What is the Central Theme of the Bible?

Ever wonder what the central theme of the Bible is?  I hope you like statistics and math, because according to the numbers, the central theme of the Bible is trust in the Lord.

Did you know there are 27 New Testament books and 39 Old Testament books?  That is 66 total books!  The New Testament was originally written in Greek and the Old Testament in Hebrew/Aramaic, which means every version of the Bible you read in English is a translation or interpretation of the original scriptures.  2 John is the shortest book of the Bible with 13 verses.  Where as Psalms is the longest at 150 chapters.

"It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man."

Psalm 118:8 (KJV)

There are 929 chapters in the Old Testament and 260 chapters in the New Testament of the King James (KJV) Bible. That is 1,189 total chapters! If you divide 1,189 in half, the middle chapter is either Psalms 117 or Psalms 118 (depending on whether you round up or down - so experts may disagree).  Some say this chapter because 594 chapters are reported on either side of Psalm 118, so most feel it is the central chapter.  Others selected  118  because it is book-ended by both the longest (119) and shortest (117) chapters in the book of Psalms.

So let us go deeper in the math to decide for sure what is at the center .  Did you know the New Testament has 7,957 verses and the Old Testament has 23,145 in KJV? That is a total of 31,102 verses!  The longest verse is Esther 8:9 and shortest verse of the Bible is John 11:35.  The verse estimated at the center of the Bible is believed to be Psalms 118:8 because 594x2 totals 1188.

"It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans."

Psalm 118:8 (NIV)

To be honest, if you count words it may come out differently - especially since there are so many different version of the Bible.  For example the Amplified (AMP) is typically more wordy as it attempts to clarify the scriptures with more adjectives and adverbs.  Maybe you can not really prove it with numbers.  However, anyway you look at it, I think all Christians would agree "Trust in the Lord" is the central theme of the Bible.