72 Bible Would You Rather Questions for a Youth Group

Biblical would you rather questions are the fastest way to turn a quiet youth group into a room full of raised hands and real conversation. Every pair is scripture-rooted, genuinely balanced, and designed so neither answer feels obviously correct, which means the debate that follows is the whole point. Print the cards, pick a round, and let the room surprise you.

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How to Play

Read each would you rather pair aloud, then ask players to commit: left side of the room for Option A, right side for Option B, or simply raise hands. Give each side thirty seconds to argue their case before calling the vote final and moving on. No skipping, no both: everyone picks. These rounds escalate from straightforward Old Testament choices to open-ended discussion prompts, so you can stop after any round or run them all in sequence for a full ninety-minute session. The printable card sheets let you deal a question face-down to small groups and have them discuss before revealing the vote to the room, which works especially well for the later rounds.

Old Testament Choices

These biblical would you rather questions draw straight from the stories most players already know, so the room gets into it quickly and confidence is high from the start.

1. Would you rather spend 40 years wandering the desert with Moses OR 40 days on the ark with Noah and every animal on earth?
2. Would you rather fight Goliath with a sling and five stones OR face the prophets of Baal alone like Elijah on Mount Carmel?
3. Would you rather receive wisdom like Solomon but face his later temptations OR remain ordinary but faithful your whole life?
4. Would you rather be thrown into the lions’ den like Daniel OR be cast into the fiery furnace like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
5. Would you rather spend three days in the belly of a great fish like Jonah OR wander as a fugitive in the desert like Hagar?
6. Would you rather carry the ark of the covenant on your shoulders into battle OR stand at the wall of Jericho and wait seven days for the trumpet blast?
7. Would you rather receive Joseph’s coat of many colours but also his brothers’ jealousy OR have a plain cloak and stay close to your family?
8. Would you rather part the Red Sea knowing millions are behind you OR cross the Jordan River on dry ground as the first of a new generation entering the promised land?
9. Would you rather be Samuel and hear God’s voice in the night as a child OR be Miriam and lead the women in song after the greatest rescue in Israel’s history?
10. Would you rather build the Temple like Solomon with all the resources in the world OR restore it like Nehemiah with opposition at every gate?
11. Would you rather have the strength of Samson but his weakness for keeping secrets OR the patience of Job but his losses?
12. Would you rather interpret a Pharaoh’s dreams like Joseph and change a nation’s fate OR prophesy like Jeremiah and be ignored for decades?

New Testament Choices

Shift the room into the Gospels and Epistles with these pairs: the stories are just as dramatic, and the choices reveal a lot about how players think about calling and cost.

1. Would you rather be one of the twelve disciples walking with Jesus for three years OR be Paul and carry the gospel across the Roman Empire alone?
2. Would you rather witness the feeding of the five thousand in the crowd OR be the boy who handed over his five loaves and two fish?
3. Would you rather walk on water toward Jesus like Peter and start to sink OR stay in the boat and never know if you could have done it?
4. Would you rather be the first person at the empty tomb like Mary Magdalene OR be the disciple Jesus appeared to on the road to Emmaus without recognising him?
5. Would you rather hear the Sermon on the Mount delivered live OR read Paul’s letter to the Romans as it was first read aloud in a Roman house church?
6. Would you rather heal people like the disciples were sent out to do in pairs OR teach in the synagogues and face the questions of the religious leaders?
7. Would you rather experience the Day of Pentecost with tongues of fire and the rushing wind OR be in the upper room the night Jesus washed the disciples’ feet?
8. Would you rather be Zacchaeus and have Jesus invite himself to your house OR be the woman who anointed Jesus’s feet and hear him defend her to the room?
9. Would you rather write a letter that becomes part of the Bible like James OR preach a sermon that converts three thousand people in a single day like Peter at Pentecost?
10. Would you rather be Lydia, the first convert in Europe, opening your home as the first church there OR be Priscilla, teaching Apollos privately and correcting his theology?
11. Would you rather carry the cross behind Jesus through Jerusalem OR stand at the foot of the cross like the women who stayed?
12. Would you rather receive a vision like John on the island of Patmos OR be shipwrecked with Paul and survive to tell the story?

Miracles and Journeys

These pairs put players inside the miracle itself, and the question of which they would choose almost always opens a conversation about what they actually believe.

1. Would you rather be present when Jesus turned water into wine at Cana OR when he raised Lazarus after four days in the tomb?
2. Would you rather be healed of blindness by Jesus putting mud on your eyes OR be healed of leprosy and told simply to go show yourself to the priest?
3. Would you rather walk the entire Exodus route from Egypt to Canaan eating only manna and quail OR travel with Paul on all three of his missionary journeys by foot and sea?
4. Would you rather be in the boat when Jesus calmed the storm OR be in the crowd when he cast out the legion of demons and the man was found clothed and in his right mind?
5. Would you rather experience the still small voice God spoke to Elijah after the wind and earthquake OR witness the fire that fell on Elijah’s altar soaked with water?
6. Would you rather be Elisha and watch your mentor taken up in a chariot of fire OR be Joshua and watch the sun stand still over Gibeon?
7. Would you rather be fed by ravens in the wilderness like Elijah OR find the jar of flour and jug of oil that never run out like the widow of Zarephath?
8. Would you rather cross the Red Sea on dry ground the night it happened OR cross the Jordan River when the priests stepped in and the waters stopped?
9. Would you rather be Philip and teleport instantly to another town after baptising the Ethiopian official OR be Elijah and outrun a chariot all the way to Jezreel?
10. Would you rather see the burning bush that is not consumed like Moses OR see the wheel within a wheel vision like Ezekiel?
11. Would you rather watch manna appear on the ground every morning for forty years OR watch quail cover the camp in a single evening?
12. Would you rather be in Jerusalem when the Temple curtain tore in two OR be on the road to Damascus when the blinding light stopped Paul in his tracks?

Character and Courage

These pairs focus on the personal cost of obedience, and they tend to generate the most honest answers because players have to weigh something they actually value.

1. Would you rather have the courage of Esther going to the king uninvited OR the loyalty of Ruth leaving everything to follow Naomi?
2. Would you rather forgive your brothers for selling you into slavery like Joseph OR forgive the people who crucified your son like Mary watched Jesus do?
3. Would you rather speak the truth to a king like Nathan confronting David OR stay silent and safe like most of the people in the room at Jesus’s trial?
4. Would you rather be known for extraordinary faith like Abraham leaving everything at God’s call OR for extraordinary repentance like David after the worst year of his life?
5. Would you rather carry the physical weight of the ark across the wilderness for forty years OR carry the emotional weight of leading a complaining nation like Moses?
6. Would you rather be brave enough to hide the spies like Rahab, betting your life on a red cord OR be brave enough to stand alone in a foreign court like Daniel refusing the king’s food?
7. Would you rather have the integrity of Joseph fleeing Potiphar’s wife even knowing it would cost him OR the boldness of Deborah leading an army into battle as a judge and prophet?
8. Would you rather be called to give up wealth like the rich young ruler was asked OR be called to give up your reputation like Matthew leaving the tax booth in front of everyone?
9. Would you rather face a crowd that wants to stone you like Stephen, finishing your speech anyway OR face a crowd that wants to crown you king when you know it is the wrong kind of kingdom?
10. Would you rather have the perseverance of Hannah praying year after year OR the immediate radical obedience of the disciples dropping their nets the moment they were called?
11. Would you rather be honest with God like Job arguing his case from the ash heap OR be quietly faithful like Anna, worshipping in the Temple for decades before the promise was fulfilled?
12. Would you rather have the zeal of Phinehas that stopped a plague OR the gentle wisdom of Abigail that stopped a massacre before it happened?

Faith in Practice

These would you rather questions bring the Bible into daily life choices, which makes them especially useful for a group that is old enough to feel the gap between what they believe and how they actually live.

1. Would you rather be the kind of person who prays like Daniel three times a day no matter who is watching OR the kind who gives generously like the widow with two coins when no one is watching?
2. Would you rather be known in your community for your hospitality like Abraham welcoming the three strangers OR for your wisdom in conflict like Solomon when the two mothers came to him?
3. Would you rather serve behind the scenes in your church like the deacons in Acts who waited on tables OR be on the front line speaking and teaching like the apostles in the same passage?
4. Would you rather fast and pray alone for forty days like Jesus in the wilderness OR spend forty days visiting the sick, the prisoner, and the stranger like Matthew 25 describes?
5. Would you rather have a faith that moves mountains as Jesus described it OR have a faith that holds steady when the mountain does not move?
6. Would you rather read every book of the Bible straight through in a year OR memorise one chapter so deeply you never forget a word of it?
7. Would you rather be in a small house church of twelve committed people meeting weekly OR in a congregation of a thousand where the worship is extraordinary but you know almost no one?
8. Would you rather tithe faithfully on a small income your whole life OR give away a large sum once and never have to think about money in faith again?
9. Would you rather be the person in your friendship group who always speaks the difficult truth in love OR the one who always listens without judgment and never gives up on anyone?
10. Would you rather practice Sabbath rest so seriously that you stop all work one day a week OR practice generosity so seriously that you give away ten percent of your time, not just your money?
11. Would you rather share your faith with a stranger once a week like the early evangelists OR disciple one person deeply over a year like Paul did with Timothy?
12. Would you rather lead a prayer meeting that lasts all night like the church praying for Peter in Acts 12 OR lead a short, honest prayer that changes one person’s life like the tax collector in Luke 18?

The Discussion Round

These are the pairs with no easy answer, designed to be read aloud and then discussed for two to three minutes each: they work best as a group discussion format at the end of the night when the room is warm and ready to go deeper.

1. Would you rather know exactly what God has planned for your life OR discover it one step at a time with only enough light for the next step?
2. Would you rather live in a world where God always answers prayer with yes OR a world where God always answers with what is truly best, even when it looks like silence?
3. Would you rather be remembered by history like David, with all your failures written down honestly OR be forgotten by history like the unnamed woman who anointed Jesus, whom he said would be remembered wherever the gospel is preached?
4. Would you rather have a faith that never doubts OR a faith that has doubted deeply and come out the other side stronger?
5. Would you rather follow rules perfectly like the Pharisees appeared to do OR follow Jesus imperfectly and publicly like Peter, including the failures?
6. Would you rather live the life God calls you to but never feel certain it is the right one OR feel completely certain of your calling but have it look nothing like what you expected?
7. Would you rather be loved the way the prodigal son’s father loved him, running toward you before you finish your apology OR be loved the way Jonathan loved David, quietly and completely, asking nothing in return?
8. Would you rather have the gift of prophecy and always feel the weight of what you have been shown OR have the gift of encouragement and never quite know if you are making a difference?
9. Would you rather face a trial that is long and slow like Job’s months of suffering OR sudden and intense like Peter’s denial in a single night?
10. Would you rather be part of a generation that sees revival like the early church in Acts OR be part of a generation that faithfully plants seeds they will never see grow?
11. Would you rather follow Jesus if it cost you your career OR follow Jesus if it cost you your closest friendship?
12. Would you rather ask God one question and receive a direct answer OR spend your whole life searching the scriptures and find that the search itself changes you?

How to Keep It Moving and When to Stop

The game stalls when leaders wait too long for a unanimous vote. Call the count at thirty seconds, name the split, and move on. A 50-50 room is a win, not a problem: it means the pair is doing its job.

Watch for the moment one pair starts a conversation nobody wants to end. That is your cue to stop playing and start discussing. Set the cards down, ask a single open follow-up question, and let the room run. The best youth group conversations tend to start on question seven or eight, not question one.

If the group is large, split into teams of four or five for Rounds Four through Six. Each small group debates the pair privately for ninety seconds, then reports back to the room. This keeps every voice in the conversation rather than letting three confident people carry all six rounds.

End on a high rather than on empty. Two or three strong rounds played well leave the group wanting more next time. Six rounds played exhausted leave them flat. If energy dips after Round Four, skip directly to two or three questions from The Discussion Round and close there. The printable cards make it easy to pick up exactly where you left off at the next session, and the clean truth or dare questions on this site pair well with these for a longer youth night that changes gears mid-session.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many players do you need for biblical would you rather questions?

The game works with as few as four players and scales easily to a room of sixty or more. For very large groups, split into teams of four or five for the later rounds so every voice gets heard.

Are these questions suitable for younger children?

The prompts are written for middle-school age and up. Younger children in a Sunday school setting can enjoy Rounds One and Two with a leader reading the pairs aloud and explaining the Bible story briefly before the vote.

How long does a full game take?

A single round of twelve questions takes roughly fifteen to twenty minutes at a lively pace. All six rounds run about ninety minutes if you include discussion time, which is why the article recommends stopping when a question sparks a strong conversation rather than pushing through every round.

How do I print and store the card sheets?

Print each A4 sheet on cardstock, cut along the lines, and laminate if you plan to reuse the cards. A metal binder ring holds each round together as a tidy deck that is easy to hand out and collect.

Can I use these for a sermon illustration or small group study?

Absolutely. The Discussion Round pairs work particularly well as an opening activity for a small group, dropping the group naturally into the evening topic without a formal icebreaker.

Do players need to know the Bible well to enjoy this?

No. Each pair names the person or story, so players who are less familiar can still vote on instinct and then learn the background from whoever argues their side. That peer explanation is often the most memorable part of the session.