Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docx
Ot19 sirach4-31-40
1. BIBLE QUEST 19 - OT
PORTIONS FROM THE BOOK OF SIRACH CHS 31 TO 40
1. Many have come to ruin because of ______________(31:6) a) Drink b) gold c) power
2. Blessed is the rich man who found _______ and who does not go after gold (31:8)
a) blameless b) hardworking c)pious
3. Healthy sleep depends on ____________ eating (31:20) a) healthy b) minimum c) moderate
4. In all your words be__________, and no sickness will overtake you (31:22)
a) sincere b)industrious c) good
5. Wine is like ___________to men, if you drink it in moderation (31:27) a)friend b) life c)milk
6. Speak __________, say much in few words (32:8)
a) freely b) politely c) concisely
7. Among the__________do not act as their equal (32:9) a) old b) rich c)great
8. He who fears the Lord accepts his____________ (32:14)
a) discipline b) commands c)words
9. Do nothing without _________(32:19) a) enough money b) elders’ blessing c) deliberation
10. Do not be overconfident on a___________(32:21)
a) successful life b) smooth way c) great achievement
11. A wise man will not hate the___________ (33:2) a)enemy b)law c)neighbor
12. So the sinner is the opposite of __________(33:14) a) godly b)good c)saintly
13. __________in all that you do(33:22)
a) Work hard b) be honest c)excel
14. Do not act _____________towards anyone (33:29) A) Immodestly b) angrily c) partially
15. If you have a servant, treat him as a ___________(33:31)
a) Neighbor b) friend c) brother
16. Divination and omens and dreams are_________(34:5) a) blessing b) folly c)curses
17. He that is _________knows few things (34:10)
a) clever b) inexperienced c) uneducated
18. The most high is not pleased with the offerings of the ____(34:19) Rich b) foreigners c) ungodly
19. To take away a neighbors living is to ________him(34:22)
a] murder b] hurt c] insult
20. To keep from __________is pleasing to the lord (35:3) a) laziness b)wickedness c)shouts
21. Glorify the Lord_______(35:3) a] loudly b] generously c] daily
22. For the Lord is the one who repays, and he will repay you _____ (35:11)
a] many fold b] hundredfold c] seven fold
23. The Lord will not show partiality in the case of a ______ (35:13) a] woman b] poor man c] child
24] The prayer of the _____ pierce the clouds (35:17)
a] great b] humble c] holy
25. Show signs anew, and work further ______ (36:6) a] wonders b] mercies c] kindness
26. Crush the _____ of the rulers of the enemy (36:10) a] heads b] hearts c] feet
27. As the palate tastes the kinds of game, so an _____ mind detects false words (36:19)
a] active b] alert c] intelligent
28. A perverse mind will cause ______ (36:20) a] success b] grief c] loss
29. He who acquires a wife gets his best ______ (36:24)
a] gift b] possession c] reward
30. So who will trust a man that has no ____ (36:26) a] home b] wife c] property
31. Some companions rejoice in the _____ of a friend (37:4) a] success b] wealth c] happiness
32. Be wary of a ____ (37:8) a] woman b] consellor c] holy man
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33. Do not consult a grudging man about _____ (37:11)
a] gratitude b] prayer c] God
34. _______ is the beginning of every work (37:36) a] Hard work b] love c] reason
35. Do not have an insatiable appetite for any ______ (37:29) a] luxury b] learning c] friends
36. The skill of the _____ lifts up his head (38:3) a] carpenter b] physician c] artisan
37. My son, when you are sick do not be ______ (38:9)
a] worried b] afraid c] negligent
38. Do not give your heart to ______; (38:20) a] enemies b] godless c] sorrow
39. So too is the ______ sitting at his work and turning the wheel with his feet (38:29)
a] potter b] carpenter c] craftsman
40. All these rely upon their _____ , and each is skilful in his own work (38:24-31)
a] intelligent b] hands c] eyes
41. One who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High will seek out the wisdom of ____ (39:1)
a] ancients b] great men c] seers
42] One who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High will open his mouth in ____ (39:1-5)
a] praise b] anger c] prayer
43. All things are the works of the Lord, for they are _____ (39:16) a] very good b] great c] loving
44. His blessings covers the _____ like a river and drenches it like a flood (39:22)
a] whole land b] wet land c] dry land
45. Fire and hail and famine and pestilence, all these have been created for ____ (39:29)
a] destruction b] vengeance c] calamity
46. And when one rests upon his bed, his sleep at night ____ his mind (40:5)
a] dreams b] plans c] confuses
47. All things that are from ____ turn back to the ____ (40:11) a] skies b] waters c] earth
48. A generous man will be made ____ ; like wise transgressors will utterly fail (40:14)
a] glad b] rich c] successful
49. Wine and music gladdens the heart, but the love of ____ is better than both (40:20)
a] wisdom b] Almighty c] others
50. Riches and ______ lift up the heart, but the fear of the Lord is better than both (40:26)
a] beauty b] intelligence c] strength