Bible Crossword
Across
- 1. To wear away by persistent biting (Revelation 16:10)
- 4. This large wild animal is mentioned only once in the Scriptures (Psalm 80:13)
- 6. Used in the Bible to symbolize the authority of parents over their children (Proverbs 29:15)
- 8. During the wilderness wandering, he was placed "over the army of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali" (Numbers 10:27)
- 11. Situated farther within (Acts 16:24)
- 13. Paid attention (Acts 5:40)
- 15. This broke out in heaven following the birth of the Kingdom (Revelation 12:7)
- 18. Seventh letter of the Greek alphabet
- 19. Contemptuously described in the Scriptures as harsh, bad, good-for-nothing, and senseless, he was struck dead by Jehovah
- 20. This king of Syria cleared out the Jews from the Judaean city of Elath, frightening King Ahaz into turning to Assyria for help (2 Kings 16:6,7)
- 22. One of the seven sons of Noah's son Japheth (Genesis 10:2)
- 26. The king of this city attacked the Israelites as they approached Canaan and took some of them captive (Proverbs 29:15)
- 28. This fragrant shrub is mentioned only in The Song of Solomon (Song of Solomon 1:14; 4:13; 7:11)
- 29. Jesus said that "it is easier for a camel to get through" this "than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God" (3 words, Matthew 19:24)
- 31. Answerable (Matthew 5:21)
- 33. Joseph's missing cup was found in this possession of Benjamin (Genesis 44:12)
- 35. The largest of the Hebrew units of weight and of monetary value (Ezra 8:26)
- 36. Farming implement mentioned as suitable for getting rid of "troublesome plants" (Isaiah 7:25)
- 37. Paul encountered these Greek philosophers when he was preaching in the marketplace at Athens (Acts 17:16-21)
- 39. He was one who attested by seal to Nehemiah's "trustworthy arrangement" (Nehemiah 9:38; 10:13)
- 40. Battle (Numbers 31:14)
Down
- 2. A son of Abishur and Abihail of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:29)
- 3. Ancestor of a family of Nethinim temple slaves (Ezra 2:46)
- 4. When Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite for 400 silver shekels, he intended to use it as this (2 words, Genesis 23:17,19,20)
- 5. Borne or put on (Luke 8:27)
- 7. Gideon used this to make sure that Jehovah would keep his promise to save Israel by means of him (Judges 6:36-40)
- 9. Bearing or demeanor (Job 36:9)
- 10. The large copper vessel used by the priests for washing themselves in the courtyard of Solomon's temple was called this because of the large quantity of water it could contain (2Chronicles 4:6)
- 12. While in Hebron, this wife of David bore him a son named Ithream (2 Samuel 3:5)
- 14. Incapable (Acts 21:34)
- 16. This descendant of Judah was an ancestor of David (1 Chronicles 2:11)
- 17. Moved by feeling this for a man suffering from leprosy, Jesus said: "I want to. Be made clean" (Mark 1:40,41)
- 21. He and his sons were of "the sons of Gilead" (Numbers 26:30)
- 23. By means of this standard Hebrew weapon, Phinehas pierced through both Zimri and Cozbi and brought a halt to the scourge that killed 24,000 Israelites on the Plains of Moab (Numbers 25:6-15)
- 24. A town from which Joshua expelled the giant Anakim (Joshua 11:21)
- 25. Calling the scribes and the Pharisees this, Jesus mentioned that they "strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel" (2 words, Matthew 23:24)
- 27. A city in the mountainous region of Judah (Joshua 15:49)
- 30. Among the things that Agur found too wonderful to comprehend was the way of this bird in the heavens (Proverbs 30:18,19)
- 32. Job likened the sayings of his false comforters to proverbs of these (Job 13:12)
- 34. At this site David's men twice struck down giant Philistine warriors (2 Samuel 21:18,19)
- 38. The channel that brought water to a pool near the King's Garden (Nehemiah 3:15)