Answers to “Weird Al or the Message Bible Quiz”

Answers to the post, “Is it from Weird Al, or the Message Bible?”

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1. “Don’t they know they can’t get away with this— Treating people like a fast-food meal.”

Message Bible – Psalm 14:4

2. “Turned-around Jacob skips rope”

Message Bible – Psalm 14:7

3. “I’m just an intern, I still make a mistake or two”

Weird Al Yankovic – “Like a Surgeon”

4. “Who gets invited to dinner at your place? How do we get on your guest list?”

Message Bible – Psalm 15:1

5. “I hate all this silly religion”

Message Bible – Psalm 31:5

6. “Forget that I sowed wild oats”

Message Bible – Psalm 25:7

7. “I saw her today at the reception, A glass of wine in her hand”

Weird Al Yankovic – “The Hot Rocks Polka”

8. “As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain, I take a look at my wife and realize she’s very plain.”

Weird Al Yankovic – “Amish Paradise”

9. “I just smiled at him and turned the other cheek, I really don’t care, in fact I wish him well”

Weird Al Yankovic – “Amish Paradise”

10. “Join us for the time of your life!   With us, it’s share and share alike!”

Message Bible – Somewhere in Proverbs 1:8-19.

11. ” The street-talk gossip has me criminally insane”"

Message Bible – Psalm 31:13

12. “Raise the roof!”

Message Bible – Psalm 32:11

13. “Parties tend to break up when they find out that you’re coming”

Weird Al Yankovic – “Born to Be Mild”

14. “Workin’ like a dog at the synagogue, he’s there all day.”

Weird Al Yankovic – “Pretty Fly for a Rabbi”

15. “Get insurance with God and do a good deed.”

Message Bible – Psalm 37:3

Bonus Question: “Please, God, no more yelling, no more trips to the woodshed. Treat me nice for a change; I’m so starved for affection.”

Message Bible – Psalm 6:1-2.  Sadly, the editors of the Message Bible feel that God’s kindness to David was rare.  To Eugene Peterson, God’s Word presents God as an anger-crazed father who beats a child without mercy.