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Random Bible Verse Generator
Pick a category or choose 'All verses', then press the button. The generator draws one verse at random from a curated KJV pool, shows the reference and full text, and tracks how many verses you have drawn this session.
The current pool has 30 verses.
About the verse pool
The verses are drawn from the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain in the United States. Category labels are editorial; many verses fit more than one theme.
Psalm 23:1
Encouragement
All verse text is King James Version, public domain in the United States. Press the button again for another verse, or filter by category to narrow the pool.
Examples
All verses
30 verses across 6 categories
Encouragement
Psalm 23, Romans 8:28, Lamentations 3:22-23, etc.
Strength
Philippians 4:13, Isaiah 40:31, Joshua 1:9, etc.
Healing
Psalm 147:3, Matthew 11:28, etc.
How it works
The tool runs entirely in your browser. There are no API calls. The pool is a single in-page JavaScript array of public-domain KJV verses tagged by editorial category.
Pick · filter VERSES by category, then sample one at random
Use the category buttons to narrow the pool. Press "Show a random verse" again for a different draw.
Related Bible pages
- Bible verses about love for a curated list with explanations.
- Bible verses about strength for courage and endurance passages.
- Bible verses about healing for verses on comfort and restoration.
- Bible verses about faith for faith and trust passages.
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Frequently asked questions
The King James Version (1611, with later printings) is in the public domain in the United States. Modern translations are copyrighted and cannot be freely quoted online in full. KJV gives a complete, royalty-free verse text and is one of the most widely read English translations.
The categories (encouragement, faith, love, strength, healing, wisdom) are editorial. Each verse is tagged with the category that best fits its theme. Many verses speak to more than one theme; the tagging picks the strongest match.
About 30 verses across six categories. The pool is curated to surface well-known passages that are encouraging and theologically representative, not exhaustive. For full-text Bible reading, use a complete KJV Bible.
Yes. The button picks one verse uniformly at random from the current pool (all verses, or just the selected category). The tool also avoids repeating the same verse twice in a row when there is more than one option in the pool.
Yes, KJV text is public domain in the United States. You can copy, quote, share, or print the verses without permission or attribution. Outside the U.S., KJV copyright status can differ (it is under crown copyright in the U.K.); check your local rules if you publish internationally.
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