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Know Your Bible Better as You Solve Fun Word Searches!
Here’s an exciting combination—Bible word search puzzles and Barbour’s bestselling Know Your Bible series, with more than four million copies sold! This collection of 99 word searches is entertaining and educational, providing you with a greater understanding of God’s Word—where it comes from, what it contains, and what it’s all about.
Puzzles cover topics such as biblical genres (for example, Historical Books and Books of Prophecy), as well as the Bible’s authors and key characters, important places, major themes and verses, and much more.
Individual puzzles may feature a list of related words under an overarching topic, or a scripture passage with the search words highlighted. Every word you’re seeking in the puzzle grids is shown in bold type. When a phrase is bold and underlined, those words will be found together in the puzzle grid. On the bonus trivia puzzles, after you’ve found all the search words, begin at the top left-hand corner of the puzzle and read the leftover letters in order—they’ll spell out the trivia question that adds to the fun. If you run into the letter X repeated, the question is complete.
Answers—for both the puzzles and the trivia questions—appear at the back of the book.
Know Your Bible Word Search Collection will improve your knowledge of God’s Word as you enjoy a favorite pastime!
The Bible
Through 66 separate books, 1,189 chapters, and hundreds of thousands of words, the Bible shares one extraordinary message: God loves you. The writers of the books used various forms of writing to convey that message. Find them here.
Acts
Chronicles
Commandments
Epistles
Genealogies
Gospels
History
Knowledge
Law
Letters
Literature
Narratives
Parables
Poetry
Prophecies
Revelation
Songs
Stories
Wisdom
History, Law, and More
The Bible contains sixty-six books divided into two sections: the Old Testament and the New Testament. The first twenty-two books in the Old Testament are primarily books of history, law, wisdom, and poetry.
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua Judges Ruth
Samuel (First and Second)
First Kings
Second Kings
Chronicles (First and Second)
Ezra Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Books of Prophecy
The biblical prophets warned people about their sin and told of the future— including details about Jesus’ birth, life, death, and eternal kingdom. The “major prophets” (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel) wrote longer books than the “minor prophets” (all the rest).
Isaiah
Jeremiah Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Old Testament Authors
Most people believe Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy—some thirty-four hundred years ago. Kings David and Solomon wrote poetry and wisdom, while the prophets wrote the books attributed to their name. Find many of the Old Testament writers in this puzzle!
Asaph
Daniel
David
Ethan
Ezekiel
Ezra
Habakkuk
Haggai
Hosea
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Joel
Joshua
Lemuel
Malachi
Micah
Moses
Nahum
Nathan
Nehemiah
Obadiah
Samuel
Solomon
Zechariah
Men of the Old Testament
BONUS TRIVIA PUZZLE
Throughout history, God has chosen people to be leaders, messengers, and keepers of His covenant. Through their biblical stories, we can learn from their successes and failures. Look for some of these memorable men from the Old Testament in this puzzle.
Aaron Abednego
Abel
Abraham
Adam
Benjamin
Boaz
Cain
Caleb
Daniel
David
Esau
Isaac
Jacob
Job
Jonah
Jonathan
Joseph
Joshua
Laban
Lot
Meshach
Methuselah
Moses
Noah
Samson
Samuel
Seth
Shadrach
Solomon
BONUS TRIVIA
Women of the Old Testament
BONUS TRIVIA PUZZLE
God has always worked through women as well as men. Though Old Testament days were particularly patriarchal, many women’s stories were written down for our learning. We remember biblical women thousands of years after they lived! Find some of the most familiar names in this puzzle.
Abigail
Bathsheba
Deborah
Delilah
Esther
Eve
Gomer
Hagar
Hannah
Jael
Jezebel
Jochebed
Leah
Wife of Lot
Michal
Miriam
Naomi
Orpah
Rachel
Rahab
Rebekah
Ruth
Sarah
Tamar
Vashti
Zilpah
Zipporah
BONUS TRIVIA
The Book of Genesis
The word genesis means “beginning” or “origin.” The book of Genesis starts by answering the great question “Where did I come from?” Knowing the answer can give us meaning in a world that is otherwise hard to figure out. Here, you’ll seek out names and words taken from Genesis 1–3.
Abel
Adam
Beast
Beginning
Blessed
Cain
Created
Darkness
Day
Earth
Evening
Female
Firmament
Fowl
Fruit
Garden
God
Heaven
Light
Male
Morning
Serpent
Tree of Life
Waters
Woman
Covenant with Abram
A covenant is agreement between two people or groups. When God made a covenant with His people, He promised blessings in return for their obedience and devotion.
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. . . . In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Genesis 15:1–7, 18
Jacob and Esau
BONUS TRIVIA PUZZLE
In the Old Testament, the birthright dealt with the inheritance rights of a firstborn son. He would receive a double portion of his father’s assets. God used a younger son’s sneaky ways to accomplish the divine plan that would ultimately bring Jesus into the world.
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Genesis 25:24–34
BONUS TRIVIA
The Book of Exodus
The Israelites prosper in Egypt, having settled there at the invitation of Abraham’s great-grandson Joseph, who entered the country as a slave and rose to second in command (Genesis 37–50). When Joseph dies, a new pharaoh sees the burgeoning family as a threat—and makes the people his slaves. God hears the Israelites’ groaning, remembering “his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob” (Exodus 2:24) and raising up Moses as their deliverer. In this puzzle, we will find words taken from Exodus 3.
