Bible Journal

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by Skyler Norgaard

An interface for Bible journaling and notetaking. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.

↓ 65 downloadsUpdated 19d agoMIT
Install in ObsidianView on GitHub

Bible Journal

An interface for bible journaling and notetaking.

Bible Journal is an Obsidian community plugin for personal Bible study. It provides offline chapter text (World English Bible), a one-time setup wizard for new vaults, and a mobile-friendly Bible Reader with study notes in the sidebar.

Features

  • Setup wizard — copies WEB chapters into ~ Bible/ and creates starter folders
  • Bible Reader — chapter picker, prev/next navigation, verse selection
  • Study Notes sidebar — notes grouped by chapter, section, or book; structure file support
  • One-tap new note — creates a tagged note in 1. Bible verses/ from the current chapter
  • Tag search — AND/OR tag queries with optional snapshot saves to ~Tag Searches/

Install

From Obsidian Community Plugins (recommended)

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins.
  2. Browse and search for Bible Journal.
  3. Install and enable the plugin.
  4. Open Settings → Bible Journal → Set up my Bible Journal.

Manual install

  1. Download the latest release from GitHub Releases.
  2. Extract into your vault: .obsidian/plugins/bible-journal/
  3. Enable Bible Journal under Community plugins.
  4. Run Set up my Bible Journal in plugin settings.

Obsidian's installer only downloads the first three automatically. The setup wizard downloads bible-data.zip from the release URL on first run.

First-time setup

  1. Settings → Bible Journal → Set up my Bible Journal
  2. Wait while chapter files copy into ~ Bible/ (about 30–90 seconds on mobile)
  3. Open a chapter in the Bible Reader and start taking notes

Default vault folders:

FolderPurpose
~ Bible/Chapter text (WEB)
1. Bible verses/Your study notes
2. Quotes/Saved quotes
3. Teachings & Discussions/Talks and studies
~Tag Searches/Saved tag-search snapshots

Bible text and licensing

  • World English Bible (WEB) — public domain.
  • Section structure headings — derived from Berean Standard Bible (BSB) USFM, public domain.

Privacy

The plugin does not use telemetry or accounts. First-time setup downloads Bible text from this repository's GitHub release. After setup, everything runs offline.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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