Bible Quiz on Haggai 1–2 with Answers: Test Your Knowledge of the Prophet’s Message

Answer 1: C — The people were saying, “The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:2 — “Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.”

• A. Are your houses more sacred than mine?
• B. Should you dwell in comfort while I wait?
• C. Is it time for you to live in fine homes?
• D. Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses?
• E. Have you finished building your great halls?

Answer 3: C — They “sowed much, and bring in little.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:6 — “Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough…”

Answer 4: D — He that earneth wages earned them “to put it into a bag with holes.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:6 — “…and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.”

Answer 5: A — “Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house…”
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:8 — “Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it…”

Answer 6: B — Zerubbabel was the governor of Judah during the time of Haggai’s prophecy.
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:1 — “…unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah…”

Answer 7: C — Joshua the son of Josedech was the high priest.
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:1 — “…and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest…”

Answer 8: C — “The Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel… and Joshua… and the remnant.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:14 — “And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel… and the spirit of Joshua… and the spirit of all the remnant…”

Answer 9: B — “And the people did fear before the Lord.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:12 — “…and the people did fear before the Lord.”

Answer 10: D — God reassured them with the words, “I am with you.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:13 — “…Then spake Haggai the Lord’s messenger… saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.”

Answer 11: C — “The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 2:9 — “The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts…”

Answer 12: D — “And in this place will I give peace.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 2:9 — “…and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.”

Answer 13: C — “When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 2:16 — “Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten…”

Answer 14: C — “So is this people… and so is every work of their hands… unclean.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 2:14 — “…So is this people, and so is this nation before me… and that which they offer there is unclean.”

Answer 15: C — “From this day will I bless you.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 2:19 — “…from this day will I bless you.”

Answer 16: D — God told them to “consider your ways” and prioritize building His house.
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:5, 7 — “Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways… and build the house.”

Answer 18: C — The prophecy began in “the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 1:1 — “In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai…”

Answer 19: C — “Yet once… I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.”
KJV Reference: Haggai 2:6 — “For thus saith the Lord of hosts… I will shake the heavens, and the earth…”

Answer 20: D — God said He would make Zerubbabel as a signet, for He had chosen him.
KJV Reference: Haggai 2:23 — “In that day… will I take thee, O Zerubbabel… and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee…”