Min Anki	Max Anki	Updated
2.1.55	26.09.2+	2026-09-17

Bible Verse Memorizer – Anki add-on

Turns a Bible verse or passage into a set of cards for memorizing it. You only enter the reference and the text; the add-on creates the cards.

Card	Front	Back
First Letters	reference + `16 f g s l t w,`	full text
Line 1, 2, 3… (line before and after)	reference + previous line + `[...]` + next line	the missing line highlighted
Recall Text	reference + `[...]`	full text
Recall Reference	`[...]` + text	reference

The first line only shows the line after it, the last line only the line before it. A text with a single line gets no line cards.

Preview of all cards for John 3:16

Installation

Requires Anki 2.1.55 or newer (tested with 25.02.7 and 26.09.2).

From a file: scripts/build.sh creates dist/bible_verse_memorizer.ankiaddon; double-click it, or use Tools → Add-ons → Install from file….
Development version (changes in this folder are picked up after a restart):
```
scripts/install_dev.sh
```

Restart Anki. When a profile is opened, the add-on creates the note type Bible Verse (only if it does not exist yet).

Usage

Add → choose the note type Bible Verse.
Enter the Reference (e.g. John 3:16) and paste the Text. Want the translation on the card? Put it in the reference: John 3:16 (NIV).
Click Add.

How lines are determined

If you added line breaks yourself (Enter), every line becomes a card line.
If you paste one running text, it is split after , ; : . ! ? (only when followed by a space, so 12:00 and 3,5 stay intact).
Verse numbers are kept; <sup>16</sup> or 16For copied from websites becomes 16 For. Ordinals such as 3rd stay intact. Passages with several verses work.
At most 30 line cards per note; longer passages are merged into line 30 (you get a message). Consider splitting such passages.

Editing – when you change the text later, the cards are updated as soon as you leave the field. If the text gets shorter, surplus line cards are left empty; clean them up with Tools → Bible Verse Memorizer: Update All Verses (undo with Edit → Undo). That menu action is also useful after editing on your phone, where add-ons do not run.

The fields Formatted, FirstLetters and Line1–30 are filled in by the add-on and hidden in the editor. Manual changes to them are overwritten.

Studying on mobile works as usual (AnkiMobile/AnkiDroid): all card content is stored in the note. Add and edit verses on the desktop.

Settings

Tools → Add-ons → Bible Verse Memorizer → Config:

Key	Default	Meaning
`hide_generated_fields`	`true`	`false` shows the generated fields (collapsed)

You can customise styling and templates via Manage Note Types → Cards; your changes are kept until an add-on version ships new templates.

Development

uv venv --python 3.9 .venv
uv pip install --python .venv/bin/python "anki==25.2.7" pytest
.venv/bin/python -m pytest

Part	File
Text logic (no Anki imports)	`src/bible_verse_memorizer/text.py`
Note type, templates, CSS	`src/bible_verse_memorizer/note_type.py`
Generated fields, clean-up	`src/bible_verse_memorizer/fields.py`
Hooks, hidden fields, menu	`src/bible_verse_memorizer/anki_integration.py`

pytest tests the text logic and – with the real anki package – the note type and the rendering of every card. Run it against newer Anki versions too, e.g. with a Python 3.13 venv and anki==26.9.2.
scripts/smoke_test.sh starts the real Anki app with a throwaway base folder (your own profiles are not touched), loads the add-on from a numeric folder name like AnkiWeb does, walks through adding, editing, hiding fields and the menu action, and prints the result. Close Anki first.
When templates or CSS change, bump TEMPLATE_VERSION in note_type.py so existing users receive them; bump human_version in manifest.json for releases.
Design notes: docs/superpowers/specs/.

License

MIT

Bible Verse Memorizer – first letters, line-by-line and recall cards

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Maintenance

GitHub

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