The Bible, Book by Book
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A quick list of all 66 books. Tap a name to open it on the trail above.
Old Testament: Genesis to Malachi (39 books)
Genesis
The Law · 50 chapters. Genesis is the book of beginnings. Read on Bible.com
Exodus
The Law · 40 chapters. Israel has grown into a nation enslaved in Egypt. Read on Bible.com
Leviticus
The Law · 27 chapters. Leviticus is the handbook for worship in the tabernacle. Read on Bible.com
Numbers
The Law · 36 chapters. Numbers follows Israel's forty years in the wilderness. Read on Bible.com
Deuteronomy
The Law · 34 chapters. On the edge of the promised land, Moses gives his farewell sermons to a new generation. Read on Bible.com
Joshua
History · 24 chapters. Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan River into Canaan. Read on Bible.com
Judges
History · 21 chapters. After Joshua dies, Israel slips into a repeating cycle: the people turn from God, are oppressed by enemies, cry out, and are rescued by a judge. Read on Bible.com
Ruth
History · 4 chapters. During the dark days of the judges comes a quiet story of loyalty. Read on Bible.com
1 Samuel
History · 31 chapters. 1 Samuel tells how Israel moved from judges to kings. Read on Bible.com
2 Samuel
History · 24 chapters. David becomes king over all Israel and makes Jerusalem his capital. Read on Bible.com
1 Kings
History · 22 chapters. Solomon, David's son, asks God for wisdom and builds the temple in Jerusalem. Read on Bible.com
2 Kings
History · 25 chapters. Elijah is taken to heaven in a whirlwind, and Elisha carries on his work with many miracles. Read on Bible.com
1 Chronicles
History · 29 chapters. Written after the exile, 1 Chronicles retells Israel's history to remind the returning people who they are. Read on Bible.com
2 Chronicles
History · 36 chapters. 2 Chronicles continues from Solomon's temple through the kings of Judah. Read on Bible.com
Ezra
History · 10 chapters. The exiles return from Babylon to Jerusalem. Read on Bible.com
Nehemiah
History · 13 chapters. Nehemiah, cupbearer to the Persian king, hears that Jerusalem's walls are in ruins. Read on Bible.com
Esther
History · 10 chapters. In Persia, a young Jewish woman named Esther becomes queen. Read on Bible.com
Job
Poetry & Wisdom · 42 chapters. Job is a good man who loses his wealth, his children, and his health. Read on Bible.com
Psalms
Poetry & Wisdom · 150 chapters. Psalms is Israel's songbook and prayer book, 150 songs written by David and others. Read on Bible.com
Proverbs
Poetry & Wisdom · 31 chapters. Proverbs is a collection of short, practical sayings, many from Solomon. Read on Bible.com
Ecclesiastes
Poetry & Wisdom · 12 chapters. The Teacher searches for meaning in everything under the sun: pleasure, work, wealth, and wisdom. Read on Bible.com
Song of Songs
Poetry & Wisdom · 8 chapters. Song of Songs is a love poem between a bride and her groom. Read on Bible.com
Isaiah
Major Prophets · 66 chapters. Isaiah warns Judah about judgment for its sin but overflows with hope. Read on Bible.com
Jeremiah
Major Prophets · 52 chapters. Jeremiah, called the weeping prophet, warns Judah for forty years that Babylon is coming. Read on Bible.com
Lamentations
Major Prophets · 5 chapters. Lamentations is five poems of grief over Jerusalem after the Babylonians destroyed it. Read on Bible.com
Ezekiel
Major Prophets · 48 chapters. Ezekiel is a priest taken to Babylon who sees dazzling visions of God's glory, including wheels full of eyes. Read on Bible.com
Daniel
Major Prophets · 12 chapters. Daniel and his friends are taken to Babylon as young men but stay faithful to God. Read on Bible.com
Hosea
Minor Prophets · 14 chapters. God tells Hosea to marry Gomer, who is unfaithful to him, as a living picture of Israel's unfaithfulness to God. Read on Bible.com
Joel
Minor Prophets · 3 chapters. A huge swarm of locusts devastates Judah, and Joel calls the people to return to God with all their hearts. Read on Bible.com
Amos
Minor Prophets · 9 chapters. Amos is a shepherd and fig farmer sent to the wealthy northern kingdom. Read on Bible.com
Obadiah
Minor Prophets · 1 chapter. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. Read on Bible.com
Jonah
Minor Prophets · 4 chapters. God sends Jonah to warn Nineveh, the capital of Israel's enemy, but Jonah runs the other way. Read on Bible.com
Micah
Minor Prophets · 7 chapters. Micah speaks against the leaders of Israel and Judah who cheat the poor and twist justice. Read on Bible.com
Nahum
Minor Prophets · 3 chapters. About a century after Jonah, Nineveh has returned to cruelty. Read on Bible.com
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets · 3 chapters. Habakkuk asks God hard questions: why does evil seem to win, and why would God use cruel Babylon to judge Judah? Read on Bible.com
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets · 3 chapters. Zephaniah warns that the day of the Lord will bring judgment on Judah and the nations. Read on Bible.com
Haggai
Minor Prophets · 2 chapters. The exiles have returned, but sixteen years later the temple still lies unfinished while people build their own houses. Read on Bible.com
Zechariah
Minor Prophets · 14 chapters. Zechariah encourages the returned exiles with eight night visions, including a golden lampstand and two olive trees. Read on Bible.com
Malachi
Minor Prophets · 4 chapters. Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament. Read on Bible.com
New Testament: Matthew to Revelation (27 books)
Matthew
Gospels · 28 chapters. Matthew, a former tax collector, writes especially for Jewish readers, showing that Jesus is the promised Messiah and King. Read on Bible.com
Mark
Gospels · 16 chapters. Mark is the shortest and fastest-moving Gospel. Read on Bible.com
Luke
Gospels · 24 chapters. Luke, a doctor and careful historian, gives an orderly account of Jesus's life. Read on Bible.com
John
Gospels · 21 chapters. John writes so that readers will believe Jesus is the Son of God and have life in His name. Read on Bible.com
Acts
Church History · 28 chapters. Acts picks up where Luke ends. Read on Bible.com
Romans
Paul's Letters · 16 chapters. Romans is Paul's fullest explanation of the gospel. Read on Bible.com
1 Corinthians
Paul's Letters · 16 chapters. The church in Corinth is gifted but divided, proud, and confused about many things. Read on Bible.com
2 Corinthians
Paul's Letters · 13 chapters. This is Paul's most personal letter. Read on Bible.com
Galatians
Paul's Letters · 6 chapters. Some teachers in Galatia are saying believers must keep the Jewish law to be truly accepted by God. Read on Bible.com
Ephesians
Paul's Letters · 6 chapters. Ephesians celebrates every spiritual blessing believers have in Christ. Read on Bible.com
Philippians
Paul's Letters · 4 chapters. Paul writes this warm thank-you letter from prison, yet joy fills every chapter. Read on Bible.com
Colossians
Paul's Letters · 4 chapters. False teachers in Colossae are adding rules and mystical ideas to the faith. Read on Bible.com
1 Thessalonians
Paul's Letters · 5 chapters. Paul praises this young church for its faith and endurance under persecution. Read on Bible.com
2 Thessalonians
Paul's Letters · 3 chapters. Some in Thessalonica think the day of the Lord has already come, and some have stopped working. Read on Bible.com
1 Timothy
Paul's Letters · 6 chapters. Paul writes to his young co-worker Timothy, who is leading the church in Ephesus. Read on Bible.com
2 Timothy
Paul's Letters · 4 chapters. This is Paul's last letter, written from a Roman prison shortly before his death. Read on Bible.com
Titus
Paul's Letters · 3 chapters. Paul left Titus on the island of Crete to organize the churches there. Read on Bible.com
Philemon
Paul's Letters · 1 chapter. Onesimus, a slave, ran away from his master Philemon and later became a Christian through Paul. Read on Bible.com
Hebrews
General Letters · 13 chapters. Hebrews is written to Jewish believers tempted to go back to their old ways. Read on Bible.com
James
General Letters · 5 chapters. James, the brother of Jesus, writes a practical letter about real faith. Read on Bible.com
1 Peter
General Letters · 5 chapters. Peter writes to Christians scattered and suffering for their faith. Read on Bible.com
2 Peter
General Letters · 3 chapters. In his final letter, Peter urges believers to keep growing in faith, goodness, knowledge, and love. Read on Bible.com
1 John
General Letters · 5 chapters. John writes so believers can know they have eternal life. Read on Bible.com
2 John
General Letters · 1 chapter. This brief letter is addressed to the chosen lady and her children, probably a church and its members. Read on Bible.com
3 John
General Letters · 1 chapter. John writes to his friend Gaius, praising him for showing hospitality to traveling teachers. Read on Bible.com
Jude
General Letters · 1 chapter. Jude, another brother of Jesus, planned to write about salvation but instead warns about ungodly people slipping into the church. Read on Bible.com
Revelation
Prophecy · 22 chapters. The apostle John, exiled on the island of Patmos, receives visions of the risen Jesus. Read on Bible.com
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