QUIZ: TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCRIPTURES.

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Most of us are familiar with this popular saying:

"Heaven helps those who help themselves"

Questions:
  1. In which book of the Bible can this statement be found?
  2. Who said it and in what occasion?

Comments

  1. Nze18/12/17 2:24 pm

    "Heaven helps those who help themselves" is not in the bible from my understanding, rather its the opposite.
    God helps the helpless, the powerless etc.
    please enlighten me more on this, thank you.

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  2. Chuks Destiny18/12/17 5:09 pm

    Nice try Nze. Let's wait for comments from others.

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  3. Chuks Destiny24/12/17 9:20 pm

    Nze, you are absolutely correct.

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  4. Anonymous19/1/18 2:33 pm

    It is not in the Bible. However, we should not completely discard the "possible" underlying interpretation the initial writer of the quote was trying to convey

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