The Books of the Bible

Order	Book Title(s)	Chapters	Verses
I. Law
1.	The First Book of Moses Called Genesis	50	1533
2.	The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus	40	1213
3.	The Third Book of Moses Called Leviticus	27	859
4.	The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers	36	1288
5.	The Fifth Book of Moses Called Deuteronomy	34	959
II. Old Testament Narrative
6.	The Book of Joshua	24	658
7.	The Book of Judges	21	618
8.	The Book of Ruth	4	85
9.	The First Book of Samuel	31	810
10.	The Second Book of Samuel	24	695
11.	The First Book of Kings	22	816
12.	The Second Book of Kings	25	719
13.	The First Book of Chronicles	29	942
14.	The Second Book of Chronicles	36	822
15.	The Book of Ezra	10	280
16.	The Book of Nehemiah	13	406
17.	The Book of Esther	10	167
III. Wisdom Literature
18.	The Book of Job	42	1070
19.	The Book of Psalms	150	2461
20.	The Book of Proverbs	31	915
21.	The Book of Ecclesiastes	12	222
22.	The Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon or Canticles)	8	117
IV. Major Prophets
23.	The Book of Isaiah	66	1292
24.	The Book of Jeremiah	52	1364
25.	The Book of Lamentations	5	154
26.	The Book of Ezekiel	48	1273
27.	The Book of Daniel	12	357
V. Minor Prophets
28.	The Book of Hosea	14	197
29.	The Book of Joel	3	73
30.	The Book of Amos	9	146
31.	The Book of Obadiah	1	21
32.	The Book of Jonah	4	48
33.	The Book of Micah	7	105
34.	The Book of Nahum	3	47
35.	The Book of Habakkuk	3	56
36.	The Book of Zephaniah	3	53
37.	The Book of Haggai	2	38
38.	The Book of Zechariah	14	211
39.	The Book of Malachi	4	55
VI. New Testament Narrative
40.	The Gospel According to Matthew	28	1071
41.	The Gospel According to Mark	16	678
42.	The Gospel According to Luke	24	1151
43.	The Gospel According to John	21	879
44.	The Acts of the Apostles	28	1007
VII. Pauline Epistles
45.	The Epistle of Paul to the Romans	16	433
46.	The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians	16	437
47.	The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians	13	257
48.	The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians	6	149
49.	The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians	6	155
50.	The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians	4	104
51.	The Epistle of Paul to the Colossians	4	95
52.	The First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians	5	89
53.	The Second Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians	3	47
54.	The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy	6	113
55.	The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy	4	83
56.	The Epistle of Paul to Titus	3	46
57.	The Epistle of Paul to Philemon	1	25
VIII. General Epistles
58.	The Epistle to the Hebrews	13	303
59.	The General Epistle of James	5	108
60.	The First Epistle of Peter	5	105
61.	The Second Epistle of Peter	3	61
62.	The First Epistle of John	5	105
63.	The Second Epistle of John	1	13
64.	The Third Epistle of John	1	14
65.	The Epistle of Jude	1	25
IX. Apocalyptic Epistle
66.	The Book of Revelation (or The Apocalypse of John)	22	404

Total Number of Chapters and Verses		1189	31102

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