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Bible-JSON

The Bible in JSON format.

Structure:

This is what it would look like if you were to open up ./JSON/Psalms/3.json.

{
    "header": "¶ A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.",
    "footer": "",
    "verses": [
        {
            "book_id": "PSA",
            "book_name": "Psalms",
            "chapter": 3,
            "verse": 1,
            "text": "LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many <em>are</em> they that rise up against me.",
            "info": ""
        },
        ...
    ]
}

How it to use:

header is a string of additional information about the chapter, such as "A Psalm of David" above a Psalm. I don't believe any chapters outside of the Psalms use this but I may be wrong.

footer is a string additional information put at the end of a chapter. These are only used in the Pauline Epistles (also Hebrews, which may or may not have been written by Paul).

verses is an object array. Inside verses are object with these:

book_id is a string which is a short 3-letter abbreviation of the the chapter's book's name. This is good for calling an API maybe?
book_name is a sting containing the name of the book of which this chapter is from.
chapter is an integer which is also the chapter's number.
verse is an integer which is the verse number.
text is a string containing the text of the verse. You will find <span style="color:red;"> and </span> wrapping around Jesus' words as well as <em> and </em> around italicized words.
info is a string that would go above the verse. This will only apply to Psalm 119.

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