Villains in The Bible

1. Question

He committed the first murder

A. Abel

B. Cain

C. Lamech

D. Satan

Answer

B. Cain

Genesis 4:8 NKJV

Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.

2. Question

He sold is birthright for a morsel of food.

Answers

A. Esau

B. Jacob

C. Joseph

D. Adam

Answer

A. Esau

Hebrews 12:16 NKJV

lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.

3. Question

He organized a revolt against Moses.

Answers

A. Caleb

B. Aaron

C. Satan

D. Korah

Answer

D. Korah

Numbers 16:1 (NKJV)

Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men;

Numbers 16:2 (NKJV)

and they rose up before Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, representatives of the congregation, men of renown.

4. Question

He murdered 70 of his brothers in an attempt to become king.

Answers

A. Gideon

B. Joash

C. Abimelech

D. Jerubbaal

Answer

C. Abimelech

Judges 9:5 (NKJV)

Then he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself.

Judges 9:6 (NKJV)

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, all of Beth Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree at the pillar that was in Shechem.

5. Question

He was Israel’s first king who attempted to kill David and ordered the death and ordered the death of 85 Godly priest at Nob.

Answers

A. Saul

B. Jonathan

C. Michal

D. Adriel

Answer

A. Saul

1 Samuel 9:16 (NKJV)

“Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

1 Samuel 9:17 (NKJV)

So when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, “There he is, the man of whom I spoke to you. This one shall reign over My people.”

1 Samuel 19:1 (NKJV)

Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David; but Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted greatly in David.

6. Question

Edomite soldier who killed 85 Godly priests for Saul while they were still in their priestly garments.

Answers

A. Abimelech

B. Jesse

C. Doeg

D. Abiathar

Answer

C. Doeg

1 Samuel 22:18 (NKJV)

And the king said to Doeg, “You turn and kill the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five men who wore a linen ephod.

7. Question

David’s favorite son who attempted to kill him.

Answers

A. Amnon

B. Absalom

C. Daniel

D. Adonijah

Answer

B. Absalom

2 Samuel 15:13 (NKJV)

Now a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

2 Samuel 15:14 (NKJV)

So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

8. Question

The greedy husband of Jezebel who allowed Naboth to be murdered to possess his vineyard.

Answers

A. Ahab

B. Elijah

C. Ahijah

D.Baasha

Answer

A. Ahab

1 Kings 21:9 (NKJV)

She wrote in the letters, saying,

Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;

1 Kings 21:10 (NKJV)

and seat two men, scoundrels, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You have blasphemed God and the king. Then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.

9. Question

King of Israel who sacrificed his own children to idols.

Answers

A. Ahaz

B. Hinnom

C. Pekah

D. Zichri

Answer

A. Ahaz

2 Chronicles 28:1 (NKJV)

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord, as his father David had done.

2 Chronicles 28:3 (NKJV)

He burned incense in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

10. Question

UnGodly priest who persecuted the prophet Isaiah.

Answers

A. Magor-Missabib

B. Zedekiah

C. Pashhur

D. Melchiah

Answer

C. Passhur

Jeremiah 20:2 (NKJV)

Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.

11. Question

She betrayed Samson and told the source of his strength.

Answers

A. Miriam

B. Jezebel

C. Delilah

D. Mary

Answer

C. Delilah

Judges 16:18 (NKJV)

When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart.” So the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand.

12. Question

She requested the head of John the Baptist.

Answers

A. Elizabeth

B. Herodias

C. Herodias’ daughter (Salome according to Josephus)

D. Mary

Answer

C. Herodias’ daughter (Salome)

Mark 6:23–24 (NKJV)

He also swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”

So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”

And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”

Mark 6:25 (NKJV)

Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

Mark 6:26 (NKJV)

And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he did not want to refuse her.

Mark 6:27 (NKJV)

Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison,

Mark 6.2

13. Question

Arrogant Babylonian King who ridiculed God and had his fate told by a hand writing on the wall.

Answers

A. Belshazzar

B. Nebuchadnezzar

C. Daniel

D. Azariah

Answer

A. Belshazzar

A. Belshazzar

Daniel 5:22 (NKJV)

“But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this.

Daniel 5:23 (NKJV)

And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

Daniel 5:30 (NKJV)

That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.

14. Question

He sought to destroy all of the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Answers

A. Sanballat

B. Mordecai

C. Haman

D. Nebuchadnezzar

Answer

C. Haman

Haman

Esther 3:5 (NKJV)

When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath.

Esther 3:6 (NKJV)

But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.

15. Question

She accused Joseph of rape and had him imprisoned.

Answers

A. Xerxes’ wife

B. Potiphar’s wife

C. Haggar

D. Esau’s wife

Answer

B. Potiphar’s wife

B. Potiphar’s wife

Genesis 39:12 (NKJV)

that she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.

Genesis 39:13 (NKJV)

And so it was, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside,

Genesis 39:14 (NKJV)

that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.

Genesis 39:15 (NKJV)

And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.”

Genesis 39:19 (NKJV)

So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me after this manner,” that his anger was aroused.

Genesis 39:20 (NKJV)

Then Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.

16. Question

She looked back after the Angel’s told her not to and turned to a pillar of salt.

Answers

D. Lot’s Wife

A. Isaac’s Wife

B. Esau’s Wife

C. Abraham’s Wife

D. Lot’s Wife

Answer

D. Lot’s Wife

Genesis 19:16 (NKJV)

And while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

Genesis 19:17 (NKJV)

So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”

Genesis 19:26 (NKJV)

But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

17. Question

They got their father drunk and tricked him into getting them pregnant.

Answers

A. Abraham’s daughters

B. Lot’s Daughters

C. David’s Daughters

D. Isaac’s Daughters

Answer

B. Lot’s Daughters

Genesis 19:35 (NKJV)

Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

Genesis 19:36 (NKJV)

Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

Genesis 19:37 (NKJV)

The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

Genesis 19:38 (NKJV)

And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day.

18. Question

A brutal ruler of Israel who ripped open the pregnant women of his enemies.

Answers

A. Menahem

B. Shallum

C. Uzziah

D. Gadi

Answer

A. Menahem

2 Kings 15:14 (NKJV)

For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him; and he reigned in his place.

2 Kings 15:16 (NKJV)

Then from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah, all who were there, and its territory. Because they did not surrender, therefore he attacked it. All the women there who were with child he ripped open.

19. Question

He was the King of Judah who burned the scroll written by the prophet Jeremiah.

Answers

A. Jehoiakim

B. Josiah

C. Baruch

D. Shaphan the Scribe

Answer

A. Jehoiakim

Jeremiah 36:1 (NKJV)

Now it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:

Jeremiah 36:2 (NKJV)

“Take a scroll of a book and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah even to this day.

Jeremiah 36:22 (NKJV)

Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning on the hearth before him.

Jeremiah 36:23 (NKJV)

And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe’s knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

20. Question

One of Jerusalem’s youngest and most wicked kings who later repented.

Answers

A. Hezekiah

B. Hinnom

C. Manasseh

D. Amon

Answer

C. Manasseh

2 Chronicles 33:1 (NKJV)

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 33:2 (NKJV)

But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

Genesis 33:12 (NKJV)

Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey; let us go, and I will go before you.”

Genesis 33:13 (NKJV)

But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die.