Random Bible Verse Generator
Press the button for a verse from the King James Bible. Start with well-known passages, or draw from all 31,102 verses. Free, with nothing to sign up for.
Choosing a verse…
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How it works
1. Choose where to draw from
A list of 192 well-known passages to begin with. Switch to the whole Bible, one Testament, Psalms, Proverbs, the Gospels or a single book.
2. Press “New verse”
A verse is drawn by chance and shown with its book, chapter and verse number. Press again for another, Previous to go back, or Save to keep it.
3. Read around it
Open the surrounding verses, or the whole chapter, to see what comes before and after. Then copy the verse or share a link to it.
Generators for one part of the Bible
Each of these opens the generator already set to one part of Scripture, with notes on what you will find there.
Ways to use a random verse
- Start the day with it. Read the verse of the day before you open anything else, then read the chapter it comes from.
- Pick a memory verse. Draw from the well-known verses, save the one you want, and keep it for the week.
- Use it as a journal prompt. Write down what the verse says, who first heard it, and one thing you will do because of it.
- Open a family or small-group time. Each person draws a verse and reads it aloud, then the group reads the passage together.
- Visit the books you rarely open. About 74% of the Bible's verses are in the Old Testament. Set the generator to a book you have never read through and see where you land.
Read the verse in its setting
A verse drawn by chance is a good door into the Bible. It is not a message picked out for your day, and this page is not meant to be used like one. A verse belongs to a sentence, a paragraph and a book, and its meaning comes from there.
Philippians 4:13 is a good example: “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” On its own it sounds like a promise of success at anything. The two verses before it show what Paul has in mind. He has learned to be content whether he is full or hungry, whether he has plenty or is in need. The “all things” are the hard and the easy seasons he has just listed.
So when a verse comes up, press “Show surrounding verses” and ask three questions. Who is speaking? Who is being spoken to? What was said just before?
About the text
The generator draws from the complete King James Version, Genesis to Revelation. The shortest verse it can show you is John 11:35, “Jesus wept.” The longest is Esther 8:9. The longest chapter is Psalm 119, with 176 verses.
- 66
- Books
- 1,189
- Chapters
- 31,102
- Verses
- 23,145
- Old Testament verses
- 7,957
- New Testament verses
- 2,461
- Verses in Psalms
- 915
- Verses in Proverbs
- 3,779
- Verses in the four Gospels
Questions and answers
Yes. The page opens on "Well-known verses", a list of 192 verses and short passages, and each one has the same chance of coming up. Switch to "Whole Bible" and every one of the 31,102 verses has the same chance, 1 in 31,102. Because that draw is by verse, longer books appear more often: Psalms holds about 8% of the Bible's verses, so about 8 draws in every 100 land there.
A list of 192 verses and short passages that are often quoted and memorized, such as John 3:16-17, Psalm 23:1-3 and Philippians 4:13. A draw from the whole Bible can land on a genealogy, a census list or a line of temple measurements. This list gives you something that reads well on its own, which is why the page starts there.
The King James Version. It was first published in 1611 and is in the public domain in the United States, which is why the full text can be shown here free of charge.
Yes. Use the buttons to draw from the Old Testament, the New Testament, Psalms, Proverbs or the four Gospels, or pick any of the 66 books from the menu. The next verse comes only from what you chose.
Each calendar day has one passage from the well-known list, and it is the same for everyone who visits that day. The list is worked through in a mixed order, so it takes 192 days before a passage repeats.
In your own browser, on the device you are using. There is no account, and the list is not sent to us. It will still be there next time you visit on the same device, and it will be gone if you clear your browser's site data.
We would not. Reading any part of Scripture is worthwhile, but a verse pulled out by chance was not chosen for your circumstances, and a single line can mean something quite different from what its passage says. Use the verse as a way into the chapter: open the surrounding verses, see who is speaking and to whom, and read on from there.
In the King James Version, LORD in capitals marks the places where the Hebrew text has the personal name of God, the four letters YHWH. Lord in ordinary letters translates other words, such as the Hebrew Adonai.
They are older English forms of "you". Thou, thee, thy and thine speak to one person. Ye and you speak to more than one. The King James translators kept the difference because Hebrew and Greek make it too, so the old words tell you whether one person or a group is being addressed.
Yes. Copy puts the verse and its reference on your clipboard. Share opens your phone's share menu, or on a computer copies the verse with a link, and there are direct links for X, Facebook, WhatsApp and email. Anyone who opens the link sees the same verse you did.
Yes. There is a small version made for church sites and blogs. The code to paste into your page is on our free resources page.
It is free and there is nothing to sign up for. Draw as many verses as you like.
Add it to your church site or blog
A small version of this generator can sit on any web page. It shows the verse of the day and a button for another verse. Get the code on the free resources page.
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