Bible Quiz on Malachi Chapters 1 to 4

Bible Quiz on Malachi with Answers: Chapters 1 to 4

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This Bible Quiz on Malachi will challenge your understanding of the final prophetic message before 400 years of divine silence. In just four chapters, Malachi confronts spiritual apathy, corrupt priests, half-hearted sacrifices, and the promise of a coming Messenger. Can you remember what God said about tithes, offerings, and the hearts of His people?

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Malachi Bible Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Chapters 1–4

Question 1: What question did Israel ask in response to God’s declaration of love?
  • A. How have You shown us mercy?
  • B. Why do You choose us and not others?
  • C. Wherein hast thou loved us?
  • D. When have You defended us from our enemies?
  • E. Who can testify of Your love to us?
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Answer 1: C — Israel questioned God’s love by saying, “Wherein hast thou loved us?”
KJV Reference: Malachi 1:2 — “I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us?”

Question 2: What was Esau’s inheritance described as?
  • A. A field of prosperity
  • B. The border of wickedness
  • C. A well of sorrow
  • D. The valley of bones
  • E. A land of many waters
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Answer 2: B — God called Esau’s territory “the border of wickedness.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 1:4 — “…they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.”

Question 3: What did God say about the table of the Lord that the priests had polluted?
  • A. It was to be cleansed yearly
  • B. It had been overturned by strangers
  • C. It was contemptible
  • D. It had been removed from the sanctuary
  • E. It was defiled by idol worship
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Answer 3: C — The priests treated the Lord’s table as contemptible.
KJV Reference: Malachi 1:7 — “Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.”

Question 4: What kind of sacrifices did God rebuke the priests for offering?
  • A. Incense and oil offerings
  • B. Pure lambs of the flock
  • C. The firstlings of their herds
  • D. Blind, lame, and sick animals
  • E. Unauthorized incense from the Gentiles
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Answer 4: D — God rebuked them for offering the blind, lame, and sick.
KJV Reference: Malachi 1:8 — “And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick…”

Question 5: How did God feel about someone shutting the temple doors?
  • A. He considered it an abomination
  • B. He wished someone would do it
  • C. He promised a curse to such a man
  • D. He said it would never happen
  • E. He praised the one who guarded the altar
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Answer 5: B — God said, “Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought?”
KJV Reference: Malachi 1:10 — “Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought.”

Question 6: How did God describe His name among the Gentiles?
  • A. Forgotten and defiled
  • B. Dreadful and known
  • C. Great and feared
  • D. Vain and polluted
  • E. Rejected and blasphemed
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Answer 6: C — “For my name shall be great among the Gentiles.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 1:11 — “For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles…”

Question 7: What command did God give to the priests in Malachi 2?
  • A. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse
  • B. Set a watch at the gates of the city
  • C. Lay it to heart to give glory to His name
  • D. Offer a lamb without blemish
  • E. Blow the trumpet in Zion
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Answer 7: C — “If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name…”
KJV Reference: Malachi 2:2 — “If ye will not hear… to give glory unto my name… I will even send a curse upon you…”

Question 8: What curse did God say He would send upon the priests for not honoring Him?
  • A. Fire from heaven
  • B. Blindness and confusion
  • C. He would curse their blessings
  • D. They would be scattered among the nations
  • E. They would be cast into the pit
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Answer 8: C — God warned, “I will even curse your blessings.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 2:2 — “…I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings…”

Question 9: What did God threaten to spread on the priests’ faces?
  • A. Dust from the altar
  • B. The dung of their solemn feasts
  • C. Ashes of the rejected offerings
  • D. Coals from the brazen altar
  • E. The tears of the oppressed
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Answer 9: B — God said, “Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces…”
KJV Reference: Malachi 2:3 — “…and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts…”

Question 10: What was Levi’s relationship with the Lord, according to Malachi?
  • A. He feared and revered God
  • B. He was anointed by God
  • C. He served idols secretly
  • D. He offered strange fire at the altar
  • E. He followed Balaam’s path
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Answer 10: A — “He feared me, and was afraid before my name.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 2:5 — “My covenant was with him of life and peace… and he feared me…”

Question 11: What was found in Levi’s mouth according to God’s covenant?
  • A. Lies and hypocrisy
  • B. Corruption and deceit
  • C. The law of truth
  • D. Prophecy and dreams
  • E. Fire and judgment
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Answer 11: C — “The law of truth was in his mouth.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 2:6 — “The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips…”

Question 12: What should the priest’s lips do, according to Malachi 2:7?
  • A. Confess only the king’s words
  • B. Guard the incense of the Lord
  • C. Keep knowledge and teach the law
  • D. Rebuke the people constantly
  • E. Pronounce judgment on all strangers
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Answer 12: C — “For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 2:7 — “For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth…”

Question 13: Why was the Lord displeased with the priests and people?
  • A. They built houses of cedar
  • B. They offered incense to Baal, and worshipped strange God
  • C. They dealt treacherously, profaned the covenant
  • D. They multiplied wives of the strange countries for themselves
  • E. They refused to build the second temple
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Answer 13: C — “Ye are departed out of the way… ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 2:8, 10 — “Have we not all one father?… why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother…?”

Question 14: What sin did Judah commit that profaned the holiness of the Lord?
  • A. They despised the name of God
  • B. They swore falsely by His name
  • C. They married the daughter of a strange god
  • D. They refused the feast of tabernacles
  • E. They offered fruitless prayers because of their sins
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Answer 14: C — “Judah… hath married the daughter of a strange god.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 2:11 — “Judah hath dealt treacherously… and hath married the daughter of a strange god.”

Question 15: What did the Lord say He hates in Malachi 2?
  • A. The altars of false gods
  • B. Vain oblations
  • C. The shedding of innocent blood
  • D. Putting away
  • E. The priesthood of Levi
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Answer 15: D — “For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 2:16 — “For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away…”

Question 16: What did the people weary the Lord with?
  • A. Their fasting and mourning
  • B. Their burnt offerings without heart
  • C. Their words claiming evil is good
  • D. Their prayers for rain
  • E. Their demand for a new prophet
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Answer 16: C — “Ye have wearied the Lord with your words… Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 2:17 — “Ye have wearied the Lord with your words… every one that doeth evil is good…”

Question 17: What did the Lord say He would send before the day of the Lord?
  • A. Fire from heaven
  • B. The spirit of Moses
  • C. Elijah the prophet
  • D. The law rewritten
  • E. A host of angels
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Answer 17: C — “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 4:5 — “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet…”

Question 18: What will the Lord do suddenly in His temple?
  • A. Pour out judgment on the nations
  • B. Send a flood of fire and smoke
  • C. Appear as the Messenger of the covenant
  • D. Cause the priests to tremble
  • E. Remove the lampstand of Israel
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Answer 18: C — “The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple… the messenger of the covenant.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 3:1 — “…and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple… the messenger of the covenant…”

Question 19: What is the effect of the Lord’s coming likened to?
  • A. Thunder and shaking of the earth
  • B. A refiner’s fire and fuller’s soap
  • C. A stone cut without hands
  • D. A rod of iron that smashes the nations
  • E. A still small voice in the wind
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Answer 19: B — “For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 3:2 — “…for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap.”

Question 20: What will the Lord do with the sons of Levi?
  • A. Cast them into outer darkness
  • B. Replace them with prophets and kings
  • C. Purify and purge them as gold and silver
  • D. Send them to Babylon in exile
  • E. Hide them in the clefts of the rock
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Answer 20: C — “He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi…”
KJV Reference: Malachi 3:3 — “And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver… that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.”

Question 21: Why did God accuse the people of robbing Him?
  • A. They withheld praise and thanksgiving
  • B. They did not rebuild the temple
  • C. They neglected the Sabbath law
  • D. They withheld tithes and offerings
  • E. They ignored the Levitical commandments
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Answer 21: D — “Ye have robbed me… In tithes and offerings.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 3:8 — “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.”

Question 22: What did God promise to open if the people brought in all the tithes?
  • A. The storehouse of Zion
  • B. The altar of incense
  • C. The windows of heaven
  • D. The gates of Jerusalem
  • E. The floodgates of the deep
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Answer 22: C — “If I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing…”
KJV Reference: Malachi 3:10 — “Bring ye all the tithes… if I will not open you the windows of heaven…”

Question 23: What did God say He would do to the devourer?
  • A. Cast him into darkness
  • B. Rebuke him for their sakes
  • C. Cut him off in battle
  • D. Silence him with thunder
  • E. Turn him into dust and ashes
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Answer 23: B — “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes…”
KJV Reference: Malachi 3:11 — “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground…”

Question 24: How did God describe those who feared Him and spoke often one to another?
  • A. A chosen army in Zion
  • B. The jewels of His crown
  • C. A book of remembrance was written for them
  • D. A temple not made with hands or clay
  • E. Children of the covenant of Levi
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Answer 24: C — “A book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 3:16 — “…and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord…”

Question 25: What did God promise to those in the book of remembrance?
  • A. They shall walk in white robes and shall be crowned with righteousness
  • B. They shall be his in the day when he make up my jewels
  • C. They shall inherit the land of milk and honey
  • D. They shall be caught up in the clouds
  • E. They shall sit on twelve thrones judging Israel
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Answer 25: B — “And they shall be mine… when I make up my jewels.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 3:17 — “And they shall be mine… in that day when I make up my jewels…”

Question 26: What will be the difference between the righteous and the wicked?
  • A. The wicked will fall in war, the righteous will be hidden
  • B. The righteous shall dwell in light, the wicked in gloom
  • C. The righteous shall shine, the wicked shall vanish
  • D. It shall be seen who serves God and who serves Him not
  • E. The wicked will perish, the righteous will reign
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Answer 26: D — “Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked…”
KJV Reference: Malachi 3:18 — “…between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.”

Question 27: What will happen to the proud and all that do wickedly?
  • A. They shall fall into the sea
  • B. They shall stumble at noonday
  • C. They shall be as stubble and burned
  • D. They shall be forgotten among the nations
  • E. They shall be blinded and cast down
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Answer 27: C — “For, behold, the day cometh… and all the proud… shall be stubble.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 4:1 — “…and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up…”

Question 28: What will the Sun of righteousness bring?
  • A. Thunder and judgment
  • B. Healing in his wings
  • C. A flood of tears
  • D. Light for the Gentiles
  • E. Burning fire of reproof
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Answer 28: B — “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.”
KJV Reference: Malachi 4:2 — “…shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings…”

Question 29: What shall the righteous do to the wicked in the day of the Lord?
  • A. Lift them up in mercy
  • B. Bury them in the valley
  • C. Walk on them as ashes
  • D. Cast them into outer darkness
  • E. Mourn over their fall
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Answer 29: C — “Ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet…”
KJV Reference: Malachi 4:3 — “…in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.”

Question 30: What did God command them to remember?
  • A. The covenant with Abraham
  • B. The ark of the covenant
  • C. The Sabbath of the wilderness
  • D. The law of Moses
  • E. The fall of Babylon
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Answer 30: D — “Remember ye the law of Moses my servant…”
KJV Reference: Malachi 4:4 — “Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb…”

Malachi is the final voice before the silence. Four hundred years would follow, but first, God roared. He exposed half-hearted worship, faithless priests, and people who robbed Him with tight fists and closed hearts.Yet in the thunder, there was still mercy. A book of remembrance was opened. A promise of healing was spoken. And a coming fire was foretold.This book does not close a story, it sets the stage for a Messiah. So examine your worship. Search your motives. And remember: the Sun of Righteousness is rising.

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