✝ Bible Prophecy Explorer

Payne’s 1,817 Prophecies

The complete index of every predictive prophecy in the Bible, book by book · King James Version

Gustave Doré, Isaiah — public domain

In 1973 J. Barton Payne published the Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy, the most complete catalogue of biblical prediction ever assembled. He worked through the Bible verse by verse and counted 1,817 predictive prophecies, occupying 8,352 verses — better than a quarter of Scripture. The book is long out of print and the catalogue has never been published in browsable form. This page is that index.

1,817
predictive prophecies
8,352
predictive verses
27%
of the Bible’s 31,124 verses
873
studied in full here

Old Testament and New

TestamentPredictionsPredictive verses% predictive
Old Testament1,2396,64128.5%
New Testament5781,71121.5%
Whole Bible1,8178,35226.8%

Every book of the Bible

Payne’s figures for each book: how many distinct predictions it contains, how many of its verses are predictive, and what share of the book that represents. The final column links to the prophecies from that book studied in full on this site.

BookPredictionsPredictive verses% of bookStudied here
Genesis7721214%61
Exodus6948740%21
Leviticus3750659%9
Numbers5045836%13
Deuteronomy5834436%16
Joshua278912%9
Judges20417%8
1 Samuel3112415%13
2 Samuel226810%10
1 Kings4418923%20
2 Kings5014420%22
1 Chronicles2413214%4
2 Chronicles3726831%11
Ezra106323%1
Nehemiah144511%2
Esther110.6%—
Job10222%2
Psalms5924210%16
Proverbs470.8%2
Ecclesiastes373%—
Isaiah11175459%129
Jeremiah9081260%66
Lamentations485%2
Ezekiel6682165%44
Daniel5816145%18
Hosea2811156%14
Joel255068%9
Amos268558%14
Obadiah101781%5
Jonah4510%2
Micah407370%16
Nahum23574%4
Habakkuk42341%5
Zephaniah204789%5
Haggai71539%4
Zechariah7814469%27
Malachi193156%10
Matthew8127826%23
Mark5012519%4
Luke7525022%11
John4518020%21
Acts6312513%12
Romans299121%10
1 Corinthians258519%7
2 Corinthians7125%2
Galatians71611%3
Ephesians585%2
Philippians51010%1
Colossians499%1
1 Thessalonians91618%3
2 Thessalonians121940%3
1 Timothy254%1
2 Timothy81720%2
Titus112%—
Hebrews5213745%14
James476%1
1 Peter112120%7
2 Peter112541%3
1 John466%3
Jude81040%1
Revelation5625663%45

Browse the 873 prophecies studied in full

Each opens a full study page — the King James text, the fulfillment references, how the Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, academic and Apostolic traditions read it, and the archaeological evidence where it exists.

Genesis 61 built out

Payne catalogues 77 predictions in Genesis.

Exodus 21 built out

Payne catalogues 69 predictions in Exodus.

Leviticus 9 built out

Payne catalogues 37 predictions in Leviticus.

Numbers 13 built out

Payne catalogues 50 predictions in Numbers.

Deuteronomy 16 built out

Payne catalogues 58 predictions in Deuteronomy.

Joshua 9 built out

Payne catalogues 27 predictions in Joshua.

Judges 8 built out

Payne catalogues 20 predictions in Judges.

1 Samuel 13 built out

Payne catalogues 31 predictions in 1 Samuel.

2 Samuel 10 built out

Payne catalogues 22 predictions in 2 Samuel.

1 Kings 20 built out

Payne catalogues 44 predictions in 1 Kings.

2 Kings 22 built out

Payne catalogues 50 predictions in 2 Kings.

1 Chronicles 4 built out

Payne catalogues 24 predictions in 1 Chronicles.

2 Chronicles 11 built out

Payne catalogues 37 predictions in 2 Chronicles.

Ezra 1 built out

Payne catalogues 10 predictions in Ezra.

Nehemiah 2 built out

Payne catalogues 14 predictions in Nehemiah.

Job 2 built out

Payne catalogues 10 predictions in Job.

Psalms 16 built out

Payne catalogues 59 predictions in Psalms.

Psalm 79 built out

Payne catalogues 59 predictions in Psalm.

Proverbs 2 built out

Payne catalogues 4 predictions in Proverbs.

Isaiah 129 built out

Payne catalogues 111 predictions in Isaiah.

Jeremiah 66 built out

Payne catalogues 90 predictions in Jeremiah.

Lamentations 2 built out

Payne catalogues 4 predictions in Lamentations.

Ezekiel 44 built out

Payne catalogues 66 predictions in Ezekiel.

Daniel 18 built out

Payne catalogues 58 predictions in Daniel.

Hosea 14 built out

Payne catalogues 28 predictions in Hosea.

Joel 9 built out

Payne catalogues 25 predictions in Joel.

Amos 14 built out

Payne catalogues 26 predictions in Amos.

Obadiah 5 built out

Payne catalogues 10 predictions in Obadiah.

Jonah 2 built out

Payne catalogues 4 predictions in Jonah.

Micah 16 built out

Payne catalogues 40 predictions in Micah.

Nahum 4 built out

Payne catalogues 2 predictions in Nahum.

Habakkuk 5 built out

Payne catalogues 4 predictions in Habakkuk.

Zephaniah 5 built out

Payne catalogues 20 predictions in Zephaniah.

Haggai 4 built out

Payne catalogues 7 predictions in Haggai.

Zechariah 27 built out

Payne catalogues 78 predictions in Zechariah.

Malachi 10 built out

Payne catalogues 19 predictions in Malachi.

Matthew 23 built out

Payne catalogues 81 predictions in Matthew.

Mark 4 built out

Payne catalogues 50 predictions in Mark.

Luke 11 built out

Payne catalogues 75 predictions in Luke.

John 21 built out

Payne catalogues 45 predictions in John.

Acts 12 built out

Payne catalogues 63 predictions in Acts.

Romans 10 built out

Payne catalogues 29 predictions in Romans.

1 Corinthians 7 built out

Payne catalogues 25 predictions in 1 Corinthians.

2 Corinthians 2 built out

Payne catalogues 7 predictions in 2 Corinthians.

Galatians 3 built out

Payne catalogues 7 predictions in Galatians.

Ephesians 2 built out

Payne catalogues 5 predictions in Ephesians.

Philippians 1 built out

Payne catalogues 5 predictions in Philippians.

Colossians 1 built out

Payne catalogues 4 predictions in Colossians.

1 Thessalonians 3 built out

Payne catalogues 9 predictions in 1 Thessalonians.

2 Thessalonians 3 built out

Payne catalogues 12 predictions in 2 Thessalonians.

1 Timothy 1 built out

Payne catalogues 2 predictions in 1 Timothy.

2 Timothy 2 built out

Payne catalogues 8 predictions in 2 Timothy.

Hebrews 14 built out

Payne catalogues 52 predictions in Hebrews.

James 1 built out

Payne catalogues 4 predictions in James.

1 Peter 7 built out

Payne catalogues 11 predictions in 1 Peter.

2 Peter 3 built out

Payne catalogues 11 predictions in 2 Peter.

1 John 3 built out

Payne catalogues 4 predictions in 1 John.

Jude 1 built out

Payne catalogues 8 predictions in Jude.

Revelation 45 built out

Payne catalogues 56 predictions in Revelation.

Summary C — the prophecies of the Messiah

Payne’s Summary C lists the prophecies with personal reference to Christ, with his own catalogue numbers. These are the verses most often cited in Messianic apologetics, in the form Payne printed them.

Old Testament 113 entries
New Testament 78 entries

Common questions

How many prophecies are in the Bible?

J. Barton Payne's Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy (1973) catalogues 1,817 predictive prophecies across the Bible, occupying 8,352 predictive verses — about 27% of the Bible's 31,124 verses. The Old Testament holds 1,239 of them across 6,641 verses (28.5% of the Old Testament); the New Testament holds 578 across 1,711 verses (21.5%).

Which book of the Bible contains the most prophecy?

By Payne's count the prophetic books dominate in density rather than raw totals. Every book's figures — predictions, predictive verses, and the percentage of the book that is predictive — are listed in full on this page, taken from Payne's Statistical Appendix.

What is the Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy?

It is J. Barton Payne's 1973 reference work, published by Harper & Row, which catalogues and numbers every predictive prophecy in the Bible and analyses each one. It remains the most complete single catalogue of biblical prediction, and its numbering system is still cited in prophecy scholarship.

Are these prophecies quoted in the King James Version?

Yes. Bible Prophecy Explorer quotes the King James Version throughout unless a passage is explicitly noted otherwise.

On the figures

[Source] The per-book statistics are transcribed from the Statistical Appendix of Payne’s Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy (Harper & Row, 1973), and Summary C from the same volume. [Honest note] The per-book prediction counts on this page sum to 1,813, four short of Payne’s stated total of 1,817; the difference lies in books his appendix leaves unlisted or in his own rounding, and we have not reconciled it. Payne’s counts are also his judgements — where a passage contains one prophecy or three is a matter of interpretation, and other scholars count differently. We reproduce his figures as his, not as the last word.

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Bible Prophecy Explorer is an openly Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal study resource that also presents the Jewish, Catholic, Protestant and academic readings fairly, and urges every reader to “prove all things” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Scripture quoted from the King James Version. Payne’s catalogue is cited under fair use for scholarship and comment; the Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy remains the copyright of its publisher.