Wednesday, July 21, 2010

BibleGateway.com

Since I listed some scriptures yesterday without typing them out, I thought I'd tell you about BibleGateway.com.  If you haven't come across it yet, it's an online "exhaustive concordance" of the Bible.  A concordance is a listing of key words and the scripture references to where they're found in the Bible.  An exhaustive concordance is just what it sounds like.  It's a collection of ALL the keywords in the Bible and their references.  They've exhausted the task, it's complete and finished! (It must have been exhausting!)

An exhaustive concordance is a great tool when studying the Bible. They make hard copies, like the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible for the King James Version, or The New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (a cherished reference book of mine that I believe might be out of print but can be found used), and the newest contribution to the world of hard bound concordances, The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance .

These hard bound volumes are awesome but they're large and bulky so Bible Gateway can be a huge benefit.  If a Bible isn't handy but the internet is, you can go to BibleGateway.com and look up a specific passage, search for a scripture whose reference escapes you by using keywords, read entire chapters of the Bible, and even listen to the Bible.

Check it out!

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