Omnivorous Surfer

RefTagger is a great little widget for web pages and blogs which include scripture references. I found this one while reading some new blogs.

When I placed a reference on a blog, I used to find the text on one of my Bible sites and create a link to open that site to the scripture. This is much faster for me as I create and the viewer who reads my blog. Once the code has been put in place (instructions are easy to follow), RefTagger automatically turns any scripture reference (for example, John 3:16), into a hyperlink which opens a popup window showing the scripture text from Bible.Logos.com. To see it in action, you can check this short post.

ESV (English Standard Version) is the default version for RefTagger, but you can choose any of the many available when you have your code created.

These two are unlike anything else I've encountered. The two of these could be used in tandem for a complete Bible study if you had access to no other resources.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge provides a "nearly exhaustive collection of cross references" (Preface to the edition included with my Logos Library System). I was delighted to find it on the Internet.

The second is the NeXt Bible Learning Environment. It must be seen to understand all that it does. Highlight a word for a concordance search. Choose the Greek/Hebrew tab for word-by-word access to information in the easiest form I have ever seen. A Discovery Box to the right of each scripture passage gives access to Background and History documents and to further information on Names, People and Places included in the passage. It has become my go-to site for Bible study.

The Internet has a wealth sites providing Bible study resources, which I will not attempt to cover to any large extent. I merely want to record the ones I have found most useful.

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The online parallel Bible at biblos.com is the best of its type I've encountered. (use the link, not "biblos.com") It displays one verse at a time in multiple tranlations and versions, and It includes with each verse parallel commentaries as well.

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If you want to compare only two versions and see a chapte at a time, crosswalk does a good job, and includes many other study aids as well, including a concordance. It also has a Bible-in-a-year reading program which will, if you wish, chart your progress.

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Blue Letter Bible provides for each verse, when available, links to
correlating verses;
lexicon/concordance;
commentaries (audio and text);
maps, images, and hymns;
available translations and versions; and
dictionary aids.
Commentaries, audio and video, study tools, images and maps, devotionals, and free web tools, and other resources are also available. In addition, there is a daily Bible reading program which will take you through the Bible in a year (or 2)  using your choice of available options.

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A number of Bible dictionaries are available at StudyLight.

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BibleGateway has a keyword search and a topical index.

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An interesting resource I have not seen anywhere else is Complete Bible Genealogy. I found some humor here, as well, as the site uses "Childs" to head the list of an individuals offspring.