Bible Facts

Statistics

• Books in the Bible: 66
• Chapters in the Bible: 1,189
• Verses in the Bible: 31,102
• Midpoint: between verses 1 and 2 of Psalms 103
• Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (90 words, 426 letters)
• Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words, 9 letters)
• Book with the most chapters: Psalms (150 chapters)
• Chapter with the most verses: Psalms 119 (176 verses)

Biblical Structure

• The Old Testament consists traditionally of three major sections: the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings.
• The Law consists of the first five books of the Old Testament. This section is also called the Torah or the Pentateuch.
• The Prophets are in two groups: the Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings), and the Latter Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hoseah, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi).
• Of the Latter Prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel are considered Major Prophets, with…