2nd in series on knowing and sharing the GospelStupidly, in a talk on Truth I fall in to the trap of quoting with errors a fact I had heard and not evaluated. Mis-remembered, Psalm118:8 means there are 1188 chapters before it and after it. No, the fact was 1189 chapters in the whole Bible.Fact not evaluated: Psalm 118 is  not the centre chapter of the Bible.  There are 594 chapters up to (and including) Psalm 116, and 594 Chapters from 118 on (including Psalm 118). 594+1+594 = 1189This makes Psalm 117, (not Psalm 118) the centre chapter of the Bible.The King James Bible has 31,174 verses — an even number — so there is no one "centre" verse: the centre would be a combination of the 15,587th and the 15,588th verses, which do fall within Psalm 118 (Psalm 118:8-9, to be exact).  which is still good as together they say:It is better to take refuge in the Lord  than to trust in humans.9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord   than to trust in princes.          So my statement was based on a truth, mis-remembered and therefore not fully true, apologies. Given the subject of the talk and the thrust of what I was saying, this was a very bad mistake!!!!The key verse is Ps 118:9 which gives you the number of chapters, Psalm 118 verses 8 and 9 are the centre verses of the Bible.PS... even now I haven't checked that myself but relied on a 'myth correction' website for the information. Anyone feel like counting all the verses?      

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