# Least popular bible verse **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 19, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887 "2005-06-19T05:20:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/1 "2005-06-19T05:20:44Z")
Has anyone ever figured out which is the least quoted bible verse? ---
**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/2 "2005-06-19T09:01:01Z")
> [@FlippyFly](#): > > Has anyone ever figured out which is the least quoted bible verse? Quoted by whom? ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/3 "2005-06-19T10:15:37Z")
The very act of telling you which one it was would change the results. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/4 "2005-06-19T10:33:05Z")
The one right before _In the beginnig_. It goes - _Now this is no bullshit, but_… ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/5 "2005-06-19T11:03:11Z")
**Peanuthead** , that was brilliant. I’ll see you in Hell. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/6 "2005-06-19T13:30:43Z")
I suspect the distribution is not symmetrical so while a few popular verses may be at the very top - which ones nauturally depending on which group you ask - a large number of dull verses would be tied for last place. It’s like saying who would be least likely to become president or to name the person who will never come to my house. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/7 "2005-06-19T15:55:19Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > The one right before _In the beginnig_. It goes - _Now this is no bullshit, but_… There’s also the one way at the end: “Thou shalt take this with a grain of salt.” ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/8 "2005-06-19T17:04:11Z")
I imagine it would be one of the ones containing a series of obscure names seperated by “begat.” ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/9 "2005-06-19T17:35:01Z")
Quite possibly [Matthew 21:17](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2021:17;&version=9;). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/10 "2005-06-19T18:16:43Z")
Or Revalations 22:20. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/11 "2005-06-19T18:21:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Or Revalations 22:20. 😃 Well, I had to look _that_ one up what with the smiley and all: “He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/12 "2005-06-19T18:24:08Z")
Impossible to answer. There is likely a dead heat amoung hundreds of verses from the later Prophets that are more or less unquoted and nearly unread. This\* is\* GQ, dudes. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-popular-bible-verse/308887/13 "2005-06-19T18:28:45Z")
This one has no possibility of a factual single answer, so before we get bogged down, I’m closing it. **samclem** GQ moderator