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Bible Tidbits
Pentateuch
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy
History
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, I & II
Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
Poetry
Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
Major Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel
Minor Prophets
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,
Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
History
Acts
Pauline Epistles
Romans, I & II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians,
Colossians, I & II Thessalonians, I & II Timothy, Titus, Philemon
General Epistles
Hebrews, James, I & II Peter, I, II, & III John, Jude
Revelation
Revelation
There are a total of 66 books in the Bible- 39 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New Testament.
There are 1189 chapters- 929 in the Old Testament, 260 in the New Testament.
There are 31,102 verses- 23,145 in the Old Testament, 7,957 in the New Testament.
The middle chapter of the Bible is Psalms 117; which is also the shortest chapter in the Bible.
The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalms 119.
The shortest verse in the Old Testament is I Chronicles 1:25
The middle verse in the Bible is Psalms 118:8.
The longest verse in the Bible is Esther 8:9.
The shortest versein the Bible is John 11:35.
The longest word in the Bible is Mahershalah-hash-baz in Isaiah 8:1.
Daniel 4:37 contains all the letters of the alphabet except “Q”.
Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters except “J”.
The word “eternity” occurs only in Isaiah 57:15.
The word "God" does not appear in the book of Esther.
Adam, Cain, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah, Methueslah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Esau, Joseph, Lamech, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Lot, Terah, Haran, Nahor, Melchizedek, Eliezer, Ishmael, Abimelech, Bethuel, Laban, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Namasseh, Ephraim
Eve, Sarah (Sarai), Hagar, Milcah, Rebekah, Keturah, Leah, Rachel, Ninah, Dinah, Tamar
Prominent Women of the New Testament
Mary, mother of Jesus
Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist
Anna
Dorcas
Eunice, mother of Timothy
Lois, grandmother of Timothy
Mary & Martha, sisters of Lazarus
Priscilla, wife of Aquila
There
are 2 main divisions of the Bible:
Old
Testament
New Testament
The central event of the Bible is Christ’s appearance on earth
The Old
Testament points to it
The New Testament branches out from it
1-unity;
Trinity 3 in 1, husband and wife shall be one- Gen. 2:24
2-companionship;
two are better than one- Eccl. 4:9-12, two of each animal in
the ark
3-holiness;
Holy Ghost, third person in the Trinity; holy, holy, holy- Rev. 4:8
4-nature;
four corners of the earth, four seasons, four forms of precipitation
6-man;
created the sixth day, number of man- Rev. 13:18
7-perfection,
completion; God rested the seventh day- Gen. 2;2