Spin the Wheel Bible Verse and Bible Book Spinner: how it works
Spin the wheel for a Bible verse or a book of the Bible. Forty well-known verses and 30 short ones print word for word from the World English Bible. The Bible book spinner holds all 66 books; each card gives the testament, the book's number, chapter count and two neighbors. The full wheel is numbered. Tap a verse group or a book section and the slices carry references and names.
Run a sword drill from the wheel
A sword drill is a race: the leader calls a reference and the first child to find it wins. The sword is the Bible: Ephesians 6:17 speaks of the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Choose one section, such as Minor Prophets, then spin and call the book. The card is your answer key: Nahum is book 34 of 66, between Micah and Habakkuk. The list under the wheel runs A to Z, so take the order from the card.
Learn a short verse by heart
Pick one of the two Short verses groups. All 30 verses have 12 words or fewer in this translation, from John 11:35 at two words to Matthew 5:9 at twelve. Spin, read the card aloud together, then look away and say it again with its reference. Elimination mode removes each verse once it has come up. Learning a set of your own? Type the references into My list.
Tips
A tiebreak question: which chapter is the middle one? Psalm 117, number 595 of 1,189. It is also the shortest, at two verses.
Five books have one chapter each: Obadiah, Philemon, 2 John, 3 John and Jude. They are easy to flip past, so score them double.
For a before-and-after quiz, call only the book name. The two neighbors printed on the card are the answer.
Questions and answers
Which translation are the verses printed in?
The World English Bible, in the updated 66-book edition at ebible.org. It is in the public domain, so each verse can be printed in full. This edition writes the LORD in capitals for God's name. World English Bible is a trademark of eBible.org, and this site is not connected with them.
Why do some verses have only one quotation mark?
Each verse is printed exactly as the World English Bible has it. A speech can run across several verses: Matthew 11:28 opens a quotation that closes at the end of verse 30.
Who chose the 40 well-known verses?
We did. No official list exists, so the 40 are our own selection: 18 from the Old Testament and 22 from the New, which is how the two groups are split. The page adds no commentary. Other translations word these verses differently.
DeuteronomyOld Testament, Law. Book 5 of 66, 34 chapters. Between Numbers and Joshua.
ExodusOld Testament, Law. Book 2 of 66, 40 chapters. Between Genesis and Leviticus.
GenesisOld Testament, Law. Book 1 of 66, 50 chapters. The first book of the Bible. Exodus comes next.
LeviticusOld Testament, Law. Book 3 of 66, 27 chapters. Between Exodus and Numbers.
NumbersOld Testament, Law. Book 4 of 66, 36 chapters. Between Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
Poetry 5
EcclesiastesOld Testament, Poetry. Book 21 of 66, 12 chapters. Between Proverbs and Song of Solomon.
JobOld Testament, Poetry. Book 18 of 66, 42 chapters. Between Esther and Psalms.
ProverbsOld Testament, Poetry. Book 20 of 66, 31 chapters. Between Psalms and Ecclesiastes.
PsalmsOld Testament, Poetry. Book 19 of 66, 150 chapters, the most of any book. Between Job and Proverbs.
Song of SolomonOld Testament, Poetry. Book 22 of 66, 8 chapters. Between Ecclesiastes and Isaiah.
Major Prophets 5
DanielOld Testament, Major Prophets. Book 27 of 66, 12 chapters. Between Ezekiel and Hosea.
EzekielOld Testament, Major Prophets. Book 26 of 66, 48 chapters. Between Lamentations and Daniel.
IsaiahOld Testament, Major Prophets. Book 23 of 66, 66 chapters. Between Song of Solomon and Jeremiah.
JeremiahOld Testament, Major Prophets. Book 24 of 66, 52 chapters. Between Isaiah and Lamentations.
LamentationsOld Testament, Major Prophets. Book 25 of 66, 5 chapters. Between Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
Gospels and Acts 5
ActsNew Testament, Gospels and Acts. Book 44 of 66, 28 chapters. Between John and Romans.
JohnNew Testament, Gospels and Acts. Book 43 of 66, 21 chapters. Between Luke and Acts.
LukeNew Testament, Gospels and Acts. Book 42 of 66, 24 chapters. Between Mark and John.
MarkNew Testament, Gospels and Acts. Book 41 of 66, 16 chapters. Between Matthew and Luke.
MatthewNew Testament, Gospels and Acts. Book 40 of 66, 28 chapters. The first New Testament book, between Malachi and Mark.
Other letters and Revelation 9
1 JohnNew Testament, Other letters and Revelation. Book 62 of 66, 5 chapters. Between 2 Peter and 2 John.
1 PeterNew Testament, Other letters and Revelation. Book 60 of 66, 5 chapters. Between James and 2 Peter.
2 JohnNew Testament, Other letters and Revelation. Book 63 of 66, 1 chapter. Between 1 John and 3 John.
2 PeterNew Testament, Other letters and Revelation. Book 61 of 66, 3 chapters. Between 1 Peter and 1 John.
3 JohnNew Testament, Other letters and Revelation. Book 64 of 66, 1 chapter. Between 2 John and Jude.
HebrewsNew Testament, Other letters and Revelation. Book 58 of 66, 13 chapters. Between Philemon and James.
JamesNew Testament, Other letters and Revelation. Book 59 of 66, 5 chapters. Between Hebrews and 1 Peter.
JudeNew Testament, Other letters and Revelation. Book 65 of 66, 1 chapter. Between 3 John and Revelation.
RevelationNew Testament, Other letters and Revelation. Book 66 of 66, 22 chapters. The last book of the Bible. Jude comes before it.
History 12
1 ChroniclesOld Testament, History. Book 13 of 66, 29 chapters. Between 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles.
1 KingsOld Testament, History. Book 11 of 66, 22 chapters. Between 2 Samuel and 2 Kings.
1 SamuelOld Testament, History. Book 9 of 66, 31 chapters. Between Ruth and 2 Samuel.
2 ChroniclesOld Testament, History. Book 14 of 66, 36 chapters. Between 1 Chronicles and Ezra.
2 KingsOld Testament, History. Book 12 of 66, 25 chapters. Between 1 Kings and 1 Chronicles.
2 SamuelOld Testament, History. Book 10 of 66, 24 chapters. Between 1 Samuel and 1 Kings.
EstherOld Testament, History. Book 17 of 66, 10 chapters. Between Nehemiah and Job.
EzraOld Testament, History. Book 15 of 66, 10 chapters. Between 2 Chronicles and Nehemiah.
JoshuaOld Testament, History. Book 6 of 66, 24 chapters. Between Deuteronomy and Judges.
JudgesOld Testament, History. Book 7 of 66, 21 chapters. Between Joshua and Ruth.
NehemiahOld Testament, History. Book 16 of 66, 13 chapters. Between Ezra and Esther.
RuthOld Testament, History. Book 8 of 66, 4 chapters. Between Judges and 1 Samuel.
Minor Prophets 12
AmosOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 30 of 66, 9 chapters. Between Joel and Obadiah.
HabakkukOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 35 of 66, 3 chapters. Between Nahum and Zephaniah.
HaggaiOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 37 of 66, 2 chapters. Between Zephaniah and Zechariah.
HoseaOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 28 of 66, 14 chapters. Between Daniel and Joel.
JoelOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 29 of 66, 3 chapters. Between Hosea and Amos.
JonahOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 32 of 66, 4 chapters. Between Obadiah and Micah.
MalachiOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 39 of 66, 4 chapters. The last Old Testament book, between Zechariah and Matthew.
MicahOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 33 of 66, 7 chapters. Between Jonah and Nahum.
NahumOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 34 of 66, 3 chapters. Between Micah and Habakkuk.
ObadiahOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 31 of 66, 1 chapter. Between Amos and Jonah.
ZechariahOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 38 of 66, 14 chapters. Between Haggai and Malachi.
ZephaniahOld Testament, Minor Prophets. Book 36 of 66, 3 chapters. Between Habakkuk and Haggai.
Paul's letters 13
1 CorinthiansNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 46 of 66, 16 chapters. Between Romans and 2 Corinthians.
1 ThessaloniansNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 52 of 66, 5 chapters. Between Colossians and 2 Thessalonians.
1 TimothyNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 54 of 66, 6 chapters. Between 2 Thessalonians and 2 Timothy.
2 CorinthiansNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 47 of 66, 13 chapters. Between 1 Corinthians and Galatians.
2 ThessaloniansNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 53 of 66, 3 chapters. Between 1 Thessalonians and 1 Timothy.
2 TimothyNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 55 of 66, 4 chapters. Between 1 Timothy and Titus.
ColossiansNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 51 of 66, 4 chapters. Between Philippians and 1 Thessalonians.
EphesiansNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 49 of 66, 6 chapters. Between Galatians and Philippians.
GalatiansNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 48 of 66, 6 chapters. Between 2 Corinthians and Ephesians.
PhilemonNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 57 of 66, 1 chapter. Between Titus and Hebrews.
PhilippiansNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 50 of 66, 4 chapters. Between Ephesians and Colossians.
RomansNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 45 of 66, 16 chapters. Between Acts and 1 Corinthians.
TitusNew Testament, Paul's letters. Book 56 of 66, 3 chapters. Between 2 Timothy and Philemon.
Short verses: Old Testament 14
Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, Israel: The LORD is our God. The LORD is one.
Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you, and you shall be still.”
Exodus 20:8“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Genesis 1:3God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Numbers 6:24‘The LORD bless you, and keep you.
Proverbs 16:3Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.
Proverbs 27:17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
Psalm 100:1Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!
Psalm 121:2My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!
Psalm 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
Psalm 25:4Show me your ways, LORD. Teach me your paths.
Psalm 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 56:3When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
Short verses: New Testament 16
1 Corinthians 16:14Let all that you do be done in love.
1 John 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 4:8He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
1 Thessalonians 5:17Pray without ceasing.
Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Galatians 6:2Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
John 11:35Jesus wept.
John 14:15If you love me, keep my commandments.
John 8:32You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
Luke 1:37For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”
Matthew 22:39A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
Matthew 7:1“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.
Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
Romans 12:21Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Well-known verses: Old Testament 18
Deuteronomy 6:5You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
Ecclesiastes 3:1For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Genesis 1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Isaiah 40:30-31Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 9:6For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the LORD, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
Joshua 1:9Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Lamentations 3:22-23It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
Psalm 118:24This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
Psalm 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
Psalm 139:14I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
Psalm 23:1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.
Psalm 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted on the earth.”
Well-known verses: New Testament 22
1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
2 Timothy 1:7For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
Ephesians 4:32And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
Galatians 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Hebrews 11:1Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Luke 2:11For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luke 6:31“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
Matthew 11:28“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 28:19-20Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Matthew 6:33But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with me.
Romans 12:2Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
How this list was compiled: Verse text: the World English Bible (WEB), in the updated 66-book edition that eBible.org publishes at https://ebible.org/engwebp/ (2020 stable text edition; the pages were generated on 12 Sep 2026). Each of the 70 verses was read from its own chapter page on that site, for example https://ebible.org/engwebp/JHN03.htm, and compared word for word by script with eBible.org's verse-per-line download of the same edition, https://ebible.org/Scriptures/engwebp_vpl.zip. All 70 matched, checked 2026-09-19. Four cards were changed on 2026-09-19 because the verse began in the middle of a sentence when read alone. Isaiah 40:31 is now printed with the verse before it as Isaiah 40:30-31; Ephesians 2:8-9 gave way to Ephesians 4:32, 2 Corinthians 5:7 to 1 John 4:8 and 1 Peter 5:7 to Psalm 46:1. The new text was read from https://ebible.org/engwebp/ISA40.htm, https://ebible.org/engwebp/EPH04.htm, https://ebible.org/engwebp/1JN04.htm and https://ebible.org/engwebp/PSA046.htm and compared with the same verse-per-line download, fetched again that day; all matched. Ecclesiastes 3:1 stays: it is a whole sentence, and the colon at its end is the WEB's own. This edition prints the LORD in capitals for God's name in the Old Testament, and the Classic edition of the same translation prints Yahweh, as the preface at https://ebible.org/engwebp/FRT01.htm explains (checked 2026-09-19). The text is printed exactly as the WEB has it and nothing is reworded. A verse that begins or ends inside a longer speech keeps the single opening or closing quotation mark it has in the WEB. Two verses that are usually learned together are printed one after the other without their verse numbers. A psalm's title line is not part of the verse and is left off. Which 40 verses count as well known is our own selection, made for this site on 2026-09-19 (18 from the Old Testament and 22 from the New); it follows no published ranking. The 30 short verses have 12 words or fewer in the WEB, counted by script as the words between spaces; other translations word these verses differently, so their counts differ. No verse appears in both groups. On the wheel each of the two lists is split by testament (well-known 18 and 22, short 14 and 16), because the wheel prints names only on views of 24 slices or fewer. Books: the 66 names and their order are those of the contents page https://ebible.org/engwebp/index.htm, and the chapter counts (1,189 in all: 929 in the Old Testament and 260 in the New) were counted by script from the same download, both checked 2026-09-19. Catholic and Orthodox Bibles hold more books than these 66; this wheel lists only the books of the edition it quotes. The Old Testament section names (Law, History, Poetry, Major Prophets, Minor Prophets) follow the customary four-part Christian division described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament, with the five longer prophetic books that Protestant Bibles call the Major Prophets as listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_prophet (both checked 2026-09-19). In the New Testament, Paul's letters are the 13 books whose first verse opens with the name Paul in the WEB text; Hebrews names no writer and sits with the other letters. The grouping of Gospels, Acts, letters and Revelation follows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament (checked 2026-09-19). The sword drill named in the page copy is the game defined at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sword_drill (checked 2026-09-19), and the phrase the sword of the Spirit is from Ephesians 6:17 in the WEB. The middle chapter (Psalm 117, chapter 595 of 1,189), the shortest and longest chapters (Psalm 117 with 2 verses, Psalm 119 with 176), the five one-chapter books and the two-word John 11:35 were all counted by script from the same download on 2026-09-19. There is no commentary here and no teaching note: a card prints the verse, or a book's place on the shelf, and nothing else. "World English Bible" is a trademark of eBible.org. This site is not connected with eBible.org. Licence: Bible text: World English Bible, public domain (https://ebible.org/engwebp/copyright.htm). The selection, the grouping and the book notes are our own work.