The Bible Search supports a rich syntax to help you find verses quickly. Below are the operators and wildcards you can use:
Operator / Syntax
Description
Example Query & Result
+ (or space)
Logical AND: Finds verses containing all terms. Note that searching words separated only by a space behaves as an exact phrase. Use + to find terms anywhere in the same verse.
jesus + wept
Finds verses containing both "jesus" and "wept" in any order.
-
Logical NOT / Exclude: Excludes verses containing the term after the minus sign.
jesus - wept
Finds verses containing "jesus" but NOT "wept".
|
Logical OR: Finds verses containing either term.
grace | mercy
Finds verses containing "grace", "mercy", or both.
%
Multi-character Wildcard: Matches zero or more non-space characters.
behav%
Matches "behave", "behaved", "behaveth", "behavior", etc.
_
Single-character Wildcard: Matches exactly one single alphabetical character.
h_t
Matches "hat", "hot", "hit", etc.
" "
Exact Phrase: Wraps a search term in double quotes to find an exact match for the entire phrase.
"in the beginning"
Finds verses containing exactly "in the beginning" with no variations.
[Book]
Search Scope: Restricts your search to a specific book, range of books, or chapter range.
lord [Matt](Only Matthew) faith [Heb - Jam](Hebrews to James) spirit [Matt 4 - 8](Matthew Ch. 4 to 8) love [John 1:1 - 3:16](Specific range)
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Flow verses together in continuous paragraphs instead of listing them verse-by-verse. New paragraphs start at pilcrow (¶) markers.
Highlight words with Strong's Hebrew and Greek concordance references to view definitions.
48:15Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
50:27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.