If you give someone chapter and verse on a subject, you tell them all the details of it, without missing anything out. ... Note: This expression refers to the practice of giving precise chapter and verse numbers when quoting passages from the Bible.

What does the saying chapter and verse mean?

Definition of chapter and verse

1 : the exact reference or source of information or justification for an assertion clinched their arguments by citing chapter and verse— J. M. Burns. 2 : full precise information or detail can give chapter and verse on the effects of diverting defense spending— Horace Sutton.

What is the difference between a verse and a chapter?

As nouns the difference between chapter and verse

is that chapter is one of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided while verse is a poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.