Wednesday, May 27, 2009

100 Most Read Bible Verses

I picked this link up off Corey Mann's Twitter page (side note, Corey Mann, the most prolific Tweeter in our area). It is top 100 verses searched on BibleGateway.com. They explain their list...
What are the most popular Bible verses on BibleGateway.com?

We thought it would be interesting to find out, so we crunched some numbers from a (relatively) small sample of 25 million Bible passage searches from March and April.

This list isn’t actually based on a straight popularity count; simply tallying the most-read verses results in a top 100 list that consists almost entirely of John 3:16 and verses from 1 Corinthians 13, Genesis 1, Romans 8, and Psalm 23. Our list instead considers instances in which BibleGateway.com users looked at three or fewer verses at one time.

If you’re curious to know what the least popular Bible passage is, it’s 1 Chronicles 23-27, which details the organization of the priests and officials under King David.
It's an intriguing list... check it out here.

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