Random Catholic bible verse generator
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Press Generate for a random Catholic Bible verse — a passage drawn from the full Catholic canon, in the Douay-Rheims translation. Draw one verse for a moment of prayer, or a set of several to sit with, and turn on No repeats so none come up twice in a run.
What sets this apart is the canon it draws from. Alongside the verses shared across all Christian Bibles, the pool here includes the deuterocanonical books — Tobit, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and the books of Maccabees — that Catholic Bibles keep and many others leave out. So a draw might land on a line from the Book of Wisdom on the souls of the just, or the passage in Maccabees on praying for the dead, passages you will not find in a King James generator. The wording is Douay-Rheims throughout, and the Psalms follow the traditional numbering Catholics will recognise, where the shepherd psalm is Psalm 22.
It fits the rhythms of Catholic life. Reach for a verse as a morning offering, a line to carry into Mass, or a passage to pair with the day's rosary or an examination of conscience. Catechists and RCIA leaders use one to open a session, parents drop a verse into a family prayer, and anyone keeping a habit of lectio divina can let a random passage be the text they read slowly and return to.
Keep the draw on theme with the category filter — faith, love, hope, comfort, wisdom, forgiveness, or the deuterocanonical books on their own — so the verse fits what you bring to prayer. Each passage is quoted in full with its book, chapter, and verse, so you can find it in your own Bible and read the surrounding text. Copy a verse into a message or your journal, re-roll a single line that does not fit, and switch to a grid or the wheel to change how it appears.
Share a link that keeps your filter and count so a group prays from the same passages. It is free, with no account and no limit on how many verses you draw. For verses in the King James Version, the main Bible verse generator has them; this page stays with the Catholic canon and the Douay-Rheims text.
Frequently asked questions
- Which translation does it use?
- The Douay-Rheims, the classic English Catholic translation. Each verse is quoted in full with its book, chapter, and verse so you can find it in your own Bible.
- Does it include the deuterocanonical books?
- Yes. The pool draws on the full Catholic canon, including Tobit, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and the books of Maccabees that many other Bibles leave out.
- Why is the shepherd psalm numbered Psalm 22?
- It follows the traditional numbering used in Catholic Bibles, which differs by one through much of the Psalter — so the familiar "The Lord ruleth me" is Psalm 22 here, not 23.
- How is this different from the main Bible verse generator?
- The main page uses the King James Version and its 66-book canon. This page uses the Douay-Rheims and adds the deuterocanonical books, so the wording and the verses on offer both differ.
- Is it free?
- Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit on how many verses you draw.