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The Center of the Bible
What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
Answer - Psalms 117
What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
Answer - Psalms 119
Which chapter is in the center of the Bible?
Answer - Psalms 118 *
Fact: There are 594 chapters before Psalms 118. Fact: There are 594 chapters after Psalms 118. Add these number of chapters up and you get 1188.
What is the center verse in the Bible?
Answer - Psalms 118:8 *
Does this verse say something significant about God's perfect will for our lives? The next time someone says they would like to find God's perfect will for their lives and that they want to be in the center of His will, just send them to the center of His Word!
"It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man." Psalms 118:8 (NKJV)
Now isn't that odd how this worked out (or was God in the center of it)?
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REFLECTION
Unfortunately not everything stated above is true! Although this same information can to be found in several other locations on the Internet, it errors in stating that Psalm 118 is the center chapter as was pointed out to this editor in an email from an online visitor, and as is detailed below. Actually Psalm 117 is the middle chapter of the Bible! And Psalm 103:1 & 2 are the middle verses! See the proof below. And if you can prove this information to be wrong, but sure and let me know!
The Middle Chapter and Middle Verse
of the Holy Bible
The following analysis was done using the King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Central Chapter in the Holy Bible
- Psalm 117 is the middle chapter of the Holy Bible.
- Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Holy Bible.
- That there are 594 chapters each before and following Psalms 117.
- The central chapter in the Holy Bible contains only 2 verses:
Central Verse in the Holy Bible
- The central verses in the Holy Bible are shared by Psalm 103:1 & 2
- There are 31102 verses in the Holy Bible
- There are 15550 verses each before and after Psalm 103: 1 & 2
Below follows a table proving that Psalm 117 is the middle chapter of the Holy Bible:
|
Book |
Chapters |
Sum Down |
Sum Up |
|
Genesis |
50 |
50 |
1189 |
|
Exodus |
40 |
90 |
1139 |
|
Leviticus |
27 |
117 |
1099 |
|
Numbers |
36 |
153 |
1072 |
|
Deuteronomy |
34 |
187 |
1036 |
|
Joshua |
24 |
211 |
1002 |
|
Judges |
21 |
232 |
978 |
|
Ruth |
4 |
236 |
957 |
|
1 Samuel |
31 |
267 |
953 |
|
2 Samuel |
24 |
291 |
922 |
|
1 Kings |
22 |
313 |
898 |
|
2 Kings |
25 |
338 |
876 |
|
1 Chronicles |
29 |
367 |
851 |
|
2 Chronicles |
36 |
403 |
822 |
|
Ezra |
10 |
413 |
786 |
|
Nehemiah |
13 |
426 |
776 |
|
Esther |
10 |
436 |
763 |
|
Job |
42 |
478 |
753 |
|
Psalms 1-116 |
116 |
594 |
711 |
|
Psalm 117 |
1 |
595 |
595 |
|
Psalms 118-150 |
33 |
628 |
594 |
|
Proverbs |
31 |
659 |
561 |
|
Ecclesiastes |
12 |
671 |
530 |
|
Song of Songs |
8 |
679 |
518 |
|
Isaiah |
66 |
745 |
510 |
|
Jeremiah |
52 |
797 |
444 |
|
Lamentations |
5 |
802 |
392 |
|
Ezekiel |
48 |
850 |
387 |
|
Daniel |
12 |
862 |
339 |
|
Hosea |
14 |
876 |
327 |
|
Joel |
3 |
879 |
313 |
|
Amos |
9 |
888 |
310 |
|
Obadiah |
1 |
889 |
301 |
|
Jonah |
4 |
893 |
300 |
|
Micah |
7 |
900 |
296 |
|
Nahum |
3 |
903 |
289 |
|
Habakkuk |
3 |
906 |
286 |
|
Zephaniah |
3 |
909 |
283 |
|
Haggai |
2 |
911 |
280 |
|
Zechariah |
14 |
925 |
278 |
|
Malachi |
4 |
929 |
264 |
|
Matthew |
28 |
957 |
260 |
|
Mark |
16 |
973 |
232 |
|
Luke |
24 |
997 |
216 |
|
John |
21 |
1018 |
192 |
|
Acts |
28 |
1046 |
171 |
|
Romans |
16 |
1062 |
143 |
|
1 Corinthians |
16 |
1078 |
127 |
|
2 Corinthians |
13 |
1091 |
111 |
|
Galatians |
6 |
1097 |
98 |
|
Ephesians |
6 |
1103 |
92 |
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Philippians |
4 |
1107 |
86 |
|
Colossians |
4 |
1111 |
82 |
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1 Thessalonians |
5 |
1116 |
78 |
|
2 Thessalonians |
3 |
1119 |
73 |
|
1 Timothy |
6 |
1125 |
70 |
|
2 Timothy |
4 |
1129 |
64 |
|
Titus |
3 |
1132 |
60 |
|
Philemon |
1 |
1133 |
57 |
|
Hebrews |
13 |
1146 |
56 |
|
James |
5 |
1151 |
43 |
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1 Peter |
5 |
1156 |
38 |
|
2 Peter |
3 |
1159 |
33 |
|
1 John |
5 |
1164 |
30 |
|
2 John |
1 |
1165 |
25 |
|
3 John |
1 |
1166 |
24 |
|
Jude |
1 |
1167 |
23 |
|
Revelations |
22 |
1189 |
22 |
The above analysis uses the King James Version of the Holy Bible.
So enjoy the provocative thoughts and benefit from them, but be careful whom you choose to believe ... unless you check out the factual basis for yourself first!
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