Daily Discovery Bible Study API

Verse of the Day for 11th May 2026

"All of you will abandon me tonight," Jesus told them. "As Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the flock of sheep will be completely scattered.' But after I have risen, I'll go ahead of you to Galilee."
Matthew 26: 31-32

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Wordpress Plugin

The Daily Discovery Bible Study verse of the day is available to use on your website as seen above via the dvotd Wordpress plugin.

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API

The verse of the day is also available to use on your website as seen above via the following API.

https://discoverybiblestudy.org/daily/api/

It returns the verse of the day as a JSON Object

{
  "text":""All of you will abandon me tonight," Jesus told them. "As Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the flock of sheep will be completely scattered.' But after I have risen, I'll go ahead of you to Galilee." ",
  "ref":"Matthew 26: 31-32",
  "date":"11th May 2026",
  "url":"https://discoverybiblestudy.org/daily/?utm_source=web&medium=api&campaign=votd",
  "verseUrl":"https://discoverybiblestudy.org/daily/d/2026-05-11?utm_source=web&medium=api&campaign=votd"
}

Sample Code

Here is some PHP example code using the API:

<?php
  $json = file_get_contents(
    "https://discoverybiblestudy.org/daily/api/"
    );
  if ($json) {
    $votd = json_decode($json);
  }
?>

<?php if ($votd): ?>
<div class="votd">
<a href="<?php echo $votd->url ?>">
  <h2>Verse of the Day for <?php echo $votd->date ?></h2>
</a>
<p class="verse">
  <?php echo $votd->text ?>
  <br>
  <span class="reference">
    <?php echo $votd->ref ?>
  </span>
</p>
<p class="reference">
  Get the verse of the day from
  <a href="<?php echo $votd->url ?>">
    discoverybiblestudy.org/daily
  </a></p>
</div>
<?php endif ?>

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