A side-by-side look at the Bible by Midvash and Bible Glide MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Bible by Midvash for spirituality & esoterica work over a hosted endpoint; choose Bible Glide for spirituality & esoterica over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
get_verse, get_chapter, get_passage.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | B Bible Glide | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Spirituality & Esoterica | Spirituality & Esoterica |
| Quality signal | 47/100 · Fair | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | — |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 11 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Bible by Midvash | View Bible Glide |
get_verseFetch a single verse or a verse range.get_chapterFetch a full chapter.get_passageFetch a passage from a free-form reference (e.g. "John 3:16-18") — the most natural way to cite scripture.search_bibleSearch the Bible text for words or an exact phrase, ranked by relevance (BM25) over an FTS5 index. Ignores case, accents and Hebrew/Arabic vowel marks; optionally filtered by book or testament.compare_passageCompare the same passage across multiple Bible versions.list_versionsList available Bible versions/translations.list_booksList the 66 books, optionally filtered by testament.search_studySearch the study library — chapter commentaries, Bible characters, dictionary entries and theology articles — in 9 languages.get_commentaryFetch the commentary for the chapter a reference points to. All 1,189 chapters, in 9 languages.get_cross_referencesFind other passages that relate to a verse, ranked by how widely the link is attested. 343,546 links.get_strongsLook up a word in Strong's lexicon by number ("H430") or by the word itself. 14,197 entries, definitions in 9 languages.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"bible-by-midvash": {
"url": "https://api.midvash.com"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"bible-glide": {
"url": "https://www.bibleglide.com/mcp"
}
}
}