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Uses per book, in canonical order (a reference to a chapter counts 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

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

Old Testament
36,950
New Testament
61,619
NT : OT
1.67 : 1
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Verse-level uses per book
No.The book's place in the Bible, in the order of the verse sequence: 1 is the first book.RankRank by uses: 1 is the most used book. Books with the same number of uses share a rank.BookUsesHow 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".
115Genesis Top verses 2,022
229Exodus Top verses 834
337Leviticus Top verses 448
433Numbers Top verses 623
525Deuteronomy Top verses 886
635Joshua Top verses 487
747Judges Top verses 235
866Ruth Top verses 27
9271 Samuel Top verses 860
10482 Samuel Top verses 223
11391 Kings Top verses 412
12452 Kings Top verses 320
13511 Chronicles Top verses 175
14502 Chronicles Top verses 210
1560Ezra Top verses 81
1654Nehemiah Top verses 156
1762Esther Top verses 55
1814Job Top verses 2,028
191Psalms Top verses 11,009
2013Proverbs Top verses 2,052
2131Ecclesiastes Top verses 716
2236Song of Songs Top verses 486
236Isaiah Top verses 4,624
2411Jeremiah Top verses 2,377
2544Lamentations Top verses 338
2618Ezekiel Top verses 1,756
2726Daniel Top verses 874
2840Hosea Top verses 389
2949Joel Top verses 219
3043Amos Top verses 339
3165Obadiah Top verses 35
3256Jonah Top verses 138
3346Micah Top verses 308
3461Nahum Top verses 61
3555Habakkuk Top verses 153
3653Zephaniah Top verses 163
3759Haggai Top verses 104
3834Zechariah Top verses 554
3952Malachi Top verses 173
403Matthew Top verses 8,793
419Mark Top verses 2,990
424Luke Top verses 8,642
432John Top verses 9,169
447Acts Top verses 3,437
455Romans Top verses 4,832
4681 Corinthians Top verses 3,353
47162 Corinthians Top verses 1,960
4819Galatians Top verses 1,625
4912Ephesians Top verses 2,322
5021Philippians Top verses 1,428
5122Colossians Top verses 1,122
52301 Thessalonians Top verses 819
53412 Thessalonians Top verses 376
54241 Timothy Top verses 1,017
55322 Timothy Top verses 685
5638Titus Top verses 435
5758Philemon Top verses 122
5810Hebrews Top verses 2,578
5928James Top verses 858
60231 Peter Top verses 1,069
61422 Peter Top verses 343
62201 John Top verses 1,490
63642 John Top verses 42
64633 John Top verses 43
6557Jude Top verses 126
6617Revelation Top verses 1,943

Top verses of Acts

The verses of this book with the most uses naming the verse, ranked within the book as in the Top 100 verses (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 Acts 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".
1Acts 1:8 Trend 45
2Acts 3:19 Trend 31
3Acts 4:12 Trend 29
4Acts 20:24 Trend 27
5Acts 4:20 Trend 25
6Acts 17:27 Trend 24
7Acts 5:29 Trend 23
8Acts 14:22 Trend 22
9Acts 2:46 Trend 21
9Acts 14:17 Trend 21
11Acts 2:38 Trend 20
11Acts 17:28 Trend 20
11Acts 26:22 Trend 20
14Acts 4:31 Trend 19
15Acts 9:4 Trend 17
15Acts 10:36 Trend 17
17Acts 2:17 Trend 16
17Acts 2:21 Trend 16
17Acts 2:47 Trend 16
17Acts 14:21 Trend 16
17Acts 16:25 Trend 16
22Acts 1:7 Trend 15
22Acts 2:36 Trend 15
22Acts 3:20 Trend 15
22Acts 28:31 Trend 15
26Acts 1:14 Trend 14
26Acts 2:41 Trend 14
26Acts 3:8 Trend 14
26Acts 13:2 Trend 14
26Acts 18:9 Trend 14
31Acts 1:6 Trend 13
31Acts 4:19 Trend 13
31Acts 4:29 Trend 13
31Acts 8:39 Trend 13
31Acts 9:31 Trend 13
31Acts 10:35 Trend 13
31Acts 11:18 Trend 13
38Acts 2:2 Trend 12
38Acts 2:4 Trend 12
38Acts 2:23 Trend 12
38Acts 2:39 Trend 12
38Acts 4:10 Trend 12
38Acts 4:11 Trend 12
38Acts 4:28 Trend 12
38Acts 4:32 Trend 12
38Acts 5:30 Trend 12
38Acts 9:5 Trend 12
38Acts 12:7 Trend 12
38Acts 13:3 Trend 12
38Acts 15:11 Trend 12
38Acts 16:9 Trend 12
52Acts 1:11 Trend 11
52Acts 2:3 Trend 11
52Acts 10:34 Trend 11
52Acts 11:24 Trend 11
52Acts 13:33 Trend 11
52Acts 16:31 Trend 11
52Acts 16:34 Trend 11
52Acts 17:24 Trend 11
60Acts 1:9 Trend 10
60Acts 2:24 Trend 10
60Acts 4:33 Trend 10
60Acts 7:56 Trend 10
60Acts 13:38 Trend 10
60Acts 13:39 Trend 10
60Acts 14:15 Trend 10
60Acts 16:14 Trend 10
60Acts 16:30 Trend 10
60Acts 17:23 Trend 10
60Acts 17:25 Trend 10
60Acts 20:35 Trend 10
72Acts 1:1 Trend 9
72Acts 2:1 Trend 9
72Acts 2:33 Trend 9
72Acts 3:1 Trend 9
72Acts 5:19 Trend 9
72Acts 5:32 Trend 9
72Acts 8:4 Trend 9
72Acts 10:15 Trend 9
72Acts 15:35 Trend 9
72Acts 16:10 Trend 9
72Acts 16:32 Trend 9
72Acts 16:33 Trend 9
72Acts 17:26 Trend 9
72Acts 18:10 Trend 9
72Acts 27:24 Trend 9
87Acts 1:5 Trend 8
87Acts 1:10 Trend 8
87Acts 2:34 Trend 8
87Acts 3:6 Trend 8
87Acts 4:13 Trend 8
87Acts 5:39 Trend 8
87Acts 7:25 Trend 8
87Acts 7:59 Trend 8
87Acts 7:60 Trend 8
87Acts 8:20 Trend 8
87Acts 9:15 Trend 8
87Acts 9:17 Trend 8
87Acts 17:4 Trend 8
87Acts 19:26 Trend 8
87*Acts 20:32 Trend 8

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

929 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 – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline); data: Official; as of Nov 9, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC
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
Every covered verse (baseline) 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
Official 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)
131, published Nov 9, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC (provisional)
The order of books, chapters and verses the chart follows: a canon with its verse numbering (versification). (definition)
Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering) 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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