Ask a question
The box is labeled “Ask ScriptureSide a question.” Type what you want to understand, or choose a suggested prompt: Explore the Psalms, Help with anxiety, How to forgive, or Purpose and calling. Submitting the box opens the Bible chat with that question. You can ask as a guest. Sign in with Google when you want the conversation kept on your account. A guest conversation stays in temporary browser storage, which the browser may clear.
Use the chat to ask what a paragraph says, what a word is doing in the sentence, or which nearby verses belong with it. Then open the chapter in the reader and check the wording yourself. The chat is a study aid for looking at the text. Pastoral care, counseling, and decisions that belong to your church stay with people who know you. The editorial policy explains that AI may help draft study material and is not treated as an author, an editor, or a theological authority.
Read the passage on this page
The card on this screen is reading 1 of “Meet Jesus: Seven Readings in Mark.” The text is Mark 1:1-8 in the Berean Standard Bible, the translation ScriptureSide uses by default. BSB is published under a CC0 public-domain dedication. The card quotes the passage stored with that reading plan, names the translation, and links to the license notes on the attributions page.
Under the passage is the study note written for this reading, including the question “What does John want his listeners to notice about Jesus?” and a one-line prayer prompt. Those lines are ScriptureSide study material. They are not additional Bible text. Read the passage slowly. The note asks you to notice what Mark says about Jesus before you try to solve every detail.
Continue the seven readings
The same plan has six further readings, still in Mark 1, in order: Jesus’ baptism and the wilderness, the call of the first disciples, teaching in the Capernaum synagogue, healing at Simon’s house, Jesus praying in a solitary place, and the man with leprosy. Each reading includes the passage, one reflection, a prayer line, and a small practice. Allow about 5–10 minutes. Continue at your own pace. There is no catch-up day.
You can open the seven readings without an account. Progress for a guest stays in this browser. After the seventh reading, Mark 2 is the next chapter in the reader, and Mark 1 is available in full when you want the surrounding verses. Signing in attaches a plan you start while signed in to your account, so the same place is there on another device.
Open a chapter and compare translations
The Bible index lists books and chapters. The reader opens on the Berean Standard Bible. You can switch the chapter to the World English Bible, the King James Version, the American Standard Version, the New Heart English Bible, Young’s Literal Translation, or the Bible in Basic English. Those are the active English texts in the version list. License status and the text provider for each one are on the attributions page.
A study note on this site may quote a translation other than BSB only when it names that translation. A line dropped in as an illustration uses the default text. When the question is the wording, open the verse comparison tool and read the lines next to each other.
Bible verse of the day
The Bible verse of the day is a separate page with its own title, heading, and address. It shows one passage from a fixed rotation, the reference, a reflection, a prayer, and one practical step. The rotation is the same list the rest of the site uses for that page, so the verse does not change between the page and the daily selection behind it. The verse text is the default translation. The reflection, prayer, and step are ScriptureSide notes.
From that page you can copy the verse, share the page, or open a verse card image. Yesterday’s entry in the same rotation is printed under today’s, so a missed day is still on the page. The homepage link “Bible verse of the day” opens that page, where the day’s passage is the whole point.
Study with a method, then keep what you want
A SOAP study walks through Scripture, observation, application, and prayer in the browser, with optional AI help on the worksheet. A draft stays in that browser until you save it. Sign in and choose Save to Journal when you want a completed SOAP study kept on the account. Inductive study worksheets and character study worksheets can be downloaded or printed from their guides.
Topic pages gather passages on a subject such as faith, anxiety, or forgiveness. Feelings pages start from a situation and point you to Scripture. Prayer pages include opening prayers, closing prayers, and a prayer generator that stays with Bible passages. How to study the Bible is the longer guide when you want the steps written out. None of these pages replace reading the passage they cite.
