diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/__init__.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/__init__.py
index 14db1e711..898dbac1c 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/__init__.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def update_reference_separators():
     REFERENCE_MATCHES['range_separator'] = re.compile(REFERENCE_SEPARATORS['sep_l'], re.UNICODE)
     # full reference match: <book>(<range>(,(?!$)|(?=$)))+
     REFERENCE_MATCHES['full'] = \
-        re.compile('^\s*(?!\s)(?P<book>[\d]*[^\d]+)(?<!\s)\s*'
+        re.compile('^\s*(?!\s)(?P<book>[\d]*[.]?[^\d\.]+)\.*(?<!\s)\s*'
                    '(?P<ranges>(?:%(range_regex)s(?:%(sep_l)s(?!\s*$)|(?=\s*$)))+)\s*$'
                    % dict(list(REFERENCE_SEPARATORS.items()) + [('range_regex', range_regex)]), re.UNICODE)