One verse a day, in five small portions.

A calm Bible app. Take a single verse and sit with it: read it, understand it, ponder it, pray it, carry it into your day.

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Five small portions, like five small loaves

Big plans for Bible reading tend to fall over. Five Loaves asks for a few quiet minutes. Each day you get one verse, broken into five parts you can take one at a time.

  1. ReadThe verse, in plain view.
  2. ContextWhere it sits and what surrounds it.
  3. PonderA question to turn over.
  4. PrayWords to start a prayer with.
  5. CarryOne thing to take into the day.

What is in the app

The whole Bible

Read every book in the King James Version or the American Standard Version, on the web or offline in the phone app.

Ask

Talk through what you are going through and get a verse that fits, with a short, caring reply. Ask needs a free account.

Seven-day Journeys

A week of verses for a hard season: anxiety, grief, loneliness and more.

Twelve Baskets

Gather the verses and thoughts that speak to you, a basket for each month, so nothing is lost.

A narrated verse of the day

Listen to the day's verse read aloud, with the words lighting up as you go.

Two Fish

An optional subscription for more Ask conversations and verse explanations. The free app stays useful on its own.

Read and listen, free

Verse of the day

One KJV verse for every day of the year, with the verses around it and a recording in a male or female voice.

Bible verses about…

Anxiety, feeling low, grief, loneliness, forgiveness and starting over: seven passages each, with a short reflection.

A guide to the Bible

What each of the 66 books is about, with a heading for every chapter.

A look inside

The Today screen showing five loaves and the day's verse
Today
Ask: a conversation about grief that offers Psalm 34:18
Ask
The list of seven-day Journeys
Journeys
Twelve Baskets, one for each month of the year
Baskets

Private by design

No ads, no tracking, no analytics. Your reading, notes and baskets stay on your device. Read the privacy policy for the details, or learn how to delete your account.