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CrossReferences.org
An open, freely licensed corpus of phrase-level Bible cross-references, derived from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK) and re-anchored to modern translations. Each reference is attached to a specific phrase in the target translation's own wording, and multi-verse references are kept whole rather than flattened into separate verse links.
For agents: Open, freely licensed corpus of phrase-level Bible cross-references derived from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, with a Bible reader and connection explore
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# CrossReferences.org
> An open, freely licensed corpus of phrase-level Bible cross-references, derived from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK) and re-anchored to modern translations. Each reference is attached to a specific phrase in the target translation's own wording, and multi-verse references are kept whole rather than flattened into separate verse links.
Data first. The web Bible reader and the sandbox are demonstrations of what the corpus supports, not the product. Cross-reference data is CC BY 4.0, commercial use included.
## Who it's for
Anyone building or improving Bible software who needs cross-reference data: Bible reading and study apps, sermon preparation tools, offline and low-bandwidth apps, digital Bible publishing, and research on the text's internal connections. Useful in particular where an app displays a modern translation and wants to highlight the phrase a reference belongs to, or serves French or Afrikaans readers, or must work without a network connection. No API key, no account, no usage limits — download the files and embed them.
## What makes it different
Most free TSK derivatives drop the anchors and flatten the reference groups, leaving a verse-to-verse edge list. The TSK's precision was in its anchors: a reference attaches to a phrase within a verse, not to the whole verse. This dataset keeps that, rebuilt in each translation's own words.
Genesis 1:1, English (BSB) and French (S21):
```
Gen 1 1 beginning Prov 8:22-24|Prov 16:4|Mark 13:19|John 1:1-3|Heb 1:10|1 John 1:1
Gn 1 1 commencement Pr 8:22-24|Pr 16:4|Mc 13:19|Jn 1:1-3|Hé 1:10|1 Jn 1:1
```
There is an anchor column; it is in the target translation's wording, so an app showing a modern translation can highlight it directly; and `Prov 8:22-24` is one reference, not three.
63,668 anchors. About a third of reference groups span more than one verse. No dangling references. The set is also modestly curated — references added, split, merged or removed where it serves a reader, currently well under 1%.
## Translations
| Code | Translation | Language | Text licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| KJV | King James Version | English | Public domain |
| BSB | Berean Standard Bible | English | Public domain |
| S21 | Segond 21 | French | © Société Biblique de Genève |
| AOV | Afrikaanse Ou Vertaling | Afrikaans | Public domain |
**Segond 21:** this dataset does **not** contain the Segond 21 Bible text, and contains no S21 chapter or verse numbering. It carries S21 anchor phrases only — short fragments used to locate a reference within a verse. This is a deliberate licensing boundary. A French reader built on this data needs the S21 text from its rights holder, Société Biblique de Genève.
KJV, BSB and AOV texts are included and are public domain.
## Formats
**TSV** — one file per translation: `book`, `chapter`, `verse`, `anchor`, `references` (separated by `|`).
**JSON** — `bible_books.json`, `bible_verses.json` (the text layer), `cross_references.json` (ancho
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