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Jun 25, 2026 AI & Machine Learning
bible rag semantic search vector_database

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Made this in a free evening. Index an permissive license translation of the Bible (WEB) into a RAG database to allow returning passages of similar semantic meaning. Lots of fun. For example, "more money more problems" returns Ecclesiastes 5:9-13 which, I'll just say, is spot on.."Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field. He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes? The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep. There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm."Anyway - thought it was fun enough to share. It's slow and I vibe coded it so I haven't sorted out how to make it not take 15 seconds to vector search against the full 4GB index.

Comments (6)

Lora Fadel Lora Fadel 2 weeks ago

Such a cool project! Can it handle other translations too?

Amelie Turcotte Amelie Turcotte 2 weeks ago

what vector db are you storing the WEB embeddings in?

Samson Wiegand Samson Wiegand 2 weeks ago

what problem does this solve that biblegateway doesn't

Jamey Price Jamey Price 1 week ago

what embedding model and vector store did you use

Conor Rath Conor Rath 1 week ago

Seminaries and pastors could be a real market here

Ladarius Nitzsche Ladarius Nitzsche 1 week ago

what embedding model did you use for the index