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.
- At least one space between the book and the chapter (or verse for single chapter books).
- 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)
(Joshua 1:1) (jos 1:1)
(Judges 1:1) (jdg 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)
(Nehemiah 1:1) (neh 1:1)
(Esther 1:1) (est 1:1)
(Proverbs 1:1) (pro 1:1)
(Song of Solomon 1:1) (song 1:1)
(Isaiah 1:1) (isa 1:1)
(Jeremiah 1:1) (jer 1:1)
(Ezekiel 1:1) (ezk 1:1)
(Daniel 1:1) (dan 1:1)
(Obadiah 2) (Obadiah 1:2) Only one chapter, should link to second verse (oba 2 and oba 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)
(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)
(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)
(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)
(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)
These should not created links: (best 1) (fact 2) (from 3) (patti 4)