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Verse-level uses per book, in canonical order (counting rule CR-BASE: chapter references count for each verse of the chapter).

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A citation without a reference whose sentence also stands in another verse (an identical or nearly identical parallel; formulas do not count) could come from any of these verses. By default it is not counted. Ticked, it counts once for each of these verses. Citations whose sentence stands in one verse only always count. Computed on request.

Inclusion profile: Official official@2
The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. More on the methodology page
Verse sequence (canon and numbering): Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering) prot66.nrf
The default: the 66 books of the Protestant Bible in the order and verse numbering of the King James Version. About this sequence
Counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) CR-BASE@1
The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. More on the methodology page

* marks the default. The default view is computed once per epoch; other choices are computed on request. Explanations of profiles and counting rules are on the methodology page.

Verse sequence: Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering) (prot66.nrf). Counts and denominators depend on it.

Old Testament
36,950
New Testament
61,619
NT : OT
1.67 : 1
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Verse-level uses per book
RankBookHow often the verses of this row were cited. Every citation counts once for each verse it covers, so a citation of three verses adds 3. Repetitions and partial verses follow the counting rule shown under "How this was computed".
1Genesis Top verses 2,022
2Exodus Top verses 834
3Leviticus Top verses 448
4Numbers Top verses 623
5Deuteronomy Top verses 886
6Joshua Top verses 487
7Judges Top verses 235
8Ruth Top verses 27
91 Samuel Top verses 860
102 Samuel Top verses 223
111 Kings Top verses 412
122 Kings Top verses 320
131 Chronicles Top verses 175
142 Chronicles Top verses 210
15Ezra Top verses 81
16Nehemiah Top verses 156
17Esther Top verses 55
18Job Top verses 2,028
19Psalms Top verses 11,009
20Proverbs Top verses 2,052
21Ecclesiastes Top verses 716
22Song of Songs Top verses 486
23Isaiah Top verses 4,624
24Jeremiah Top verses 2,377
25Lamentations Top verses 338
26Ezekiel Top verses 1,756
27Daniel Top verses 874
28Hosea Top verses 389
29Joel Top verses 219
30Amos Top verses 339
31Obadiah Top verses 35
32Jonah Top verses 138
33Micah Top verses 308
34Nahum Top verses 61
35Habakkuk Top verses 153
36Zephaniah Top verses 163
37Haggai Top verses 104
38Zechariah Top verses 554
39Malachi Top verses 173
40Matthew Top verses 8,793
41Mark Top verses 2,990
42Luke Top verses 8,642
43John Top verses 9,169
44Acts Top verses 3,437
45Romans Top verses 4,832
461 Corinthians Top verses 3,353
472 Corinthians Top verses 1,960
48Galatians Top verses 1,625
49Ephesians Top verses 2,322
50Philippians Top verses 1,428
51Colossians Top verses 1,122
521 Thessalonians Top verses 819
532 Thessalonians Top verses 376
541 Timothy Top verses 1,017
552 Timothy Top verses 685
56Titus Top verses 435
57Philemon Top verses 122
58Hebrews Top verses 2,578
59James Top verses 858
601 Peter Top verses 1,069
612 Peter Top verses 343
621 John Top verses 1,490
632 John Top verses 42
643 John Top verses 43
65Jude Top verses 126
66Revelation Top verses 1,943

Top verses of Ephesians

The verses of this book with the most verse-level uses, ranked within the book as in the Top 100 verses (counting rule CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE: a reference to a whole chapter does not raise every verse of that chapter here). At most 100 verses; the chart options above do not apply to this list.

Top verses of Ephesians by verse-level uses
RankVerseHow often the verses of this row were cited. Every citation counts once for each verse it covers, so a citation of three verses adds 3. Repetitions and partial verses follow the counting rule shown under "How this was computed".
1EPH 3:20 Trend 59
1EPH 3:21 Trend 59
3EPH 2:10 Trend 53
4EPH 4:29 Trend 42
5EPH 2:8 Trend 41
6EPH 6:12 Trend 40
7EPH 3:17 Trend 39
8EPH 2:4 Trend 36
8EPH 3:18 Trend 36
10EPH 2:19 Trend 35
10EPH 4:2 Trend 35
12EPH 2:5 Trend 34
12EPH 4:15 Trend 34
14EPH 6:10 Trend 32
15EPH 1:17 Trend 31
15EPH 1:18 Trend 31
15EPH 6:11 Trend 31
18EPH 4:23 Trend 30
18EPH 4:32 Trend 30
18EPH 5:8 Trend 30
21EPH 1:7 Trend 29
21EPH 3:19 Trend 29
21EPH 4:26 Trend 29
21EPH 5:15 Trend 29
21EPH 5:19 Trend 29
26EPH 5:1 Trend 28
27EPH 4:22 Trend 27
28EPH 3:16 Trend 26
29EPH 2:9 Trend 25
29EPH 6:4 Trend 25
31EPH 2:20 Trend 24
31EPH 4:24 Trend 24
31EPH 4:25 Trend 24
34EPH 1:3 Trend 23
34EPH 1:5 Trend 23
34EPH 2:17 Trend 23
34EPH 5:20 Trend 23
38EPH 1:10 Trend 22
38EPH 5:2 Trend 22
38EPH 6:13 Trend 22
41EPH 1:4 Trend 21
41EPH 1:20 Trend 21
41EPH 4:8 Trend 21
44EPH 1:9 Trend 20
44EPH 3:12 Trend 20
46EPH 4:27 Trend 19
47EPH 2:14 Trend 18
47EPH 4:3 Trend 18
47EPH 4:31 Trend 18
47EPH 5:16 Trend 18
47EPH 6:18 Trend 18
52EPH 3:14 Trend 17
52EPH 5:25 Trend 17
52EPH 6:24 Trend 17
55EPH 1:13 Trend 16
55EPH 1:19 Trend 16
57EPH 4:6 Trend 15
57EPH 4:30 Trend 15
57EPH 5:9 Trend 15
57EPH 5:26 Trend 15
61EPH 4:9 Trend 14
61EPH 5:10 Trend 14
61EPH 6:14 Trend 14
61EPH 6:15 Trend 14
65EPH 3:15 Trend 13
66EPH 1:21 Trend 12
66EPH 4:1 Trend 12
66EPH 4:13 Trend 12
66EPH 5:3 Trend 12
66EPH 5:21 Trend 12
66EPH 5:32 Trend 12
66EPH 6:2 Trend 12
66EPH 6:16 Trend 12
74EPH 1:14 Trend 11
74EPH 2:2 Trend 11
74EPH 2:13 Trend 11
74EPH 2:22 Trend 11
74EPH 4:16 Trend 11
74EPH 5:17 Trend 11
74EPH 5:18 Trend 11
81EPH 4:5 Trend 10
81EPH 4:14 Trend 10
81EPH 5:6 Trend 10
81EPH 5:11 Trend 10
81EPH 6:1 Trend 10
86EPH 1:11 Trend 9
86EPH 1:12 Trend 9
86EPH 1:22 Trend 9
86EPH 2:6 Trend 9
86EPH 3:8 Trend 9
86EPH 4:4 Trend 9
86EPH 5:14 Trend 9
86EPH 6:17 Trend 9
86EPH 6:22 Trend 9
95EPH 1:16 Trend 8
95EPH 1:23 Trend 8
95EPH 2:3 Trend 8
95EPH 2:21 Trend 8
95EPH 3:3 Trend 8
95EPH 4:7 Trend 8
95*EPH 4:21 Trend 8
95*EPH 5:23 Trend 8
95*EPH 5:27 Trend 8
95*EPH 5:31 Trend 8
95*EPH 6:3 Trend 8

* Tied with the last rank: all tied entries are shown.

155 verses of this book have at least one verse-level use; the list shows the first 100.

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How this was computed: rule CR-BASE@1, profile official@2, epoch 119
Metric
Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
Counting rule
The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition)
Profile
The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
One computation of all public numbers. A new epoch is computed every 15 minutes; its numbers are provisional until a data release is frozen. (definition)
119, published Nov 7, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC (provisional)
The order of books, chapters and verses the chart follows: a canon with its verse numbering (versification). (definition)
prot66.nrf, The state of the verse mappings between the numbering systems that was used. Verses of different Bibles are counted together through these mappings. (definition)
How many approved entries match this chart, and from how many sources they come. (definition)
69,262, from 7 sources
Which part of the total rests on less certain ground: uncertain verse mappings, lower bounds (e.g. a repetition count that is not known) and references to whole chapters. (definition)
uncertain mappings 0%, lower bounds 100%, chapter references 0%
Passages whose reference could not be turned into verses (e.g. an unknown book or a verse that does not exist). They are not counted. (definition)
60
Verse-level uses that fall on verses outside the canon of this chart (e.g. deuterocanonical books in a Protestant canon). They are not part of the chart. (definition)
789
Citations that could come from several verses
0 citations without a reference could come from several verses (the same sentence stands in another verse); they are not counted. With the chart option “Count ambiguous references” they count for every possible verse.
The status of each verse position in this chart. A verse without uses is never just zero: the status says why. (definition)
At least one use was recorded. (definition) 19,199,A verse label of this numbering that is not yet linked to a neutral verse unit. Its citations cannot be counted until it is mapped. (definition) 1,The second place of a verse that an edition prints twice. It gets no counts, so nothing is counted twice. (definition) 56,No recorded use, but the sources do not say whether they cover this verse completely. Most sources do not declare their coverage, so this is the usual state of a verse without uses. (definition) 11,972

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