Random Bible launches on BuiltByIndies this week. I build it on my own, and this post is about the Chrome extension: it puts a Bible verse of the day on every new tab.
The new tab
Every new tab opens on a verse over a calm photo, with a clock and the date above it. So when you open a tab to check your mail, you read a line of Scripture first.
The verse of the day changes at midnight and stays the same on every tab. "Another verse" gives you a random one, and "Back to today's verse" returns to the day's verse. The previous button steps back through verses you've already seen, and every reference links to its full chapter.
Verses for how you feel
The mood picker next to the verse has ten options: anxious, afraid, grieving, hurting, hopeless, weary, tempted, grateful, seeking peace and struggling. Pick one and every verse after that comes from a set I chose by hand for that moment, including the verse of the day.
The side panel
The button in the corner of the new tab opens Chrome's side panel, and a second click closes it. It has four sections:
Today, the verse of the day on its photo
Saved, every verse you've bookmarked, with search and Undo
Bible, all 66 books with a search; any chapter opens in a full reader
Explore, Bible quizzes, word searches and small group guides for passages like Psalm 23 and the Lord's Prayer
Settings
You can upload your own photo and set how much it's dimmed. The clock runs in 12 or 24 hours, and you can hide the clock, the date or the reference. The verse text is bundled with the extension, so it works offline, in ten languages.
On the website
random-bible.com has the same verses, plus a random Bible verse generator, free Bible verse wallpapers and an app you can install on your phone.
If you try the extension this week, tell me whether the new tab feels calm enough to keep, and what you'd add to the side panel.
