Oh that just takes the cracker   it's stupid ect for grrr sake, but it does say New International Version, ©2010 the old one must be almsot the same... ^^  
 
G man how many versions do they now need ..... that made me angry  
It is what it is, cant twist the thing to suit needs in my oppinion.

Green green grass of home is a song so I guess that comes under copywrite. Sometimes
that does not make sence, Welsh have always said the green green grass of home as do
others..... but once that hit a song and they copywrited it make it a lockout for us I guess.
I mean if you shoved in the wole lyric I could see the problem, but song writers take the
name of the actual song from normal every day, should not be allowed to copywrite the  
tittle unless it's actually original, but sigh sigh they do.
 
The copywrite laws a donkey (better not put the equivelent) when it comes to titles
from everyday frases regular people used years before a song.

Jenny,  
On the Bible verse, you could make up your own translation.  Isn't that what all the religions do anyway?  LOL  King James made his to suit his beleifs and the rest have been doing the same all the way down to the Living English Bible.  "God loved the world so much, that he gave his only son so that all might live. - John 3:16"   I didn't quote that word for word from the Bible and don't know if there is a transaltion which would read that way, it's not even the way I learned to remember that scripture.  I think my recollection is "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, so that all may have life."  Any of us who have grown up studying the Bible knows that verse irregardless of the translation, and the only one who could copyright that verse would be John or Jehovah God & Jesus whom John was inspired to write about.  John basically gave us open rights of use as he admonished all Christians to prostelize the word so don't think he's going to complain and God and Jesus are coming back, but I think they have bigger fish to fry, like some of these lawyers who are making our life a living hell for one!  LOL
Seriously, Bible verse with the scripture it is from noted, should suffice or use a version like the King James that is well over the copyright time limits anyway.
As far as quotes from books or poems, those are all open as long as the credit is given to the author.  I've seen entire Robert Frost poems used as verse in cards, but even though copyright limitations have run out, we still give him credit for the verse.  Out of artist respect perhaps or habit, I'm not sure, but that we do.  
That's my take and should be GCU's as well, but don't quote me on that!  LOL
Best, Randy
 
P.S. -Go with Emily's take below it seems official.  LOL  Living people can make your life miserable.  Dead people usually aren't much of a problem!  If there's family involved, example, Michael Jackson, probably wouldn't want to use any of those as card material!

To answer some of the questions in this thread...
 
Copyright Basics Circular 1 http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf
States that "titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs, mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering or coloring; mere listing of contents or ingredients is NOT eligible for copyright."  
 
Yes, songs are protected and so are lyrics but not the titles.
 
You might get away with parody - that is there is no infringement if it falls under the parody umbrella.
 
However, some of these can be registered as a trademark. Different process, different agency. USPTO - Patent and Trademark Office does trademarks and the Library of Congress does the copyrights.
 
Copyrights are protected from the time of creation until 70 years after the person's death. Unless there is a pseudonym involved then it can be up to 120 years after death.
 
 
As far as I know the only Bible that you can quote from is the one in the public domain.
 
Submitting to GCU is for profit - it is not for personal use.
 
I encourage visiting the copyright web site.

Wow, I see there are a few different copyright concerns!
 
I guess my whole thing, and reasoning for questioning the bible verses is that I understand the various versions are copyrighted, but I see artists using those versions on here and I'm curious as to what permissions people obtained to do so. I also am under the impression that there is a certain amount of copyright information that should appear on on the card or whatever work you are quoting in. (This is specified by the publishers/copyright holders). I don't see that on cards or know where/how you would place it on the card. But I agree, as Doreen stated credit on the card should be given. I'm not trying to make waves but I'm curious as to how it's all working permissions wise.  
 
Now, I know that I can paraphrase or use the public domain versions but I would like to be able to directly quote a whole verse from a specific version but if that's not possible or too much work to get permissions etc. I'm fine with skipping it.  
 
Good info on public domain posted in here too. I usually just tend to go with my own things or public domain because it's easier, and will probably continue to do so, unless someone responds with something AMAZING to change my mind!  
 
I don't post much but when I do I appreciate the feedback I get here--so thanks! (And pardon my wordiness--apparently I keep the short stuff for the cards.)

Good point, Doreen. Thanks

Denise, that's a great resource! I have a different site that I use but it doesn't show each version's copyright info side by side. So, thanks a bunch for that link! It might make things a bit easier for me!