Questions Scripture asks and where it answers

60 questions asked in one place in Scripture and answered in another (“What is man?” Job 7 → Psalm 8 → Hebrews 2), by theme.

Who God is

Psalms 2:1 — Answered in Psalms 2:4-9 · Acts 4:25-28 · Revelation 19:15
Why do the nations rage? God laughs, and sets His king on Zion. The early community prays this psalm when the rulers gather against Jesus. Psalms 2:4-9 Acts 4:25-28 Revelation 19:15
Psalms 24:8 — Answered in Psalms 24:10 · 1 Corinthians 2:8 · Jacob 2:1 · Revelation 19:16
Who is the King of glory? The LORD of hosts; the New Covenant calls Jesus the Lord of glory. Psalms 24:10 1 Corinthians 2:8 Jacob 2:1 Revelation 19:16
Isaiah 40:18 · Isaiah 40:25 — Answered in Exodus 15:11 · Psalms 113:4-6 · Micah 7:18-19
To whom will you liken God? Who is like You among the gods? No one: there is no God like the LORD who pardons. Exodus 15:11 Psalms 113:4-6 Micah 7:18-19
Psalms 139:7 — Answered in Jeremiah 23:23-24 · Amos 9:2-3 · Acts 17:27-28
Where can I flee from Your presence? Nowhere; Jeremiah and Amos say it as a warning, Paul as nearness. Jeremiah 23:23-24 Amos 9:2-3 Acts 17:27-28
Daniel 3:15 — Answered in Daniel 3:28-29 · Daniel 6:27-28
Who is the god who can deliver you from my hands? Nebuchadnezzar and Darius answer it themselves. Daniel 3:28-29 Daniel 6:27-28
Malachi 3:2 · Nahum 1:6 · Revelation 6:17 — Answered in Nahum 1:7 · Malachi 3:3-4 · Revelation 7:9-17
Who can stand? The question is asked of the day of the LORD in the prophets and again in Revelation, which answers with the multitude who have washed their robes. Nahum 1:7 Malachi 3:3-4 Revelation 7:9-17
Genesis 18:14 · Jeremiah 32:27 — Answered in Jeremiah 32:17 · Luke 1:37 · Matthew 19:26
Is anything too hard for the LORD? Sarah's question, repeated in Jeremiah, is answered by the angel's words to Mary. Jeremiah 32:17 Luke 1:37 Matthew 19:26
Genesis 18:25 — Answered in Deuteronomy 32:4 · Romans 3:5-6 · Romans 9:14
Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just? All His ways are justice; Paul asks it again and says: God forbid. Deuteronomy 32:4 Romans 3:5-6 Romans 9:14
Genesis 17:17 · Genesis 18:12 — Answered in Genesis 21:1-2 · Romans 4:19-21 · Hebrews 11:11-12
Shall a child be born to a man a hundred years old? He was. Genesis 21:1-2 Romans 4:19-21 Hebrews 11:11-12
Exodus 3:13 — Answered in Exodus 3:14-15 · John 8:58 · Philippians 2:9-11
What is His name? I AM. Jesus takes the name on his lips; Paul says God gave him the name above every name. Exodus 3:14-15 John 8:58 Philippians 2:9-11
Exodus 5:2 — Answered in Exodus 7:5 · Exodus 9:16 · Exodus 14:18 · Romans 9:17
Who is the LORD, that I should obey Him? The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD. Exodus 7:5 Exodus 9:16 Exodus 14:18 Romans 9:17
Exodus 33:18 · John 14:8 — Met in John 1:18 · John 14:9 · Colossians 1:15 · Hebrews 1:3 · 2 Corinthians 4:6
Show me Your glory. Show us the Father. Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. John 1:18 John 14:9 Colossians 1:15 Hebrews 1:3 2 Corinthians 4:6
Judges 13:17-18 — Answered in Isaiah 9:5
What is your name? Why do you ask? It is wonderful. Isaiah gives a child the name Wonderful Counsellor. Isaiah 9:5

What a person is

Job 7:17-18 — Answered in Psalms 8:5-7 · Hebrews 2:6-9
Job turns Psalm 8's wonder into a complaint: what is man, that You examine him every morning? The psalm asks it in awe; Hebrews 2 answers it by pointing to the one man crowned with glory. Psalms 8:5-7 Hebrews 2:6-9
Isaiah 5:4 — Answered in Isaiah 5:7 · Matthew 21:33-43 · John 15:1-5
What more could I have done for my vineyard? Isaiah names the vineyard; Jesus tells it again and says he is the vine. Isaiah 5:7 Matthew 21:33-43 John 15:1-5
Genesis 3:9 — Answered in Luke 19:10 · Luke 15:4-7
Where are you? The first question God asks. The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10 Luke 15:4-7
Genesis 4:9 — Answered in 1 John 3:11-18 · Luke 10:36-37
Am I my brother's keeper? John answers by the contrast of Cain and love; Jesus answers by naming the neighbour. 1 John 3:11-18 Luke 10:36-37
Luke 10:29 — Answered in Luke 10:36-37 · Leviticus 19:18 · Leviticus 19:33-34
Who is my neighbour? Even the stranger: Leviticus already says to love him as yourself. Luke 10:36-37 Leviticus 19:18 Leviticus 19:33-34

Suffering and justice

Job 21:7 · Jeremiah 12:1 · Psalms 73:3 · Malachi 3:14-15 — Answered in Psalms 37:1-2 · Psalms 73:17-19 · Malachi 3:16-21
Why do the wicked prosper? Job, Jeremiah and Asaph all ask it. Asaph's answer comes in the sanctuary, when he sees their end; Malachi's is the book of remembrance. Psalms 37:1-2 Psalms 73:17-19 Malachi 3:16-21
Psalms 22:2 — Answered in Psalms 22:25 · Matthew 27:46 · Hebrews 5:7-8
My God, why have You forsaken me? The same psalm turns: He has not hidden His face from the afflicted, but heard when he cried. Jesus takes up the first verse on the cross; Hebrews says he was heard. Psalms 22:25 Matthew 27:46 Hebrews 5:7-8
Psalms 74:1 · Psalms 77:8-9 · Psalms 79:5 · Psalms 89:47 · Lamentations 5:20 · Isaiah 49:14 — Answered in Isaiah 54:7-8 · Psalms 30:6 · Lamentations 3:22-23 · Lamentations 3:31-33 · Isaiah 49:15-16 · Jeremiah 31:35-36 · Romans 11:1-2
Has God cast off His people forever? Asked again and again; answered by Isaiah (a moment in anger, everlasting kindness), Jeremiah (as long as the sun and moon) and Paul (God has not rejected His people). Isaiah 54:7-8 Psalms 30:6 Lamentations 3:22-23 Lamentations 3:31-33 Isaiah 49:15-16 Jeremiah 31:35-36 Romans 11:1-2
Mark 4:41 — Answered in Psalms 107:28-30 · Psalms 89:10 · Job 38:8-11 · Jonah 1:15
Who is this, that even wind and sea obey him? The Scriptures have already said who stills the sea. Psalms 107:28-30 Psalms 89:10 Job 38:8-11 Jonah 1:15
Habakkuk 1:13 — Answered in Habakkuk 2:4 · Romans 3:25-26
Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; why do You look on the treacherous? The righteous lives by faithfulness; Paul says God was shown just in dealing with sin. Habakkuk 2:4 Romans 3:25-26
Jeremiah 8:22 — Answered in Jeremiah 30:17 · Jeremiah 33:6 · Exodus 15:26 · Malachi 3:20
Is there no balm in Gilead? The LORD answers: I will restore you to health, I am the LORD who heals you. Jeremiah 30:17 Jeremiah 33:6 Exodus 15:26 Malachi 3:20
Malachi 2:17 — Answered in Malachi 3:1-5 · Matthew 11:10 · John 5:22
Where is the God of justice? He is coming to His temple, and will draw near for judgment. Malachi 3:1-5 Matthew 11:10 John 5:22
Deuteronomy 29:23 · 1 Kings 9:8 — Answered in Deuteronomy 29:24-27 · 1 Kings 9:9 · Jeremiah 22:8-9
Why has the LORD done thus to this land? Because they forsook the covenant. The question is asked of the land and answered by the text. Deuteronomy 29:24-27 1 Kings 9:9 Jeremiah 22:8-9
John 9:2 · Luke 13:2 · Job 4:7 · Ezekiel 18:2 — Answered in John 9:3 · Luke 13:3-5 · Ezekiel 18:20 · Job 42:7
Does suffering come because of sin? Not always. Jesus and Ezekiel say no; the LORD says Job's friends did not speak rightly. John 9:3 Luke 13:3-5 Ezekiel 18:20 Job 42:7

Sin and forgiveness

Job 9:2 · Job 25:4 · Psalms 130:3 · Psalms 143:2 · Proverbs 20:9 — Answered in Psalms 130:4 · Isaiah 53:11 · Romans 3:21-26 · Galatians 2:16 · 1 John 1:9
How can a person be right before God? Job says no one can; the psalmist says forgiveness is with God; Paul and John say how it was done. Psalms 130:4 Isaiah 53:11 Romans 3:21-26 Galatians 2:16 1 John 1:9
Jeremiah 13:23 · Jeremiah 17:9 · Ezekiel 33:11 — Answered in Ezekiel 36:26-27 · Psalms 51:12 · Jeremiah 31:31-33 · John 3:3-6 · 2 Corinthians 5:17
Can a person change? The heart is deceitful, the skin cannot change its colour. The answer is a new heart given, not made. Ezekiel 36:26-27 Psalms 51:12 Jeremiah 31:31-33 John 3:3-6 2 Corinthians 5:17
Mark 2:7 — Answered in Isaiah 43:25 · Psalms 103:3 · Mark 2:10
Who can forgive sins but God alone? That is exactly what Isaiah and the psalmist say God does. Isaiah 43:25 Psalms 103:3 Mark 2:10
Romans 7:24 — Answered in Romans 7:25 · Romans 8:1-2
Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus our Lord. Romans 7:25 Romans 8:1-2

Death and hope

Job 14:14 — Answered in Isaiah 26:19 · Daniel 12:2 · Psalms 16:10 · 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 · John 11:25-26
If a man dies, will he live again? Job waits for his release; Isaiah and Daniel answer that the dead will rise, and the New Covenant says it has begun. Isaiah 26:19 Daniel 12:2 Psalms 16:10 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 John 11:25-26
Ezekiel 37:3 — Answered in Ezekiel 37:12-14 · Isaiah 26:19 · Daniel 12:2 · Romans 8:11
Can these bones live? You know, O Lord. Ezekiel is told to prophesy; Paul says the Spirit will make mortal bodies alive. Ezekiel 37:12-14 Isaiah 26:19 Daniel 12:2 Romans 8:11
Hosea 13:14 — Answered in 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 · Isaiah 25:8
O death, where are your plagues? Paul sets Hosea's question in the mouth of the resurrection: death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 Isaiah 25:8
Ecclesiastes 3:21 — Answered in Ecclesiastes 12:7 · 2 Corinthians 5:8 · Luke 23:43
Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward? The spirit returns to God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12:7 2 Corinthians 5:8 Luke 23:43

How long?

Psalms 13:2-3 · Psalms 94:3 · Habakkuk 1:2 · Zechariah 1:12 · Revelation 6:10 · 2 Peter 3:4 — Answered in Psalms 13:6 · Habakkuk 2:3 · Zechariah 1:13-17 · Revelation 6:11 · 2 Peter 3:8-9 · Hebrews 10:37-39
How long? The cry is the same in the Psalms, the Prophets, the martyrs under the altar and the scoffers of the last days. The answer each time: the vision waits for its appointed time, and what looks like delay is patience. Psalms 13:6 Habakkuk 2:3 Zechariah 1:13-17 Revelation 6:11 2 Peter 3:8-9 Hebrews 10:37-39
Daniel 8:13 · Daniel 12:6 — Answered in Daniel 12:7 · Revelation 10:5-7 · Revelation 12:14
How long until the end of these wonders? A time, times and half a time. Daniel 12:7 Revelation 10:5-7 Revelation 12:14

Wisdom and knowing

Job 28:12 · Job 28:20 — Answered in Job 28:28 · Proverbs 8:22-31 · Proverbs 9:10 · 1 Corinthians 1:24 · Colossians 2:2-3
Where is wisdom found? Job 28 says only God knows the way to it; Proverbs 8 has wisdom speak for herself; Paul says Christ is the wisdom of God. Job 28:28 Proverbs 8:22-31 Proverbs 9:10 1 Corinthians 1:24 Colossians 2:2-3
Job 38:4-7 — Answered in Proverbs 8:27-31 · Proverbs 3:19 · Psalms 104:5-9 · John 1:1-3 · Colossians 1:16-17
Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Proverbs answers who was there; John and Colossians say through whom it was made. Proverbs 8:27-31 Proverbs 3:19 Psalms 104:5-9 John 1:1-3 Colossians 1:16-17
Job 11:7 — Answered in Deuteronomy 29:28 · 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 · Romans 11:33
Can you find out the deep things of God? Not by searching; they are revealed, and the Spirit searches them. Deuteronomy 29:28 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 Romans 11:33
Isaiah 40:13 · Job 41:3 — Answered in 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 · Romans 11:34-36
Who has known the mind of the LORD? Isaiah's question is quoted by Paul, who answers it for the believer: we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 Romans 11:34-36
Ecclesiastes 6:12 — Answered in Micah 6:8
Who knows what is good for a person? Ecclesiastes leaves the question open; Micah says it has been told you. Micah 6:8
Isaiah 33:18 — Answered in 1 Corinthians 1:20-25
Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs? Paul's answer: God has made foolish the wisdom of the world. 1 Corinthians 1:20-25
Proverbs 30:4 · Deuteronomy 30:12 — Answered in John 3:13 · Romans 10:6-9 · Ephesians 4:8-10
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? What is his name, and the name of his son? The New Covenant answers with a name. John 3:13 Romans 10:6-9 Ephesians 4:8-10
Ecclesiastes 1:3 · Ecclesiastes 3:9 — Answered in Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 · Romans 8:20-21 · 1 Corinthians 15:58
What does a person gain from all his toil? Fear God and keep His commandments; creation was subjected in hope; your labour in the Lord is not in vain. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Romans 8:20-21 1 Corinthians 15:58
John 18:38 — Answered in John 14:6 · John 17:17 · Psalms 119:160
What is truth? Your word is truth; I am the truth. John 14:6 John 17:17 Psalms 119:160

Worship and presence

Psalms 15:1 · Psalms 24:3 — Answered in Psalms 24:4 · Psalms 15:2-5 · Isaiah 33:15-16 · Matthew 5:8
Who may dwell on Your holy hill? Clean hands and a pure heart; Isaiah 33 says the same; Jesus names the pure in heart. Psalms 24:4 Psalms 15:2-5 Isaiah 33:15-16 Matthew 5:8
Micah 6:6-7 — Answered in Micah 6:8 · Hosea 6:6 · Psalms 51:18-19 · Matthew 9:13
With what shall I come before the LORD? Not thousands of rams: justice, kindness, humility. Hosea and the psalmist say the same; Jesus quotes it. Micah 6:8 Hosea 6:6 Psalms 51:18-19 Matthew 9:13
Exodus 17:7 — Answered in Exodus 33:14-16 · Matthew 1:23 · Matthew 28:20
Is the LORD among us or not? My presence will go with you; Immanuel, God with us; I am with you always. Exodus 33:14-16 Matthew 1:23 Matthew 28:20
1 Kings 8:27 · Isaiah 66:1 — Answered in John 1:14 · John 2:19-21 · 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 · Ephesians 2:19-22
Will God indeed dwell on the earth? The Word became flesh and dwelt among us; the temple he spoke of was his body; and now the community is a dwelling for God. John 1:14 John 2:19-21 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Ephesians 2:19-22
Luke 10:25 · Matthew 19:16 · Acts 16:30 · Acts 2:37 — Answered in Deuteronomy 6:5 · Leviticus 19:18 · Acts 16:31 · Acts 2:38 · John 6:29
What must I do? Love God and neighbour; believe; repent. Deuteronomy 6:5 Leviticus 19:18 Acts 16:31 Acts 2:38 John 6:29
Psalms 78:19-20 · Numbers 11:21-22 · 2 Kings 4:43 · Mark 8:4 · John 6:5-9 — Answered in Numbers 11:23 · 2 Kings 4:44 · Mark 8:6-9 · John 6:11-13
Can God spread a table in the wilderness? Moses, Elisha and Jesus are each asked how; each time the answer is that the LORD's hand is not short. Numbers 11:23 2 Kings 4:44 Mark 8:6-9 John 6:11-13

The Messiah

Job 9:32-33 — Met in 1 Timothy 2:5 · Hebrews 8:6 · Hebrews 9:15
Job longs for an umpire to lay a hand on both God and himself. The letters name the one mediator. 1 Timothy 2:5 Hebrews 8:6 Hebrews 9:15
Isaiah 53:1 — Answered in John 12:37-41 · Romans 10:14-17
Who has believed what we heard? John and Paul both say how it was heard and refused. John 12:37-41 Romans 10:14-17
Isaiah 63:1-2 — Answered in Revelation 19:11-16
Who is this coming from Edom, in crimsoned garments? Revelation shows the rider in a robe dipped in blood, treading the winepress. Revelation 19:11-16
Zechariah 13:6 — Answered in Zechariah 12:10 · John 19:34-37 · John 20:27 · Revelation 1:7
What are these wounds on your back? Zechariah has the wounded one answer and speaks of looking on the one they pierced; John says it was fulfilled. Zechariah 12:10 John 19:34-37 John 20:27 Revelation 1:7
Genesis 22:7-8 — Answered in John 1:29 · Revelation 5:6-12
Where is the lamb? God Himself will provide the lamb. John the Baptist points: Behold the Lamb of God. John 1:29 Revelation 5:6-12
Matthew 11:3 — Answered in Isaiah 35:5-6 · Isaiah 61:1 · Luke 7:21-22
Are you the one who is to come? Jesus answers by what Isaiah said the Messiah would do. Isaiah 35:5-6 Isaiah 61:1 Luke 7:21-22
Matthew 22:42-45 — Answered in Psalms 110:1 · Isaiah 9:6 · Romans 1:3-4
Whose son is the Messiah? David's son, and David's Lord. Psalms 110:1 Isaiah 9:6 Romans 1:3-4
Revelation 5:2 — Answered in Revelation 5:5-9 · Daniel 7:13-14
Who is worthy to open the scroll? The Lion of Judah, the Lamb; and the one like a son of man who received dominion. Revelation 5:5-9 Daniel 7:13-14

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