diff --git a/src/common/util.ts b/src/common/util.ts
index 7cabb0b5ac..3a1806ddc4 100644
--- a/src/common/util.ts
+++ b/src/common/util.ts
@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@ export const entries: <K extends string, V>(o: Record<K, V>) => Array<[K, V]> =
 export const keys: <K extends string>(o: Record<K, unknown>) => K[] =
   Object.keys as any;
 
-export const iterate = <T>(
-  iterator: Iterable<T> | IterableIterator<T>,
-): readonly T[] => {
-  const res: T[] = [];
-  for (const item of iterator) {
-    res.push(item);
-  }
-  return res;
-};
-
 /**
  * Work around `in` operator not narrowing type
  * https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/21732
diff --git a/src/components/scripture/books.ts b/src/components/scripture/books.ts
index 5639fae3ac..1efa43f8e9 100644
--- a/src/components/scripture/books.ts
+++ b/src/components/scripture/books.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { LazyGetter as Once } from 'lazy-get-decorator';
 import { random, range, sumBy } from 'lodash';
 import { inspect } from 'util';
-import { iterate, NotFoundException } from '../../common';
+import { NotFoundException } from '~/common';
 import { ScriptureReference } from './dto';
 import { BookDifficulty as Difficulty } from './dto/book-difficulty.enum';
 
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ export class Book implements Iterable<Chapter> {
   }
 
   get chapters() {
-    return iterate(this);
+    return this[Symbol.iterator]().toArray();
   }
 
   randomChapter(after?: Chapter) {
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ export class Chapter implements Iterable<Verse> {
   }
 
   get verses() {
-    return iterate(this);
+    return this[Symbol.iterator]().toArray();
   }
 
   [inspect.custom]() {
diff --git a/src/components/scripture/verse-equivalents.ts b/src/components/scripture/verse-equivalents.ts
index f649b51de8..339ea68e53 100644
--- a/src/components/scripture/verse-equivalents.ts
+++ b/src/components/scripture/verse-equivalents.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { sum, sumBy } from 'lodash';
-import { iterate, Range } from '../../common';
+import { Range } from '~/common';
 import { Book, Verse } from './books';
 import {
   BookDifficulty,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const getTotalVerseEquivalents = (
 ) => {
   const verses = mergeScriptureRanges(refs)
     .map((range) => mapRange(range, Verse.fromRef))
-    .flatMap((range) => iterate(splitRangeByBook(range)))
+    .flatMap((range) => splitRangeByBook(range).toArray())
     .map((range) => {
       const factor = factorOfBook(range.start.book);
       return factor * (range.end.id - range.start.id + 1);