Tips to memorize verse numbers

"But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night."

Psalm 1:2

Meditating and memorizing bible verses is a very rewarding discipline. During the course of the day, we can meditate on verses that speak to us allowing us to gain new insight, being transformed by the Word, and have the commands written in our hearts.

I shall discuss some other time the goodness of memorizing and meditating. I want to focus on memorizing the exact location (verse numbers). I know that it is not essentially important to know the exact location of the verse you are memorizing. I think that if you have a good estimation of where it is located, it is good enough as you can always flip through your bible (always carry your sword) and look for it, especially when you are sharing the gospel or defending our faith.

I have compiled a few tricks I personally use to memorize the verse numbers:

Numerical Method 1: Addition

• Example: "Be still, and know that I am God" - Psalm 46:10
• Explanation: 4 + 6 = 10

Numerical Method 2: Divisibility

• Example: "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - 2 Chronicles 7:14
• Other examples: Ephesians 5:25 (important verse for man), Psalm 75:3, Isaiah 30:15, 2 Corinthians 4:16
• Explanation: 25 is divisible by 5, and 14 is divisible by 7, etc

Numerical Method 3: Prime numbers

• Example: "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" - Romans 3:23
• Other examples: Matthew 5:13, Matthew 7:7,
• Explanation: Prime numbers are those that are only divisible by 1 and by itself. Both 3 and 23 are prime, and they are not that fun, so it resounds with this verse that states that we are not good enough.

Numerical Method 4: PI

• Example: "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." - 1 Peter 3:15
• Other examples: Ephesians 3:14-21
• Explanation: PI = 3.14, so the verse contains a number approx close to PI.

Chinese pronunciation

• Example: "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." - Proverbs 4:23
• Other examples: Romans 8:28
• Explanation: For Chinese speakers, memorizing the sounds of Chinese numbers is way easier. This particular verse contains "4" (sounds like "death"), "2" (sounds like "easy"), and "3" (sounds like "alive"). This is interesting because the heart is deceitful, and if we don't guard it well, it leads to death easily. But when we guard our hearts well, it leads to life.
  
  As for the latter example (Rom. 8:28), it is to note that "8" means "prosperity" so this verse is about how good God is!

There is probably more I can think of, for some future posts perhaps :).