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What chapters and verses get looked at the most on the ESV Bible search website?

So, what are the most-viewed verses in the ESV? Here are the most popular verses (including complete chapter views):

1. John 1:1, 1:13, 1:12, 1:14, 1:3, and the rest of John 1 dominate the list
2. 1 Corinthians 13:4, 13:13 and the rest of 1 Corinthians 13.
3. Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:1, and the rest of Genesis 1
4. Romans 1:16 and the rest of Romans 1.
5. John 3:16

Here are the most popular verses excluding complete-chapter views, which should give a better sense of popular verses:

1. John 3:16
2. Proverbs 31:10 and following. We speculate that these verses appear because people often only look at part of this chapter.
3. Matthew 5:27-30, concerning adultery. Verse 30 is the most popular of the four verses.
4. Romans 8:28
5. Romans 3:23
6. Genesis 24:27

What are the least-viewed verses? Not surprisingly, they're pretty obscure. At the time of our analysis, no one had looked at the following verses except as part of their complete chapters. (We're introducing statistical noise by linking to them here.)

1. Numbers 31:25
2. Joshua 15:24, 15:40, 15:42, 15:50
3. 1 Samuel 30:28
4. 1 Chronicles 8:37
5. Ezekiel 22:17

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What Are the Most Popular Verses in the Bible?

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