A simple parser of the first bible in https://www.ph4.org/b4_mobi.php?q=zefania

bibleparser.py

from xml.dom.minidom import parse, parseString, ELEMENT_NODE, TEXT_NODE

a = parse('Bible_English_ESV.xml')


data = []

for book in a.childNodes[0].childNodes:
	if book.nodeType == xml.dom.minidom.Node.TEXT_NODE:
		if not book.data.isspace():
			print("No!")
	else:
		for title in book.childNodes:
			if title.nodeType == xml.dom.minidom.Node.TEXT_NODE:
				if not title.data.isspace():
					print("No!")
			else:
				for verse in title.childNodes:
					if verse.nodeType == xml.dom.minidom.Node.TEXT_NODE:
						if not verse.data.isspace():
							print("No!")
					else:
						if len(verse.childNodes) != 1:
							print("No!")
						elif verse.childNodes[0].nodeType != xml.dom.minidom.Node.TEXT_NODE:
							print("No!")
						else:
							data.append({ 'book': book.attributes['bname'].value, 'chapter': int(title.attributes['cnumber'].value), 'verse': int(title.attributes['cnumber'].value), 'text': verse.childNodes[0].data})