Bible Verse Display Software for Church

Ekkli is Bible verse display software built into the same live presentation tool your church already uses for song lyrics and sermon slides. Two full Bible translations — KJV and WEB — are bundled in and ready to use, reference lookup is fast enough to use live mid-sermon, and a verse behaves as its own slide type, sitting in the same running order as your worship set and teaching content rather than living in a separate app.

If you've ever watched an operator scramble to open a second tool, search a verse, copy the text, and paste it into a slide while a pastor is already reading it aloud, you know why this is worth getting right. This page covers exactly what the tool does: which translations are included, how lookup works, and how verses fit into the same display engine as everything else on your screen.

Two full Bible translations, bundled in

Ekkli ships with the complete text of two Bible translations, ready to use from the moment your church signs up — no separate download, no import, no license to source yourself:

• KJV (King James Version). The traditional, widely recognized translation many congregations grew up on and still prefer for public reading.
• WEB (World English Bible). A modern-English, public-domain translation that reads more naturally on screen for congregations who prefer contemporary wording.

Both are the full text — the entire Bible, not a curated subset of "popular" verses or a handful of sample passages. Whatever book, chapter, and verse the sermon calls for, it's already there. You don't need to plan ahead for which passages might come up on a given Sunday; the whole text is available for lookup at any time, on the fly, during a live service.

This matters more than it might sound like at first. Sermon series don't always stay in the predictable parts of Scripture, and a pastor who decides mid-message to jump to a cross-reference in a less-visited book shouldn't be a problem for whoever's running the screen. Because both translations are complete, that jump is just another lookup, not a scramble to find text that wasn't prepared in advance.

Fast reference lookup: type a reference, get a formatted slide

The core of Bible verse display is the lookup itself, and it's built to be fast enough to use live, not just to prepare in advance. Type a standard reference — book, chapter, and verse, the way anyone already writes it down — and the matching text comes back formatted and ready for the screen: readable line breaks, the reference itself displayed alongside the text, and consistent styling that matches the rest of your service's display theme.

A few practical details worth knowing about how lookup works:

• Choose the translation per lookup. Pull the same reference in KJV or WEB depending on what a given service or sermon calls for — you're not locked into one translation for the whole church.
• Multi-verse ranges work as a single lookup. A passage that spans several verses comes back as one formatted result, not something you have to look up and paste one verse at a time.
• It's fast enough for live use, not just prep. Because lookup happens inside the same tool that's already driving the screen, there's no switching apps, no copy-and-paste, and no lag between a pastor saying "turn to" and the verse appearing.

That speed is really the point of the whole feature. A Bible app or a website with Scripture text can get you the words. What it can't do is hand you a slide that's already formatted, styled to match your service, and one click away from the screen your congregation is looking at.

Verses as a slide type, not a separate tool

The detail that changes the day-to-day workflow most is this: a Bible verse in Ekkli isn't a special case handled by a different piece of software. It's a slide type — the same kind of object as a song lyric slide, a teaching/sermon slide, or an announcement slide — sitting inside the same live display engine and the same service running order.

In practice, that means:

• Verses sit in the running order alongside everything else. Build a service plan for the week and drop verse slides in wherever they belong — between worship songs, inside a teaching series, ahead of an announcement — without leaving the tool or opening something separate.
• One operator, one interface, one set of controls. Whoever's running the booth doesn't need to learn a second app or remember which tool handles which content type. Song, verse, teaching slide, and announcement all advance and display the same way.
• Consistent styling across everything on screen. Verse slides pick up the same display styling as the rest of the service — backgrounds, transitions, and overlay elements — so a Scripture reference doesn't suddenly look like it came from a different tool bolted on the side.
• The same remote control and stage view apply. A verse slide can be advanced from a phone or tablet remote just like a song, and it appears on your worship team's stage/confidence-monitor view the same way teaching and lyric slides do.

This is the practical difference between "presentation software that happens to include a Bible verse feature" and Bible verse display that was actually designed as part of one unified system. Nothing about it requires exporting text from one app and importing it into another, and nothing about it requires a second license or a second login.

Works the same on any device, any time in the service

Because verse lookup runs in the browser like the rest of Ekkli's presentation software, it behaves identically whether the operator is on the church laptop, a personal Chromebook, or a borrowed tablet for a special event — and a pastor who references a passage outside the prepared notes is still just a lookup away, since the whole Bible is already loaded and searchable.

Verse display is one slide type inside Ekkli's wider live presentation tool: song lyrics come from your church's song library, teaching content gets its own slide decks for sermon series, and a phone or tablet can act as a remote control for whoever's operating the booth — all driven from the same running order as your verse slides.

For a step-by-step walkthrough of actually projecting Scripture during a live service — building the reference into a service plan and timing it with the sermon — see how to project Bible verses on screen. This page has focused on what the tool itself does and which translations it includes; that guide covers the practical how-to.

Frequently asked questions

Which Bible translations does Ekkli include?

Two full translations are bundled in: the KJV (King James Version) and the WEB (World English Bible). Both are the complete text, not a limited selection of verses, and either can be chosen per lookup.

Do I need to import or buy a Bible translation separately?

No. Both KJV and WEB come bundled with Ekkli's presentation tool from the moment your church signs up — there's nothing to source, license, or import yourself.

How do I display a specific verse during a live service?

Type the reference — book, chapter, and verse — into the lookup, and the matching text returns formatted and ready to show on screen. It's built to be fast enough to use live, including mid-sermon, not just prepared in advance.

Can I display a range of verses, not just a single verse?

Yes. A multi-verse passage comes back as a single formatted lookup, so you don't need to look up and paste each verse individually.

Do Bible verses use the same display styling as songs and sermon slides?

Yes. Verse slides are a slide type inside the same live display engine as song lyrics, teaching slides, and announcements, so they pick up the same backgrounds, transitions, and overlay styling as the rest of your service.

Can a verse slide be controlled from a phone during the service?

Yes. Verse slides can be advanced using the same phone or tablet remote control as any other slide in the service, and they appear on the worship team's stage view the same way other content does.

Bible verse display is part of Ekkli's free trial, alongside song lyrics, teaching slides, and the rest of the live presentation tool — free for up to 50 people, no card required.