About the project

A Bible-reading tool built around context

Show Me a Bible Passage helps readers discover Scripture, continue into the surrounding chapter, and learn practical habits for understanding what they read.

Why this site exists

A random verse can be memorable, but a biblical sentence is part of a paragraph, chapter, book, and larger story. This project begins with the convenience of a passage generator and then gives readers clear ways to go further: full-chapter links, a daily passage, topic collections, and original reading guides.

Context first

Every generated passage links to its full chapter, and editorial pages repeatedly encourage readers to widen the reading unit before applying a verse.

Transparent selection

The random generator uses browser-based randomness. The daily passage uses a date-based selection. Neither feature claims to provide prophecy, private revelation, or a guaranteed answer to a personal question.

Original guidance

Reading guides and context notes are created specifically for this site to help visitors understand reading methods, structure, genre, and immediate context.

What you can do here

How passages are selected

The generator selects from a curated library of Old and New Testament readings. The library intentionally uses passages rather than only isolated sentences. Each entry includes its book, chapter, reference, text, testament, approximate reading length, and a link to the complete chapter.

The passage library is not presented as a complete digital Bible. Its purpose is to support the discovery tools on this site while sending readers to the surrounding chapter for fuller context.

Translation

The site uses the World English Bible, Protestant Edition (WEBP), with U.S. spelling. It is public domain, which allows the project to display Scripture directly without placing the core reading experience behind a proprietary text license. Read the translation information.

Editorial approach

Our editorial material aims to be broadly useful to Christian readers across traditions. Where Christians interpret a passage differently, the site avoids pretending that a disputed interpretation is the only possible reading. The emphasis is on observation, literary context, chapter context, and questions that help readers continue studying.

Read the full editorial standards.

Explore the library

Important: This website is a reading aid. It is not a replacement for a local church, pastoral care, professional counseling, medical care, or careful study of Scripture.