Daily Discovery Bible Study API

Verse of the Day for 21st Aug 2026

Anyone who trusts in the Son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to trust the Son will not experience eternal life but remains under God's condemnation.
John 3: 36

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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":"Anyone who trusts in the Son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to trust the Son will not experience eternal life but remains under God's condemnation.",
  "ref":"John 3: 36",
  "date":"21st Aug 2026",
  "url":"https://discoverybiblestudy.org/daily/?utm_source=web&medium=api&campaign=votd",
  "verseUrl":"https://discoverybiblestudy.org/daily/d/2026-08-21?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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