> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://urantia.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Bible Verse

> Returns one verse from the World English Bible (eng-web). Accepts OSIS, USFM, full name, or alias for `bookCode`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /bible/{bookCode}/{chapter}/{verse}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Urantia Papers API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    A developer and AI-agent friendly API for the Urantia Papers. Provides
    full-text search, structured content access, and audio URLs for all 17,000+
    paragraphs across 197 papers.
servers:
  - url: https://api.urantia.dev
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:3000
    description: Local development
security: []
paths:
  /bible/{bookCode}/{chapter}/{verse}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Bible
      summary: Get a single Bible verse
      description: >-
        Returns one verse from the World English Bible (eng-web). Accepts OSIS,
        USFM, full name, or alias for `bookCode`.
      operationId: getBibleVerse
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
          required: true
          name: bookCode
          in: path
        - schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
          required: true
          name: chapter
          in: path
        - schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
          required: true
          name: verse
          in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Single verse
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                      reference:
                        type: string
                      bookCode:
                        type: string
                      bookName:
                        type: string
                      bookOrder:
                        type: integer
                      canon:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - ot
                          - deuterocanon
                          - nt
                      chapter:
                        type: integer
                      verse:
                        type: integer
                      text:
                        type: string
                      translation:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - id
                      - reference
                      - bookCode
                      - bookName
                      - bookOrder
                      - canon
                      - chapter
                      - verse
                      - text
                      - translation
                required:
                  - data
        '404':
          description: Verse not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                  title:
                    type: string
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  detail:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - type
                  - title
                  - status
                  - detail
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                  title:
                    type: string
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  detail:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - type
                  - title
                  - status
                  - detail

````