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.
A sliding window is every stretch of exactly n consecutive verses of the range, whether or not anyone cited it as a passage. The windows are ranked by the measure you choose. No verse is listed twice: a window that shares a verse with a higher-ranked one is left out, so a much-cited passage appears once and not as several shifted copies of itself.
Windows never cross the boundaries chosen above. Lists hold at most 20,000 verses (n times the number of results).
Verse sequence: Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering) (prot66.nrf). Counts and denominators depend on it.
Sliding windows of 5 consecutive verses (not recorded passages)
Longest run in the selected range: 2,528 verses (the largest possible n).
Most cited windows
| Rank | Window | Verse-level uses in the window | Bar | Notes | Details |
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| 1 | John 1:1–John 1:5 | 286 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 2 | Philippians 2:5–Philippians 2:9 | 224 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 3 | Ephesians 3:17–Ephesians 3:21 | 222 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 4 | Philippians 4:4–Philippians 4:8 | 214 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 5 | John 1:12–John 1:16 | 205 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 6 | Romans 5:1–Romans 5:5 | 193 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 7 | Romans 7:24–Romans 8:3 | 188 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 7 | Romans 8:35–Romans 8:39 | 188 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 9 | 1 John 4:16–1 John 4:20 | 185 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 10 | 1 Thessalonians 5:14–1 Thessalonians 5:18 | 176 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 11 | John 3:16–John 3:20 | 172 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 12 | Romans 11:36–Romans 12:4 | 168 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 13 | Romans 8:14–Romans 8:18 | 166 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 14 | 2 Corinthians 5:17–2 Corinthians 5:21 | 164 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 15 | Matthew 6:9–Matthew 6:13 | 161 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 16 | Psalms 23:title–Psalms 23:5 | 155 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 16 | Titus 2:10–Titus 2:14 | 155 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 18 | Matthew 5:5–Matthew 5:9 | 154 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 18 | Luke 2:10–Luke 2:14 | 154 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 18 | 1 John 4:8–1 John 4:12 | 154 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 21 | Matthew 7:11–Matthew 7:15 | 151 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 22 | Romans 8:24–Romans 8:28 | 149 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 22 | Colossians 1:12–Colossians 1:16 | 149 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 22 | 1 John 1:8–1 John 2:2 | 149 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 25 | Philippians 2:10–Philippians 2:14 | 148 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 25 | 1 Peter 5:5–1 Peter 5:9 | 148 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 27 | John 16:33–John 17:4 | 147 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 28 | Galatians 5:21–Galatians 5:25 | 144 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 29 | Luke 2:28–Luke 2:32 | 140 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 30 | Ephesians 6:10–Ephesians 6:14 | 139 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 31 | Matthew 11:25–Matthew 11:29 | 138 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 31 | Romans 12:9–Romans 12:13 | 138 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 31 | Galatians 6:6–Galatians 6:10 | 138 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 34 | Matthew 5:13–Matthew 5:17 | 137 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 35 | Ephesians 4:22–Ephesians 4:26 | 134 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 36 | Ephesians 4:29–Ephesians 5:1 | 133 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 37 | Galatians 4:3–Galatians 4:7 | 131 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 37 | Ephesians 2:6–Ephesians 2:10 | 131 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 39 | John 10:11–John 10:15 | 130 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 40 | John 8:28–John 8:32 | 129 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 41 | Matthew 6:32–Matthew 7:2 | 126 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 41 | Colossians 2:6–Colossians 2:10 | 126 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 41 | Colossians 3:12–Colossians 3:16 | 126 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 44 | 1 Timothy 2:2–1 Timothy 2:6 | 124 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 45 | John 14:2–John 14:6 | 123 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 46 | 2 Corinthians 1:3–2 Corinthians 1:7 | 122 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 47 | Matthew 28:16–Matthew 28:20 | 121 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 48 | Matthew 7:4–Matthew 7:8 | 119 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 48 | Galatians 3:25–Galatians 3:29 | 119 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 50 | John 15:9–John 15:13 | 117 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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| 50* | 2 Corinthians 4:15–2 Corinthians 5:1 | 117 | lower bound (repetitions unknown). | Occurrences Verses and evidenceVerses in the window
Occurrences by evidence
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* Tied with the last place: listed beyond the number asked for.
Occurrences behind the window of 5 verses from John 14:2
The reviewed, public occurrences whose passages touch the window, with their uses in it; others are only counted.
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), window measure 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.
- Verses by status
- cited 19,199,no recorded use (coverage undeclared) 11,972,label without neutral mapping 1,second placement of a verse 56
- Computed
- on request
- 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