diff --git a/docs/gotchas.md b/docs/gotchas.md
index 4bfb7fb..c57382b 100644
--- a/docs/gotchas.md
+++ b/docs/gotchas.md
@@ -61,10 +61,21 @@ non-obvious things:
 - **One selection, globally.** `VerseSelectionService` (plugin-owned, `addChild`) holds a
   single active selection + its owning controller. Only the owner renders highlight and the
   action bar, so selecting in one passage clears another.
-- **The action bar is per-`Document` and `fixed`-positioned.** It's appended to the
-  passage's own `doc.body` (popout-safe) and positioned from the passage's
-  `getBoundingClientRect`. Blockquote text is extracted from the owner's `sourceEl` (its
-  own document) for the same reason — never query the global `document`.
+- **The action bar is per-`Document` and bottom-center docked.** It's appended to the
+  passage's own `doc.body` (popout-safe). It's docked at the bottom-center of the viewport
+  via CSS — **not** anchored to the passage — because a full chapter is taller than the
+  viewport, so anchoring to the passage's `getBoundingClientRect().bottom` rendered the bar
+  off-screen. Blockquote text is extracted from the owner's `sourceEl` (its own document) so
+  popouts stay correct — never query the global `document`.
 - **Selection clears when its passage unloads.** `controller.onunload` calls
   `service.clearIfOwner(this)`, so a note re-render or pane close drops a stale selection
   and its bar.
+- **"Insert" doesn't target the active pane.** When you click a verse, the active pane
+  *is* the passage's pane — usually a generated note under the Bible content folder, which
+  is the last place you want the verse inserted. So the plugin tracks the last active
+  **editable, non-generated** markdown note (`DisciplesJournalPlugin.handleActiveLeafChange`
+  → `lastEditableLeaf`, filtered by `isBibleContentFile`) and `resolveInsertTarget()`
+  returns it. There's no public "leaves in MRU order" API — this `active-leaf-change`
+  tracking is the stand-in. Insert does **not** steal focus; it drops the text in and shows
+  an `Inserted … into <note>` notice. The right-click "Insert here" path is unaffected — it
+  always uses the clicked editor.
diff --git a/src/components/VerseActions.ts b/src/components/VerseActions.ts
index bc1a8a1..df1f238 100644
--- a/src/components/VerseActions.ts
+++ b/src/components/VerseActions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { MarkdownView, Notice, TFile } from "obsidian";
+import { Notice, TFile } from "obsidian";
 import { VerseSelection } from "../core/VerseSelection";
 import { formatBlockquote, formatCodeBlock, formatInlineReference } from "../utils/VerseFormatter";
 import { InsertTargetModal } from "./InsertTargetModal";
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@ export async function runVerseAction(
 	}
 
 	if (kind === "insert") {
-		const editor = plugin.app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView)?.editor;
-		if (!editor) {
-			new Notice("Open a note and place your cursor to insert.");
+		const view = plugin.resolveInsertTarget();
+		if (!view) {
+			new Notice("No note to insert into — open a note (not a generated Bible note), or right-click where you want it.");
 			return;
 		}
-		editor.replaceSelection(payload);
+		view.editor.replaceSelection(payload);
+		new Notice(`Inserted ${selection.label()} into ${view.file?.basename ?? "note"}`);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/core/DisciplesJournalPlugin.ts b/src/core/DisciplesJournalPlugin.ts
index 9be0195..91b41e7 100644
--- a/src/core/DisciplesJournalPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/core/DisciplesJournalPlugin.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Plugin, MarkdownView, Notice, normalizePath, Editor, Menu, MenuItem} from 'obsidian';
+import {Plugin, MarkdownView, Notice, normalizePath, Editor, Menu, MenuItem, TFile, WorkspaceLeaf} from 'obsidian';
 import {ESVApiService} from '../services/ESVApiService';
 import {BibleContentService} from '../services/BibleContentService';
 import {BibleReferenceRenderer} from '../components/BibleReferenceRenderer';
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ export default class DisciplesJournalPlugin extends Plugin {
 	private bibleMarkupProcessor: BibleMarkupProcessor;
 	private verseSelectionService: VerseSelectionService;
 
+	// The most recently active editable, non-generated markdown note — the target for
+	// "Insert selected verses" from the action bar/command (the passage's own pane is
+	// usually a generated Bible note, which we never want to insert into).
+	private lastEditableLeaf: WorkspaceLeaf | null = null;
+
 	async onload() {
 		// Initialize settings
 		await this.loadSettings();
@@ -104,12 +109,10 @@ export default class DisciplesJournalPlugin extends Plugin {
 		this.addCommand({
 			id: 'insert-selected-verses',
 			name: 'Insert selected verses at cursor',
-			editorCallback: (editor: Editor) => {
+			callback: () => {
 				const active = this.verseSelectionService.get();
 				if (!active) { new Notice('No verses selected.'); return; }
-				editor.replaceSelection(
-					buildPayload(this, active.selection, this.settings.defaultInsertFormat, active.owner.sourceEl)
-				);
+				void runVerseAction(this, 'insert', active.selection, this.settings.defaultInsertFormat, active.owner.sourceEl);
 			}
 		});
 
@@ -172,6 +175,42 @@ export default class DisciplesJournalPlugin extends Plugin {
 	handleActiveLeafChange() {
 		// Refresh theme/styling when active leaf changes
 		this.updateBibleStyles();
+
+		// Remember the last editable, non-generated note so "Insert" targets the note the
+		// user was working in — not the (generated) passage note they clicked to select.
+		const view = this.app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView);
+		if (view?.file && !this.isBibleContentFile(view.file)) {
+			this.lastEditableLeaf = view.leaf;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** True when a file lives under the configured Bible content folder (a generated note). */
+	public isBibleContentFile(file: TFile): boolean {
+		return file.path.startsWith(normalizePath(this.settings.bibleContentVaultPath) + '/');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolve where "Insert selected verses" should go: the most recently active editable,
+	 * non-generated markdown note (if still open), else the active note when it isn't a
+	 * generated Bible note. Returns null when there's no suitable target.
+	 */
+	public resolveInsertTarget(): MarkdownView | null {
+		let leaf = this.lastEditableLeaf;
+		if (leaf) {
+			let stillOpen = false;
+			this.app.workspace.iterateRootLeaves((l) => { if (l === leaf) stillOpen = true; });
+			if (!stillOpen) leaf = null;
+		}
+
+		if (leaf?.view instanceof MarkdownView) {
+			return leaf.view;
+		}
+
+		const active = this.app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView);
+		if (active?.file && !this.isBibleContentFile(active.file)) {
+			return active;
+		}
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	/**