Scroll The Bible turns the scrolling habit into time in Scripture, one verse at a time. Gabriel Jacobson of JCBSN LLC built the iPhone reader for people who reach for a feed without thinking and would rather that reach open the Bible.^1
The reader is a full-screen vertical feed through every book and chapter: swipe, read one verse, swipe again, and your place is saved when you return.^1 A Verse of the Day and a daily devotional support a daily habit.^1 Tap a verse for Deep Study, Original Language, Explain It Easier, and Related Verses, or open Discover, a feed of verses that arrive with historical context, original-language notes, cross-references, and application.^1 Search any word or verse, then switch between Basic and Advanced study depth.^1 Reading plans, widgets, favorite verses, notes, and optional account sync sit alongside the reader.^4 The King James Version is bundled with the app, other translations are fetched through API.Bible and YouVersion, and the app now works in English and Spanish.^4 Scripture scrolling and translation switching are free; the deeper study tools are subscription-based.^6 Those study tools are AI-generated through OpenAI, and the privacy policy warns that the output can be inaccurate or incomplete and is not a substitute for pastoral care or your own study of Scripture.^4
Jacobson came to Bible apps through original languages. After his pastor kept explaining Greek and Hebrew meanings at church, he built Bible Word Study, launched in July 2025, to make that study accessible. Scroll The Bible followed when he saw scrolling and the Bible put together and wondered, "how has somebody not made an app where you could scroll the Bible?"^7 JCBSN says the brand exists to glorify the name of Jesus Christ and to help bring back a reverence and fear of the Lord, and Jacobson told the Heartlander, "It's all about glorifying Jesus."^8
One reader describes the change this way:
"I constantly felt awful for spending my mornings and nights doomscrolling. Now I scroll the Bible instead." - Rose^2
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