Bible Facts
Bible Facts
BIBLE-Contains
2 Testaments
66 Books
1,189 Chapters
31,173 Verses
773,692 Words
3,566,480 Letters
CHAPTERS
Longest Chapter: Psalms 119
Shortest Chapter: Psalms 117
Most Comforting: Psalms 23, John 14
Love Chapter: 1 Corinthians 13
Faith Chapter: Hebrews 11
New Testament Formation: Acts 2
Similar chapters: 2Kings 19, Isaiah 37
VERSES
Longest Verse: Esther 8:9
Shortest Verse: John 11:35
Most Precious: John 3:16
Saddest: Mark 15:34
Grandest: Romans 8:11
Verse containing all letters except J: Ezra 7:21
Verse containing all letters except K: Galatians 1:14
Verse containing all letters except Q: Joshua 7:24, 1Kings 1:9, 1Chronicles 12:40, Haggai 1:1; 2Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel 28:13, Daniel 4:37
Verse containing all letters except X: 2Kings 16:15, 1Chronicles 4:10
WORDS
Appearing only once
“Reverend”: Psalms 111:9
“Calvary”: Luke 23:33
“Eternity”: Isaiah 57:15
“Grandmother”: 2Timothy 1:5
“Jehovah”: appears 6,855 times
“Lord”: appears 7,736 times
“God”: appears 4,370 times
Longest name: Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:1)
“JESUS”: The Greatest Word of All
The word “God” appears in every book of the Bible except Esther and Song of Solomon
OLD TESTAMENT
39 Books
929 Chapters
23,214 Verses
592,439 Words
2,728,100 Letters
The Old Testament has 17 Historical, 5 Poetical, and 17 Prophetic books in it.
The 17 Historical Books are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1Samuel, 2Samuel, 1Kings, 2Kings, 1Chronicles, 2Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
The 5 Poetical Books are: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon.
The 17 Prophetic Books are: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
Middle book: Proverbs
Middle chapter: Job 20
Middle verses: 2Chronicles 20:17,18
Smallest book: Obadiah
Shortest verse: 1Chronicles 1:25
Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
Longest chapter: Psalms 119
Largest book: Psalms
NEW TESTAMENT
27 Books
260 Chapters
7,959 Verses
181,253 Words
838,380 Letters
Middle book: 2 Thessalonians
Middle chapters: Romans 8, 9
Middle verse: Acts 27:17
Smallest book: 3 John
Shortest verse: John 11:35
Longest verse: Revelation 20:4 (68 words)
Longest chapter: Luke 1
Largest book: Luke
The New Testament has 4 Gospels, Acts, 21 Epistles, and Revelation in it.
The 4 Gospels are: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
The 21 Epistles are: Romans, 1Corinthians, 2Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1Thessalonians, 2Thessalonians, 1Timothy, 2Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1Peter, 2Peter, 1John, 2John, 3John, and Jude
10 Longest Books in the Bible
1. Psalm – 150 Chapters, 2,461 verses, 43,743 words
2. Jeremiah – 52 chapters, 1,364 verses, 42,659 words
3. Ezekiel – 48 chapters, 1,273 verses, 39,407 words
4. Genesis – 50 chapters, 1,533 verses, 38,267 words
5. Isaiah – 66 chapters, 1,292 verses, 37,044 words
6. Numbers – 36 chapters, 1,288 verses, 32,902 words
7. Exodus – 40 chapters, 1,213 verses, 32.602 words
8. Deuteronomy – 34 chapters, 959 verses, 28,461 words
9. 2 Chronicles – 36 chapters, 822 verses, 26,074 words
10. Luke – 24 chapters, 1,151 verses, 25,944 words
10 Shortest Books in the Bible
1. 3 John – 1 chapter, 14 verses, 299 words
2. 2 John – 1 chapter, 13 verses, 303 words
3. Philemon – 1 chapter, 25 verses, 445 words
4. Jude – 1 chapter, 25 verses, 613 words
5. Obadiah – 1 chapter, 21 verses, 670 words
6. Titus – 3 chapters, 46 verses, 921 words
7. 2 Thessalonians – 3 chapters, 47 verses, 1,042 words
8. Haggai – 2 chapters, 38 verses, 1,131 words
9. Nahum – 3 chapters, 47 verses, 1,285 words
10. Jonah – 4 chapters, 48 verses, 1,321.