10 Commandments Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Someone invokes God's name to support a promise they know is false. Which command does this most directly violate?
Do not covet
Do not steal
Honor your father and mother
Do not misuse the name of God
2. A neighbor lends someone a valuable tool, and the borrower secretly keeps it and claims ownership. Which command is most directly violated?
Do not commit adultery
Remember the Sabbath
Do not steal
Do not misuse God's name
3. What is the clearest distinction between coveting and stealing in the commandments?
Coveting concerns wrongful desire, while stealing involves taking what is not yours
Coveting concerns public property, while stealing concerns private property
Coveting concerns spoken lies, while stealing concerns broken promises
Coveting applies only to money, while stealing applies only to possessions
4. Which practice is prohibited by the command concerning idols?
Creating any object with artistic meaning
Making and bowing down to images as objects of worship
Preserving reminders of important events
Using tools to shape stone or wood
5. Which statement expresses the command about exclusive loyalty to God?
Do not offer testimony without two witnesses
Do not make promises about the future
You shall appoint no earthly ruler
You shall have no other gods before me
6. Which commandment in Exodus 20 specifically extends a day of rest to children, servants, livestock, and resident foreigners?
The command to remember the Sabbath
The command to honor parents
The command against coveting
The command against stealing
7. An adult child listens respectfully to aging parents and helps with their care while maintaining appropriate boundaries. Which command does this most clearly apply?
Do not make an idol
Honor your father and mother
Do not steal
Do not bear false witness
8. During a dispute, a person intentionally kills the other participant. Which command is most directly violated?
Do not misuse God's name
Do not covet
Remember the Sabbath
Do not murder
9. In Exodus 20, what reason from creation is connected with setting apart the Sabbath day?
God made the heavens and earth in six days and rested on the seventh
Moses received the law after resting for seven days
The first humans entered the garden on the seventh day
Israel crossed the sea on the seventh day of its journey
10. A witness knowingly gives untrue testimony to make an innocent neighbor appear guilty. Which command directly addresses this act?
Do not covet
Do not make an idol
Do not bear false witness against your neighbor
Honor your father and mother
11. A household sets apart the seventh day, pausing ordinary labor and allowing everyone under its care to rest. Which command is being practiced?
The command against false witness
The command against coveting
The command to remember and keep the Sabbath
The command to honor parents
12. In the Exodus account, where are the Israelites when God gives the commandments to Moses?
At Mount Sinai
On the plains near Jericho
Inside Jerusalem
Beside the Sea of Galilee
13. A married person begins a sexual relationship with someone other than their spouse. Which command is most directly involved?
Honor your father and mother
Do not bear false witness
Do not make an idol
Do not commit adultery
14. Before stating the commandments in Exodus 20, what does God remind the people that he has done?
Given them a king to govern the nation
Brought them out of slavery in Egypt
Allowed them to build the Jerusalem temple
Led them home from exile in Babylon
15. Someone becomes consumed with wanting a neighbor's home and spouse simply because they belong to that neighbor. Which command most directly addresses this desire?
Do not murder
Do not misuse God's name
Do not covet what belongs to your neighbor
Remember the Sabbath
16. Which pair of commandments most directly concerns the use of words and testimony?
Remember the Sabbath and do not steal
Do not misuse God's name and do not bear false witness
Honor parents and do not commit adultery
Do not murder and do not covet