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How many chapters are in Proverbs?

Proverbs has 31 chapters and 915 verses. The King James Version text of Proverbs runs 15,037 words, about 1 hour 3 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 20 of the 66 books of the Bible (20th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 24th longest by word count.

31
Chapters
of 1,189 in the Bible
915
Verses (KJV)
WEB: 915
15,037
Words (KJV)
24th longest of 66
1 h 3 min
Reading time
at 238 words a minute

Verses in each chapter of Proverbs

The longest chapter is Proverbs 8 with 36 verses; the shortest is Proverbs 9 with 18.

Chapter 1
33
Chapter 2
22
Chapter 3
35
Chapter 4
27
Chapter 5
23
Chapter 6
35
Chapter 7
27
Chapter 8
36
Chapter 9
18
Chapter 10
32
Chapter 11
31
Chapter 12
28
Chapter 13
25
Chapter 14
35
Chapter 15
33
Chapter 16
33
Chapter 17
28
Chapter 18
24
Chapter 19
29
Chapter 20
30
Chapter 21
31
Chapter 22
29
Chapter 23
35
Chapter 24
34
Chapter 25
28
Chapter 26
28
Chapter 27
27
Chapter 28
28
Chapter 29
27
Chapter 30
33
Chapter 31
31

Longest and shortest verse in Proverbs

Longest: Proverbs 30:4, 47 words in the KJV.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

Proverbs 30:4 (KJV)

Shortest: Proverbs 6:7, 7 words in the KJV.

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Proverbs 6:7 (KJV)

How Proverbs begins and ends

First verse, Proverbs 1:1

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 1:1 (KJV)

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

Proverbs 1:1 (WEB)

Last verse, Proverbs 31:31

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Proverbs 31:31 (KJV)

Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!

Proverbs 31:31 (WEB)

Proverbs in our topic collections

268 verses from Proverbs appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:

Proverbs: common questions

How many chapters are in the book of Proverbs?

Proverbs has 31 chapters. The longest chapter is Proverbs 8 with 36 verses; the shortest is Proverbs 9 with 18.

How many verses are in Proverbs?

Proverbs has 915 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.

How long does it take to read Proverbs?

About 1 hour 3 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 15,037 words and the World English Bible text is 14,460 words.

What is the longest verse in Proverbs?

Proverbs 30:4 is the longest verse in Proverbs, at 47 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Proverbs 6:7 (7 words): "Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,"

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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.