Build the Bible Into your application or website!

Access content on-demand from the Bible in dozens of languages via API.bible.

What we can offer your application

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Bibles

Specific editions of the Bible such as the New International Version (NIV) or King James Version (KJV). Versions have many books.

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Books

These are the books of the Bible. Books belong to versions and book groups.

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Chapters

These are sub-sections of a selected book. Chapters belong to books and have many verses.

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Sections

Capture a list of sections for the designated chapter along with titles of those sections. (i.e. “The Birth of Jesus Christ”)

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Verses

These are the smallest unit of organization within the ABS Bible texts. Verses belong to chapters.

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Passages

Capture a range of verses when looking for a grouping (i.e. MAT.1.12-MAT.1.20)

Using the API

The BibleSearch API allows any developer to include Scripture content and text anywhere in their website or application for non-commercial purpose.

  • Always use the copyright to credit publishers
  • Always display the Bible appropriately
  • Use the Bible in its correct context

Need us for commerical use? Need more access? We‘re open to discuss options.

Built for developers

Thorough documentation

Our docs are written by developers and for developers with many languages to make things easy to understand and faster to use.

A community of support

Our forum is checked by our team every day. See other questions and forum discussions to problem shoot any confusion that comes about.

Fair Use Management System

The Fair Use Management System helps us to profile how Scripture content is being used by the API. To use it, you include a small extra snippet of JavaScript code wherever you display the result of an API call on your website. The API will always return the correct JavaScript to use for the call you‘ve made, so you can simply add it to your website

Building trust

  • No personally-identifiable information is saved or tracked
  • Visitors won‘t be impacted by its use
  • Optimized code and JavaScript delivery to ensure speed

Building a better API

  • Helps us to profile how Scripture content is being used
  • Informs Scripture publishers how their content is being used
  • Access statistics showing how the API data that you‘re displaying on your site is being used by your users

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