Thank you so much for this plugin -- this is exactly what I looking for and am so glad I stumbled upon it!

I would like to make a feature request:

Can you add an option to move the verse link out of the verse body and give options for prefix?

As an example, the current insert looks like this:

Gen 1:1-2 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

I would like it do this:

Gen 1:1-2

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Prior to this I would use 5th level header for my verse references and then manually type the ![[verse]] under it. I would like to replicate that look but using your plugin.

I tried poking around the .js but I'm woefully underequipped

My settings set two bibles in these folders:

Bibel/GNT Bibel/NWT

For testing reasons the GNT files are duplicated from NWT.

So in both bibles the the Gen 1:1 starts in this German text as:

# 1Mo 1

### 1
Am Anfang erschuf Gott Himmel und Erde.

### 2
Die Erde nun war formlos und öde. Über dem tiefen Wasser war Dunkelheit und Gottes aktive Kraft bewegte sich über der Wasseroberfläche hin und her.

The pathes are like this:

C:\Users\Oliver\Documents\Lernen\obsidian\zettelkasten\private\80-Religion\Bibel\GNT
C:\Users\Oliver\Documents\Lernen\obsidian\zettelkasten\private\80-Religion\Bibel\NWT

I use the dialog as below:

I can click between the two translation but will always see the same link. What's wrong?

(Using Windows 11 / Obsidian 1.1.9 / Bible Linker 1.4.3)

I like the invisible links - I wonder if a good option would be - instead of making them invisible (only seen in edit mode), we make the option for the {n} prefix to alias the wiki link to each verse

See: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zuae40zqkt65iun/Screenshot%202022-08-18%20at%209.49.49%20am.png?dl=0

First of all, I love this plugin. It really helps when i want to input multiple versicles like Psalm 119:1-4. And it evens allows me to do it in the way i write in portuguese, Sl 119:1-4, and it returns:

[[Sl 119#1]] [[Sl 119#2]] [[Sl 119#3]] [[Sl 119#4]]

So i love it.

I would love if it have a feature so i can also input "Sl 1-5" or "Sl 1-5:" to get:

[[Sl 1]] [[Sl 2]] [[Sl 3]] [[Sl 4]] [[Sl 5]]

Hope this can be done. Thanks!

Hi, Kuchejak.

I would like to thank you for developing this wonderful plugin and I enjoy this so much and it makes my life much easier when I study the Bible. I wanted to ask about output when I copy verses.

For example, when I pull Isa 9:6, the output is like this: [[Isa 9#v6|Isa 9.6]] contents

but when I pull Isaiah 9:6-9, the output is as follows: [[Isa 9#v6|Isa 9,6-9]] contents

As you might notice, some verses show [[Bookname Chapter#vVerse|Bookname Chapter.Verse]] whereas some show [[Bookname Chapter#vVerse|Bookname Chapter,Verse]].

And it is quite random that I can't find the pattern. I wanted only a full stop(.) to come before Verse, not a comma.

Would it be possible to do this by tweaking something?

Many thanks

Not sure if I'm the only one having this issue, but when using the Copy Bible verses command for books or verses with line breaks for each verse (particularly, verses with poetic structure like in the Psalms), only the first line of the verse gets copied, and it proceeds to the next verse with the verse before that being incomplete. Here's an example:

[[Ps. 23#1|Ps. 23,1-6]] The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; he makes me lie down in green pastures. he restores my soul. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, Thou preparest a table before me Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me [[Ps. 23#1|]][[Ps. 23#2|]][[Ps. 23#3|]][[Ps. 23#4|]][[Ps. 23#5|]][[Ps. 23#6|]]

or

[[Ps. 23#1|Ps. 23,1-6]] The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; he makes me lie down in green pastures. he restores my soul. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, Thou preparest a table before me Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me[[Ps. 23#1|]][[Ps. 23#2|]][[Ps. 23#3|]][[Ps. 23#4|]][[Ps. 23#5|]][[Ps. 23#6|]]

I'm copying all six verses of Psalm 23, but it's missing a lot of parts: Psalm 23:1 only contains one line, so it's complete; but Psalm 23:2 has two lines, but only the first lines gets copied and then the plugin copies the 3rd verse while ignoring the second line of the 2nd verse.

Am I missing something from the settings that can fix this issue, or is this an actual bug? Appreciate your response and everything you're already doing with this plugin!

Thanks a lot for your efforts to develop this plugin, I really like it!

Two things didn't work for my markdown bible when trying to "Copy Bible verses". With this pull request I'd like to fix these.

1. Support having headings (of higher level) in between verses

###### 1
1st verse text

## Some helpful heading that is not a verse number

###### 2
2nd verse text

###### 3
3rd verse text

=> Support added by new setting to specify which heading level to search for when copying verses.

2. Support empty line between verse heading and verse text

Because I format my markdown to have an empty line underneath each heading:

###### 1

1st verse text

###### 2

2st verse text

If these cases seem to specific to you, feel free to say so or only use part of it :)

Thank you so, so much for making this plugin! I have been copy, paste and clean the verses manually for a long time. Thank you for your excellent work for the glory of God!

I would like to suggest, if possible, supports for more formats of the chapter files and the internal links. For example:

• File name: Gen1 (without space)
• Verse range: 1-4
• Verse number: 1, 2, 3, 4
• Internal link: [[Gen1#1|Gen1:1]][[Gen1#4|-4]] OR [[Gen1#1|Gen 1:1]][[Gen1#4|-4]] (Then both the beginning verse and the ending verse can be clicked.) (If only 1 verse is quoted, [[Gen1#1|Gen1:1]] OR [[Gen1#1|Gen 1:1]])
• Starting symbol: unordered list "-" OR blockquote ">"

When I use the Copy Bible Verses action, it accommodates my file formats for the individual verses by adding the - in the file tile and including the v prefix for verses.

[[Gn-01#v1|Gn 1:1-2]] 
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. 
[[Gn-01#v1|]][[Gn-01#v2|]]

However, when I use the Create Obsidian Links to Bible Verses action, it does not:

[[Gn 1#1]]
[[Gn 1#2]]

You'll notice the difference between [[Gn-01#v1|]] and [[Gn 1#1]].

• It doesn't add the - in between the books and the chapter
• It doesn't add the v as a prefix for the verse (this one I can fix by using #v as my Link Separator, but it's weird that it behaves differently than the invisible link for the Copy Bible Verses action)

Hello @kuchejak , first of all, thank you for providing this plug-in. I looked for this functionality.

Sadly, it does not work. My Questions: Is there a specific folder structure required? I use the Obsidian bible study kit, but changed the folder structure.

Maybe I use the wrong Input. I write: ![[Matt-01#v1|Matt-01,1-3]], but there is only the first Vers shown.

Could you support?

Kind regards Mick

Hi, Kuchejak! Sorry to bother you again.

I found a few places available for perfection. I tried to modify the code to relieve your workload. However, I don't know how to use typescript well yet. I attached the main.js code as below. I am sorry for my inability to do a pull request.

Example:

Input

Gen1:1

Output

[[Gen1#2|Gen1,1-1]] but actually Verse 2! [[Gen1#2|]]

Potential improvements

• The array variable headings may start from 0, instead of 1, like Python. Whenever there is headings[verseNumber/beginVerse/endVerse], you might want to -1 for the indexing.
• We can define bookChapter - majorSeparator - beginVerse - minorSeparator - endVerse. It would be great to pass down the separators in the input to the output, such as ":".
• If there is only 1 verse quoted, we may want "Gen1,1" instead of "Gen1,1-1".
• I don't see the necessity to append invisible links like [[Gen1#2|]] at the end, because Obsidian does not have backlink tracking for the headings (only the whole file), as I know of. If you see the value of keeping it, could you make it a toggle setting?

Attempts to fix

link-regexes.ts

add parentheses to retrieve the major and minor separators

var oneVerseRegEx = new RegExp(/([a-zA-Z0-9\s.ěščřžýáíé]+)([,#.:;])(\d+)$/); var multipleVersesRegEx = new RegExp( /([a-zA-Z0-9\s.ěščřžýáíé]+)([,#.:;])(\d+)\s*([-.=])\s*(\d+)$/ );

convert-link.ts > convertLinkToQuote

catch up the major and minor separators

let majorSeparator; let minorSeparator;

case oneVerseRegEx.test(userInput): { const [_, matchedChapter, matchedMajorSeparator, matchedVerse] = userInput.match(oneVerseRegEx); bookAndChapter = matchedChapter; majorSeparator = matchedMajorSeparator; beginVerse = Number(matchedVerse); endVerse = Number(matchedVerse); break; } case multipleVersesRegEx.test(userInput): { const [ _, matchedChapter, matchedMajorSeparator, matchedBeginVerse, matchedMinorSeparator, matchedEndVerse, ] = userInput.match(multipleVersesRegEx); bookAndChapter = matchedChapter; majorSeparator = matchedMajorSeparator; beginVerse = Number(matchedBeginVerse); minorSeparator = matchedMinorSeparator; endVerse = Number(matchedEndVerse); break; }

if (tFile) { return yield createLinkOutput( ... majorSeparator, minorSeparator, ... );

convert-link.ts > getVerseText

get the correct range of verses

const headingLine = headings[verseNumber - 1].position.start.line;

convert-link.ts > createLinkOutput

Delete or toggle the invisible links

for (let i = beginVerse; i <= endVerse; i++) { res += [[${fileName}#${headings[i].heading}|]]; }

Achieve desired formats

... let res = settings.prefix; if (beginVerse == endVerse) { res += [[${fileName}#${ headings[beginVerse - 1].heading }|${fileName}${majorSeparator}${beginVerse}]]; } else { if (settings.linkEndVerse) { res += [[${fileName}#${ headings[beginVerse - 1].heading }|${fileName}${majorSeparator}${beginVerse}]]; res += [[${fileName}#${ headings[endVerse - 1].heading }|${minorSeparator}${endVerse}]]; } else { res += [[${fileName}#${ headings[beginVerse - 1].heading }|${fileName}${majorSeparator}${beginVerse}${minorSeparator}${endVerse}]]; } } ...

What this achieves is consistent with the input-output pairs below:

A tentative test

One verse

Gen1,1 [[Gen1#1|Gen1,1]] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gen1:1 [[Gen1#1|Gen1:1]] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Multiple verses + With a link to the last verse

Gen1,1-3

[[Gen1#1|Gen1,1]][[Gen1#3|-3]] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

Gen1:1=3

[[Gen1#1|Gen1:1]][[Gen1#3|=3]] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

Multiple verses + Without a link to the last verse

Gen1,1-3

[[Gen1#1|Gen1,1-3]] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

Gen1:1=3

[[Gen1#1|Gen1:1=3]] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

Thank you!

Hello Kuchejak,

Thank you so much for the work you have done on this tool. It has been such a blessing to me (and I'm sure many others)!

• It would be very nice if under the "Copy and Link" command you could request select verses like you can in popular citation.

For example: Gen 1:1,3 would look something like [[Gen-01#v1|Gen 1:1,]][[Gen-01#v3|3]] In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth... And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. [[Gen-01#v1|]][[Gen-01#v3|]]

• I'd greatly appreciate it if you could also place a toggle box setting in the "Copy and Link" command console to switch it to link only.

Since you already have the "Link Bible verses" command I understand if this is too much work for too little payoff, but it would be nice to utilize the higher level of functionality built into your "Copy and Link" command that allows for aliases and the like. I know this is similar to issue #19 but I'm hoping toggling the "Copy" functionality already built in will prove easier to implement than changing the functionality of the "Link" command and not negatively impact those who can only use the "Link" command.

Peace be with you.

Thank you so much for this awesome plugin. It makes my sermon writing that much easier instead of having to copy from a different Bible app and paste, then fix the formatting.

One hopefully small thing I would like is to present the references (Book, chapter, verse(s)) with full book names. The actual link of course has to match whatever the file names are, which are usually a shortened form, especially if folks are like me and just using the BibleGateway-to-Obsidian script to download their Bibles. So basically, the link currently looks like [[Gen 1#1|Gen 1.1]], it would be nice if it was automatically presented as [[Gen1#1|Genesis 1.1]]. Currently it's not that difficult to do a Find & Replace, but I figure a simple script would hopefully be a quick fix. Dunno how you would account for different short forms though. Looks like with the above script at least the folder names are the full name, so maybe look at the parent folder for the link alias?

I would love to contribute such a seemingly small thing myself, but alas, my coding skills are non-existent. Maybe I'll take this little thing as a learning opportunity. Who knows?

Firstly, let me say thankyou for everything you are doing for this community!

I would really like to suggest expansions to the already great workflow. Both of these relate to the 'copy verses' command

I would like to be able to extend the block of text copied from an arbitrary verse to the end of the chapter, or simply copy a full chapter if possible. I would also like to quote blocks of text across. multiple chapters if possible please.

eg If I want to quote Genesis 1 verse 3 to (end of chapter) eg I could write "Genesis 1:3-end"

for a full chapter maybe Genesis 1:full

...where "end" and "full" (or something similar) become trigger words for this process

I would also like to be able to quote a block across multiple chapters eg Genesis 1-2:7 (all of genesis 1 until genesis 2:7)