REST API

Scripture At Scale

Access every verse of the LDS Standard Works in 88 languages. Bilingual parallel text, full-text search, and Swagger docs.

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# Get Genesis 1:1 in English, Spanish & Korean
curl https://liahonalinguist.com/api/v1/verses/1/parallel?langs=en,es,ko

{
  "data": {
    "verseId": 1,
    "bookTitle": "Genesis",
    "chapter": 1,
    "verse": 1,
    "translations": [
      { "lang": "en", "text": "In the beginning God created..." },
      { "lang": "es", "text": "En el principio creó Dios..." },
      { "lang": "ko", "text": "태초에 하나님이 천지를 창조하시니라" }
    ]
  }
}
1.8M Verse texts
88 Languages
5 Standard Works
99% Uptime

Endpoints

A complete RESTful API covering the entire canon of LDS scripture.

📚

Volumes

Browse all 5 Standard Works — Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, Pearl of Great Price.

GET /api/v1/volumes
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Books

List all books within a volume, get book titles in any supported language.

GET /api/v1/volumes/:id/books
📄

Chap & Vers

Retrieve chapters within a book and verses within a chapter, translated to any language.

GET /api/v1/chapters/:id/verses
🌍

Parallel

The killer feature — get any verse or chapter with side-by-side translations in multiple languages.

GET /api/v1/verses/:id/parallel
🔍

Search

Search across all scriptures using SQLite FTS5. Supports searching in any of the 88 languages.

GET /api/v1/search?q=faith
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Languages

List all 88 supported languages with native names, verse counts, and full 5-volume coverage stats.

GET /api/v1/languages

Access

Start free. Scale when you need to.

Developer

$9 /mo

60 requests/minute

10,000 verses/day

All endpoints & 88 languages

Pro

$29 /mo

200 requests/minute

50,000 verses/day

Priority Support

Enterprise

Custom

1,000+ requests/minute

Unlimited verses

Dedicated Support