Bible books to memorize

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN THE NAMES OF BIBLE BOOKS SO THAT THEY CAN USE THEIR SWORDS OF THE SPIRIT - THE WORD OF GOD - EPHESIANS 6:17

Old  Testament – before Jesus was born	Type of books	New Testament – after Jesus was born	Type of books
GENESIS 50                        EXODUS 40               LEVITICUS 27           NUMBERS 36            DEUTERONOMY	Pentateuch – 5 books of Moses	MATTHEW 28    MARK 16       LUKE 24 JOHN 21	Gospels – Biography of Christ
JOSHUA 24                         JUDGES 21                         RUTH 4                            1 SAMUEL 31                       2 SAMUEL 24                       1 KINGS 22                        2 KINGS 25                        1 CHRONICLES 29                   2 CHRONICLES 36                   EZRA 10                           NEHEMIAH 13                       ESTHER 10	History books	ACTS 28	Early church history
JOB 42                            PSALMS 150                        PROVERBS 31                       ECCLESIASTES 12                   SONG OF SONGS 8	Poetry books	ROMANS 16                       1 CORINTHIANS 16               2 CORINTHIANS 13               GALATIANS 6                    EPHESIANS 6       PHILIPPIANS 4     COLOSSIANS 4  1 THESSALONIANS 5              2 THESSALONIANS 3               1 TIMOTHY 6  2 TIMOTHY 4  TITUS 3                                      PHILEMON    HEBREWS 13 (not sure about author)	Letters that Paul wrote
ISAIAH 66                       JEREMIAH 52                LAMENTATIONS 5     EZEKIEL 48            DANIEL 12	Major Prophets	JAMES 5                        1 PETER 5                      2 PETER 3                      1 JOHN 5                       2 JOHN 1                      3 JOHN 1                      JUDE 1	General letters
HOSEA 14                     JOEL 3                           AMOS 9                           OBADIAH 1                        JONAH 4            MICAH 7            NAHUM 3            HABAKKUK 3         ZEPHANIAH 3        HAGGAI 2           ZECHARIAH 14       MALACHI 4	Minor Prophets	REVELATION 22	Prophecy

There are 66 books in the Bible.

God used 40 men to write the Bible

There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament

To find where the books in your Bible are, look for the index or Table of Content in front of your Bible – there you will find the page numbers.

The first book of the Old Testament is Genesis and the last book of the Old Testament is Malachi.

The first book in the New Testament is Matthew and the last book in the New Testament is Revelation.

The book right in the middle of the Bible is Psalms.

Write down on a board or paper a few verses that the children can find in the Bible, especially in the 5 books that you showed them:  Genesis, Malachi, Psalms, Matthew and Revelation.