How it works
Most Christians sing worship songs without knowing what those words are really declaring. Know Your Lyrics changes that, giving you a clear, Scripture-grounded look at what you’re singing so you can decide for yourself whether it’s worth singing.
1.Find a song
Browse our growing library of worship songs. Search by title or artist and open any song to read the full biblical examination.
2.Read the examination
Each song is examined line by line against the King James Bible, American Standard Version, and Berean Standard Bible. You’ll see what each line is declaring, how closely it reflects Scripture, and where there are concerns worth considering.
3.Make your own call
The examination is a starting point, not a verdict. Once you’ve read it, open your personal assessment, add your own reflections, and set your own conclusion: Use it, Use with caution, or Do not use. Your verdict is yours alone.
What the examination covers
Every song examination looks at the same areas so you can compare songs consistently and know what to expect.
Theological soundness
Does the song reflect sound Christian doctrine? Does it represent God, Christ, and salvation accurately?
Line-by-line biblical alignment
Each line is rated on a five-point scale from Directly Biblical through to Misleading or Unbiblical, with Scripture references shown.
Imagery and emotional tone
What feelings does the song evoke, and are they grounded in truth or sentiment?
Context and suitability
Is this song appropriate for corporate worship, personal devotion, or specific seasons of the Christian calendar?
Artist and background
Brief context on the songwriter and any denominational background that may be relevant.
Your personal verdict
After reading, record your own assessment and conclusion. It’s saved to your personal library for future reference.
Our commitment to you
- The examination is a starting point. Scripture and your own prayerful reflection come first.
- We critique lyrical content only, never artists, movements, or persons.
- Your verdict is final. We encourage you to weigh any examination against Scripture yourself.
Our examination framework
Every examination on Know Your Lyrics is produced through a defined framework. Not written freehand, not generated at random, and not the result of one person’s opinion.
Our framework combines structured prompts, direct Bible text retrieval across three translations (King James Bible, American Standard Version, and Berean Standard Bible), and a defined scoring rubric covering theology, lyrical alignment, imagery, context, and background. Every examination follows the same structure, so you can compare songs consistently and weigh them against the same standard.
Our framework uses AI as one component of its methodology. We are transparent about that. What the AI produces is a starting point, grounded in retrieved Scripture and scored against our rubric. It is then reviewed against the framework outputs before the examination is published. Like any tool, it works because of the methodology behind it.
What you read on this platform is our starting examination, not yours. It is the result of our framework applied to a song’s lyrics, checked against Scripture, and published for you to weigh. You bring your own reading of the Bible, your own discernment, and your own verdict. No examination here replaces that.
We have guard rails in place, but neither the framework nor the human review behind it is infallible. Small doctrinal and theological variations exist across traditions, and reasonable believers will sometimes reach different conclusions. That is expected, and it is precisely why recording your own verdict matters. Where our starting examination and your reading of Scripture diverge, yours takes precedence.
What we do ask is this: if you spot a clear factual error (a misquoted verse, a wrong attribution, an obvious mistake) please tell us. The tool exists to serve you, and accuracy depends on the people who use it. We would rather be corrected than leave something wrong.
Where users allow it, we also intend to use anonymous verdict data to validate and improve our starting examinations over time. If enough believers independently reach a different verdict to ours, that matters, and we should know about it. We are building toward that capability and will ask your explicit permission before any verdict data is used this way.
We make no claim that any examination replaces your own reading of Scripture. Every examination on this platform carries that caveat. We mean it.