I am assuming that your starting point is that verses appear within paragraphs like this:
The simplest way to do what you are asking for is to use the Advanced tab and apply some changes. So, ensure that you are using “Full View” and then enable the Apply Changes.txt option as shown below:
When you click on Edit… the View+Edit tab should show you your changes.txt file.
Add these lines to it (as shown below):
"\\v " > "\\p\n\\v "
"\\p[\s\r\n]*\\p" > "\\p"
These rules will place a \p marker before EVERY verse and remove any duplicate/redundant \p markers. So the end result should then appear like this:
Note that you could use \m for margin paragraphs (not-indented) by tweaking the change rules slightly:
"\\v " > "\\m\n\\v "
"\\p[\s\r\n]*\\m" > "\\p"
That would give you this kind of layout (slight change):
Just to be complete, it is worth noting that “Marginal Verses” is another possibility in case that is useful:
Which would result in this layout (you may need to adjust the formatting of the \v marker in the Styles tab):
I trust this gives you enough options to move forward.
