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31 Facts About the Bible


1. 30, 442 verses in the King James Version 2. 22, 485 verses in the Old Testament 3. 7, 957 verses in the New Testament 4. 845,000 words in the King James Version 5. 647, 000 in the Old Testament 6. 198,000 in the New Testament

7. It takes about 70hrs. and 40mins. to read the Bible aloud. 8. Jesus quoted from 22 Old Testament books 9. The Bible contains 8,810 promises. 7,487 were given by God to human. 1/8 of these promises are in New Testament 10. Isaiah is a mini Bible. 66books=66 chapters 11. “IN CHRIST” – used 165 times in the New Testament

12. Psalms –  the longest book (150 chapters) 13. Psalms 118:8 is the exact middle verse of the Bible. There are 549 chapters before and after. 14. Psalms 119 – the longest chapter (176 verses) 15. Psalms 117 – the shortest chapter (2 verses) 16. Psalms 129 – the center word is “LORD”

17. Esther 8:9 – the longest verse (90 words; 425 letters) 18. John 11:35 – shortest verse (2 word , “JESUS WEPT”) 19. Ezra 7:21 – contains all the letters of the alphabet except the letter “J” 20. Estherand Song of Solomon – the books in the Bible that doesn’t mentioned the word “LORD or “GOD” 21. Isaiah 30:6 – flying serpents (snakes) 22. Isaiah 8:1 – longest name (Maher-shalal-hash-baz)

23. No words of more than 6 syllables can be found in the Bible. (accrdg. to the Prince of Granada) 24. Cherubim – angels with 2 wings (2 Sam. 22:11; Ps. 18:10 25. Seraphim – angels with 6 wings (Isa. 6:2) 26. About 50 Bibles are sold every minute 27. The Bible, the world’s best-selling book, is also the world’s most shop-lifted book.

28. 2 John has the fewest number of verses of any book in the Bible. 29. 3 John has the fewest number of words. 30. Job is the oldest book written in the Bible. 31. The word “Christian” appears only three times in the Bible.

Are you up to a challenge? See if you can find all the hidden books of the Bible in this article. Enjoy!


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