PassTheVerse

Terms of use

Last updated: 2026-04-19

Short and plainly-written. Draft text — to be reviewed by counsel before public launch. By signing in and posting a note, you agree to these terms.

What PassTheVerse is

A small, non-commercial project that lets you leave a short note on a Bible verse and read notes from others. The service is provided free of charge, as-is, with no warranty.

Your account

  • You sign in with a working email address via magic link. One account per person.
  • You are responsible for keeping your email secure. Anyone with access to your email can sign in.
  • You may delete your account at any time by contacting us.

Your content

  • Notes you write are yours. By posting, you grant us a non-exclusive license to store and display your note within the service for as long as you keep it posted.
  • Do not post anything that isn't yours to post. Do not post copyrighted material beyond fair use.
  • Notes are publicly visible to every visitor. Assume what you write will be read by strangers.

What you can't post

You agree not to use PassTheVerse to post, link to, or otherwise share:

  • Hate speech, harassment, threats, or content targeting a person or group for violence or discrimination.
  • Sexual content, graphic violence, or material intended to shock or traumatize.
  • Spam, advertising, promotional content, links to commercial products, or recruiting for any group or cause.
  • Personal information about yourself or others — phone numbers, street addresses, financial details, anything that could be used to locate or contact someone off-site.
  • Content that impersonates another person or misrepresents who you are.
  • Content that promotes illegal activity in your jurisdiction or the jurisdiction where the project is hosted.
  • Content that infringes another person's intellectual property, publicity, or privacy rights.
  • Doctrinal arguments intended to shame or attack. Theological disagreement is fine; cruelty is not.

Moderation

  • Every note is screened by an automated moderation system before it becomes visible. Flagged notes are reviewed by a human before being approved or removed.
  • Any user may report a note. Reports flip the note back into the moderation queue.
  • We may remove content and suspend accounts at our discretion, with or without notice, for violations of these terms.
  • Banned users remain signed in but cannot post new notes. Their prior notes are hidden from public view.

No commercial use

  • You may not scrape, crawl, or otherwise extract content from the service for commercial purposes.
  • You may not embed or redistribute Bible translations accessed through PassTheVerse.
  • You may not use PassTheVerse content to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models.

Copyright and takedown

If you believe content on PassTheVerse infringes your copyright, contact us with the information required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (or equivalent in your jurisdiction). We will investigate and respond within a reasonable time. Repeat infringers will have accounts terminated.

Bible translations

Public-domain translations (KJV, ASV, WEB, YLT, Reina-Valera) may be freely read and quoted. Modern translations — if and when enabled via API.Bible — are subject to the copyright terms of their respective IP holders, displayed on the relevant verse and on a dedicated copyright page.

Changes and termination

  • We may modify these terms at any time. Material changes will be posted here with an updated date.
  • We may suspend or discontinue the service at any time, with or without notice. You can export your notes by contacting us.

No warranty; limitation of liability

The service is provided "as is." We make no warranty that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or suitable for any particular purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the service.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction where the maintainers are resident. Final jurisdiction will be specified by counsel before public launch.

Contact

Questions, complaints, or takedown requests: see the About page.