Daily Bible quiz: a Bible question of the day for every day of the month
A daily Bible quiz with 31 questions, one per day of the month, each answered with its KJV verse. Plus a 2-minute routine to make it a habit.
In this article
- How to use this daily Bible quiz
- Week 1: In the beginning (Days 1–7)
- Week 2: From Egypt to the judges (Days 8–14)
- Week 3: Kings, prophets and exile (Days 15–21)
- Week 4: The life of Jesus (Days 22–28)
- Days 29–31: The church and the end of the story
- How to turn a daily Bible question into a habit
- Three daily Bible quiz routines, from 1 to 15 minutes
- Daily Bible trivia for groups and families
- How to write your own Bible question of the day
- Frequently asked questions
A daily Bible quiz is one short question a day, answered from the text of Scripture, that takes a minute or two. This page gives you 31 of them, one for each day of the month, in Bible order from Genesis to Revelation. Find today's date, answer before you look, then read the verse under the answer.
The questions start easy and get a little harder each week. Every answer comes with its King James Version reference, so you can check it yourself rather than take our word for it.
You can come back to this page every day, use it as a question of the day for a church group chat, or treat it as a one-month warm-up before a longer reading plan.
How to use this daily Bible quiz
Go to the day that matches today's date. On October 7, answer Day 7. On the 31st, you get the last question of the month. In a 30-day month, do Days 30 and 31 together.
Try to answer before you read the line marked Answer. Cover it with your thumb if you need to. Saying your answer out loud, or typing it in your notes app, counts. The point is to pull it out of your own memory first. That small effort is what makes an answer stick, far more than reading it a second time.
Then read the reference. If you got it wrong, open the chapter and read the few verses around it. That's where the real learning happens: you'll remember the story better because you missed it once.
If you'd rather have questions ready at your level every day, with your streak counted for you, the app does that.
Week 1: In the beginning (Days 1–7)
All seven questions come from Genesis, the book of beginnings. If you want more after this week, the Genesis quiz has questions on every chapter.
Day 1. On which day of creation did God make light?
Answer: The first day. "God said, Let there be light: and there was light," and "the evening and the morning were the first day" (Genesis 1:3-5). Read the full account in the creation of the world.
Day 2. On which day did God make the sun, the moon and the stars?
Answer: The fourth day. God made "two great lights" and "the stars also" (Genesis 1:16), and verse 19 closes "the fourth day." Light comes on Day 1, the sources of light on Day 4.
Day 3. How old was Noah when the flood came?
Answer: Six hundred years old (Genesis 7:6). The whole story is in Noah and the flood.
Day 4. What sign did God set in the sky as a token of His covenant after the flood?
Answer: His "bow in the cloud," the rainbow (Genesis 9:13).
Day 5. What was Sarah's name before God changed it?
Answer: Sarai. "Thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be" (Genesis 17:15). Two verses earlier, Abram had become Abraham (Genesis 17:5).
Day 6. Jacob worked seven years to marry Rachel. Who did he find he had married instead?
Answer: Leah, Rachel's older sister (Genesis 29:20-25). Laban tricked the trickster. See Jacob with Laban, Leah and Rachel.
Day 7. For how many pieces of silver was Joseph sold?
Answer: Twenty pieces of silver, to the Ishmeelites (Genesis 37:28). Many people say thirty, but that number belongs to Judas (Matthew 26:15).
Week 2: From Egypt to the judges (Days 8–14)
This week covers Exodus through Ruth: slavery, rescue, the desert, and the first years in the land.
Day 8. From what did the angel of the Lord appear to Moses at Horeb?
Answer: "A flame of fire out of the midst of a bush," and the bush was not consumed (Exodus 3:2). See the burning bush.
Day 9. Moses said he was "slow of speech." Who did God send to speak for him?
Answer: His brother Aaron, of whom God said "I know that he can speak well" (Exodus 4:14).
Day 10. What did the Israelites call the bread God sent from heaven in the wilderness?
Answer: Manna. It was "like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey" (Exodus 16:31). More in manna and water from the rock.
Day 11. Which city's wall "fell down flat" after Israel marched around it and shouted?
Answer: Jericho (Joshua 6:20). Read the fall of Jericho.
Day 12. How many men did God leave Gideon to fight the Midianites?
Answer: Three hundred, the men who lapped the water (Judges 7:7). See Gideon and his 300 men.
Day 13. Who was Ruth's mother-in-law, the woman she refused to leave?
Answer: Naomi. They came back to Bethlehem together "in the beginning of barley harvest" (Ruth 1:22). The rest is in Ruth and Boaz.
Day 14. How many stones did David pick from the brook before he faced Goliath?
Answer: Five smooth stones (1 Samuel 17:40). He needed one. Read David and Goliath.
Week 3: Kings, prophets and exile (Days 15–21)
Harder week. These questions ask you to connect a person with a moment, not just recall a famous scene.
Day 15. Which prophet told David, "Thou art the man"?
Answer: Nathan, after telling David a parable about a rich man who took a poor man's only lamb (2 Samuel 12:7).
Day 16. When God told Solomon to ask for anything, what did he ask for?
Answer: "An understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad" (1 Kings 3:9). See Solomon's wisdom.
Day 17. On Mount Carmel, Elijah asked the people how long they would "halt between two opinions." Which god was the other option?
Answer: Baal. "If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him" (1 Kings 18:21). See Elijah on Mount Carmel.
Day 18. Who said, "and if I perish, I perish"?
Answer: Queen Esther, before going to the king uninvited (Esther 4:16). Read Esther saves her people.
Day 19. How long was Jonah in the belly of the fish?
Answer: "Three days and three nights" (Jonah 1:17). Note the book says "a great fish," not a whale. See Jonah and Nineveh.
Day 20. Which king signed the decree that sent Daniel to the lions' den?
Answer: King Darius (Daniel 6:9, 16). Not Nebuchadnezzar, who appears earlier in the book. Read Daniel in the lions' den.
Day 21. Psalm 23 opens by calling the Lord what?
Answer: "My shepherd." The psalm, titled "A Psalm of David," opens: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." The next verses show what that shepherd does:
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
If you can finish that verse from memory, you'll enjoy our finish the verse game.
Here are three more questions from the app's question bank, if today's wasn't enough.
Quick quiz: Genesis
How long did the rain of the flood fall on the earth?
“The rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.” The hundred and fifty days are the time the waters prevailed upon the earth (7:24). Genesis 7:12
What did the LORD count to Abram as righteousness?
“He believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.” This comes before circumcision, which does not appear until chapter 17. Genesis 15:6
What new name does Jacob receive after his wrestling at the ford of the Jabbok?
“Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast struggled with God and with men.” Edom is Esau’s nickname (36:1). Genesis 32:28
There are many more questions like these in Bible Academy, each with its explanation and verse. Start free, no card needed.
Week 4: The life of Jesus (Days 22–28)
All seven questions come from the Gospels. If you know the Christmas and Easter stories well, this is your week.
Day 22. In which town was Jesus born, according to Matthew?
Answer: "Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king" (Matthew 2:1). See the birth of Jesus.
Day 23. Who baptized Jesus in the Jordan?
Answer: John the Baptist (Matthew 3:13). Read the baptism of Jesus.
Day 24. According to John's Gospel, what was the "beginning of miracles" Jesus did?
Answer: Turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana of Galilee (John 2:1-11). See the wedding at Cana.
Day 25. How many loaves and how many fish fed the five thousand?
Answer: Five loaves and two fishes (Matthew 14:17), with twelve baskets of fragments left over (Matthew 14:20). Matthew adds "beside women and children" (Matthew 14:21). Read the feeding of the five thousand.
Day 26. Which chief tax collector climbed a tree to see Jesus because he was short?
Answer: Zacchaeus, spelled "Zaccheus" in this KJV edition. He "climbed up into a sycomore tree" (Luke 19:2-4). See Zacchaeus.
Day 27. How many times did Jesus say Peter would deny Him before the rooster crowed?
Answer: Three. "Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice" (Matthew 26:75). Read Peter's denial.
Day 28. What did Jesus say is the first and great commandment?
Answer: To love God with all your heart, soul and mind. Jesus calls it "the first and great commandment," and says the second "is like unto it": love your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Days 29–31: The church and the end of the story
The last three days run from Acts to Revelation. They make a good bridge into reading the rest of the New Testament.
Day 29. On which feast day did the Holy Spirit come on the disciples in Acts 2?
Answer: "The day of Pentecost" (Acts 2:1). See Pentecost.
Day 30. Saul saw a light from heaven while traveling to which city?
Answer: Damascus (Acts 9:3). Read the conversion of Saul.
Day 31. In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul names three things that abide. Which one is the greatest?
Answer: Charity, which modern translations render as love.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
One last look, once the month is done: in Revelation 21:2, John sees "the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven." That's where the Bible's story ends, and where the new Jerusalem picks it up.
How to turn a daily Bible question into a habit
A question a day only helps if it happens every day. Three things make that much more likely.
Tie it to something you already do. Pick an anchor: your first coffee, the bus ride, brushing your teeth at night. Then make a plan in one sentence: "After I pour my coffee, I answer today's Bible question." Psychologists call this an implementation intention. Across the 94 studies pooled in one well-known meta-analysis, people who made this kind of if-then plan followed through on their goals noticeably more often (Gollwitzer and Sheeran, 2006).
Keep it tiny. One question takes a minute. On a good day, read the chapter the answer comes from. On a bad day, the one question still counts. A habit you can do on your worst day survives longer than one that needs your best.
Don't panic about a missed day. A University College London study of habit formation found that missing a single day made no real difference to whether the habit formed (UCL, 2009). What breaks a habit is missing several days in a row. So if you skip Day 12, answer Days 12 and 13 tomorrow and move on.
The Bible itself pictures daily contact with Scripture. The Bereans "searched the scriptures daily" to test what they heard:
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
For a full plan built on these ideas, read how to stay consistent reading the Bible.
Three daily Bible quiz routines, from 1 to 15 minutes
Pick the one that fits the season you're in. You can switch any time.
| Routine | Time | What you do | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| One question | 1–2 min | Answer today's question, read the verse | Busy weeks, starting out |
| Question + chapter | 5–8 min | Answer, then read the whole chapter the answer comes from | Building Bible knowledge steadily |
| Read, then quiz | 10–15 min | Read 1–3 chapters, then answer 3–5 questions on what you just read | Finishing a reading plan and remembering it |
The third routine is the one that changes how much of the Bible you actually remember. Reading and then being asked about it turns passive reading into active recall. Our guide on how to remember what you read in the Bible goes further.
Daily Bible trivia for groups and families
A question of the day works well in a group because it's short and nobody has to prepare.
- Church or small group chat. Post the day's question in the morning. Post the answer and reference in the evening. People who would never come to a Bible study will happily guess.
- Family dinner. One question before the meal, one after. Let kids ask the adults sometimes.
- Small group warm-up. Use the week's seven questions as a 5-minute opener before your study.
- Couples or roommates. Take turns asking. Keep a running score on the fridge for the month.
For bigger sets to play as a group, see our Bible trivia questions and answers, or try the quiz hub by book.
How to write your own Bible question of the day
Once this month runs out, you might want to write your own. Good daily questions follow a few rules.
- One clear answer, found in the text. "How many stones did David pick?" works. "Why did David pick five stones?" invites a debate, not a quiz.
- Always attach the reference. If you can't point to the verse, don't ask the question.
- Watch out for tradition. The Bible never says there were three wise men, or that the forbidden fruit was an apple. Our true or false Bible quiz collects the most common traps.
- Mix the famous with the overlooked. Jericho is easy. Asking which king signed Daniel's decree makes people think.
- Check the wording in one translation. KJV spellings differ from modern ones ("Zaccheus," "sycomore"). Decide which version you're quizzing from.
When you'd rather not write questions at all, the app has thousands, organized by book and level, and each answer is explained with the verse it comes from.
Frequently asked questions
What is a daily Bible quiz?
A daily Bible quiz is a short set of Bible questions, often just one, that you answer each day and then check against the verse it comes from. It takes one to five minutes. Its goal is less about winning and more about building steady, everyday contact with Scripture, and remembering stories, people and verses better because you recall them instead of rereading them.
Where can I find a Bible question of the day?
This page has 31 questions, one for each day of the month, with KJV references. Find today's date and answer that question. For questions beyond these 31, a Bible quiz app works better, because it can track what you've answered and keep you on a quiz path at your level. Bible Academy offers a 7-day free trial, then $4.99 a month.
How many Bible questions should I answer a day?
One question is enough to build the habit. Once it feels automatic, move to three to five questions after reading a chapter. That combination of reading and then recalling tends to help you remember far more than either one alone. More than 15 minutes a day of trivia usually turns into guessing rather than learning.
Is daily Bible trivia a good way to learn the Bible?
It's a good way to remember what you read, and a good way to find gaps. It isn't a replacement for reading whole books, since trivia jumps between stories. The best use is pairing: read a passage, then answer questions on it. Each answer on this page includes a reference so you can read the passage in context.
What should I do if I miss a day?
Answer two questions the next day and continue. Research on habit formation found that a single missed day doesn't significantly set the habit back; only repeated gaps do. Don't restart the month or punish yourself. If an app streak resets, remember that the days you did answer still count, and start a new streak today.