diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py
index e2dde59fd..52baab14c 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ class BGExtract(object):
         cleanup = [(re.compile('\s+'), lambda match: ' ')]
         verses = BeautifulSoup(str(soup), markupMassage=cleanup)
         verse_list = {}
+        # Cater for inconsistent mark up in the first verse of a chapter.
+        first_verse = verses.find(u'versenum')
+        if first_verse:
+            verse_list[1] = unicode(first_verse.contents[0])
         for verse in verses(u'sup', u'versenum'):
             raw_verse_num =  verse.next
             clean_verse_num = 0