bible-cross-references
453 curated thematic Bible cross-references — multilingual (en/pt/es), CC-BY 4.0.
Quality-first dataset: 453 hand-picked cross-references, each connecting a source verse to related passages with a short description of the theme that links them. Differs from OpenBible.info's classic dataset — ~340 thousand algorithmically-extracted references — by favoring precision over completeness. Labels and descriptions in three languages (Portuguese, English, Spanish). Book identifiers follow the same 1–66 scheme as bible-data, so the two datasets fit together directly. Useful for Bible study, search-engine snippets, and any application that needs to surface "verses on the same theme" without the noise of an algorithmic base. CC-BY 4.0 license: attribute Midvash with a link to midvash.com when redistributing.
- 453 curated references (not algorithmic)
- Labels and descriptions in pt-br, en, es
- Reverse index by bookId-chapter-verse
- Book IDs compatible with bible-data (1–66)
- Single JSON file, easy to ship
- CC-BY 4.0 — commercial use OK with attribution
// Download once and load locally
const data = require('./cross-references.json');
console.log(data.references[0]);
// {
// id: 1,
// slug: { 'pt-br': '...', en: '...', es: '...' },
// source: { bookId: 1, chapter: 1, verse: 27, ... },
// description: { en: 'Creation of man in the image of God', ... },
// targets: [ { bookId: 40, chapter: 19, verse: 4, ... }, ... ]
// }
// Reverse lookup: every reference id that touches Genesis 1:27
const ids = data.indexed['1-1-27']; Found a bug, missing data, or want to add something? Pull requests and issues are welcome at github.com/midvash/bible-cross-references .