About Verse a Bible

What this site is

Verse a Bible is for reading the Bible — not excerpts of it, the whole thing.

All 66 books, chapter by chapter, with an introduction to each one answering what usually stops a first-time reader: who wrote it, to whom, when, and what the book is trying to say. Reading Leviticus without knowing what Leviticus is remains the most common reason people quit on the third book.

Every verse has its own link, so you can cite it and send someone the exact reference. The reader remembers where you stopped, so you can come back the next day without hunting for your place.

This is the site in our group that carries the complete Bible text in English. If you want to check a passage in the context of its chapter, you are in the right place.

Who writes here

Ruth Callaway — Bible literacy teacher, MA in Religious Studies. Writes the introductions to all 66 books and the reading guides.

Daniel Mercer — theological reviewer, ThM in Biblical Studies. Reviews every text before it is published.

Tools

The reading plan breaks the Bible into daily portions and shows how far you have come. The Bible quiz helps what you read stick. Both free, no sign-up.

Our sister sites

This site belongs to a small editorial group with the same newsroom and the same standards, split by purpose instead of repeating the same content at different addresses:

• Verse a Bible — the complete Bible to read, book by book, with an introduction to every book and a reading plan.
• Verse a Prayer — verses organized by topic and occasion, with a short explanation of each, plus original prayers.

In Portuguese, the same standards at Versículos e Orações, Bíblia Luz and Versículo Hoje.

How we work

We never rewrite Scripture: we quote the translation as it is and we say which one, in translations and licenses. We only use openly licensed translations — never NIV, ESV or NLT, which are copyrighted works.

What is ours — introductions, explanations, prayers and reflections — is written by people, named on the page, and reviewed by a second person before publishing. We stay with what the Christian traditions hold in common: we are not tied to any denomination and we do not write as if you belonged to one.

Everything is free and requires no sign-up. See also our editorial policy and our methodology.

Devotional content. It does not replace medical, psychological or legal advice.