Bible Verse

• The complete verse and its WEB translation label in chat

The default delivery frequency is every 12 hours, but you can change it at any time.

Features

• Works in both singleplayer and multiplayer
• Runs entirely on the Fabric client
• Displays the verse reference, subtitle, and complete chat message
• Enable or disable local verses whenever you want
• Choose from five delivery frequencies
• Preview a verse without changing your delivery cooldown
• Keeps preferences and cooldowns separate for each world or server
• Saves everything locally in config/bibleverse-local.json
• Includes a built-in graphical settings screen
• Provides a remappable settings key, assigned to B by default
• Supports the optional Mod Menu Configure button
• Retrieves random World English Bible verses when online
• Uses bundled public-domain WEB verses if the online request is unavailable
• Automatically prevents duplicate verses on compatible Paper servers

Settings Screen

Open the same settings screen in any of these ways:

• Press B — remappable through Minecraft Controls
• Run /bibleverselocal
• Open Mods → Bible Verse Local → Configure when Mod Menu is installed

The settings screen provides:

• Bible verses: ON/OFF
• Frequency selection
• Preview verse
• The active preference scope, such as the current world or server
• A status message showing whether the Fabric mod or Paper plugin currently controls delivery

When opened from the main menu, your selections become the defaults for newly visited worlds and servers. Existing worlds and servers retain their own preferences and cooldowns.

Commands

All commands are client-side. They do not require operator status or server permissions.

Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader for Minecraft 26.2.
2. Install the matching Fabric API release.
3. Place BibleVerseLocal in your Minecraft instance's mods folder.
4. Optionally install Mod Menu to access the Configure button from the Mods screen.
5. Launch Minecraft and use B or /bibleverselocal to select your preferences.

This mod belongs in the client mods folder. Do not place it in a Paper server's plugins folder.

Requirements

In the CurseForge file relations, mark Fabric API as a required dependency and Mod Menu as an optional dependency.

Companion Paper Server Plugin

Bible Verse Local is compatible with the companion Bible Verse Paper Server Plugin:

View the companion Bible Verse Paper plugin

When you join a server running the compatible Paper plugin:

1. The server sends a one-way presence signal to the Fabric client.
2. Bible Verse Local automatically stands down for that session.
3. The Paper server handles verse delivery.
4. Players receive only one verse instead of duplicate Paper and Fabric messages.

The Paper plugin is completely optional for local users. Bible Verse Local continues working normally in singleplayer and on servers that do not have it.

Privacy and Network Behavior

• Preferences and delivery history are stored only in your local Minecraft instance.
• The mod does not upload your world name, server address, or preference data.
• It does not send custom packets to ordinary multiplayer servers.
• It makes an HTTPS request to bible-api.com when retrieving an online random verse.
• If that request fails or is unavailable, the mod selects a verse from its bundled offline collection.

Translation and License

Online and bundled fallback verses use the World English Bible (WEB). The WEB translation is in the public domain. Learn more at worldenglish.bible.

Bible Verse Local is distributed under the MIT License.

May these verses bring encouragement, reflection, and hope to your Minecraft adventures.