Route Bible

Route Bible is a universal Bible passage link standard.

The goal is simple: a single passage link should work everywhere.

• Church team: generate one link and QR code for slides, print, and livestream.
• App teams: open your app when installed, while preserving a clean web fallback.
• Bible sites and tools: accept and emit the same canonical route format.

The standard in one line

Use:

https://route.bible/<canonical-passage>

Example:

https://route.bible/jhn.3.16

Route Bible parses a wide set of human references, normalizes them to canonical OSIS form, and routes readers to app launcher or web reading.

What this gives adopters

• One durable URL format for passage references.
• Better QR reliability from short canonical links.
• Deep-link + web fallback behavior from the same URL.
• Standard query parameters for translation, language, app preference, attribution, and mode.

Adoption paths

• Start here if you are a church: Church Adoption Guide
• Start here if you are building software: Developer Adoption Guide
• Start here if you run an app/site platform: Platform Operations Guide
• Need QR specifics: QR Builder Guide
• Need website embed setup details: Website Badge Guide

URL contract summary

• Path: /<canonical-passage> where passage is lowercase canonical OSIS, URL-encoded if needed.
• Optional query keys:
  • translation (normalized uppercase, for example KJV)
  • lang (for example en)
  • app (preferred adapter id)
  • src (source tag for attribution)
  • mode (auto, launcher, or web)

Examples:

• https://route.bible/jhn.3.16
• https://route.bible/jhn.3.16?translation=ESV
• https://route.bible/psa.23?mode=launcher&src=sunday-slides

Current Route Bible surfaces

• /builder: parse references, generate canonical links, and download QR codes.
• /verse-pack: sign-in, detect references from notes/files, and export a ZIP with QR assets + manifest.csv.
• /:passage, /:passage/launcher, /:passage/web: resolver and direct route views.
• /share-target: convert shared page text/URL into canonical passage routes.
• /badge.js: embeddable script for Route Bible badge + share-aware linking.