The Bible is made up of 66 books; 39 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books. The length of the books of the Bible can be measured in three different ways. One is the number of chapters , second is the quantity of words, and the third way is by the number of verses that the books are separated into.
Psalms is by far the longest book in terms of both chapters and number of verses, while the Bible book with the most words is Jeremiah.
In terms of the shortest Bible book, Jude, Philemon, Second John, Third John, and Obadiah are the five Bible books with the fewest chapters, having only one chapter each. Second John has the fewest verses and Third John the fewest words.
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Here’s a list of Bible books from the most chapters to the least number of chapters
Note: Books with the same number of chapters are listed in alphabetical order.
- Psalms — 150
- Isaiah — 66
- Jeremiah — 52
- Genesis — 50
- Ezekiel — 48
- Job — 42
- Exodus — 40
- Second Chronicles — 36
- Numbers — 36
- Deuteronomy — 34
- First Samuel — 31
- Proverbs — 31
- First Chronicles — 29
- Acts — 28
- Matthew — 28
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16. Leviticus — 27
17. Second Kings — 25
18. Second Samuel — 24
19. Joshua — 24
20. Luke — 24
21. First Kings — 22
22. Revelation — 22
23. John — 21
24. Judges — 21
25. First Corinthians — 16
26. Mark — 16
27. Romans — 16
28. Hosea — 14
29. Zechariah — 14
30. Second Corinthians — 13
31. Esther — 13
32. Hebrews — 13
33. Nehemiah — 13
34. Daniel — 12
35. Ecclesiastes — 12
36. Ezra — 10
37. Amos — 9
38. Song of Solomon — 8
39. FirstTimothy — 6
40. Ephesians — 6
41. Galatians — 6
42. First John — 5
43. First Peter — 5
44. First Thessalonians — 5
45. James — 5
46. Lamentations — 5
47. Second Timothy — 4
48. Colossians — 4
49. Jonah — 4
50. Malachi — 4
51. Micah — 4
52. Philippians — 4
53. Ruth — 4
54. Second Thessalonians — 3
55. Second Peter — 3
56. Habakkuk — 3
57. Joel — 3
58. Nahum — 3
59. Titus — 3
60. Zephaniah — 3
61. Haggai — 2
62. Second John — 1
63. Third John — 1
64. Jude — 1
65. Obadiah — 1
66. Philemon — 1
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Last modified: March 1, 2025
This list is wrong.
Phillipians is only 4 chapters long. You wrote it right after Proverbs on the list, which is 31 chapters.
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Hi there. I was reading through the Bible using this list but it is now different. I was previously the Bible books listed shortest to longest but also in chronological order. Is there a way you could repost that list again, i loved the way it was arranged because it flowed perfectly. Or could you email it to me. Thank you so much.
Hello Shana, Thank you for taking your time to go through the post; the page was recently updated, and I’m sure that’s what affected the post, we’re really sorry for the inconvenience this update may have caused you, however, we believe this new update will also be of more advantage to you. Thank you once again.