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Verse-level uses per mapped verse of each book, so long and short books can be compared. Unmapped and uncertain verses are shown beside each bar.

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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.

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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.

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Verse-level uses per mapped verse, per book
RankBookVerse-level uses divided by the mapped verses of this row. This makes long and short chapters or books comparable: 2.5 means each mapped verse was cited 2.5 times on average.How 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".Verses of this row that are linked to a neutral verse unit, uncertain links included. This is the divisor of "Uses per mapped verse". A verse placed twice in the sequence counts once. Verse labels of this row without a neutral verse unit yet. They are left out of the divisor, and citations of them cannot be counted until they are mapped. Verses whose link to a neutral verse unit is uncertain. They are included in "Mapped verses"; the share of uses that depends on them is given under "How this was computed".
1Genesis Top verses 1.3212,0251,533 0 0
2Exodus Top verses 0.698371,213 0 0
3Leviticus Top verses 0.522448859 0 0
4Numbers Top verses 0.4836231,289 0 0
5Deuteronomy Top verses 0.923885959 0 0
6Joshua Top verses 0.74487658 0 0
7Judges Top verses 0.38235618 0 0
8Ruth Top verses 0.3182785 0 0
91 Samuel Top verses 1.06860811 0 0
102 Samuel Top verses 0.321223695 0 0
111 Kings Top verses 0.504412817 0 0
122 Kings Top verses 0.445320719 0 0
131 Chronicles Top verses 0.186175943 0 0
142 Chronicles Top verses 0.255210822 0 0
15Ezra Top verses 0.28981280 0 0
16Nehemiah Top verses 0.384156406 0 0
17Esther Top verses 0.32955167 0 0
18Job Top verses 1.8952,0281,070 0 0
19Psalms Top verses 4.35411,0032,527 1 0
20Proverbs Top verses 2.2372,047915 0 0
21Ecclesiastes Top verses 3.225716222 0 0
22Song of Songs Top verses 4.154486117 0 0
23Isaiah Top verses 3.5814,6231,291 0 0
24Jeremiah Top verses 1.7432,3771,364 0 0
25Lamentations Top verses 2.195338154 0 0
26Ezekiel Top verses 1.3791,7561,273 0 0
27Daniel Top verses 2.448874357 0 0
28Hosea Top verses 1.975389197 0 0
29Joel Top verses 321973 0 0
30Amos Top verses 2.322339146 0 0
31Obadiah Top verses 1.6673521 0 0
32Jonah Top verses 2.87513848 0 0
33Micah Top verses 2.933308105 0 0
34Nahum Top verses 1.2986147 0 0
35Habakkuk Top verses 2.73215356 0 0
36Zephaniah Top verses 3.07516353 0 0
37Haggai Top verses 2.73710438 0 0
38Zechariah Top verses 2.626554211 0 0
39Malachi Top verses 3.14517355 0 0
40Matthew Top verses 8.218,7931,071 0 0
41Mark Top verses 4.412,990678 0 0
42Luke Top verses 7.5088,6421,151 0 0
43John Top verses 10.439,168879 0 0
44Acts Top verses 3.4163,4361,006 0 0
45Romans Top verses 11.1524,829433 0 0
461 Corinthians Top verses 7.6663,350437 0 0
472 Corinthians Top verses 7.6561,960256 0 0
48Galatians Top verses 10.8861,622149 0 0
49Ephesians Top verses 14.9552,318155 0 0
50Philippians Top verses 13.7311,428104 0 0
51Colossians Top verses 11.8111,12295 0 0
521 Thessalonians Top verses 9.20281989 0 0
532 Thessalonians Top verses 837647 0 0
541 Timothy Top verses 91,017113 0 0
552 Timothy Top verses 8.22968383 0 0
56Titus Top verses 9.45743546 0 0
57Philemon Top verses 4.8812225 0 0
58Hebrews Top verses 8.5052,577303 0 0
59James Top verses 7.935857108 0 0
601 Peter Top verses 10.1431,065105 0 0
612 Peter Top verses 5.62334361 0 0
621 John Top verses 14.191,490105 0 0
632 John Top verses 3.2314213 0 0
643 John Top verses 2.8674315 0 0
65Jude Top verses 5.0412625 0 0
66Revelation Top verses 4.7951,942405 0 0

Top verses of Esther

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 Esther 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".
1EST 4:14 Trend 4
2EST 1:1 Trend 2
2EST 1:12 Trend 2
2EST 8:1 Trend 2
2EST 10:1 Trend 2
2EST 10:2 Trend 2
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7EST 2:16 Trend 1
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7EST 6:4 Trend 1
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7EST 9:17 Trend 1
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How this was computed: rule CR-BASE@1, profile official@2, epoch 100
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)
100, published Nov 4, 2026, 8:30 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)
69,234, from 6 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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