A List Of Books In The Bible By Number Of Chapters

When preparing Bible Studies, or thinking about what book to study over the course of a term’s worth of small groups, or just planning a sermon series where you are reading an entire chapter of Scripture and preaching on it, it is helpful to have a list of books of the Bible with the number of chapters they contain.

Of course, this is a blunt instrument – some chapters are longer than others – but given that a faithful preacher can generate a sermon from a single verse of scripture (I’d recommend Colossians 3:17, personally) or even a single word, I wanted to at least for myself collect together a list of the books of the Bible ordered by the number of chapters in each book.

To start with, here’s the basic data: Book titles, and the number of chapters…

[2022 Update – I’m gradually adding links to each book of the Bible to the posts/reviews I’ve done on/around the specific book of the Bible.]

(Old Testament)

Genesis – 50 Exodus – 40 Leviticus – 27 Numbers – 36 Deuteronomy – 34 Joshua – 24 Judges – 21 Ruth – 4 1 Samuel – 31 2 Samuel – 24 1 Kings – 22 2 Kings – 25 1 Chronicles – 29 2 Chronicles – 36 Ezra – 10 Nehemiah – 13 Esther – 10 Job – 42 Psalms – 150 Proverbs – 31 Ecclesiastes – 12 Song of Solomon – 8 Isaiah – 66 Jeremiah – 52 Lamentations – 5 Ezekiel – 48 Daniel – 12 Hosea – 14 Joel – 3 Amos – 9 Obadiah – 1 Jonah – 4 Micah – 7 Nahum – 3 Habakkuk  – 3 Zephaniah – 3 Haggai – 2 Zechariah – 14 Malachi – 4

(New Testament)

Matthew – 28 Mark – 16 Luke – 24 John – 21 Acts – 28 Romans – 16 1 Corinthians – 16 2 Corinthians – 13 Galatians – 6 Ephesians – 6 Philippians 4 Colossians – 4 1 Thessalonians – 5 2 Thessalonians – 3 1 Timothy – 6 2 Timothy – 4 Titus – 3 Philemon – 1 Hebrews – 13 James – 5 1 Peter – 5 2 Peter – 3 1 John – 5 2 John – 1 3 John – 1 Jude – 1 Revelation – 22

Hope that’s helpful. I’ll add to this post over time with different ways of having the data visualised.