Developers

Lamplight for developers

Lamplight has a free MCP server and a JSON API. Get the verse of the day, look up any verse, or read the day's reflection. No key, no sign-up.

MCP server

Add this URL to any MCP client that supports Streamable HTTP.

MCP URL

https://lamplightverse.com/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http lamplight https://lamplightverse.com/mcp

JSON config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lamplight": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://lamplightverse.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	Inputs	Returns
verse_of_the_day	Inputstranslation (KJV or WEB, default KJV), date (YYYY-MM-DD, optional)	ReturnsThe date, the reference, the verse text, a share link and the source link.
lookup_verse	Inputsreference (required, like John 3:16 or Psalm 23), translation (optional)	ReturnsThe reference as printed, each verse with its number, and the text joined. Up to 50 verses a call.
todays_reflection	Inputsdate (YYYY-MM-DD, optional)	ReturnsThe verse in the KJV, the short reflection and the one-line prayer shown that day.

A date can be yesterday, today or tomorrow, US Eastern time. That way a reader in any time zone can ask for their own day. Every result has a source_url and an attribution line.

JSON API

The same three answers over plain GET requests. Query parameters use the same names as the tool inputs. Each answer comes back as { "data", "meta", "errors" }. A bad parameter gets a 400 that lists every problem at once.

GET /api/v1/verse-of-the-day
The verse of the day. Same as verse_of_the_day.
curl
```
curl "https://lamplightverse.com/api/v1/verse-of-the-day?translation=web"
```

GET /api/v1/verses

Any verse, range or short chapter. Same as lookup_verse.

curl

curl "https://lamplightverse.com/api/v1/verses?reference=John%203:16&translation=web"

GET /api/v1/reflection
The reflection and prayer for a day. Same as todays_reflection.
curl
```
curl "https://lamplightverse.com/api/v1/reflection"
```

The full description is an OpenAPI 3.1 file.

Limits

About 60 requests a minute per IP. Past that you get a 429 with a Retry-After header. Results are cached for up to 10 minutes.

What's in it

The verse of the day, any verse or passage in the King James Version and the World English Bible, and the reflection and prayer the site shows for the day. The scripture is the same text the site uses, word for word. License: KJV: Public domain outside the United Kingdom; WEB: Dedicated to the public domain. The paid reading plans aren't included.

Reflections are written with help from AI tools and checked against each verse. Scripture is never AI-written.

Privacy

No sign-up and no key. No cookies. We don't log what you ask or store IP addresses. Our host keeps standard request logs for a short time.

Terms

Free to use, including commercially. Please name Lamplight (lamplightverse.com) and link to the source_url in each result. There's no warranty, and the service can change or stop.

Maintained by Aayla Secura LLC dba Sarvixo. Contact ryan@sarvixo.co.

See today's verse