diff --git a/extensions/src/resource-viewer/src/resource-viewer.web-view.scss b/extensions/src/resource-viewer/src/resource-viewer.web-view.scss
index 51fa97c439..b4ce92f303 100644
--- a/extensions/src/resource-viewer/src/resource-viewer.web-view.scss
+++ b/extensions/src/resource-viewer/src/resource-viewer.web-view.scss
@@ -5,3 +5,31 @@
 body {
   background-color: #eee;
 }
+
+// #region verse number highlight
+
+// Highlight keyframes thanks to chazsolo at https://stackoverflow.com/a/55835473
+@keyframes highlight {
+  from {
+    background-color: yellow;
+  }
+}
+
+.editor-container .highlighted {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.editor-container .highlighted::before {
+  content: '';
+  position: absolute;
+  width: 25px;
+  height: 25px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+  opacity: 0.8;
+  animation: highlight 2s;
+}
+
+// #endregion
diff --git a/extensions/src/resource-viewer/src/resource-viewer.web-view.tsx b/extensions/src/resource-viewer/src/resource-viewer.web-view.tsx
index aac2843cd4..7f4e7362a6 100644
--- a/extensions/src/resource-viewer/src/resource-viewer.web-view.tsx
+++ b/extensions/src/resource-viewer/src/resource-viewer.web-view.tsx
@@ -19,16 +19,51 @@ const defaultScrRef: ScriptureReference = {
   verseNum: 1,
 };
 
+function scrollToScrRef(scrRef: ScriptureReference) {
+  // We are querying for a span, so this Element will be an HTMLElement
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-type-assertion/no-type-assertion
+  const verseElement = document.querySelector(
+    `.editor-container span[data-marker="v"][data-number="${scrRef.verseNum}"]`,
+  ) as HTMLElement | undefined;
+  if (verseElement) {
+    window.scrollTo({
+      top: verseElement.getBoundingClientRect().top + window.scrollY - 55,
+      behavior: 'smooth',
+    });
+  }
+  return verseElement;
+}
+
 globalThis.webViewComponent = function ResourceViewer({
   useWebViewState,
 }: WebViewProps): JSX.Element {
   const [projectId] = useWebViewState<string>('projectId', '');
   logger.debug(`Resource Viewer project ID: ${projectId}`);
 
-  // This ref becomes defined when passed to the editor.
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-type-assertion/no-type-assertion, no-null/no-null
-  const editorRef = useRef<EditorRef>(null!);
-  const [scrRef, setScrRef] = useSetting('platform.verseRef', defaultScrRef);
+  // Using react's ref api which uses null, so we must use null
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-null/no-null
+  const editorRef = useRef<EditorRef | null>(null);
+  const [scrRef, setScrRefInternal] = useSetting('platform.verseRef', defaultScrRef);
+
+  /**
+   * Scripture reference we set most recently. Used so we don't scroll on updates to scrRef that
+   * come from us
+   */
+  const internallySetScrRefRef = useRef<ScriptureReference | undefined>(undefined);
+
+  const setScrRef = useCallback(
+    (newScrRef: ScriptureReference) => {
+      internallySetScrRefRef.current = newScrRef;
+      return setScrRefInternal(newScrRef);
+    },
+    [setScrRefInternal],
+  );
+
+  /**
+   * Whether we have gotten the Scripture data for the very first time. Used to scroll to the
+   * current scrRef on startup
+   */
+  const hasFirstRetrievedScripture = useRef(false);
 
   const [usx, setUsx] = useProjectData('ParatextStandard', projectId).ChapterUSX(
     useMemo(() => new VerseRef(scrRef.bookNum, scrRef.chapterNum, scrRef.verseNum), [scrRef]),
@@ -47,8 +82,42 @@ globalThis.webViewComponent = function ResourceViewer({
     if (usx) editorRef.current?.setUsj(usxStringToUsj(usx));
   }, [usx]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (usx && !hasFirstRetrievedScripture.current) {
+      hasFirstRetrievedScripture.current = true;
+      // Wait 100 ms before scrolling to make sure there is plenty of time for the editor to load
+      // TODO: hook into the editor and detect when it has loaded somehow
+      setTimeout(() => scrollToScrRef(scrRef), 100);
+    }
+  }, [usx, scrRef]);
+
   const viewOptions = useMemo(() => getViewOptions('formatted'), []);
 
+  // Scroll the selected verse into view
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // If we made this latest scrRef change, don't scroll
+    if (
+      internallySetScrRefRef.current &&
+      internallySetScrRefRef.current.bookNum === scrRef.bookNum &&
+      internallySetScrRefRef.current.chapterNum === scrRef.chapterNum &&
+      internallySetScrRefRef.current.verseNum === scrRef.verseNum
+    ) {
+      internallySetScrRefRef.current = undefined;
+      return () => {};
+    }
+
+    // Add a highlight to the current verse element
+    const highlightedVerseElement = scrollToScrRef(scrRef);
+    if (highlightedVerseElement) highlightedVerseElement.classList.add('highlighted');
+
+    internallySetScrRefRef.current = undefined;
+
+    return () => {
+      // Remove highlight from the current verse element
+      if (highlightedVerseElement) highlightedVerseElement.classList.remove('highlighted');
+    };
+  }, [scrRef]);
+
   return (
     <Editor
       ref={editorRef}