Sunday, September 21, 2008

Bible Books – Fast Facts

Book Title(s)

Chapters

Verses

I. Law

1.

The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

50

1533

2.

The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

40

1213

3.

The Third Book of Moses Called Leviticus

27

859

4.

The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

36

1288

5.

The Fifth Book of Moses Called Deuteronomy

34

959

II. Old Testament Narrative

6.

The Book of Joshua

24

658

7.

The Book of Judges

21

618

8.

The Book of Ruth

4

85

9.

The First Book of Samuel

31

810

10.

The Second Book of Samuel

24

695

11.

The First Book of Kings

22

816

12.

The Second Book of Kings

25

719

13.

The First Book of Chronicles

29

942

14.

The Second Book of Chronicles

36

822

15.

The Book of Ezra

10

280

16.

The Book of Nehemiah

13

406

17.

The Book of Esther

10

167

III. Wisdom Literature

18.

The Book of Job

42

1070

19.

The Book of Psalms

150

2461

20.

The Book of Proverbs

31

915

21.

The Book of Ecclesiastes

12

222

22.

The Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon or Canticles)

8

117

IV. Major Prophets

23.

The Book of Isaiah

66

1292

24.

The Book of Jeremiah

52

1364

25.

The Book of Lamentations

5

154

26.

The Book of Ezekiel

48

1273

27.

The Book of Daniel

12

357

V. Minor Prophets

28.

The Book of Hosea

14

197

29.

The Book of Joel

3

73

30.

The Book of Amos

9

146

31.

The Book of Obadiah

1

21

32.

The Book of Jonah

4

48

33.

The Book of Micah

7

105

34.

The Book of Nahum

3

47

35.

The Book of Habakkuk

3

56

36.

The Book of Zephaniah

3

53

37.

The Book of Haggai

2

38

38.

The Book of Zechariah

14

211

39.

The Book of Malachi

4

55

VI. New Testament Narrative

40.

The Gospel According to Matthew

28

1071

41.

The Gospel According to Mark

16

678

42.

The Gospel According to Luke

24

1151

43.

The Gospel According to John

21

879

44.

The Acts of the Apostles

28

1007

VII. Pauline Epistles

45.

The Epistle of Paul to the Romans

16

433

46.

The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians

16

437

47.

The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians

13

257

48.

The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians

6

149

49.

The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians

6

155

50.

The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians

4

104

51.

The Epistle of Paul to the Colossians

4

95

52.

The First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians

5

89

53.

The Second Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians

3

47

54.

The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy

6

113

55.

The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy

4

83

56.

The Epistle of Paul to Titus

3

46

57.

The Epistle of Paul to Philemon

1

25

VIII. General Epistles

58.

The Epistle to the Hebrews

13

303

59.

The General Epistle of James

5

108

60.

The First Epistle of Peter

5

105

61.

The Second Epistle of Peter

3

61

62.

The First Epistle of John

5

105

63.

The Second Epistle of John

1

13

64.

The Third Epistle of John

1

14

65.

The Epistle of Jude

1

25

IX. Apocalyptic Epistle

66.

The Book of Revelation (or The Apocalypse of John)

22

404

Total Number of Chapters and Verses

1189

31102

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