Bible Researcher

Generate a full study Bible inside your Obsidian vault from any translation available on API.Bible.

Features

• Chapter & verse notes with Strong's concordance numbers, cross-references (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge), section headings, and book/chapter navigation
• Lexicon — Hebrew and Greek definitions from STEPBible data, linked from every Strong's number in the text
• Interlinear — per-chapter original-language tables (Hebrew OT / Greek NT) with Strong's links and English glosses
• Parallel translations — side-by-side comparison of every translation you've generated
• Study companion pane — auto-updating sidebar showing word studies, cross-references, and backlinks for the active passage
• Bible navigator — book/chapter browser in the sidebar
• Go to passage — fuzzy-search jump to any chapter or verse
• Insert passage — drop formatted scripture into your notes (blockquote, sermon green, callout, plain text, or transclusion)
• Scripture reference autocomplete — type a reference and get inline suggestions
• Reference decorator — clickable, hover-preview links for scripture references in reading mode

Sermon & preaching tools

• Sermon timer — status-bar countdown with amber/red warnings
• Sermon stats — word count, scripture ratio, sentence dynamics, readability grade, and top content words
• Pulpit mode — full-screen teleprompter view of your sermon manuscript
• Proclamation mode — full-screen Bible text delivery with large type
• New sermon from template — scaffold a sermon note pre-filled with a passage
• Export sermon — clean pulpit-ready outline with expanded Bible blocks
• Sermon search — full-text search across all sermons
• Sermon browser — browse sermons by date, series, or book
• Preaching plan — calendar view of upcoming sermons
• Preaching history — track which passages you've preached
• Scripture audit — find sermons missing scripture references
• Sermon coverage — visualize which books/chapters you've preached through

Study & research tools

• Concordance — search for Strong's numbers across the entire Bible
• Word study — deep dive into a Hebrew/Greek word with every occurrence and lexicon entry
• Cross-reference walker — follow chains of cross-references interactively
• Passage connections — see how a passage connects to your sermons and commentary
• Pericope outline — section-heading outline for the active chapter
• Memorize — flashcard-style verse memorization
• Bookmarks — pin passages for quick access
• Reading queue — FIFO queue for sermon series or study plans
• Reading history — track recent Bible reading
• Linkify references — auto-link scripture references in your notes
• Add to daily note — append the active passage to today's daily note

Getting started

1. Install the plugin from Community Plugins
2. Get a free API key from scripture.api.bible (sign up, create an app, copy the key)
3. Paste your API key in the plugin settings
4. Click Generate study Bible and pick a translation
5. The plugin downloads the full Bible text and generates all notes in your vault

Generation takes a few minutes depending on your connection. It supports resume if interrupted.

Requirements

• A free API.Bible API key (5,000 requests/day free tier)
• Obsidian 1.0.0 or later

Network usage

This plugin makes network requests during generation only:

• API.Bible (rest.api.bible) — fetches Bible text using your API key. Requires a free account.
• STEPBible-Data on GitHub (raw.githubusercontent.com) — downloads Hebrew/Greek lexicon and interlinear data (one-time, ~10 MB each).

No data is collected, no telemetry is sent, and no network requests are made outside of these two generation workflows.

Data sources

• Bible text: API.Bible (various translations and licenses)
• Strong's concordance: STEPBible-Data (CC BY 4.0)
• Cross-references: OpenBible.info Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (CC BY 4.0)
• Lexicon & interlinear: STEPBible-Data (CC BY 4.0)

License

MIT