Automatic Bible Links Rules:



  • Must start with "(" or ";" or "," or "and" or "or"
  • Does not require an ending ")"
  • Ranges with a book are linked: Gen 1:1-5. Ranges across books only links to first book.
  • Multiple verses separated by commas only link the first verse: Gen 1:1, 4
  • Case is insensitive
  • There must be:



    • At least one space between the book and the chapter (or verse for single chapter books).


    • No spaces between the chapter and if provided: the colon, verse, dash and following verse.




  • Must either be a full name of a book of the bible or one of the these exact abbreviations (spaces are allowed after numbers, e.g. 2 ki, ii ki):


    • gen, exo, lev, num, deu, jos, jdg, rth, 1sam, isam, 2sam, iisam, 1ki, iki, 2ki, iiki, ichr, ichr, 2chr, iichr, ezr, neh, est, psa, ps, pro, ecc, sng, song, isa, jer, lam, ezk, dan, hos, jol, amo, oba, jon, mic, nah, hab, zep, hag, zec, mal, mat, mrk, luk, joh, act, rom, 1cor, icor, 2cor, iicor, gal, eph, php, col, 1th, ith, 2th, iith, 1ti, itim, 2tim, iiti, ti, phm, heb, jas, 1pe, ipe, 2pe, iipe, 1joh, ijoh, 2joh, iijoh, 3joh, iiijoh, jud, rev





  • Both Psalms and Psalm are accepted, as are Song of Solomon and Song of Songs
  • 1, 2 and 3 can be Roman numerals I, II, III
  • Single chapter books (Obadiah, Philemon, 2 John and 3 John) assumes the number after the book is a verse, not a chapter (e.g. Oba 2 links to Obadia 1:2).
  • A range the spans books will not link correctly to just the first book if the second book starts with a number (e.g. 2 Kings)


  • Any extra HTML formatting within the bible reference can disable the automatic linking. Use "Source" to view the HTML.

(Genesis 1:1; Exodus 1:1, Leviticus 1:1 and Numbers 1:1 or Deuteronomy 1:1)


(1 Samuel 1:1; 2 Samuel 1:1, 1 Kings 1:1 and 2 Kings 1:1 or 1 Chronicles 1:1) (see also 1 Chronicles 2-3, 2 Chronicles 6:4-7:1 and 2 Chronicles 7:1-Ezra 1:1)


(I Samuel 1:1; II Samuel 1:1, II Kings 1:1 and II Kings 1:1 or II Chronicles 1:1) (see also I Chronicles 2-3, II Chronicles 6:4-7:1 and I Kings 7:1-II Kings 1:1)


(Genesis 1)(this will also link to the first book of genesis due to the spaces before the colon Genesis 1 : 5)


(see Genesis 1:1-3) (see also Genesis 2-3, Genesis 6:4-7:1 and Genesis 7:1-Exodus 1:1)


(Genesis 1:1,4) (Genesis 1:1, 5) (Genesis 1:1, 5, 10,15)


(Genesis 1:1; etc.) (Genesis 1:1-3,5; Exodus 1:1;Leviticus 1:1) (this can also be seen in Genesis 1:1 and Exodus 1:1)


(Genesis 1:1) (gen 1:1)


(Exodus 1:1) (exo 1:1)


(Leviticus 1:1) (lev 1:1)


(Numbers 1:1) (Numbers 1:54) (num 1:1)


(Deuteronomy 1:1) (deu 1:1)


(Joshua 1:1) (jos 1:1)


(Judges 1:1) (jdg 1:1)


(Ruth 1:1) (rth 1:1)


(1 Samuel 1:1) (I Samuel 1:1) (1sam 1:1 and isam 1:1)


(2 Samuel 1:1) (II Samuel 1:1) (2sam 1:1 and iisam 1:1)


(1 Kings 1:1) (1ki 1:1 and iki 1:1)


(2 Kings 1:1) (2ki 1:1 and iiki 1:1)


(1 Chronicles 1:1) (1chr 1:1 and ichr 1:1)


(2 Chronicles 1:1) (2chr 1:1 and iichr 1:1)


(Ezra 1:1) (ezr 1:1)


(Nehemiah 1:1) (neh 1:1)


(Esther 1:1) (est 1:1)


(Job 1:1) (psa 1:1)


(Psalm 1:1) (ps 1:1)


(Psalms 1:1)


(Proverbs 1:1) (pro 1:1)


(Ecclesiastes 1:1) (ecc 1:1)


(Song of Solomon 1:1) (song 1:1)


(Isaiah 1:1) (isa 1:1)


(Jeremiah 1:1) (jer 1:1)


(Lamentations 1:1) (lam 1:1)


(Ezekiel 1:1) (ezk 1:1)


(Daniel 1:1) (dan 1:1)


(Hosea 1:1) (hos 1:1)


(Joel 1:1) (jol 1:1)


(Amos 1:1) (amo 1:1)


(Obadiah 2) (Obadiah 1:2) Only one chapter, should link to second verse (oba 2 and oba 1:1)


(Jonah 1:1) (jon 1:1)


(Micah 1:1) (mic 1:1)


(Nahum 1:1) (nah 1:1)


(Habakkuk 1:1) (hab 1:1)


(Zephaniah 1:1) (zep 1:1)


(Haggai 1:1) (hag 1:1)


(Zechariah 1:1) (zec 1:1)


(Malachi 1:1) (mal 1:1)


(Matthew 1:1) (mat 1:1)


(Mark 1:1) (mrk 1:1)


(Luke 1:1) (luk 1:1)


(John 1:1) (joh 1:1)


(Acts 1:1) (act 1:1)


(Romans 1:1) (rom 1:1)


(1 Corinthians 1:1) (I Corinthians 1:1) (1cor 1:1 and icor 1:1)


(2 Corinthians 1:1) (II Corinthians 1:1) (2cor 1:1 and iicor 1:1)


(Galatians 1:1) (gal 1:1)


(Ephesians 1:1) (eph 1:1)


(Philippians 1:1) (php 1:1)


(Colossians 1:1) (col 1:1)


(1 Thessalonians 1:1) (I Thessalonians 1:1) (1th 1:1 and ith 1:1)


(2 Thessalonians 1:1) (II Thessalonians 1:1) (2th 1:1 and iith 1:1)


(1 Timothy 1:1) (I Timothy 1:1) (1tim 1:1 and itim 1:1)


(2 Timothy 1:1) (II Timothy 1:1) (2tim 1:1 and iitim 1:1)


(Titus 1:1) (ti 1:1)


(Philemon 2) (Philemon 1:2) Only one chapter, should link to second verse (phm 2 and phm 1:1)


(Hebrews 1:1) (heb 1:1)


(James 1:1) (jas 1:1)


(1 Peter 1:1) (I Peter 1:1) (1pe 1:1 and ipe 1:1)


(2 Peter 1:1) (II Peter 1:1) (2pe 1:1 and iipe 1:1)


(1 John 1:1) (I John 1:1) (1joh 1:1 and ijoh 1:1)


(2 John 2) (II John 1:2) Only one chapter, should link to second verse (2 joh 2, 2joh 1:1 and iijoh 1:1)


(3 John 2) (III John 1:2) Only one chapter, should link to second verse (3 joh 2, 3joh 1:1 and iiijoh 1:1)


(III John 1:2) (II John 1:2) (I John 1:2) (II John 1:2) (III John 1:2)


(Jude 2) (Jude 1:2) Only one chapter, should link to second verse (no abbreviation supported)


(Revelation 1:1) (rev 1:1)


These should not created links: (best 1) (fact 2) (from 3) (patti 4)