JerrySeville

I actually found out that I needed a space after writing the changes and checking the Bible in eSword. Thanks again, Katoog!

The code for the search and replace of the HTML tags for a red-letter RTF-based version (for e-Sword version 10.4.0) is as follows:
 

and
 

APsit190, ElderB, and Katoog, you guys are fantastic! I have been wanting to do something like this for months and, with your good help, it has come to fruition!

I've figured out how to do black-letter and red-letter versions of a RTF-based BBLX file with SQL. Thanks again and God bless

Wow! Thanks!
 

I just used DB Browser for SQLite for the first time in my life and managed to eliminate the html tags and produce an entirely black-letter version of the bblx with the following code:
 

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Hope I can figure out how to do a red-letter version using your code above

My thanks to you both for the detailed and informative responses! I am completely ignorant about RTF code. Would it be simply a matter of find (the HTML tags) and replace with SQLite?