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Bible Gateway API: Get Verse of the Day

Gets Bible Gateway's Verse of the Day in the requested translation (NIV by default). The date is the one Bible Gateway assigns, which may differ from the local date.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Translation optionaltranslation

Bible translation name or abbreviation, such as King James Version or KJV. Defaults to NIV.

NIV (default)

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026.
{  "date": "2026-10-23",  "link": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%206%3A2&version=NIV",  "reference": "Galatians 6:2",  "verse_text": "Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.",  "translation_name": "New International Version",  "translation_abbreviation": "NIV"}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
biblegateway.com/get_verse_of_the_day
Returns
date, reference, translation name and abbreviation, verse text, link

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method biblegateway.com/get_verse_of_the_day with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

  • What is today's verse of the day in the NIV?
  • Show me the Bible verse of the day in the King James Version
  • Give me today's verse with its reference and link, in ESV
  • I need the daily Bible verse from Bible Gateway in KJV
  • What verse does Bible Gateway feature today in New Living Translation?
  • Reads up to one chapter of a Bible passage in a chosen Bible Gateway translation. Licensed translations may show only part of the requested passage.

    biblegateway.com/get_passage
  • Finds Bible verses on Bible Gateway that contain the search words or relate to a topic. Returns the verse text and links in Bible order.

    biblegateway.com/search_bible
  • Gets Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for today or a past archive date, with its meaning, example, pronunciation and background note. Dates without a published entry are unavailable.

    merriam-webster.com/get_word_of_the_day
  • Gets the quote BrainyQuote shows today in a chosen daily category (general, love, nature, funny or art), with its author and quote link. The date follows the day shown on BrainyQuote.

    brainyquote.com/get_quote_of_the_day
  • Returns NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for a date: title, explanation, featured media link, optional high-resolution link, and credit.

    nasa.gov/get_astronomy_picture_of_the_day
  • Gets a zodiac sign's daily horoscope from Horoscope.com for yesterday, today or tomorrow. The sign can be a sign name or a birthday.

    horoscope.com/get_daily_horoscope
  • Finds Quran.com verses matching a word or topic, with Arabic text and a translation in the selected language, in Quran.com search order.

    quran.com/search_quran
  • Finds the closest Wayback Machine capture of a web page to a past date and returns its title and readable text.

    web.archive.org/get_archived_page