Scribe for Microsoft Word

Free · Berean Standard Bible · from ReturningKing.com

See the verse, not just the reference, while you write in Word. Scribe adds a side panel to Word that reads the Bible references in your document and puts the passage itself into your sermon notes, lesson or paper.

Put your cursor on a reference such as John 3:16 or Rom. 8:28–30, and the passage appears in the panel.
Insert Scripture puts the passage in your document, as a block quotation, a citation or a quotation inside your sentence. When the passage came from a reference in your document, the reference is replaced, so it isn't written twice.
Word study: tap any underlined word in the passage to see the Greek or Hebrew behind it, and insert a word study with the parts you choose.
Cross-references: related passages for every verse, strongest first. Choose one to read it, insert it, or go Back.
Room to work: drag the bar between the passage and the study panel to give either one more space.
Link them all turns every reference in your document into a link to the passage in Scribe Study Bible, so readers of a document you post online or share as a PDF can open each passage with a click.

Until Scribe is in the Microsoft Office Add-ins store, you can add it to Word yourself with the file below. It takes a minute or two and works in Word for Microsoft 365, Word 2021 or later, and Word on the web.

Download the Scribe add-in file

Add it to Word

Word on the web (word.office.com)

Open a document in Word on the web.
On the Home tab choose Add-ins (or Insert › Add-ins), then More Add-ins.
Choose My Add-ins, then Upload My Add-in, and pick the file you downloaded.
Scribe Bible appears at the right end of the Home tab. Choose it to open the panel.

Word for Mac

Quit Word.
In Finder choose Go › Go to Folder and enter ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Documents/wef (if the wef folder isn't there, create it).
Copy the downloaded file into that folder, then open Word and a document.
Choose Home › Add-ins (or Insert › Add-ins › My Add-ins) and pick Scribe Study Bible.

Word for Windows

Until Scribe is in the store, Windows loads add-ins from a shared folder:

Make a folder, for example C:\WordAddins, and put the downloaded file in it.
Right-click the folder, choose Properties › Sharing › Share, and share it with yourself. Note the network path it shows, such as \\YOUR-PC\WordAddins.
In Word choose File › Options › Trust Center › Trust Center Settings › Trusted Add-in Catalogs. Paste the network path into Catalog Url, choose Add catalog, check Show in Menu, and choose OK.
Close and reopen Word. Choose Home › Add-ins › More Add-ins › Shared Folder, pick Scribe Study Bible and choose Add.

Using it

Choose Scribe Bible on the Home tab. Click on a reference in your document and its passage appears. Choose how to insert it (Block quote, Citation or In a sentence) and choose Insert Scripture. The panel says what will happen before you choose:

A reference on a line by itself is replaced by the quotation.
A reference inside a sentence is replaced when you insert it as a citation or in the sentence. A block quote goes below the paragraph instead, and your sentence keeps its reference.
A reference you type into the panel's search box is inserted where your cursor is.

Word's Undo (Ctrl+Z, or ⌘Z on a Mac) takes back anything Scribe inserts.

Your privacy

Scribe reads your document only on your own computer: the paragraph your cursor is in, and the whole document only when you choose Find references or Link them all. Nothing you write is sent to us or anyone else. The panel downloads Bible text from scribestudybible.com, a chapter at a time, as the app does. See the privacy policy.