Searching adjacent verses

Michael Carasik

April 30, 2026 09:00

How do I search adjacent verses?  E.g., for “wicked” followed by “righteous” in the next verse, as sometimes happens in poetry.  Thanks.

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  Lorinda Hoover

  April 30, 2026 17:16

  The closest I can come to doing this is to change the Scope from Verse to Chapter and then using the following in the search box:

  righteous  <FOLLOWED BY>  wicked  [RANGE Psalms] 

  It doesn’t do precisely what you want, as it will include hits that are farther than 2 verses away in the Psalm, and will also include verses where both words are used.  But it would give you a list to sift through.

  I’m currently working on my iPad, where the setting is not called Scope. Instead, you press the “options” button, then the “Search within every” options and choose Chapter.  I’m not remembering precisely where to find Scope on the desktop version, but you could search the help to find it.

  Hopefully someone will provide a different solution that will give you what you want, but this should give you a start. 

   

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  dick roberts

  April 30, 2026 22:25

  I believe you must use the <within ? words> command and change the scope from verse to paragraph

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  Michael Carasik

  May 01, 2026 11:04

  Thanks.

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  Michael Carasik

  May 19, 2026 09:43

  Thanks, Lorinda.  Yes, a verse-range addition to the scope function would be extremely helpful.

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