ESV Bible RSS Feeds
The ESV is available in three styles, "verse of the day," "weekly memory plan," and "read through the Bible in a year." We also have a devotional.
Verse of the Day
Two feeds are available:
- Daily (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/daily/) - A new verse each day picked at random from a list of 430 verses.
- Verse (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/verse/) - Optionally specify a passage in the address (e.g., http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/verse/?passage=John+3:16) to show the desired passage in the feed. Note that it will appear without any line breaks, so it's not suitable for extended passages. You can have multiple, separate verses if you separate them with commas (e.g., ?passage=John+1:1-3,14). Each verse or group of verses appears as a separate item. If you don't specify a passage, the computer picks a verse at random from the list of 430 verses that we've compiled.
Weekly Memory Plan
Memorize a new verse from the ESV Bible every week, with daily reminders (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/memory/truth). The verses cover many of the doctrines of the Bible. This plan comes from the ESV Truth Edition. Read a blog entry about it.
Devotional
- Daily Light on the Daily Path (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/daily.light/) - the ESV version of Samuel Bagster's classic. See today's devotional.
Read Through the Bible in a Year
Eight feeds are available. Extended descriptions of each feed... To see the text, we suggest that you use an "RSS Aggregator" program (list of aggregators).
- One-Year Tract Bible Reading Plan (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/one.year.tract/) - based on the M'Cheyne reading system.
- Through the Bible in a Year (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/through.the.bible/) - based on our popular tract.
- Every Day in the Word (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/every.day.in.the.word/) - the popular format.
- Daily Office Lectionary from the Book of Common Prayer (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/bcp/) - a two-year plan that does not cover the entire Bible.
- Daily Reading Bible (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/daily.reading.bible/) - the plan from the ESV Daily Reading Bible.
- Literary Study Bible (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/lsb/) - the plan from the ESV Literary Study Bible.
- Outreach Bible (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/outreach/) - the plan from the ESV Outreach Bible.
- Outreach New Testament (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/outreach.nt/) - the plan from the ESV Outreach New Testament.
- Chronological (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/chronological/) - from Back to the Bible.
Technical notes about the reading plans
Each <item> contains an html <body> tag with a namespace attribute instead of a <description>. If you wish, you can force an escaped-html version of the content to appear in a <description> tag by adding ?include-encoded-content=true to any of the above addresses. For example, here is the address for Through the Bible in a Year using html-escaping.
You can use some (but not all) features of the web services API to control the output. For example, visit http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/through.the.bible/?include-footnotes=false to show Through the Bible in a Year without footnotes.
What is RSS?
RSS is a way for websites, especially weblogs, to communicate with each other and share content automatically. You can also use an "RSS Aggregator" to read a number of sites from a single program. (See a list of aggregators.) For more information, please see the official RSS page or a more practical explanation of how to use RSS.
- Exodus 14:14
- Exodus 15:11
- Exodus 20:16
- Leviticus 20:7-8
- Numbers 23:19
- Deuteronomy 6:4-5
- Deuteronomy 7:9
- Deuteronomy 8:17-18
- Deuteronomy 32:4
- Joshua 1:8
- 1 Samuel 2:2
- 2 Samuel 7:28
- 2 Samuel 22:31
- 1 Kings 8:27
- 1 Kings 8:56
- Job 1:21
- Psalm 1:1-3
- Psalm 3:3
- Psalm 4:8
- Psalm 5:11-12
- Psalm 9:7-8
- Psalm 18:1-2
- Psalm 19:14
- Psalm 23:1
- Psalm 23:4
- Psalm 24:7-8
- Psalm 25:7
- Psalm 27:1
- Psalm 27:14
- Psalm 28:1-2
- Psalm 29:11
- Psalm 30:2
- Psalm 30:4
- Psalm 30:5
- Psalm 30:11-12
- Psalm 31:1-2
- Psalm 31:24
- Psalm 32:1-2
- Psalm 32:8
- Psalm 33:6
- Psalm 34:8
- Psalm 37:4
- Psalm 37:27-29
- Psalm 42:11
- Psalm 46:1-3
- Psalm 50:14-15
- Psalm 51:4
- Psalm 51:10
- Psalm 55:17
- Psalm 55:22
- Psalm 63:3-4
- Psalm 68:19
- Psalm 73:28
- Psalm 84:11
- Psalm 85:2
- Psalm 86:4-5
- Psalm 90:2
- Psalm 91:1-2
- Psalm 94:12-13
- Psalm 94:14-15
- Psalm 99:9
- Psalm 100:4-5
- Psalm 103:2-5
- Psalm 103:11-12
- Psalm 104:1-2
- Psalm 104:24
- Psalm 105:7-8
- Psalm 107:1
- Psalm 115:3
- Psalm 118:24
- Psalm 119:11
- Psalm 119:105
- Psalm 121:5-6
- Psalm 121:7-8
- Psalm 130:5
- Psalm 135:5-7
- Psalm 136:1-3
- Psalm 139:7-10
- Psalm 145:8
- Psalm 145:18-19
- Proverbs 1:7
- Proverbs 3:1-2
- Proverbs 3:3-4
- Proverbs 3:5-6
- Proverbs 3:7-8
- Proverbs 3:9-10
- Proverbs 3:11-12
- Proverbs 3:28-29
- Proverbs 10:4-5
- Proverbs 10:12
- Proverbs 11:28
- Proverbs 12:1
- Proverbs 12:11
- Proverbs 12:18
- Proverbs 12:19
- Proverbs 13:1
- Proverbs 13:20
- Proverbs 14:30
- Proverbs 15:1
- Proverbs 15:9
- Proverbs 15:22
- Proverbs 15:26
- Proverbs 15:29
- Proverbs 15:31-32
- Proverbs 15:33
- Proverbs 16:3
- Proverbs 16:7
- Proverbs 16:8
- Proverbs 16:9
- Proverbs 16:12
- Proverbs 16:19
- Proverbs 16:28
- Proverbs 16:32
- Proverbs 17:17
- Proverbs 17:22
- Proverbs 18:10
- Proverbs 18:12
- Proverbs 18:24
- Proverbs 19:11
- Proverbs 19:20
- Proverbs 19:21
- Proverbs 20:3
- Proverbs 20:9
- Proverbs 20:22
- Proverbs 21:17
- Proverbs 21:21
- Proverbs 22:4
- Proverbs 22:6
- Proverbs 23:4-5
- Proverbs 23:22
- Proverbs 25:15
- Proverbs 25:21-22
- Proverbs 25:28
- Proverbs 26:12
- Proverbs 27:5-6
- Proverbs 28:6
- Proverbs 28:10
- Proverbs 28:22
- Proverbs 29:25
- Ecclesiastes 7:8
- Ecclesiastes 7:9
- Isaiah 1:18
- Isaiah 26:4
- Isaiah 26:8
- Isaiah 30:21
- Isaiah 32:17
- Isaiah 40:26
- Isaiah 40:30-31
- Isaiah 41:10
- Isaiah 43:2
- Isaiah 50:7
- Isaiah 50:10
- Isaiah 52:7
- Isaiah 55:6-7
- Isaiah 55:8-9
- Isaiah 55:10-11
- Isaiah 61:1
- Jeremiah 23:23-24
- Jeremiah 29:11
- Jeremiah 31:3
- Lamentations 3:22-23
- Micah 6:8
- Nahum 1:7
- Zephaniah 3:17
- Zechariah 7:9-10
- Matthew 5:3
- Matthew 5:4
- Matthew 5:5
- Matthew 5:6
- Matthew 5:7
- Matthew 5:8
- Matthew 5:9
- Matthew 5:10
- Matthew 5:11-12
- Matthew 5:14-16
- Matthew 5:18
- Matthew 5:23-24
- Matthew 5:43-45
- Matthew 5:46-48
- Matthew 6:1
- Matthew 6:2-4
- Matthew 6:6
- Matthew 6:14-15
- Matthew 6:19-21
- Matthew 6:24
- Matthew 6:34
- Matthew 7:7-8
- Matthew 11:28-30
- Matthew 12:36-37
- Matthew 12:50
- Matthew 16:24
- Matthew 18:1-4
- Matthew 18:5-6
- Matthew 18:20
- Matthew 18:21-22
- Matthew 22:37-39
- Matthew 23:12
- Matthew 24:42
- Matthew 28:18-20
- Mark 10:43-45
- Mark 11:25
- Mark 12:30-31
- Mark 13:31
- Luke 4:18-19
- Luke 6:27-28
- Luke 6:35-36
- Luke 6:37-38
- Luke 12:6-7
- Luke 12:15
- Luke 12:29-31
- Luke 19:10
- John 1:1-3
- John 1:12
- John 1:14
- John 3:3
- John 3:16-17
- John 3:36
- John 4:13-14
- John 5:24
- John 6:27
- John 6:35
- John 6:37
- John 6:47
- John 6:51
- John 8:32
- John 8:36
- John 10:27-30
- John 11:25-26
- John 13:34-35
- John 14:2-3
- John 14:16-17
- John 14:18
- John 14:21
- John 14:23
- John 14:27
- John 15:9-11
- John 15:12-14
- John 15:16
- John 20:29
- Acts 2:36
- Acts 2:38
- Acts 16:31
- Acts 17:24-25
- Acts 20:32
- Acts 20:35
- Romans 1:16-17
- Romans 5:1
- Romans 5:3-5
- Romans 5:8
- Romans 5:17
- Romans 6:3-4
- Romans 6:14
- Romans 6:22
- Romans 6:23
- Romans 8:2
- Romans 8:6
- Romans 8:15
- Romans 8:18
- Romans 8:26
- Romans 8:28
- Romans 8:29
- Romans 8:31
- Romans 8:32
- Romans 8:37
- Romans 8:38-39
- Romans 10:9-10
- Romans 10:17
- Romans 12:1
- Romans 12:2
- Romans 12:10
- Romans 12:11
- Romans 12:13
- Romans 12:21
- Romans 13:10
- Romans 14:8
- Romans 15:4
- 1 Corinthians 2:9
- 1 Corinthians 3:19-20
- 1 Corinthians 4:20
- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
- 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-6
- 1 Corinthians 13:7-8
- 1 Corinthians 13:13
- 1 Corinthians 15:56-57
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
- 2 Corinthians 1:21-22
- 2 Corinthians 3:4-6
- 2 Corinthians 3:17
- 2 Corinthians 4:7-10
- 2 Corinthians 4:11
- 2 Corinthians 4:16
- 2 Corinthians 5:9-10
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
- 2 Corinthians 7:10
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
- 2 Corinthians 10:17-18
- 2 Corinthians 12:9
- Galatians 1:10
- Galatians 3:24-26
- Galatians 5:1
- Galatians 5:16-17
- Galatians 5:22-23
- Galatians 5:24
- Galatians 6:1
- Galatians 6:2
- Galatians 6:9-10
- Ephesians 1:3
- Ephesians 1:13-14
- Ephesians 2:1-3
- Ephesians 2:4-7
- Ephesians 2:8-9
- Ephesians 4:1-3
- Ephesians 4:25
- Ephesians 4:26-27
- Ephesians 4:29
- Ephesians 4:31-32
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Ephesians 6:10
- Ephesians 6:13
- Ephesians 6:16-18
- Philippians 1:6
- Philippians 1:21
- Philippians 1:29
- Philippians 2:3
- Philippians 2:5-8
- Philippians 2:9-11
- Philippians 2:13
- Philippians 3:13-14
- Philippians 4:4
- Philippians 4:6-7
- Philippians 4:8
- Philippians 4:12
- Philippians 4:13
- Philippians 4:19
- Colossians 1:15-16
- Colossians 1:17-18
- Colossians 2:6-7
- Colossians 3:1-2
- Colossians 3:9-10
- Colossians 3:12-14
- Colossians 3:15
- Colossians 3:16
- Colossians 3:17
- Colossians 3:23-24
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5
- 1 Timothy 1:17
- 1 Timothy 6:12
- 2 Timothy 1:7
- 2 Timothy 1:8-9
- 2 Timothy 2:2
- 2 Timothy 2:15
- 2 Timothy 2:22
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17
- 2 Timothy 4:7
- Titus 3:4-7
- Hebrews 2:18
- Hebrews 4:12
- Hebrews 4:15
- Hebrews 4:16
- Hebrews 6:11-12
- Hebrews 10:23
- Hebrews 10:24-25
- Hebrews 11:1
- Hebrews 11:6
- Hebrews 12:1-2
- Hebrews 12:3
- Hebrews 13:1-2
- Hebrews 13:3
- Hebrews 13:5
- Hebrews 13:6
- Hebrews 13:8
- Hebrews 13:15
- Hebrews 13:16
- James 1:2-4
- James 1:5-6
- James 1:12
- James 1:13-14
- James 1:17-18
- James 1:19-20
- James 1:22-25
- James 3:7-9
- James 4:7
- James 4:8
- James 4:11-12
- James 5:8
- 1 Peter 1:3-5
- 1 Peter 1:24-25
- 1 Peter 2:2-3
- 1 Peter 2:9
- 1 Peter 2:11
- 1 Peter 3:8-9
- 1 Peter 3:10-11
- 1 Peter 3:12-13
- 1 Peter 3:18
- 1 Peter 4:12-13
- 1 Peter 4:16
- 1 Peter 5:8-9
- 1 Peter 5:10
- 2 Peter 3:8
- 2 Peter 3:9
- 1 John 1:9
- 1 John 2:4-6
- 1 John 2:15-17
- 1 John 2:24-25
- 1 John 2:28
- 1 John 3:1
- 1 John 3:2
- 1 John 4:4
- 1 John 4:7-8
- 1 John 4:9
- 1 John 4:10-11
- 1 John 4:12-13
- 1 John 4:14
- 1 John 4:18
- 1 John 4:20-21
- Jude 1:20-21
- Jude 1:24-25
- Revelation 1:8
- Revelation 3:20
- Revelation 4:11
- Revelation 22:20
Links
The following links discuss the ESV RSS feed (email us if you'd like your link included here):
- Glenn Slaven - includes an implementation in Perl.
- Dean Peters - two more implementations in Perl as well as a brief discussion of RSS.
- Dean Peters - an implementation in PHP.
- Scott Yang - an implementation in Python.
- Glenn Slaven - an offer to automatically make a verse-of-the-day post to your blog (especially for TypePad users).
- Paul Davey - a discussion of RSS using the ESV feeds for some examples. Includes PHP code.
- Dean Peters - "Using XSLT to Transform the RSS 2.0 Daily Verse feed from the ESV Bible."
- Glenn Slaven - a WordPress plugin.
- Scott Mitchell - discusses a .NET RSS reader.