Bible Facts - Part 1

About 90 hours are

required to read through
the complete Bible

The shortest verse in the

Bible (in English) is
John 11:35 with 2 words

The Bible Contains

66 Books
1,189 Chapters
31,100 Verses
783,088 Words
3,602,582 Letters

The shortest chapter in

the Bible is Psalm 117
with 2 verses

The longest chapter in the

Bible is Psalm 119
with 176 verses

The Old Testament Contains

39 Books
929 Chapters
23,143 Verses
602,582 Words

The New Testament Contains

27 Books
260 Chapters
7,957 Verses
189,506 Words

The longest verse in the

Bible is Esther 8:9
with 90 words

The Old Testament

is approximately
three-and-one -half times
larger than the
New Testament

Five books in the Bible

contain only one chapter:
1 in the Old Testament
Obadiah
4 in the New Testament
Philemon
2 John
3 John
Jude

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