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Citation gaps & passage lengths

Where the reviewed data has no citation, and which stretches of a chosen length are cited most or least. Three views, each labelled with what it counts.

Please note: No qualifying citation found in the selected dataset and filters; this does not prove the passage was never used.

Recorded passages are passages that were cited as such: a citation of exactly n verses of the sequence. Different but overlapping passages are never merged; sliding windows are a separate view.

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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.

Without an account, the lengths prepared after each statistics update are shown (most recorded first, 100 results).

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

Recorded passages of exactly 3 verses (not sliding windows)

100 passages (by unit set)
RankPassageRecorded passagesPassagesOccurrencesContiguous
11 Thessalonians 5:16–1 Thessalonians 5:18282828yes
2Matthew 22:37–Matthew 22:39202020yes
3Philippians 2:9–Philippians 2:11171717yes
4Ephesians 3:17–Ephesians 3:19161616yes
5Romans 8:35–Romans 8:37151515yes
6Matthew 28:18–Matthew 28:20131313yes
7Numbers 6:24–Numbers 6:26121212yes
82 Peter 1:5–2 Peter 1:7111111yes
9Psalms 23:title–Psalms 23:3101010yes
9Matthew 20:17–Matthew 20:19101010yes
9Romans 16:25–Romans 16:27101010yes
12Jeremiah 7:5–Jeremiah 7:7999yes
12Matthew 5:43–Matthew 5:45999yes
12Matthew 11:28–Matthew 11:30999yes
12John 10:28–John 10:30999yes
12Romans 5:6–Romans 5:8999yes
12Philippians 2:14–Philippians 2:16999yes
18Psalms 69:30–Psalms 69:32888yes
18Matthew 5:14–Matthew 5:16888yes
18Matthew 7:3–Matthew 7:5888yes
18Luke 1:76–Luke 1:78888yes
18Luke 11:2–Luke 11:4888yes
18John 14:1–John 14:3888yes
18Acts 4:10–Acts 4:12888yes
18Romans 5:3–Romans 5:5888yes
181 Corinthians 13:1–1 Corinthians 13:3888yes
181 Corinthians 15:20–1 Corinthians 15:22888yes
181 Corinthians 15:55–1 Corinthians 15:57888yes
18Revelation 21:2–Revelation 21:4888yes
30Psalms 103:title–Psalms 103:3777yes
30Matthew 2:4–Matthew 2:6777yes
30Luke 1:26–Luke 1:28777yes
30Luke 1:46–Luke 1:48777yes
30Luke 1:68–Luke 1:70777yes
30John 1:40–John 1:42777yes
30John 13:13–John 13:15777yes
301 Corinthians 12:18–1 Corinthians 12:20777yes
301 Corinthians 15:3–1 Corinthians 15:5777yes
301 Corinthians 15:51–1 Corinthians 15:53777yes
302 Corinthians 10:3–2 Corinthians 10:5777yes
41Song of Songs 2:10–Song of Songs 2:12666yes
42Deuteronomy 11:26–Deuteronomy 11:28555yes
421 Kings 2:1–1 Kings 2:3555yes
42Psalms 105:40–Psalms 105:42555yes
42Matthew 26:26–Matthew 26:28555yes
42John 14:15–John 14:17555yes
421 Corinthians 12:25–1 Corinthians 12:27555yes
42James 1:22–James 1:24555yes
49Genesis 9:9–Genesis 9:11444yes
49Psalms 32:3–Psalms 32:5444yes
49Psalms 102:25–Psalms 102:27444yes
49Matthew 9:20–Matthew 9:22444yes
49Matthew 12:43–Matthew 12:45444yes
49Matthew 14:29–Matthew 14:31444yes
49Matthew 27:3–Matthew 27:5444yes
49Mark 4:26–Mark 4:28444yes
49Luke 2:28–Luke 2:30444yes
49Luke 11:24–Luke 11:26444yes
49Luke 18:28–Luke 18:30444yes
49John 1:1–John 1:3444yes
49John 7:3–John 7:5444yes
49Hebrews 6:4–Hebrews 6:6444yes
63Psalms 58:3–Psalms 58:5333yes
63Psalms 103:15–Psalms 103:17333yes
63Psalms 113:5–Psalms 113:7333yes
63Psalms 132:3–Psalms 132:5333yes
63Daniel 3:16–Daniel 3:18333yes
63Matthew 4:8–Matthew 4:10333yes
63Matthew 6:19–Matthew 6:21333yes
63Matthew 10:34–Matthew 10:36333yes
63Matthew 18:3–Matthew 18:5333yes
63Matthew 20:25–Matthew 20:27333yes
63Matthew 24:20–Matthew 24:22333yes
63Matthew 24:37–Matthew 24:39333yes
63Matthew 26:33–Matthew 26:35333yes
63Matthew 27:27–Matthew 27:29333yes
63Mark 1:9–Mark 1:11333yes
63Mark 5:22–Mark 5:24333yes
63Mark 12:29–Mark 12:31333yes
63Mark 12:35–Mark 12:37333yes
63Mark 14:22–Mark 14:24333yes
63Luke 1:73–Luke 1:75333yes
63Luke 2:30–Luke 2:32333yes
63Luke 2:36–Luke 2:38333yes
63Luke 10:26–Luke 10:28333yes
63Luke 13:11–Luke 13:13333yes
63John 18:25–John 18:27333yes
63John 19:1–John 19:3333yes
63John 21:15–John 21:17333yes
63Romans 3:22–Romans 3:24333yes
632 Corinthians 12:2–2 Corinthians 12:4333yes
63Galatians 1:22–Galatians 1:24333yes
63Hebrews 11:17–Hebrews 11:19333yes
94Genesis 6:14–Genesis 6:16222yes
94Genesis 12:1–Genesis 12:3222yes
94Genesis 14:18–Genesis 14:20222yes
94Genesis 38:28–Genesis 38:30222yes
94Leviticus 16:8–Leviticus 16:10222yes
94Leviticus 24:2–Leviticus 24:4222yes
94Joshua 10:12–Joshua 10:14222yes
How this was computed: rule CR-BASE@1, profile official@2, epoch 100
Metric
The metric: what is counted (e.g. uses per verse, occasions, sources). The number after @ is the version of its definition. (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
Epoch
100, published Nov 4, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC (provisional)
Sequence
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8
Runs and windows may cross
chapters, not books (within_book)
Records counted
69,234, from 6 sources
Passages not resolved to verses
60
Uses outside the selected canon
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.
Computed
prepared with the last statistics update
Please note:
No qualifying citation found in the selected dataset and filters; this does not prove the passage was never used.

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