The Bible quotes, reuses and comments on itself. Cross-references show how a verse is connected to the rest of the Bible – not as a long list, but as a network: the verse is in the middle, and the verses that refer to it lie in rings around it. Click a verse to move further out into the network.
How to use the cross-references
Look up a verse, e.g. John 1:1, Gen 22:14 or Isa 53:5. Hover over a verse to read the text, and use Book groups to see, for example, only references to the Law, the Prophets or the Gospels. You can group the result by book or chapter and go straight to the text in the reader.
Free – and even more with a free account
Anyone can use the cross-references without logging in and see the Bible’s own references one ring out from the verse. With a free account you also get:
- your own cross-references – shown together with the Bible’s,
- up to five rings, so you can follow a thought through the whole Bible,
- tags, so you can collect references under your own themes.
What can you use cross-references for?
- See where the New Testament quotes or alludes to the Old.
- Follow a theme – e.g. covenant, sacrifice or the king – from verse to verse.
- Find parallel accounts in the Gospels and in Kings/Chronicles.
- Prepare a sermon, Bible study or lesson from the Bible’s own connections.
The cross-references are based on more than 340,000 links between verses of the Bible.