Church Verse Dock & Cinematic Bible Overlay for OBS Studio
This package is a complete local verse management and display system for OBS Studio, designed for churches, worship streams, and Bible study broadcasts. It allows you to fetch Scripture from Bible-API.com and present it on stream as professional lower thirds or cinematic fullscreen cards with smooth animations and customizable styling.
Main Features:
- Search and display any Bible verse or passage by reference (e.g. John 3:16, Psalm 23, verse ranges, etc.)
- Random Verse generator from specific books, multiple books, Old Testament, New Testament, or Gospels
- Multiple Bible translations loaded dynamically from the API
- Lower Third mode (centered top or bottom) and Fullscreen mode
- Cinematic display effects: Typewriter and Movie Credits scroll (auto or manual selection)
- Animation Speed control
- Time On Screen control with automatic hide after display
- Glow color customization to match your stream theme
- History panel to quickly recall previously shown verses
- Favorites panel to save and reuse important passages
- Responsive OBS-style dock interface with accordion panels
Installation in OBS Studio:
- Open OBS Studio
- Add a new Dock via: View → Docks → Custom Browser Docks
- Set the URL to: file:///C:\path-to\dock.html
- Add a new Browser Source to your scene
- Disable “Local File”
- In the URL field, enter: file:///C:\path-to\overlay.html
- Set the Browser Source size to your canvas resolution (e.g. 1920x1080)
Once loaded, use the Dock to search verses, fetch random scriptures, select translation, choose display mode (Lower Third or Fullscreen), pick animation style, and control how long the verse stays on screen. The overlay will automatically sync and render the verse with smooth broadcast-ready animations.
This tool is ideal for sermon scriptures, worship lyrics references, Bible study streams, and any church production that needs fast, elegant, and professional on-screen Bible verse presentation without switching scenes or typing text live.