Help & Frequently Asked Questions

The free features are enough to keep and study your own scriptures: Add Scripture, Browse your collection, Study a topic across everything you have written, your own Quotes, and your own Names of Christ. You can read, add, and organize your own study at no cost.

Full Access unlocks the connective and library features: the shared Quote library (all the quotes recorded for everyone to draw on), Definitions, Patterns, Conference Talks, the Teach page (gather your study across a range of verses to teach from), AI study insights, and the Daily Study Email. Locked features show a small lock in the menu.

You are taken to an Unlock page that shows what is inside — including how many quotes and subjects are waiting in the shared library — and how to get Full Access. Your own free features keep working normally.

For now, request it from the Unlock page (or the Contact page) and the site owner sets it up for you directly. Automatic subscription payment is coming later.

Long-time members and family were kept on Full Access when this started. If something you used is now locked and you think it should not be, contact the site owner.

From the home page, choose Create Account. Enter your name, an email you check (this becomes your login), and a password, then press Create Account — you are logged straight in. If the site offers a shared quote library, a welcome page asks whether you want it; answer and you land on your Workspace.

Open the menu and choose Add Scripture. The quickest way: paste a verse into the "Paste a verse" box — for example "Alma 32:21 And now as I said concerning faith..." — then press "Fill in fields," which fills the volume, book, chapter, verse, and text for you. Check it, then press Save Scripture. (You can also fill the fields by hand: pick a volume, then the book list appears, then enter chapter, verse, and text.)

On any verse's page, press the "＋ Add Components" button. A window opens where you pick what to add — a note, a cross-reference to another verse, a quote, a definition, a name of Christ, a conference talk, or a pattern. Choose one, fill it in, and it attaches to that verse. Each kind then appears in its own labeled section on the verse page.

On a verse page, each section heading (References, Notes, Quotes, Definitions, and so on) starts folded, showing just its name, a colored dot, and a count. Click a heading to unfold that section; click again to fold it. This keeps a well-studied verse easy to scan.

Choose Study from the menu and type a word like "faith." It gathers every scripture, note, definition, name of Christ, quote, and pattern where that word appears — your whole study of that topic on one page.

Choose Teach from the menu. Enter a range — From a reference like "Alma 32:1" To "Alma 34:41" — and it gathers everything you have studied across those verses into one teaching sheet you can read or print. If AI is enabled on your account, you can also ask for an overview or ask a specific question about your study.

You give a name, an email, and a password — that is the whole account. The email is your login, so use one you check. Press Create Account and you are logged straight in. If the site owner has published a quote library, a short welcome page then asks whether you would like it; answer that and you land on your workspace, which is empty until you add your first verse.

It offers read-only access to the shared quote library — a collection of sayings the site owner has gathered. The page shows a few examples and explains exactly what saying yes means, with two buttons: include it, or no thanks. Your account is already created and active by that point, so declining costs you nothing.

It is optional and reversible, so there is no wrong answer. Saying yes gives you a ready-made collection to search and attach to your verses. Saying no keeps your searches limited to quotes you create yourself. Either way you can change it later on your Account page — you will not need to register again.

They appear together in search results, but they are never merged. Yours remain yours — private, editable, and untouched. Library quotes simply have no Edit option, because they are someone else's to maintain. Nothing you write is ever visible to the site owner or to any other user.

Yes. ScripturesNote is your personal study workspace, not a scripture library — you add the verses you are working with. Paste the text from whatever edition you study with. This keeps your collection focused on what you are actually studying rather than burying it in thousands of verses you have never opened.

Log in, choose Add Scripture from the menu. The fastest way is to paste the whole verse (reference and text together) into the "Paste a verse" box and press "Fill in fields" — everything fills in automatically. Or fill the fields by hand: pick a volume, then a book, then enter chapter, verse, and text. Either way, review it and press Save Scripture. You land on that verse's page, ready for notes and links.

Yes. Standard abbreviations work when you paste or type a reference — "Al 32:21", "1 Ne 3:7", "Mos 3:19", "D&C 76:22" all resolve to the full book. This works on the Add page and in the Teach range boxes.

Yes. On the Add Scripture page, use the "Add several at once" link to reach the bulk paste importer. Paste many verses, one per line (each starting with its reference), preview them, and add them all in one step — all into your own private account.

Yes. When adding or referencing a verse, put the last verse of the range in the small "end" box beside the verse number. It is stored and displayed as a range.

The D&C is organized by section rather than book and chapter, so the section is treated as the book and the chapter field is hidden. A reference like D&C 76:22 is entered by choosing Section 76 and entering verse 22. It displays as "Section 76:22" throughout.

It gathers everything you have collected about a single word, organized verse by verse. Enter a word like "resurrection" and it finds every verse the topic touches — the word is in the verse text, or in a note, cross-reference, quote, definition, name of Christ, pattern, or talk you attached to it — and shows each full verse together with all of its attached items grouped beneath it. So instead of separate lists, you study each whole scripture and its corresponding material side by side.

So you can study a scripture together with everything it connects to, all at once. Each matching verse appears as its own card: the full verse text first, then its notes, cross-references, definitions, names of Christ, quotes, patterns, and conference talks underneath. A verse shows up if the word is in its text OR in anything attached to it, so you never miss a verse just because the word only appears in your note about it.

Across everything you have collected: scriptures, definitions, Names of Christ, your notes, cross-reference notes, quotes, patterns, and conference talks. Definitions and Names include any shared library you have opted into; patterns and talks are always your own. Each result links straight to its full page.

No, not by default. Studying "resurrection" also finds "resurrected" and "resurrect", so you see every form of the word. Capitalization never matters — "god" and "God" return the same results. Matches are highlighted so they are easy to spot. If you DO want an exact phrase, put it in quotes (see the next question).

Put the phrase in quotation marks. Typing "I am" (with the quotes) finds only entries that contain that exact phrase — so you get the scriptures and notes where those two words appear together, not every verse that happens to contain the words "I" and "am" separately. Without the quotes, "I am" searches for anything containing both words anywhere.

No. "I am", "I AM", and "i am" all find the same results — the phrase is matched no matter how it is capitalized. In the results the phrase is highlighted exactly as it was written, so a verse that has "I AM" still shows "I AM".

Yes. You can combine them: "I am" bread finds entries that contain the phrase "I am" AND the word "bread". Each quoted phrase and each loose word must all be present for an entry to match. Straight quotes, curly quotes, and single quotes all work as phrase marks.

That is exactly what the Study page is for. It searches only your own content — your scriptures, your notes, your cross-reference notes, your quotes, definitions, names of Christ, patterns, and conference-talk notes. Type a word (or a quoted phrase) and it gathers every place you have written it. To narrow a busy result, use the Refine checkboxes under the search box to show only certain kinds — for example just your Notes. Nothing anyone else wrote is mixed in except shared-library quotes, definitions, and names you have chosen to include, and those are marked "library".

It only searches what you have added. Early on there may be little to gather; as you record scriptures, write notes, and build definitions, the Study page fills out. It reflects your own study, not an outside encyclopedia. (If you searched with quotes and got nothing, try removing them — the exact phrase may not be written exactly that way in your entries.)

As many as you want. Notes stack in a numbered list with a running count, and adding a new one never replaces an old one. Come back months later and add more.

It is created automatically as a placeholder with empty text. Click through to it any time and fill in the wording. This lets you follow a train of thought without stopping to type out every verse along the way.

No. Link A to B once and both pages show the relationship. B displays the connection tagged "links here" so you know it points back. This is true for scripture-to-scripture, adage-to-scripture, and adage-to-adage links.

Yes. Every link has an optional note field. It appears indented beneath the link on both pages, so the reason for the connection travels with it.

Yes. Every note has an "edit" control beside it, and every link has "edit link" which lets you change the connecting note or remove the link entirely. Removing a link leaves both verses in place — only the connection goes.

Yes. Open the verse and use "Edit this verse" beneath the text. You can correct the wording or delete the verse outright. Deleting also removes its notes, its links, and its quote attachments, so you are asked to confirm first.

Linking to a verse you have not added yet creates it as a placeholder so the connection can exist. These are marked "needs text" wherever they appear, and Browse has a filter listing all of them so you can fill them in when you are ready.

Use Browse in the menu. It shows every book you have verses in, with counts, and you can open any book to see its verses in order. There are also filters for recently added, most connected, and verses still needing text.

Yes. On any verse page, "Printable version" opens a clean copy with the verse, your notes, its cross-references and quotes, laid out for paper with no navigation. You can optionally include the full text of linked verses.

Quotes are compressed observations about human experience, and they often echo what scripture teaches in plainer language. Attaching them to verses gives you a second angle on a passage. You can also link quotes to each other to trace how an idea recurs.

Source (who said or wrote it), subject (a short label for what it is about), and the quote text itself. All three are searchable and all three can be corrected later.

You can edit any quote you created yourself — open it and change the source, subject, or text. If you imported quotes from another system, your corrections are flagged and protected, so a later re-import will not overwrite them. Quotes from the shared library are the exception; those are maintained by the site owner.

Yes, and to as many other quotes as you like. There is no limit on connections in any direction.

Those come from the shared library — a collection the site owner has made available read-only. You can search them and attach them to your scriptures, but only the owner can change their wording. Any quote you created yourself will always have an Edit option.

You see the change immediately, because the library is a live view rather than a copy handed to you. If they correct a typo or a misattribution, it is corrected everywhere it appears, including on your scripture pages.

Yes, at any time. Your Account page has a Shared Quote Library setting you can switch on or off yourself. Turning it off hides those quotes from your searches again; any you had already attached to your scriptures stay attached and keep working.

A definition is a word or phrase and what it means to you — for example the term "Grace" with your own explanation of it. You keep your own private list, and you can link any definition to the scriptures where it appears. Open a verse and you will see the definitions you have linked to it, alongside your notes and quotes.

Open the definition and use the "Link a Scripture" search to find a verse in your own collection, then link it. The connection shows on both the definition and the verse. You can add a short note explaining the link, and remove it later without deleting either side.

There can be. Just like quotes, the site owner can offer their own collection of definitions as a read-only library, through a separate setting. If it is offered, you opt in on your Account page, and those definitions appear in your searches. You can use and attach them but not edit them; your own definitions stay private and fully yours.

Yes. On the Definitions page choose "Import from CSV". Upload a two-column file — the term in the first column, the definition in the second. If a definition begins with a scripture reference like "2 Nephi 10:16" and you already have that verse, the importer links it and removes the reference from the text. You see a full preview of what will happen before anything is saved.

Then nothing is linked and the reference is left in the definition text untouched. The importer never creates verses you did not enter yourself — it only links to scriptures already in your collection.

It works exactly like Definitions, but for the names and titles of Christ — for example "The Good Shepherd" with its meaning. You keep your own list, link each name to the scriptures where it appears, and see them on the verse page. It is a completely separate collection from your definitions.

Yes, and independently. The site owner can offer a read-only library of Names of Christ through its own separate setting, and you opt in on your Account page separately from the definitions library. Turning one on does not affect the other.

Yes, the same way as definitions. On the Names of Christ page choose "Import from CSV" and upload a two-column file: the name first, its meaning second. A leading reference is linked and stripped only if you already own that verse. A preview shows everything before you confirm.

It lets you keep a private list of conference talks — speaker, title, and conference — with your own notes, and link each talk to the scriptures it relates to. Open a verse and you will see the talks you have linked to it, alongside your notes, quotes, and definitions. Talks are private to you; there is no shared library for them.

On a verse's page, press "＋ Add Components" and choose the talk option. Search your existing talks, or create a new one right there and link it in one step. You can add the date and fuller notes later on the talk's own page.

Yes. On the Talks page choose "Import from CSV" and upload a file with the speaker, title, conference, and notes. A preview shows everything before saving.

Teach gathers everything you have studied across a range of verses into one sheet you can teach from. You pick a starting reference and an ending reference — say Alma 32:1 to Alma 34:41 — and it collects every verse you own in that span, along with all your notes, cross-references, definitions, quotes, names of Christ, patterns, and talks for those verses, organized verse by verse.

Choose Teach from the menu (under Collections or on the top bar). Type a reference in the "From" box and another in the "To" box, then press Gather. Shortened book names work here too. A summary tells you what it found, and the teaching sheet appears below.

Yes. After gathering, press "Printable version." It opens a clean, print-formatted page — verses and your study laid out for paper, with no menus — and brings up your browser's print dialog.

If AI is enabled on your account, Teach shows two options: "Ask AI for a teaching overview," which synthesizes the main themes across your study, and a box where you can ask a specific question about the verses you gathered. Both draw only on what you have written. See the AI section for how this works and its privacy.

Teach only gathers verses you have actually added to your account. If a verse in the range is not in your collection, it will not appear. Add it first, then gather again.

When enabled, the AI can look across the entries you have gathered — on the Study page ("find patterns across these") or on the Teach page (a teaching overview, or answering a question you type) — and give you a concise synthesis of the themes and connections in your own study. It works only from what you have written.

AI is an optional add-on the site owner enables per account, and it runs on a paid service, so it is not on by default. If you are interested, your Account page has a way to let the owner know. Family members may have it enabled for them directly.

When you use an AI feature, the entries you are analyzing are sent to the AI provider (Anthropic) to process, then the result comes back. Per Anthropic's policy it is not used to train AI models, but it does leave the site to be processed. Each AI button shows this plainly, and it only ever sends your own entries, only when you press the button. If you would rather nothing leave the site, simply do not use the AI buttons — everything else works without them.

The AI is instructed to work only from what you have written and not to invent scripture or references, but like any AI it can occasionally be imperfect. Treat its overview as a helpful starting point and read it with your own judgment — it says so beneath each result.

Yes. It can be added to your phone or tablet's home screen so it opens full screen like an app, and it stays up to date automatically. Choose "Install on Phone/Tablet" from the menu for step-by-step instructions for your device.

Open scripturesnote.com in Safari, tap the Share button (the square with an up-arrow), scroll down, and tap "Add to Home Screen." It must be Safari — other apps' built-in browsers hide this option.

Open the site in Chrome, tap the menu (three dots), and choose "Install app" or "Add to Home screen."

No. It is simply your website in an app-like frame — free, and always current because it loads the live site. There is nothing to download from an app store and nothing to update.

A pattern is a recurring theme you notice across scripture — a name, an explanation, and the examples that follow the same shape. For instance, a pattern called "Going before Christ" with an explanation, and examples like Joseph Smith, Abraham, Adam, Moses, and John. It is a way to record a structure you see repeating rather than a single verse or definition.

Patterns are always private to you. Unlike quotes, definitions, and Names of Christ, there is no shared library for patterns and no way for anyone else to see them. They are yours alone.

As many as you like. When adding or editing a pattern, use "Add another example" for each one. There is no fixed number — a pattern might have two examples or twenty.

Yes. On the Patterns page choose "Import from CSV". The first column is the pattern name, the second is the explanation, and every column after that is an example — as many columns as you have examples. Nothing is linked to scriptures; the explanation and examples are kept as plain text. As with the other importers, you see a preview before anything is saved.

Because a pattern mixes people and references together as examples — "Abraham" and "Matthew 11:9" might sit side by side — the examples are stored as plain text so both kinds are preserved exactly as you wrote them. If you want a reference to be a live link, record it as a definition or a Name of Christ instead, where linking is the point.

Type any number of words. Every word must appear somewhere in an item for it to match — in verse text, a reference, a note, a link comment, or a quote. Word order does not matter and the words can be far apart. Matches are highlighted in the results.

Yes. Searching "God" or "sin" or "joy" returns results. Many search systems silently ignore words under four characters; this one does not.

Your workspace shows results only after you search, so it stays fast and uncluttered as your collection grows. Search a word, or filter by volume, to see what you have.

Not unless you choose to share something. Everything you add is private to your account by default — there is no public view, and no other user can browse or search your collection. The one exception is sharing: if you deliberately send a scripture to another user, they see the copy you sent them, and only that. Two users can each keep their own John 3:16 with completely different notes, invisible to each other.

Use the "Forgot password" link on the login page. We email a reset link that expires after two hours and can only be used once. We never email your password, because we never store it in a readable form.

After 3 failed attempts within 10 minutes, logins are temporarily blocked for that email address. This protects your account from password guessing. Wait for the window to pass, or reset your password to regain access sooner. The block is tied to the account, not your network, so it will not affect other people using the same wifi.

Yes. Your Account page has an export that packages everything you have written — verses, notes, links, quotes, and all the connections between them — into a single file you can download and keep.

Not from the Account page, since your email is your login identity. Send a message through the contact form and we can update it for you.

Any other person with a ScripturesNote account. You share by typing their exact account email address. There is no list of users to browse — this is deliberate, so no one can discover who else is registered, and no one can be added to your world without your typing their address.

Yes. Sharing goes from one account to another, so the recipient must be a registered ScripturesNote user, and you must use the email tied to their account. If you enter an address that no account uses, the share is not sent and you are told so.

The scripture you are viewing, every note you have written on it, and every quote attached to it — as one bundle. You can also include a short personal message explaining why you are sharing it. What is sent is a snapshot taken at the moment you click Share.

No. Because a share is a snapshot, your later edits and deletions do not touch what you already sent, and once someone accepts a share their copy is entirely their own. The two never sync. Think of it like handing someone a photocopy rather than lending them the original.

The share sits in their Inbox as "pending" until they act on it, and their Inbox keeps a record of what they accepted or declined. You are not sent a notification of their choice. If it matters, ask them directly.

No — the share itself still went through and is waiting in the recipient's Inbox on the site. Only the email notification failed, usually a temporary mail issue. The recipient will still see it the next time they log in.

They can send a share, but nothing they send ever enters your collection on its own. It waits in your Inbox, and you choose Accept or Decline. Declining dismisses it. Because sharing requires knowing your exact account email and cannot be done from a browsable list, unwanted shares are unlikely in the first place.

The Inbox link in the top menu. When something is waiting, a small count appears beside it, and a banner also appears on your workspace. Open the Inbox to preview each share and accept or decline it.