RBV stands for “Random Bible Verse,” a kind of commentary-by-essay that I began in the early 20-teens. The verses I wrote about for this personal project were indeed random early on, as I employed a random verse generator to choose the scripture for me. I have since been converting many of my older essays into RBVs if they concentrate on or illustrate a particular verse or passage. I will gather links to those essays on this page to make it easier to find commentary on the specific verses I have so far explained. You can find explanations of longer passages, chapters, and even whole books of the Bible on the Sermons and Articles pages. (Up-to-date as of 04-20-2024)
Old Testament (Go to New Testament)
Genesis
Genesis 1:27 1:28
Genesis 2:24a-b 2:24c 2:25
Genesis 3:4
Genesis 6:5
Genesis 8:21
Genesis 24:2
Genesis 27:16
Genesis 31:8
Genesis 41:51 (’02) 41:51 (’06)
Genesis 45:11
Exodus
Exodus 12:2 (’12) 12:2 (’16)
Exodus 13:21
Exodus 15:1 15:26
Exodus 20:3 20:4-5 20:7 20:8 20:12 20:13 20:14 20:15 20:16 20:17
Exodus 34:6
Leviticus
Leviticus 23:27
Leviticus 27:30
Numbers
Numbers 9:8
Numbers 12:1
Numbers 16:9
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 28:12 28:20
Deuteronomy 29:29
Deuteronomy 30:19
Deuteronomy 31:27
Deuteronomy 32:1 32:43
Joshua
Judges
Judges 2:16
Judges 21:13
Judges 21:25
Ruth
Ruth 2:8 2:12
Ruth 3:11 3:18 (’10) 3:18 (’22)
I Samuel
I Samuel 2:1
I Samuel 8:5
I Samuel 12:7
II Samuel
I Kings
II Kings
I Chronicles
I Chronicles 14:11
I Chronicles 22:11
II Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Psalm 4:4
Psalm 8:4
Psalm 11:3
Psalm 15:1-5 (principle) 15:1 15:2 15:3 15:4 15:5
Psalm 22:1
Psalm 23:4
Psalm 35:18
Psalm 90:1 90:12
Psalm 91:1
Psalm 128:3
Psalm 139:21
Psalm 146:3
Psalm 147:4
Proverbs
Proverbs 1:22
Proverbs 2:10-11
Proverbs 12:7
Proverbs 13:6
Proverbs 15:14
Proverbs 17:22
Proverbs 22:6 22:15
Proverbs 24:21
Proverbs 27:23
Proverbs 28:6
Proverbs 29:12
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 2:1
Ecclesiastes 3:8
Ecclesiastes 11:9 (’02) 11:9 (’10)
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Song of Songs
Isaiah
Isaiah 1:4 1:5
Isaiah 5:20
Isaiah 8:12 8:16 8:20
Isaiah 9:6
Isaiah 10:32
Isaiah 43:10
Isaiah 51:1
Isaiah 63:13
Isaiah 65:17
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 5:8
Jeremiah 17:9
Jeremiah 19:12
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 9:4 (’03) 9:4 (’06)
Ezekiel 18:2
Ezekiel 35:6
Daniel
Daniel 4:17
Daniel 9:2
Daniel 12:4 (’02) 12:4 (’10)
Minor Prophets
Hosea 4:6
Hosea 12:7
Amos 2:6
Habakkuk 1:1
Zephaniah 1:8 1:12
Zephaniah 3:9
Zechariah 12:6
New Testament (Go to Old Testament)
Matthew
Matthew 3:2
Matthew 4:4 4:19
Matthew 6:7 6:24
Matthew 7:11
Matthew 10:29
Matthew 11:25
Matthew 12:40
Matthew 15:6
Matthew 16:13 16:18 16:21
Matthew 19:6 19:17
Matthew 21:14
Matthew 24:6-7 24:12 24:37
Matthew 27:2
Mark
Mark 1:14 1:15a 1:15b
Mark 4:26a 4:26b
Mark 6:3 (’07) 6:3 (’22)
Mark 8:27
Mark 16:15
Luke
Luke 1:3
Luke 6:48
Luke 11:2
Luke 12:34
Luke 16:31
John
John 1:18 1:42. 1:51
John 2:17
John 3:16
John 4:10
John 6:44
John 8:11 8:13 8:47
John 9:4
John 10:35
John 14:3 14:6 14:15
John 15:19
John 16:33
John 17:17
John 18:36 18:38
Acts
Acts 9:15
Acts 11:23
Acts 13:48
Acts 19:11
Acts 23:25
Acts 24:10
Romans
Romans 1:7 1:16 1:28
Romans 2:4
Romans 5:8
Romans 6:8
Romans 7:8
Romans 8:14
Romans 12:2 12:11
Romans 14:8
I Corinthians
I Corinthians 1:26 1:26-29 1:30
I Corinthians 2:11 2:12
I Corinthians 4:2
I Corinthians 6:12
I Corinthians 7:7
I Corinthians 10:13
I Corinthians 11:25 11:28
I Corinthians 12:1
I Corinthians 13:9
I Corinthians 15:29
II Corinthians
II Corinthians 2:11
II Corinthians 3:18
II Corinthians 5:11
II Corinthians 6:11
II Corinthians 7:10
II Corinthians 9:6
II Corinthians 10:3
II Corinthians 13:5
Galatians
Galatians 1:6 1:12
Galatians 4:18 4:29
Galatians 5:20
Galatians 6:7
Ephesians
Ephesians 4:13 4:18
Ephesians 5:25
Ephesians 6:4
Philippians
Philippians 1:21
Philippians 3:20 
Colossians
I Thessalonians
I Thessalonians 5:18 (’08) 5:18 (’20)
II Thessalonians
I Timothy
I Timothy 4:6
I Timothy 6:4 6:16
II Timothy
II Timothy 2:26
II Timothy 3:12
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
Hebrews 2:8
Hebrews 3:6 3:12
Hebrews 4:9
Hebrews 9:14 9:27
Hebrews 10:25
Hebrews 11:24
Hebrews 13:4
James
I Peter
I Peter 2:23
I Peter 4:19
I Peter 5:8
II Peter
Epistles of John
I John 1:9
I John 2:4
I John 3:1
Jude
Revelation
Revelation 3:19
Revelation 16:13
Revelation 19:15
Revelation 20:12