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Bible Reading, Memorization, and Study

This page is to give you statistics and different strategies for Bible Reading, Memorization, and Study.

General Information

• 1189 chapters in the Bible

• 929 chapters in the Old Testament

• 260 chapters in the New Testament

• 31,102 verses in the Bible

• 23,145 verses in the Old Testament

• 7,957 verses in the New Testament

Bible Reading Completion Times

Whole Bible

The way to do this is to break the reading into sections. Read say 10 chapters, at 4 times per day, and that 40 chapters. I found it very convenient to make it around meals. So before I eat, 10 chapters, after the meal, 10 chapters. Than the same for dinner and you just read 40 chapters and it does not take much time. 40 chapters is a wonderful number to aim for, you finish the Bible about once a month.

• 100 chapters a day: finish the Bible in 11.89 days

• 40 chapters a day: finish the Bible in 29.7 days

• 30 chapters a day: finish the Bible in 39.6 days

• 20 chapters a day: finish the Bible in 59.5 days

• 15 chapters a day: finish the Bible in 79.3 days

• 12 chapters a day: finish the Bible in 99.0 days

• 10 chapters a day: finish the Bible in 118.9 days

• 7 chapters a day: finish the Bible in 169.9 days

• 5 chapters a day: finish the Bible in 237.8 days

Old Testament

• 40 chapters a day: finish the Old Testament in 23.225 days

• 30 chapters a day: finish the jjOld Testament in 31 days

• 20 chapters a day: finish the Old Testament in 46.45 days

• 10 chapters a day: finish the Old Testament in 92.9 days

• 7 chapters a day: finish the Old Testament in 132.7 days

• 5 chapters a day: finish the Old Testament in 185.8 days

New Testament

• 40 chapters a day: finish the New Testament in 6.5 days

• 20 chapters a day: finish the New Testament in 13 days

• 10 chapters a day: finish the New Testament in 26 days

• 7 chapters a day: finish the New Testament in 37.1 days

• 5 chapters a day: finish the New Testament in 52 days

Divided by Chapters

• 20 chapters a day, 60 Chapters in a section, 20 Sections.

• 10 chapters a day, 119 Chapters in a section, 10 Sections.

10 Sections (Most 119 Ch) / 10 Chapters a day.

1) Genesis – Numbers 2

2) Numbers 3 – 1 Samuel 2

3) 1 Samuel 3 – 1 Chronicles 19

4) 1 Chronicles 20 – Job 40

5) Job 41 – Psalms 117

6) Psalms 118 – Isaiah 35

7) Isaiah 36 – Ezekiel 31

8) Ezekiel 32 – Matthew 23

9) Matthew 24 – 1 Corinthians 9

10) 1 Corinthians 10 – Revelations 22 (118 Ch)

The benefit of this system is that you read sections in almost equal amounts, giving you equal review on all the Bible instead of reading the Old Testament History Section for example which may take 4 months while the book of Acts only takes you 28 days. Also, once you finish a section, you should begin the next section, so you basically read through the Bible, and still have flow. Another benefit is you are creating waves, you finish Genesis and so forth, and then start the next section and start over back at Genesis. This keeps happening with each section. Therefore, you keep rereading the Bible, while having the flow.

Old Testament Divisions

Law

  1. Genesis
  2. Exodus
  3. Leviticus
  4. Numbers
  5. Deuteronomy

History

  1. Joshua
  2. Judges
  3. Ruth
  4. 1st Samuel
  5. 2nd Samuel
  6. 1st Kings
  7. 2nd Kings
  8. 1st Chronicles
  9. 2nd Chronicles
  10. Ezra
  11. Nehemiah
  12. Esther

Poetry / Wisdom

  1. Job
  2. Psalms
  3. Proverbs
  4. Ecclesiastes
  5. Song of Solomon

Major Prophets

  1. Isaiah
  2. Jeremiah
  3. Lamentations
  4. Ezekiel
  5. Daniel

Minor Prophets

  1. Hosea
  2. Joel
  3. Amos
  4. Obadiah
  5. Jonah
  6. Micah
  7. Nahum
  8. Habakkuk
  9. Zephaniah
  10. Haggai
  11. Zechariah
  12. Malachi

New Testament Divisions

Gospels

  1. Matthew
  2. Mark
  3. Luke
  4. John

History

  1. Acts

Letters of Paul

  1. Romans
  2. 1st Corinthians
  3. 2nd Corinthians
  4. Galatians
  5. Ephesians
  6. Philippians
  7. Colossians
  8. 1st Thessalonians
  9. 2nd Thessalonians
  10. 1st Timothy
  11. 2nd Timothy
  12. Titus
  13. Philemon

General Letters

  1. Hebrews
  2. James
  3. 1st Peter
  4. 2nd Peter
  5. 1st John
  6. 2nd John
  7. 3rd John
  8. Jude

Prophecy

  1. Revelation

Number of Chapters in Each Book

  1. Genesis: 50
  2. Exodus: 40
  3. Leviticus: 27
  4. Numbers: 36
  5. Deuteronomy: 34
  6. Joshua: 24
  7. Judges: 21
  8. Ruth: 4
  9. 1 Samuel: 31
  10. 2 Samuel: 24
  11. 1 Kings: 22
  12. 2 Kings: 25
  13. 1 Chronicles: 29
  14. 2 Chronicles: 36
  15. Ezra: 10
  16. Nehemiah: 13
  17. Esther: 10
  18. Job: 42
  19. Psalms: 150
  20. Proverbs: 31
  21. Ecclesiastes: 12
  22. Song of Songs: 8
  23. Isaiah: 66
  24. Jeremiah: 52
  25. Lamentations: 5
  26. Ezekiel: 48
  27. Daniel: 12
  28. Hosea: 14
  29. Joel: 3
  30. Amos: 9
  31. Obadiah: 1
  32. Jonah: 4
  33. Micah: 7
  34. Nahum: 3
  35. Habakkuk: 3
  36. Zephaniah: 3
  37. Haggai: 2
  38. Zechariah: 14
  39. Malachi: 4

OT Total: 929

  1. Matthew: 28
  2. Mark: 16
  3. Luke: 24
  4. John: 21
  5. Acts: 28
  6. Romans: 16
  7. 1 Corinthians: 16
  8. 2 Corinthians: 13
  9. Galatians: 6
  10. Ephesians: 6
  11. Philippians: 4
  12. Colossians: 4
  13. 1 Thessalonians: 5
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 3
  15. 1 Timothy: 6
  16. 2 Timothy: 4
  17. Titus: 3
  18. Philemon: 1
  19. Hebrews: 13
  20. James: 5
  21. 1 Peter: 5
  22. 2 Peter: 3
  23. 1 John: 5
  24. 2 John: 1
  25. 3 John: 1
  26. Jude: 1
  27. Revelation: 22

NT Total: 260

Entire Bible: 1189