How to use this tool
A quick tour of every feature, with a small demo for each.
Reading and noting side by side
Bible text is on the left, your notes are on the right, lined up verse by verse. If your note runs longer than the verse, that row simply grows — the next verse always starts right after, on both sides.
Starting a note
Click the verse number on either side, or click anywhere in the notes column lined up with that verse — even in the empty space below a short note — and you'll be typing in that verse's note.
Bold text
Select text in a note and press Ctrl/Cmd+B, or use the floating B button that appears above the note you're editing. Bold toggles on and off the same way.
Bold isn't just for emphasis here — it's how the app knows you're commenting on a specific word, not just leaving a general note on the verse. Anything you bold in a note becomes searchable through Word search (below), so bolding a word is really tagging it: "I have something to say about this particular word, wherever it shows up." Plain, unbolded text in a note is just a general comment and isn't indexed that way.
Comment on a single word
Double-click any word in the Bible text. It's added to that verse's note in bold, with a dash after it, and your cursor jumps there so you can type the comment right away:
If you double-click a different word in the same verse, it's slotted in based on where that word actually appears in the text — not just tacked on at the end. And if you already have a general note (no bolded word) on that verse, word comments are added after it.
Word search
Click Word search in the toolbar and type a word — it finds every verse where you've bolded that exact word in a note, anywhere in the Bible, so you can see everywhere you've thought about it before.
Shortcut: double-click any bolded word inside a note (not the Bible text — the note itself) and Word search opens already filled in and searched for that word.
Finding a verse
The search box accepts a reference in almost any shorthand: John 3:16, Jn3:16, Joh 3:16, 1Jn1:9, 1 Jn 1:9, 1 Joh 1:9, and 1 John 1:9 all land on the same verse. Type plain words instead and it searches both the Bible text and your notes.
The book button at top-left opens a two-column picker — Old Testament on the left, New Testament on the right — for fast jumping. The chapter and verse dropdowns next to it work the same way.
Adjusting the layout
Drag the thin vertical line between the two columns to resize them. Use the arrow buttons at the far left and right edges of the header bar to fully collapse either side — useful when you want to focus on just reading or just writing. Your split position and any collapsed panel are remembered the next time you open the app.
Journal
The Journal page lists what you've read or noted, grouped by day, so you can see your study pattern over time. Click any entry to jump straight back to it.
Picking up where you left off
There's nothing to save or bookmark — the app always reopens to the last book, chapter, and verse you were reading or noting on, automatically.
Book abbreviations
The Settings page lists every abbreviation the search box recognizes for each book, and lets you add or remove your own — so if you prefer typing a reference a certain way, you can teach the search box to understand it.