An interesting Word Cloud of the 66 books of the Bible gives the following list of the most frequent words in each book of the Bible as they appear to me. There are some very interesting combinations, particularly the Gospel of John.
Gen | Lord God Jacob father Joseph Abraham land son sons Now |
Ex | Lord Moses people God Egypt Aaron |
Lev | Lord offering must priest unclean |
Num | Lord offering Moses Israelites |
Deu | Lord God land |
Jos | Lord Joshua Israel Israelites land king God towns |
Jdg | Lord men Israel went |
Rut | Naomi Ruth Lord Boaz Go father mother-in-law |
1Sam | Lord David Saul men Samuel Israel Philistines |
2Sam | David king lord men son Israel Joab Absalom |
1K | King lord Israel Solomon God son |
2K | Lord king Israel son |
1Ch | son Lord sons David father God |
2Ch | Lord king Judah God temple Israel people |
Ezra | God descendants Jerusalem Lord king son temple house |
Neh | son God people Levites Jerusalem |
Est | King Mordecai Jews Esther Haman |
Job | God man Job |
Ps | Lord God praise love |
Pro | man Lord wicked righteous heart wise |
Ecc | man God meaningless time sun better wisdom one heart wise |
SoS | lover love one come beautiful |
Isa | Lord one people God come |
Jer | Lord Judah land people Babylon king Jeremiah Jerusalem |
Lam | Lord Daughter Zion day people |
Ezk | Lord Sovereign Israel man land |
Dan | king Daniel God one men kingdom time |
Hos | Lord Israel Ephraim God people |
Joel | Lord people God nations great land |
Amos | Lord Israel declares Sovereign land house |
Oba | day Lord Esau possess house mountains |
Jon | Lord Jonah god |
Mic | Lord come people Israel |
Nah | Lord Nineveh away |
Hab | Lord nations earth |
Zep | Lord day land |
Hag | Lord Almighty declares day |
Zec | Lord Almighty Jerusalem |
Mal | Lord Almighty God |
Mat | Jesus One father man came |
Mk | Jesus man one disciples came went |
Lk | Jesus son one man God people |
Jn | Jesus One Father man know Now God |
Act | Paul God Lord men people went Jesus Peter Spirit Jews |
Rom | God law Christ one Lord |
1Cor | God Lord Christ one man body Spirit |
2Cor | God Christ Lord boast Now one Jesus |
Gal | Christ law God Spirit one faith Jesus |
Eph | Christ One God Lord Jesus love Spirit |
Php | Christ Jesus God Lord Whatever know brothers gospel |
Col | Christ God Lord things Jesus know since body one |
1Th | God Lord Jesus brothers Christ know Holy |
2Th | Lord God Jesus Christ brothers every Grace |
1Tim | God Christ Jesus good faith men must |
2Tim | Jesus Lord Christ God faith everyone good men know truth |
Tit | God good one teach things Saviour |
Phm | Christ Lord Jesus brother fellow Paul prisoner dear love |
Heb | God faith one priest |
Jam | God brothers man faith one Lord without anyone |
1Pe | God Christ good God’s now live one Jesus |
2Pe | Lord day Jesus Christ God men way knowledge |
1Jn | God love know one Son world anyone dear Spirit |
2Jn | love truth Father Christ teaching children Anyone |
3Jn | truth well dear friend church brothers good God |
Jude | men Lord Jesus Christ ungodly without follow Dear God Mercy |
Revelation | God earth angel seven great heaven come saw one throne |
After reading this, one is left in no doubt Who the Bible is about! This Word Cloud is based upon the New International Version with American spelling (Savior for Saviour) and Sovereign in Ezekiel occurs as Lord (Hebrew: Adonai) in the KJV, but this should not alter the frequency of the commonest words.