HeartWord — Heart the Word!

HeartWord — read the Bible & memorize it by heart

HeartWord helps you not just read Bible verses, but keep them in your heart for good — organized in collections, with your own thoughts attached, reviewed on a regular basis.

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Many Bible translations

Schlachter 2000, Menge, Volxbibel, Luther, King James and more...

Study info

Strong's numbers with German explanations and pronunciation audio, plus the Calwer Bible Lexicon right next to the verse.

Your collections

Collect passages that matter to you in your own lists and add personal notes. Share collections with others — for a small group, for example.

Your own reading plans

Generate a reading plan from one or more Bible sections in just a few clicks — with a schedule, chosen weekdays, and saved either as a file or directly in your account.

Quick notes

Quickly capture Bible passages and comments during sermons or seminars.

Through the ear into the heart

Have passages read aloud to you — with prepared computer voices in good quality, or simply record your own memory verses yourself.

“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”Romans 10:17 (King James Translation)

Scientific repetition

Spaced repetition (SRS/FSRS) makes sure you review a verse exactly when it does the most good.

With you everywhere

Currently used in the browser on every platform — standalone apps are coming. Your collections stay in sync automatically.

Support HeartWord

HeartWord is a personal project. I'll be greatful for any support — in all kinds of ways.

Financially

Cost for server and services keep running. This site intentionally does not show adverts and does not monetize your clicks - it relies on donations (i.e via GitHub Sponsors)

Prayer

For wisdom on the next steps and endurance along the way.

Contacts

Do you know rights holders of Bible translations? A friendly introduction would help a lot.

Coffee & chocolate

Small, but motivating 😋 Buy Me A Coffee.

Thanks

HeartWord can only exist because many people and organizations make their Bible translations, lexicons and tools available for free or with kind permission. Heartfelt thanks to:

Bible translations

  • Schlachter 1951 — © 1951 Geneva Bible Society, published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Schlachter 2000 — © 2000 Geneva Bible Society. Used with kind permission.
  • Menge Bible — translated by Hermann Menge, public domain.
  • Luther 1912 — public domain, provided via eBible.org.
  • New Evangelistic Translation (NeÜ) — © Karl-Heinz Vanheiden, non-commercial distribution permitted.
  • Volxbibel 4.0 — © Martin Dreyer & the Volxbibel Community, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
  • Elberfelder (edition by bibelkommentare.de) — © 2019 Verbreitung des christlichen Glaubens e.V., CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
  • Berean Standard Bible, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Revised Literal Translation, Offene Bibel (Studienfassung), Zürcher Bibel 1931 — provided via the open-source project scrollmapper/bible_databases (MIT/GPL).

Study resources

  • Calwer Bible Lexicon — Calwer Verlag, provided via crossload.org.
  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK) — public domain, provided via bible-cross-reference-json.
  • Strong's Lexicon — OpenScriptures BDB & Hebrew Lexicon, MyBible BDB/Thayer, and the Greek-German Strong's Lexicon by Gerhard Kautz.
  • German–KJV verse mapping — CrossWire Bible Society / JSword, created by Jens Grabner and the DIB team for STEP Bible, LGPL-2.1.
  • Herrnhut Daily Watchwords (Losungen) — provided by the Moravian Church (Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine), used under their terms for the current year.

Full copyright & usage details for every translation are available in the app under Settings → Bible translations.

Sources of ideas & inspiration

The following brothers and sisters influenced (without knowing it) the design and functionality of HeartWord in the early stages of development and gave important pointers. Thank you!

  • Daniel Exler - emphasized the importance of listening, in a personal conversation during a seminar break.
  • Maria Prean - one of her videos inspired me to add "callouts" for proclamations...
  • Pastor Florian Treutel of Charity Church Hanau, because during his Bible study it became clear to me that we need a dedicated mode for taking notes during Bible study (or a sermon).
Michael Baas

Contact

There's no team behind HeartWord, just me — Michael. Feel free to reach out, whether with a question, a translation contact, or just to say hi.