chapter and verse

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Jordan Fox took one for the team and laid out, chapter and verse, all the court orders this office had violated.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

A gray-haired woman in a T-shirt stood stoically beside a large banner bearing a Bible quote with chapter and verse notation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2024

You'll have probably read chapter and verse about it and seen all the various angles.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

They were keyed to chapter and verse, and by the end of the century, page numbers came into use.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

Then, we get chapter and verse on being bad daughters.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez