Memorize these and you could recognize 30.9% of all The Bible clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moses | 58 | While in the land of Midian, he married Zipporah, a daughter of Jethro |
| 2 | Solomon | 47 | I Kings 10 says the Queen of Sheba was highly impressed by his wisdom |
| 3 | King David | 47 | Abner fought for Ish-boseth against this king but later agreed to join him |
| 4 | Noah | 43 | After saving all the animals, the 1st thing he did was perform a burnt offering with some of them |
| 5 | Samson | 40 | "Howbeit the hair of" this man's "head began to grow again after he was shaven" |
| 6 | Paul | 40 | This apostle was born in the Greek city of Tarsus |
| 7 | Joseph | 38 | Biblical personage who received a gift similar to the one described here"Back to the seasons of my youth / I recall a box of rags that someone gave us... |
| 8 | Simon Peter | 36 | Jesus told this apostle, "Before the cock crows twice, thou shalt deny me thrice" |
| 9 | Abraham | 33 | God said this man, childless at the time, would have as many descendants as the number of stars in heaven |
| 10 | Job | 31 | "The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord", he said patiently |
| 11 | Jonah | 28 | "And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out" this man "upon the dry land" |
| 12 | Jacob | 27 | A ladder for climbing the side of a ship is named for this man who envisioned a ladder to Heaven |
| 13 | King Saul | 26 | Paul was also known by this Hebrew name, the one he was given at birth |
| 14 | Joshua | 25 | "As for me & my house, we shall serve the Lord" said this man, successor to Moses |
| 15 | John the Baptist | 25 | I have a picture of this baby on my office wall; in Luke 1, we brought his mother Elizabeth to full term, 34 verses |
| 16 | Goliath | 25 | After smiting him, David carried around the head as a souvenir |
| 17 | Cain | 24 | He's been called the world's 1st farmer & murderer |
| 18 | Jericho | 23 | Hiel of Bethel rebuilt this city that Joshua had destroyed |
| 19 | Ruth | 22 | Naomi's daughter-in-law, she not only gleaned Boaz's wheat, she married him |
| 20 | Adam | 22 | According to the Bible, he gave "Eve" her name |
| 21 | the Ark of the Covenant | 20 | Made of acacia, about 3 ft. by 3 ft. by 4 1/2 ft., & covered in gold |
| 22 | Lazarus | 20 | Brother of Mary & Martha, he died, but not for long |
| 23 | Pontius Pilate | 19 | In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man" |
| 24 | Jezebel | 18 | To the devout, this wife of King Ahab represented evil |
| 25 | Esther | 18 | On the order of this queen's husband, Haman & his 10 sons were hanged |
| 26 | the Psalms | 18 | The 57 of these marked as "mizmor" were meant to be accompanied by a string instrument |
| 27 | Daniel | 17 | He told King Darius, "My God hath sent his angel and hath shut the lions' mouths" |
| 28 | Sarah | 16 | In both Genesis 12 & 20, Abraham didn't want people to know she was his wife |
| 29 | Methuselah | 16 | It's said God decided to flood the earth after the death of this 969-year-old son of Enoch |
| 30 | Mary Magdalene | 16 | "They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, & we know not where they have laid him" |
| 31 | Luke | 16 | Were this book named for its recipient, not author, we might have watched NFL star Theophilus Kuechly & baseball's Theophilus Appling |
| 32 | Delilah | 16 | She was asked to “entice” Samson “and see wherein his great strength lieth” |
| 33 | the Philistines | 16 | The villains Delilah & Goliath both belonged to this group of Aegean people |
| 34 | Judas | 15 | Of the Apostles, this traitor is always mentioned last |
| 35 | Rachel | 14 | Laban's well-favored daughter, Jacob served 14 years to marry her |
| 36 | Revelation | 13 | In this final New Testament book, Satan is bound for a thousand years |
| 37 | Nebuchadnezzar | 13 | Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco" is based on the biblical story of this king |
| 38 | Judges | 13 | The stories of Deborah, Gideon & Samson are found in this book |
| 39 | Genesis | 13 | It's "the first book of Moses" |
| 40 | Eve | 13 | In Genesis she was told, "In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children", but I assured her epidural anesthesia is very effective |
| 41 | Thomas | 13 | He said, "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, I shall not believe" |
| 42 | Sodom and Gomorrah | 13 | Harper's Bible Dictionary calls them twin cities of infamy |
| 43 | Sodom | 12 | Abraham wouldn't even take a shoe-latchet as a reward from the king of this wicked city |
| 44 | Nazareth | 12 | The early Christians were called Nazarenes, a name derived from this |
| 45 | Matthew | 12 | He was "sitting at the receipt of custom" when Jesus asked him to become a disciple |
| 46 | John | 12 | According to Christian tradition, he was the only one of 12 Apostles to die a natural death |
| 47 | Isaac | 12 | His name means "one laughs" because Sarah laughed about giving birth to him at her advanced age |
| 48 | Exodus | 12 | The name of this second book is from the Greek for "exit" or "departure" |
| 49 | Esau | 12 | Jacob's red-haired, hairy son |
| 50 | Deborah | 12 | She was both a prophetess & a judge of Israel |