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Type what you remember, a reference, a passage's name, or what you're going through, in your own words. Search does the rest.

What you can search

Something you half-remember

A rough description, a familiar phrase, a story, or the exact words. Search reads for meaning as well as wording, so "the one about not worrying because God looks after the birds" finds Matthew 6 just as surely as the verse itself would.

A reference

John 3:16, Ps 23, 1st John 4:8, however you type it.

A passage by name

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What you're going through

Describe it in your own words. Search shows the verses that speak to it, and the books of the Bible you may want to read.

How it works

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Then keep reading

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