Can I get random verses from only the well-known parts of the Bible?

Yes. The Range slider on the homepage narrows the draw from all 31,102 verses down to as few as the 100 best-known, and anywhere in between. Every verse inside the range is equally likely, so the draw stays truly random — over a smaller part of Scripture.

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Every verse is ranked by the community votes on the OpenBible.info cross-references it appears in — how often readers look it up, and how often other passages are tied back to it. Jeremiah 29:11 and John 3:16 rank in the top five; genealogies and census lists sit near the end of the 31,102.

Does the verse range work with different Bible translations?

Yes. The ranking is keyed to the KJV verse numbering and mapped to every supported translation, including editions whose numbering differs from the KJV. A verse a translation leaves blank is skipped rather than shown empty.

Random Bible Verses From The Whole Bible

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Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

Isaiah 28:2

Woe to Drunken Ephraim (Samaria)

I. In context 5,439 passages · 1,189 chapters

The Passage Isaiah 28:1-6

1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

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The Chapter Isaiah 28

7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

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II. Study deeper 1,057 articles

Major Old Testament Narratives & Events The Day of the Lord in the Book of Joel The phrase runs five times through Joel's three chapters: a locust plague read as a foretaste, a call to rend the heart, and the Spirit on all flesh. Begin reading

Key People of the Bible (Character Studies) Goliath: The Arrogance of Power Overviews of Each Book of the Bible An Introduction to Zephaniah: The Coming Day of the Lord Overviews of Each Book of the Bible An Introduction to Nahum: Judgment on Nineveh Deeper Dives into Specific Passages & Chapters The "Comfort, Comfort My People" section of Isaiah 40

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