There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New
Testament (a total of 66 books in the Bible). There are 23,145
verses (KJV) in the Old Testament and 7,957 verses (KJV) in the New
Testament. If all verses were equal, that would put the Old
Testament at 74.4% and the New Testament at 25.6% of the entire
Bible.