# Bible by Midvash (remote · mcp.midvash.com)

Free, no-key Bible MCP server — 86 translations in 32 languages, from any MCP client.

- Trust score: 73/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `mcp.midvash.com`: 73/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-midvash-bible/mcp-registry.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-midvash-bible/mcp-registry)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 88/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 3318 tokens (~72/item across 46 items; 11 tools + 35 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (55% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-midvash-bible https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-midvash-bible]
url = "https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-midvash-bible": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-midvash-bible --url https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-midvash-bible:
    url: "https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-midvash-bible": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-03 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-01 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 71, +2)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 69, +2)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-29 (score 67)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (11)

### `get_verse` (~206 tokens)

Fetches one exact Bible verse or a contiguous verse range from a specific version. Use this when the book, chapter, verse, and version are already known. For natural references such as "John 3:16-18", prefer get_passage.

Input parameters:

- `book` (string, required): Bible book name, slug, or abbreviation. Accepts supported localized names such as "John", "João", "Salmos", or "1 Sm".
- `chapter` (integer, required): Chapter number within the selected book. Must be 1 or greater.
- `verse` (integer, required): Starting verse number. Must exist in the selected chapter.
- `verse_end` (integer): Optional ending verse number for a range. Must be greater than or equal to verse and within the same chapter.
- `version` (string, required): Bible version slug to read from, such as "nvi", "kjv", "ara", or "rvr1960". Must be enabled by the connection URL filters.

Output parameters:

- `verses` (array)
- `version` (string): Version slug, such as "nvi".
- `version_name` (string): Human-readable version name.

### `get_chapter` (~142 tokens)

Fetches a full Bible chapter from a specific version, formatted in Markdown with numbered verses. Use this when the user needs chapter-level context instead of an isolated verse.

Input parameters:

- `book` (string, required): Bible book name, slug, or abbreviation. Accepts supported localized names such as "John", "João", "Salmos", or "1 Sm".
- `chapter` (integer, required): Chapter number within the selected book. Must be 1 or greater.
- `version` (string, required): Bible version slug to read from, such as "nvi", "kjv", "ara", or "rvr1960". Must be enabled by the connection URL filters.

Output parameters:

- `verses` (array)
- `version` (string): Version slug, such as "nvi".
- `version_name` (string): Human-readable version name.

### `get_passage` (~221 tokens)

Fetches Bible passages from natural-language references such as "John 3:16-18", "Psalm 23", "Romans 8:1-9:5" (crossing chapters) or "John 3:16; Romans 8:1" (several at once). This is the primary lookup tool when the user gives a citation instead of structured book/chapter/verse fields.

Input parameters:

- `reference` (string, required): One or more free-form Bible references. Accepts localized book names, abbreviations, whole chapters ("Psalm 23"), verse ranges ("John 3:16-18"), chapter ranges ("Genesis 1-3"), ranges that cross chap…
- `version` (string): Optional Bible version slug. If omitted, uses the first version enabled by the connection URL, or "nvi" when no version filter exists.

Output parameters:

- `verses` (array)
- `version` (string): Version slug, such as "nvi".
- `version_name` (string): Human-readable version name.

### `search_bible` (~270 tokens)

Searches the Bible text for words or an exact phrase and returns matching verses ranked by relevance. Matching ignores letter case and accents; wrap the query in double quotes for an exact phrase. Use this for discovery questions like "find verses about love". For a known citation, use get_passage or get_verse.

Input parameters:

- `book` (string): Optional book name, slug, or abbreviation in any supported book locale (ex.: "John", "João", "Salmos"). Required for versions in Hebrew, Greek, or Latin.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of matches to return. Default: 20; max: 50.
- `query` (string, required): Words to search for. Every word must appear in the verse, in any order. Wrap the whole query in double quotes for an exact phrase. Accents and letter case are ignored. This is keyword search, not sem…
- `testament` (string): Optional testament filter. Use "old" for Old Testament or "new" for New Testament. Ignored when book is provided.
- `version` (string): Optional Bible version slug such as "nvi", "kjv", "ara", or "rvr1960". If omitted, uses the first version enabled by the connection URL, or "nvi".

Output parameters:

- `matches` (array)
- `query` (string)
- `strategy` (string): How the results were produced: ranked on the requested version, ranked on another version of the same language, substring fallback, or a book-scoped scan.
- `version` (string): Version slug, such as "nvi".
- `version_name` (string): Human-readable version name.

### `compare_passage` (~144 tokens)

Compares the same Bible passage across multiple Bible versions and returns a Markdown side-by-side style comparison. Use this for translation comparison, sermon preparation, or study questions. For a single version, use get_passage.

Input parameters:

- `reference` (string, required): Free-form Bible reference to compare. Accepts supported localized book names, abbreviations, whole chapters, and verse ranges. Examples: "John 3:16", "João 3:16-18", "Psalm 23".
- `versions` (array): Optional list of Bible version slugs to compare. If omitted, uses versions enabled by the connection URL, or a small default set. Maximum 8 versions.

### `list_versions` (~113 tokens)

Lists Bible versions available to the current MCP connection, automatically respecting URL filters such as ?v=nvi,kjv and ?lang=pt-br,en. Use this before lookup, search, or comparison when the user has not specified a version.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Optional language filter for version metadata. Examples: "pt-br", "pt", "en", "es", "he", "la", "fr", "it", "gr". The value "pt" includes pt-br and pt-pt.

### `list_books` (~122 tokens)

Lists the 66 canonical Bible books with localized names, slugs, abbreviations, testament grouping, and chapter counts. Use this when an agent needs valid book identifiers or localized display names before calling lookup tools.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Optional locale for book names, slugs, and abbreviations. Supported values: en, pt-br, es, fr, de, it, zh, ru, ko. Defaults to en.
- `testament` (string): Optional testament filter. Use "old" for Old Testament books or "new" for New Testament books.

### `get_cross_references` (~199 tokens)

Finds other Bible passages that relate to a given verse, ranked by how widely the link is attested. This answers "what else in Scripture speaks to this?" — the standard next step in study after reading a verse. Returns each related passage with its text, so no follow-up lookup is needed.

Input parameters:

- `include_text` (boolean): Whether to include the text of each related passage. Default true. Set false for a compact list of references only.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of related passages. Default: 10; max: 25.
- `reference` (string, required): The verse to start from, such as "John 3:16" or "Romanos 8:28". Must point at a single verse; a whole chapter is too broad for cross-references.
- `version` (string): Optional Bible version slug for the text of the related passages. Defaults to the connection version, or "nvi".

Output parameters:

- `passages` (array)
- `source` (object)
- `version` (string): Version slug, such as "nvi".
- `version_name` (string): Human-readable version name.

### `search_study` (~230 tokens)

Searches Midvash's Bible study library: chapter commentaries, Bible characters, dictionary entries, and theology articles, in 9 languages. Use this for background and explanation — who a person was, what a term means, what a chapter is about. For the biblical text itself, use search_bible or get_passage. Results are summaries with a link to the full article.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Optional language for the study material: en, pt-br, es, fr, de, it, zh, ru, ko. Defaults to the connection language, or English.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results. Default: 10; max: 25.
- `query` (string, required): Words to search for across titles and summaries. Every word must appear, in any order. Accents and letter case are ignored.
- `type` (string): Optional filter. "commentary" for chapter commentaries, "character" for people in the Bible, "dictionary" for term definitions, "theology" for doctrinal articles. Omit to search all four.

### `get_commentary` (~174 tokens)

Fetches the Midvash commentary for the chapter a reference points to — what the chapter is about, its context and its main movements. Every one of the 1,189 Bible chapters has one, in 9 languages. Use this for "what is this chapter about" questions. For the text itself, use get_passage. Returns a summary with a link to the full commentary.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Optional language for the commentary: en, pt-br, es, fr, de, it, zh, ru, ko. Defaults to the connection language, or English.
- `reference` (string, required): Any Bible reference inside the chapter you want commentary on. "John 3", "João 3:16" and "Romans 8:1-11" all resolve to that chapter.

### `get_strongs` (~279 tokens)

Looks up a word in Strong's lexicon — 8,674 Hebrew and 5,523 Greek entries — by Strong's number ("H430", "G2316") or by the word itself, in the original script or transliterated ("elohim", "θεός"). Returns the lemma, transliteration, definition and senses, translated into the requested language. Use it when the question is what an original-language word means.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Restricts the search, and is required when `number` is given without an H or G prefix.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum entries when searching by word. Default: 5; max: 15.
- `number` (string): Strong's identifier: "H430" for Hebrew, "G2316" for Greek. A bare number like "430" also works if `language` is given.
- `translation_language` (string): Language for the definitions: en, pt-br, es, fr, de, it, zh, ru, ko. Defaults to the connection language, or English.
- `word` (string): A word to look up instead of a number. Accepts the original script ("אלהים", "θεός") or a transliteration ("elohim", "theos"). Vowel points and accents are ignored.

Output parameters:

- `entries` (array)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-midvash-bible/mcp-registry#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 73
- 2026-08-02: 72
- 2026-08-01: 72
- 2026-07-31: 71
- 2026-07-30: 69
- 2026-07-29: 67

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry
- Repository: https://github.com/midvash/bible-mcp
- Website: https://mcp.midvash.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-midvash-bible/mcp-registry/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-midvash-bible/mcp-registry/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-midvash-bible/mcp-registry