--- title: "Bible Nudge | A thoughtful place to begin in Scripture" description: "Say what you are carrying in a sentence and get one passage from the Bible, with the part of the story around it and a note on why it may fit." url: "https://biblenudge.com" lang: "en" image: "https://biblenudge.com/og/default.jpg" alternates: es: "https://biblenudge.com/es.md" --- Somewhere to start # Somewhere to start in the Bible when you're carrying something. Tell us in a sentence what is going on, and you get one passage from the Bible to start with: the words themselves, the part of the story they sit inside, and a short note on why they may fit. Not a list of verses. One place to begin. You can pick from a list instead if you would rather not type anything. [Find a passage](https://biblenudge.com/nudge) What you actually get Type a sentence. This comes back. “my dad died three weeks ago” > Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. Psalm 34:18 · World English Bible > The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm 34:18 · King James Version Psalm 34 is a song of praise formed in hardship. It holds suffering and God’s attentive presence together. This verse does not hurry grief. It names God as near to people whose hearts feel broken. What would it mean to let nearness, rather than explanation, be enough today? The verses on either side are on the passage's own page, and you can ask again in different words as many times as you like. Choose the way that feels right for you. ![A phone lying face down on a kitchen table, a hand resting beside it](https://biblenudge.com/home/card-say-it.jpg) ## Say it in your words A few words are enough. Nothing is kept. [Start here](https://biblenudge.com/nudge) ![A shelf of books with one pulled slightly forward of the others](https://biblenudge.com/home/card-choose.jpg) ## Or choose a starting point Thirteen experiences, all working now. [The library](https://biblenudge.com/resources) ![A hallway with a door standing open and a light on at the far end](https://biblenudge.com/home/card-help-now.jpg) ## Need someone now Someone trained to help. [Immediate support](https://findahelpline.com/) Why the part around it matters Most verses were written to somebody, in the middle of something, and knowing what that was changes how the words land. [Matthew 11:28](https://biblenudge.com/context/matthew-11-28-30) is an invitation offered to people already worn out from carrying things, and it runs on into a description of what learning from Jesus is like. [Psalm 34:18](https://biblenudge.com/context/psalm-34-18) sits inside a song of praise put together in hardship rather than in a calm moment. [Exodus 18](https://biblenudge.com/context/exodus-18-17-18) is somebody watching Moses work himself into the ground for a day and telling him the arrangement is what is wrong, not him. [Psalm 13](https://biblenudge.com/context/psalm-13-1-2) asks how long, four times, and does not answer itself. So, you get the whole paragraph. One of the thirteen, as an example. ![A stairwell at the end of the day with one light two floors up](https://biblenudge.com/home/media-burnout.jpg) ## [Burnout](https://biblenudge.com/resources/burnout) Carrying it too long, and still going [Exodus 18:17-18](https://biblenudge.com/context/exodus-18-17-18) [See the library](https://biblenudge.com/resources) A few words are enough. [About the site](https://biblenudge.com/about) If you are not sure this is for you You will not be asked what you believe. Some people arrive here as regular churchgoers who have simply gone blank on where to look. Some have not opened a Bible in twenty years and are not sure why they are opening one tonight. Some are not sure what they believe at all. The passage and the notes read the same for all of them. If a word like Scripture is unfamiliar, it just means the writings in the Bible. Where a term like that is used here, there is a plain one beside it. Thirteen experiences, each with a passage somebody chose for it deliberately and wrote up. You do not have to work out which one you are. Describe what happened in your own words and it will find the closest. - [Anxiety: A mind that will not settle](https://biblenudge.com/resources/anxiety): A mind that will not settle - [Grief: The early weeks, and the years after](https://biblenudge.com/resources/grief): The early weeks, and the years after - [Doubt: Questions you cannot ask out loud where you are](https://biblenudge.com/resources/doubt): Questions you cannot ask out loud where you are - [Hope: Nothing to point at that suggests it changes](https://biblenudge.com/resources/hope): Nothing to point at that suggests it changes - [Loneliness: On your own, or unknown among people](https://biblenudge.com/resources/loneliness): On your own, or unknown among people - [Fear: Something ahead of you with a shape and a date](https://biblenudge.com/resources/fear): Something ahead of you with a shape and a date - [Burnout: Carrying it too long, and still going](https://biblenudge.com/resources/burnout): Carrying it too long, and still going - [Emotional exhaustion: Not tired in the body. Emptied out](https://biblenudge.com/resources/emotional-exhaustion): Not tired in the body. Emptied out - [Caring for someone: Love that has become logistics](https://biblenudge.com/resources/caregiving-fatigue): Love that has become logistics - [Not sleeping: Awake at three, again](https://biblenudge.com/resources/poor-sleep): Awake at three, again - [Waiting: Praying about the same thing for months](https://biblenudge.com/resources/waiting): Praying about the same thing for months - [Guilt and regret: Something you would take back](https://biblenudge.com/resources/guilt): Something you would take back - [Peace: Wanting things to be still, and they are not](https://biblenudge.com/resources/peace): Wanting things to be still, and they are not [What each one covers](https://biblenudge.com/resources) What you get One passage. Who was saying it, who they were saying it to, and what was happening in the room. At three days into a loss, or the third night awake, you can read that in a minute and you do not have to choose. If it does not fit, say it differently and ask again. And if what you describe does not sit close to anything here, you will be told so instead of handed something that half fits. Come back tomorrow or never. Anything you keep stays in your own browser, for you to clear whenever you want. A place to begin, for whatever you are carrying today. ![A stack of read paperbacks beside a lamp, one left open face down](https://biblenudge.com/home/about-reading.jpg) If a passage is not enough ## Sometimes what helps is a longer book. Some pages will point you to a book by somebody who has spent their life on this, when a passage is not the thing that helps. The passages, the verses around them and the notes stay free. If what you are carrying is heavier than a page can hold, this is not the place. Nobody is reading what you type here. **In the United States**, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or call 911 if someone is in immediate danger. Outside the United States, [Find A Helpline](https://findahelpline.com/) lists services by country. [About the site](https://biblenudge.com/about)