Random Bible Verse
One button. Any of the 31,102 verses of the Bible. Each tap picks a book, chapter and verse with equal probability across the whole canon — no "popular verse" shortlist, no repeats to pad the result, no signup. Switch between the King James Version and the World English Bible, copy the verse, or download it as an image card.
Quick answer: This tool draws a uniformly random verse from all 31,102 verses of the King James Version (and the World English Bible) every time you tap. It is fully random — each verse in the Bible has the same chance — with no repeats filtering and no signup. You can filter the draw to twelve themes (anxiety, strength, hope, peace, and more) and switch between the two public-domain translations freely.
| Verse pool | All 31,102 verses of the KJV — the full canon, Genesis 1:1 through Revelation 22:21 |
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| Randomness | Uniform draw weighted by verse count: each verse has an equal chance. No "popular verses" list is favored. |
| Translations | King James Version (1611, public domain) and World English Bible (public domain) — switch any verse between them |
| Data | Self-hosted public-domain text — verses are served from this site's own files, never typed or paraphrased by hand |
| Filters | Optional theme filter — twelve curated themes including anxiety, fear, hope, love and gratitude |
| Cost | Free, no account, no newsletter required. Copy and image-card downloads work without signup. |
What "random" means here
Most "random verse" sites draw from a hand-picked set of two or three hundred famous verses, which is why the same encouraging passages keep appearing. This tool does the opposite: it counts the verses in every book of the Bible and draws uniformly across all 31,102 of them. That means most results are verses nobody would have chosen — genealogies, laws, travel itineraries — which is exactly what full-Bible randomness sounds like. It also means the occasional famous verse appears with its true, low probability.
If you want themed draws instead, use the theme filter: it restricts the draw to a curated list of fifteen verses for a given topic, which is the mode most readers use for encouragement.
- Full-canon mode: uniform probability across all 31,102 KJV verses
- Theme mode: fifteen curated verses per theme, drawn at random
- Every draw re-rolls — there is no queue and no repeat-suppression
KJV and WEB: why these two translations
The King James Version (1611) and the World English Bible are both in the public domain, which means their text can be displayed and copied freely and accurately. This site uses only these two: no copyrighted modern translation (NIV, ESV, NASB and similar) is quoted anywhere, because reproducing them requires a license. The WEB is a modern-English update in the public-domain tradition, useful when a KJV phrase like "Be careful for nothing" (Philippians 4:6) reads as something it no longer means.
Every verse card has a one-tap switch between the two, and the verses were verified against the source texts verse by verse when this site's data was built — spot checks included John 3:16, John 11:35 and Psalm 23 through both translations.
How people actually use it
Daily readers use it as a small act of opening the Bible at random — the digital equivalent of the old practice of letting the book fall open. Writers and teachers use it for illustrations. Some use the theme filter as a prompt for journaling, reading the drawn verse slowly and writing one paragraph in response. In all cases the honest caveat is the same: a random verse is a starting point for thought, not an oracle, and the Bible itself is best read in whole passages and books rather than single scattered lines.
Frequently Asked Questions
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More Bible verse tools
Pick a feeling or theme — anxiety, hope, strength — and get a Bible verse for it, from a curated list.
Today's verse in the King James Version — same verse all day, no repeats-for-clickbait, plus the archive.
Today's verse in the World English Bible — modern English, public domain, same daily schedule as the KJV page.
More verse topics
15 KJV verses for anxious moments — Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:7, Matthew 6:34 and more.
15 KJV "fear not" verses — Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 23:4, Joshua 1:9 and more.
15 KJV verses for weary seasons — Isaiah 40:31, Philippians 4:13, Psalm 46:1 and more.
15 KJV verses for hopeful endurance — Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 15:13, Lamentations 3:22-23 and more.
15 KJV verses on peace — John 14:27, Isaiah 26:3, Psalm 4:8 and more.
15 KJV verses to encourage someone — Isaiah 41:10, Joshua 1:9, Hebrews 10:24-25 and more.
More guides
Where the daily-verse tradition comes from, how sites choose the verse, and how to use one well.
Practical memory methods for Bible verses — repetition schedules, chunking, and which verses to start with.
KJV vs. modern translations, the copyright issue, and why this site quotes only public-domain Bibles.
Verses for starting the day and for the end of it — with the reasoning for each pick.