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Random Bible verse

Press for a new verse, pick the topic you need today, or read the verse of the day, which is the same for everyone on a date. Every verse is from the public-domain World English Bible.

Verse of the day · Friday 13 November

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

James 5:16 · World English Bible

Topic

Press New random verse above, or the R key, and a verse appears with its reference. Tap a topic first if you want one for a particular need: love, strength, healing, anxiety, hope, grief, a birthday and more. Press again as often as you like; the last few verses are skipped so you don’t see the same one twice in a row.

Every verse comes from hand-picked collections, read word for word from the World English Bible, a modern translation in the public domain. Found the one? Make a wallpaper opens the Bible verse wallpaper maker with it at phone size, and Make a video opens the Bible verse video maker. To read a whole topic at once, see Bible verses by topic.

How to get a random Bible verse

  1. Draw a verse

    Press New random verse, or R on a keyboard. The card shows the verse and its reference.

  2. Choose a topic

    Tap a topic under Topic, such as Strength or Peace, to draw only from verses on it. Any goes back to all of them.

  3. Keep it

    Press Make a wallpaper or Make a video to open it in the maker, or Copy the verse to paste it into a message.

Verses for what you need today

The topics follow what people most often look for. Strength, encouragement and anxiety are for hard days; healing and grief for illness and loss; love, marriage and friendship for the people around you; birthday and gratitude for celebrations. Each topic page lists every verse in it, grouped, with a short introduction.

How the verse of the day works

The card opens on the verse of the day. Every date has its own verse, taken in a fixed shuffled order from the shorter verses in the collections, so everyone sees the same one on the same day and none comes round again until all of them have been shown. It changes at midnight where you are. Press Back to the verse of the day after drawing random ones to return to it.

KJV or WEB?

Many people know the King James Version’s wording. This page uses the World English Bible instead, because it is in the public domain everywhere, while the KJV’s text is still covered by Crown letters patent in the United Kingdom. The two often read alike; the most visible difference is that the WEB writes God’s name, Yahweh, where the KJV prints “the LORD”.

Random Bible verse questions

Is every verse in the Bible included?

No. The generator draws from several hundred verses and passages chosen by hand, so every result is one that stands on its own and makes sense out of context. The quote library holds more World English Bible verses for searching.

What translation is this?

The World English Bible (WEB), a public-domain modern English translation. The text is quoted word for word; only the punctuation marks are tidied.

Can I get a verse about a specific topic?

Yes. Tap a topic under Topic before pressing New random verse, or open a topic page such as Bible verses about hope to see them all.

How is the verse of the day chosen?

From the date: each day maps to one verse in a fixed shuffled list, so it is the same for everyone that day and changes at midnight.

Can I use the verse in my own designs?

Yes. The World English Bible is in the public domain, so you can use the text anywhere. Naming the reference and “WEB” helps readers look it up.