and make it plain upon tables
    • Tell it only to the king
    • Seal it in a jar
  8. What did God say to do if the vision tarry?
    • Forget it
    • Pray for a new one
    • Wait for it
    • Ask another prophet
  9. How did God say the just shall live?
    • By his strength
    • By his faith
    • By his riches
    • By his sword
  10. What did Habakkuk say he would do even if the fig tree did not blossom?
    • Leave the land
    • Ask God for a sign
    • Mourn in sackcloth
    • Rejoice in the LORD

Habakkuk's Questions 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. What was Habakkuk's first question to God?

    O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear?

    O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

    habakkuk 1:2 (KJV)

  2. What did Habakkuk cry out to God about?

    Violence

    O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

    habakkuk 1:2 (KJV)

  3. Which nation did God say he was raising up?

    The Chaldeans

    For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

    habakkuk 1:6 (KJV)

  4. What did God say the Chaldeans' horses were swifter than?

    The leopards

    Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

    habakkuk 1:8 (KJV)

  5. In his second question, what did Habakkuk say God's eyes were too pure to do?

    Behold evil

    Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

    habakkuk 1:13 (KJV)

  6. Where did Habakkuk say he would stand?

    Upon his watch, on the tower

    I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

    habakkuk 2:1 (KJV)

  7. What did God tell Habakkuk to do with the vision?

    Write it and make it plain upon tables

    And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

    habakkuk 2:2 (KJV)

  8. What did God say to do if the vision tarry?

    Wait for it

    For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

    habakkuk 2:3 (KJV)

  9. How did God say the just shall live?

    By his faith

    Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

    habakkuk 2:4 (KJV)

  10. What did Habakkuk say he would do even if the fig tree did not blossom?

    Rejoice in the LORD

    Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

    habakkuk 3:18 (KJV)