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The share of each book’s verses that are cited at least once, in canonical order (the same data as the absolute view, counting rule CR-BASE: chapter references count for each verse of the chapter).

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

Old Testament
49%
New Testament
98.3%
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A verse counts as cited when at least one public record cites it. Verses not surveyed and verses whose mapping is missing or uncertain count as not cited. The chart options do not apply to this view.

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Share of verses cited, per book
RankBookCited verses divided by all verses of the book: 40 % means that four in ten verses of the book are cited at least once.Verses of the book that at least one public record cites. Under the counting rule a chapter reference covers each verse of the chapter.All verses of the book in this verse sequence. A verse placed twice counts once.
1Genesis Top verses 42.7%6551,533
2Exodus Top verses 21.8%2641,213
3Leviticus Top verses 29.2%251859
4Numbers Top verses 27.8%3581,289
5Deuteronomy Top verses 17.3%166959
6Joshua Top verses 34%224658
7Judges Top verses 23.9%148618
8Ruth Top verses 8.2%785
91 Samuel Top verses 47.3%384811
102 Samuel Top verses 12.5%87695
111 Kings Top verses 22.3%182817
122 Kings Top verses 31.2%224719
131 Chronicles Top verses 4.2%40943
142 Chronicles Top verses 7.4%61822
15Ezra Top verses 16.8%47280
16Nehemiah Top verses 10.8%44406
17Esther Top verses 28.1%47167
18Job Top verses 83.5%8931,070
19Psalms Top verses 88.6%2,2392,528
20Proverbs Top verses 53.1%486915
21Ecclesiastes Top verses 99.1%220222
22Song of Songs Top verses 90.6%106117
23Isaiah Top verses 82.3%1,0631,291
24Jeremiah Top verses 60.4%8241,364
25Lamentations Top verses 94.2%145154
26Ezekiel Top verses 76.7%9761,273
27Daniel Top verses 87.7%313357
28Hosea Top verses 95.9%189197
29Joel Top verses 80.8%5973
30Amos Top verses 97.3%142146
31Obadiah Top verses 90.5%1921
32Jonah Top verses 100%4848
33Micah Top verses 84.8%89105
34Nahum Top verses 61.7%2947
35Habakkuk Top verses 69.6%3956
36Zephaniah Top verses 79.2%4253
37Haggai Top verses 100%3838
38Zechariah Top verses 85.8%181211
39Malachi Top verses 81.8%4555
40Matthew Top verses 99.9%1,0701,071
41Mark Top verses 97.3%660678
42Luke Top verses 99.8%1,1491,151
43John Top verses 100%879879
44Acts Top verses 92.3%9291,006
45Romans Top verses 100%433433
461 Corinthians Top verses 99.1%433437
472 Corinthians Top verses 100%256256
48Galatians Top verses 100%149149
49Ephesians Top verses 100%155155
50Philippians Top verses 98.1%102104
51Colossians Top verses 100%9595
521 Thessalonians Top verses 100%8989
532 Thessalonians Top verses 100%4747
541 Timothy Top verses 100%113113
552 Timothy Top verses 98.8%8283
56Titus Top verses 100%4646
57Philemon Top verses 96%2425
58Hebrews Top verses 100%303303
59James Top verses 98.1%106108
601 Peter Top verses 99%104105
612 Peter Top verses 96.7%5961
621 John Top verses 100%105105
632 John Top verses 100%1313
643 John Top verses 100%1515
65Jude Top verses 100%2525
66Revelation Top verses 94.8%384405

Top verses of Matthew

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 Matthew 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".
1MAT 11:28 Trend 62
2MAT 7:7 Trend 48
3MAT 7:14 Trend 46
4MAT 6:33 Trend 45
4MAT 7:12 Trend 45
4MAT 28:19 Trend 45
7MAT 1:21 Trend 43
8MAT 5:14 Trend 42
9MAT 5:16 Trend 41
10MAT 28:20 Trend 40
11MAT 5:6 Trend 38
12MAT 6:10 Trend 37
12MAT 6:25 Trend 37
12MAT 7:8 Trend 37
15MAT 7:13 Trend 36
16MAT 6:13 Trend 35
17MAT 5:8 Trend 34
17MAT 5:9 Trend 34
17MAT 6:11 Trend 34
17MAT 18:20 Trend 34
17MAT 22:37 Trend 34
22MAT 6:9 Trend 33
23MAT 5:4 Trend 32
23MAT 22:39 Trend 32
25MAT 5:44 Trend 31
25MAT 7:24 Trend 31
25MAT 24:35 Trend 31
28MAT 1:20 Trend 29
28MAT 5:45 Trend 29
30MAT 4:4 Trend 27
31MAT 6:8 Trend 26
31MAT 22:38 Trend 26
33MAT 5:3 Trend 25
33MAT 11:27 Trend 25
33MAT 11:29 Trend 25
33MAT 28:18 Trend 25
37MAT 3:2 Trend 24
37MAT 5:5 Trend 24
37MAT 5:7 Trend 24
37MAT 6:19 Trend 24
37MAT 6:20 Trend 24
37MAT 6:34 Trend 24
43MAT 5:17 Trend 23
43MAT 7:2 Trend 23
45MAT 1:23 Trend 22
45MAT 6:6 Trend 22
45MAT 6:12 Trend 22
45MAT 16:18 Trend 22
45MAT 25:21 Trend 22
45MAT 25:40 Trend 22
51MAT 7:1 Trend 21
51MAT 8:26 Trend 21
53MAT 1:1 Trend 20
53MAT 6:1 Trend 20
53MAT 6:24 Trend 20
53MAT 6:26 Trend 20
53MAT 9:13 Trend 20
53MAT 11:5 Trend 20
59MAT 5:10 Trend 19
59MAT 5:11 Trend 19
59MAT 5:28 Trend 19
59MAT 6:14 Trend 19
59MAT 17:5 Trend 19
59MAT 25:34 Trend 19
65MAT 2:6 Trend 18
65MAT 6:21 Trend 18
65MAT 6:27 Trend 18
65MAT 8:11 Trend 18
65MAT 11:25 Trend 18
65MAT 14:31 Trend 18
65MAT 20:28 Trend 18
72MAT 2:11 Trend 17
72MAT 5:15 Trend 17
72MAT 8:8 Trend 17
72MAT 19:14 Trend 17
72MAT 19:21 Trend 17
72MAT 24:20 Trend 17
72MAT 26:41 Trend 17
79MAT 5:12 Trend 16
79MAT 5:43 Trend 16
79MAT 8:27 Trend 16
79MAT 16:16 Trend 16
79MAT 16:25 Trend 16
79MAT 18:3 Trend 16
79MAT 18:15 Trend 16
79MAT 19:17 Trend 16
79MAT 19:26 Trend 16
79MAT 24:14 Trend 16
89MAT 1:25 Trend 15
89MAT 2:2 Trend 15
89MAT 2:10 Trend 15
89MAT 5:32 Trend 15
89MAT 6:3 Trend 15
89MAT 6:31 Trend 15
89MAT 7:11 Trend 15
89MAT 7:21 Trend 15
89MAT 9:21 Trend 15
89MAT 9:36 Trend 15
89MAT 10:39 Trend 15
89MAT 11:30 Trend 15
89*MAT 12:40 Trend 15
89*MAT 14:30 Trend 15
89*MAT 20:15 Trend 15
89*MAT 24:19 Trend 15
89*MAT 24:30 Trend 15
89*MAT 26:52 Trend 15

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

1,070 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 103
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)
103, published Nov 5, 2026, 1:15 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

Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. How we count