Sources & method
Text basis: Hosted scripture uses public-domain translations and local canon data; chapter links stay inside the source text. Sources
Scriptures · computed, not generated
The cross-reference graph
Explore the connections between books, then follow a path from one verse to another. Built from 31,034 indexed verses and 589,398 distinct cross-reference links. Open the passages to judge each connection in context.
An atlas of references
See where the references lead
Choose a book. Follow its connections. The 20 largest book-to-book flows in the source index, drawn together.
Books are arranged by literary group for readability, not by geography, chronology, or computed community. Only the 20 largest flows are shown.
All shown books20 shown connections
20 shown connections
- Psalms → Isaiah3,953references
- Jeremiah → Ezekiel3,829references
- Isaiah → Psalms3,756references
- Jeremiah → Isaiah3,570references
- Matthew → Luke3,082references
- Ezekiel → Jeremiah2,972references
- Isaiah → Jeremiah2,890references
- Luke → Matthew2,883references
- Isaiah → Ezekiel2,286references
- Jeremiah → Psalms2,275references
- Job → Psalms2,250references
- Psalms → Job2,046references
- Matthew → John1,986references
- Mark → Matthew1,960references
- Luke → Psalms1,924references
- Ezekiel → Isaiah1,916references
- Luke → John1,786references
- Matthew → Mark1,780references
- Mark → Luke1,683references
- Genesis → Psalms1,662references
These are study connections in the source index, not measurements of theological importance. A missing line does not mean no connection exists.
Method
- centrality
- weighted PageRank, damping 0.85, power iteration to 1e-10
- flows
- directed book-to-book citation counts over all verse-level edges
- threads
- breadth-first shortest paths between each book's most central verse, relayed only through the 1,000 most central verses, 3-5 hops
When links are treated as traversable in either direction, the indexed verse graph forms 1 connected component. That means every indexed node can be reached from every other node; it does not rule out smaller communities within the graph.
Structurally central verses
PageRank over the directed citation graph. A verse scores high when highly connected verses point to it. The score describes position in this reference dataset, not theological importance.
| # | Verse | Score | Cited by | Cites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Peter 2:9 | 0.000333 | 180 | 55 |
| 2 | Titus 2:14 | 0.000329 | 181 | 52 |
| 3 | Revelation 5:9 | 0.000317 | 175 | 43 |
| 4 | 2 Corinthians 5:21 | 0.000277 | 150 | 45 |
| 5 | Matthew 28:20 | 0.000273 | 161 | 118 |
| 6 | Isaiah 9:7 | 0.000272 | 187 | 51 |
| 7 | Titus 3:5 | 0.000263 | 148 | 52 |
| 8 | Revelation 19:20 | 0.000260 | 163 | 67 |
| 9 | Revelation 11:15 | 0.000256 | 141 | 75 |
| 10 | 2 Thessalonians 2:10 | 0.000250 | 144 | 41 |
| 11 | 2 Thessalonians 1:8 | 0.000249 | 133 | 69 |
| 12 | Matthew 25:41 | 0.000236 | 112 | 106 |
| 13 | Romans 2:5 | 0.000233 | 126 | 31 |
| 14 | Isaiah 9:6 | 0.000233 | 168 | 99 |
| 15 | Hebrews 12:2 | 0.000233 | 122 | 143 |
| 16 | Revelation 21:8 | 0.000231 | 110 | 46 |
| 17 | John 3:16 | 0.000227 | 101 | 19 |
| 18 | Acts 26:18 | 0.000227 | 136 | 118 |
| 19 | Romans 3:19 | 0.000226 | 118 | 35 |
| 20 | 2 Corinthians 4:6 | 0.000225 | 128 | 43 |
| 21 | 1 Peter 3:18 | 0.000223 | 96 | 36 |
| 22 | Ephesians 5:2 | 0.000223 | 105 | 52 |
| 23 | John 1:14 | 0.000222 | 101 | 78 |
| 24 | Hebrews 9:14 | 0.000221 | 111 | 85 |
| 25 | Hebrews 1:3 | 0.000221 | 105 | 47 |
Threads through the hubs
Shortest paths between each book’s most central verse, relayed only through the 1,000 most central verses. Each hop follows a stored cross-reference link, which this path view can traverse in either direction.
12 of 913 paths · page 1 of 1 · initial examples
1 Samuel 2:301 Corinthians 4:51 Peter 5:4Matthew 25:41Deuteronomy 28:64Leviticus 26:33
Explore this path →1 Samuel 2:301 Corinthians 4:51 Peter 5:4Matthew 25:41Deuteronomy 28:642 Kings 17:6
Explore this path →1 Samuel 2:301 Corinthians 4:51 Peter 5:4Matthew 25:41Jude 1:7Lamentations 4:6
Explore this path →2 Samuel 12:9Hebrews 10:28James 2:13Matthew 25:41Jude 1:7Lamentations 4:6
Explore this path →Amos 9:3Genesis 3:15Hebrews 2:14Matthew 25:41Jude 1:7Lamentations 4:6
Explore this path →Ecclesiastes 9:101 Corinthians 15:101 Corinthians 4:7Ephesians 2:31 Timothy 6:9Joshua 7:25
Explore this path →Ecclesiastes 9:101 Corinthians 15:101 Timothy 1:151 John 1:9Daniel 9:12Lamentations 4:6
Explore this path →Habakkuk 3:8Isaiah 2:192 Thessalonians 1:9Matthew 25:41Deuteronomy 28:642 Kings 17:6
Explore this path →Habakkuk 3:8Isaiah 2:192 Thessalonians 1:9Matthew 25:41Jude 1:7Lamentations 4:6
Explore this path →Joshua 7:251 Timothy 6:9Ephesians 2:31 John 1:9Isaiah 45:21Zephaniah 3:17
Explore this path →Jude 1:241 Peter 1:5Matthew 24:242 Peter 2:3Jude 1:7Lamentations 4:6
Explore this path →Leviticus 26:33Daniel 9:71 John 1:9Ezekiel 36:25Isaiah 2:19Habakkuk 3:8
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