About

phpBible.org was originally created in 2004 by Danny Carlton to serve as an installable Bible package for web sites. It included the King James version of the Bible, Strong's Concordance and a Hebrew/Greek lexicon. It was (and still is) provided free of charge and was used on numerous ministry and church web sites across the internet. Eventually, though, technology changed and it was replaced by KJBible.org and then myOpenBible.org. But a devoted user base had been established which used the original site, so it was restored and a new design was implimented, as well as a location for the original site. Now almost 16 years after its first launch, it's being offered with an even newer design and hopefully a functional interface to satisfy the needs of the users across the internet.

How to Search

Find exact chapters and/or verses by typing the book, chapter, and/or verse in the search box.
Example: John 3:16

Find verses containing two or more words you want by typing them in, separated by a space.
Example: Christ mercy

Find verses containing an exact phrase by enclosing it in quotation marks.
Example: "for God so loved the world"

Find verses containing partial words by using the wildcard *.
Example: love* (returns love, loves, loved, lovely, etc.)

Warning: do not combine quotes and wild card.

Tools

Outline A chapter outline is provided as well as a book outline excerpted from John MacArthur's introduction to the books.

Commentaries Commentaries for the chapter from 10 well-known theological sources are provided.

Dictionary When the Dictionary tool is selected, words available from Easton's Dictionary of the Bible will be highlighted. Clicking the word will make the definition appear in the tools section.

Lexicons When the Lexicon tool is selected, words keyed to Strong's Concordance will be highlighted. Clicking the word will make either the Strong's or the IPD lexicon definition appear in the tools section.

Introduction Book introductions to the selected book by eight, well-known theological sources are provided.

Hebrew/Greek The Greek or Hebrew version of the selected text.

Filter (keyword search) The filter provides a list of Bible sections to filter the word search and shows the results produced by each filter.

Books of the Bible

Passage Display

Select Traditional to view passage display results in traditional format

Select Paragraph to view passage display results in paragraph format.

Select Reading to view passage display results in reading format.

The Old Site

Due to requests by those who still use the old site, we've left it up and active. You can reach it at http://phpBible.org/search/,