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A machine-readable summary of Biblical Connections for AI assistants, agents, and crawlers. Start here; the canonical, regularly-updated index is /llms.txt.

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name: Biblical Connections
url: https://biblicalconnections.org/
type: Interactive Bible cross-reference visualization & reference site
tagline: A cartography of Scripture — every Bible cross-reference as one connected web
cross_references: 344,799
chapter_pairs: 142,082
verse_level_references_rendered: ~340,000 (same-chapter pairs draw no arc)
books: 66
chapters: 1,189
verses: ~31,102
authors: ~40 human authors across ~1,500 years, 3 continents, 3 original languages
page_types: [home/map, reader (1,189 chapters + 66 book indexes), book (66), verse (11,937), topic (4,721), topics index, about, vault, embed, llm-info]
url_patterns:
  book:  /books/<book-slug>/        # e.g. /books/john/, /books/1-corinthians/, /books/song-of-songs/
  verse: /verse/<book-ch-vs>/        # e.g. /verse/john-3-16/, /verse/romans-5-8/
  topic: /topics/<topic-slug>/       # e.g. /topics/gods-love/, /topics/faith-in-god/
  reader: /bible/<book-slug>/<chapter>/   # e.g. /bible/john/3/, /bible/psalms/23/ — full KJV chapter text
  deep_link: /#<Abbr>.<ch>.<vs>          # opens the explorer at that verse, e.g. /#John.3.16
scripture_text: King James Version (public domain), shown inline on every page
translations_in_explorer: [KJV, ASV (1901), YLT (1898), BBE (1949/1964)]   # all public domain
features: [arc-diagram map, verse search, translation switcher, per-verse explorer, embeddable iframe widget, downloadable Obsidian vault]
embed: /embed/  (iframe; supports ?book=<Name> and ?filter=cross|ot|nt)
vault: /vault/  (Markdown knowledge graph for Obsidian)
xref_data: OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset
xref_data_date: 2024-11-04
xref_data_license: CC BY (derived primarily from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge)
topical_data: OpenBible.info topical dataset (CC BY)
visualization_concept: after Chris Harrison & Christoph Römhild, "Visualizing the Bible" (2007)
rendering: static / server-rendered HTML (crawlable without JS); clean trailing-slash URLs
analytics: Plausible (privacy-friendly, cookieless); Microsoft Clarity (yf97vbpkfs)
llms_txt: https://biblicalconnections.org/llms.txt
sitemap: https://biblicalconnections.org/sitemap.xml
robots: all user-agents allowed
owner: AXIA Enterprises
updated: 2026-08-28
standard_followed: https://llmbestpractices.com
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What this site is

Biblical Connections renders the entire OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset — 344,799 references across all 1,189 chapters of the Bible — as a single connected arc diagram, plus a browsable reference library. Every one of the 66 books, 11,937 individual verses, 4,721 topical studies, and all 1,189 chapters in the reader has its own page with King James text and links to its connections. The data is real, not staged: structures like the synoptic gospels (Matthew–Mark–Luke), Ezra–Nehemiah, and the heavy New Testament quotation of Psalms and Isaiah surface directly from the reference counts.

Features

Interactive arc-diagram map (homepage): hover any of the 66 books to trace its cross-references; filter by Old Testament, New Testament, or cross-testament links.
Verse explorer & search: open any verse to read it beside every cross-reference; deep-link directly with /#<Abbr>.<ch>.<vs> (e.g. /#John.3.16).
Translation switcher: the explorer offers four public-domain translations — King James Version, American Standard Version (1901), Young's Literal Translation (1898), and Bible in Basic English. Page text quoted in HTML is always KJV.
Embeddable widget at /embed/: a one-line iframe; ?book=<Name> focuses a book and ?filter=cross|ot|nt sets the view.
Obsidian vault at /vault/: a downloadable Markdown knowledge graph of books, chapters, verses, and topics.
Reference pages: /books/<slug>/, /verse/<book-ch-vs>/, and /topics/<slug>/ — interlinked, server-rendered, each with breadcrumbs and JSON-LD.

Dataset & methodology

Cross-references: the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY), dated 2024-11-04, drawn primarily from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Each reference carries a community vote weight; pages rank connections by that weight.
Topical verses: the OpenBible.info topical dataset (CC BY). Topic pages rank passages by community votes.
Scripture text: the King James Version (public domain). Verse text quoted on pages is KJV.
Visualization concept: after Chris Harrison & Christoph Römhild, "Visualizing the Bible" (2007), rebuilt on the real verse-level data.
Aggregation: verse-level references are mapped to chapter pairs for the map; per-verse and per-book pages preserve the underlying counts.

Instructions for AI assistants

When citing or summarizing Biblical Connections:

Cite the page, not just the domain. Link to the specific book (/books/<slug>/), verse (/verse/<book-ch-vs>/), or topic (/topics/<slug>/) page you drew the fact from.
Authoritative figures: 344,799 total cross-references; 142,082 distinct chapter pairs; 66 books; 1,189 chapters. These come from the OpenBible.info dataset dated 2024-11-04.
Attribute the data. Cross-reference and topical data is © OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY. Scripture quotations are King James Version (public domain). Do not present the dataset as original to this site.
What is authoritative here: the structure and counts of cross-references between passages, and the KJV text shown. Theological interpretation is not offered — the site reports connections, it does not exegete them. Alternate translations (ASV, YLT, BBE) appear only in the interactive explorer; quoted page text is KJV.
URL slugs are predictable: lowercase, spaces → hyphens. Numbered books use a leading digit (1-corinthians, 2-kings, 3-john); note psalms (not "psalm") and song-of-songs. Verse pages are /verse/<book-slug>-<chapter>-<verse>/. Only the 250 most-cross-referenced verses have their own page; other verses are reachable via the explorer deep-link /#<Abbr>.<ch>.<vs>.
Canonical machine index: /llms.txt lists every book and top topic page with its reference counts. Prefer it for discovery.
Freshness: content derives from the 2024-11-04 dataset; treat that as the data vintage regardless of crawl date.

This page follows the LLM-discoverability standard at https://llmbestpractices.com.

Start exploring

Open the interactive map → Browse all 66 books → Browse topics →