Can I get random verses from only the well-known parts of the Bible?

Yes. The Range slider on the homepage narrows the draw from all 31,102 verses down to as few as the 100 best-known, and anywhere in between. Every verse inside the range is equally likely, so the draw stays truly random — over a smaller part of Scripture.

How does TrulyRandomVerse decide which Bible verses are best known?

Every verse is ranked by the community votes on the OpenBible.info cross-references it appears in — how often readers look it up, and how often other passages are tied back to it. Jeremiah 29:11 and John 3:16 rank in the top five; genealogies and census lists sit near the end of the 31,102.

Does the verse range work with different Bible translations?

Yes. The ranking is keyed to the KJV verse numbering and mapped to every supported translation, including editions whose numbering differs from the KJV. A verse a translation leaves blank is skipped rather than shown empty.

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Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

Zephaniah 1:11

The Day of the LORD is Near

I. In context 5,439 passages · 1,189 chapters

The Passage Zephaniah 1:7-13

7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.

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The Chapter Zephaniah 1

1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

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Overviews of Each Book of the Bible An Introduction to Lamentations: Sorrow over Jerusalem Five poems over Jerusalem's destruction in 586 B.C., most of them acrostic — grief given a strict form, and mercies new every morning set at the exact centre. Begin reading

Key People of the Bible (Character Studies) Jeremiah: The Suffering Prophet of a New Covenant Overviews of Each Book of the Bible An Introduction to Zephaniah: The Coming Day of the Lord Major Old Testament Narratives & Events Jeremiah: The Weeping Prophet Major Old Testament Narratives & Events The Destruction of Solomon's Temple

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