Bible Study Resources
"Everything in the Scriptures is God's Word. All of it is useful for teaching and helping people and for correcting them and showing them how to live."
– 2 Timothy 3:16 (CEV)
– 2 Timothy 3:16 (CEV)
On this page
- Bible reading plans
- Bibles online
- Bible Studies, Quizzes
- Bible Study Tools
- General References
- Culture, customs, and cities in Bible times
Bible Reading Plans
- 52-week Bible Reading Plan (a weekly mix of Epistles, The Law, History, Psalms, Poetry, Prophecy, Gospels)
- Bible Readings for Weddings
- Daily Bible Reading Programs (five)
- Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan (printable by months, parts of four books per week)
- Discipleship Journal Book-at-a-Time Reading Plan (PDF file)
- Inductive Bible Study Process
- New Testament, Psalms, & Proverbs reading plan (PDF file)
- Read the Bible Chronologically - undated (NIV)
- The Story of the Bible - Chronologically arranged reading plan (PDF file)
Bibles online
- Bible Gateway (multiple versions)
- Blue Letter Bible (and study tools)
- Hebrew Names Version (HNV) of the World English Bible (WEB). Note: The WEB is a modern English update of the ASV.
- Jewish Bible (1917)
- NeXt Bible (with study tools)
- NIV Bible (IBS-STL)
- Online Bible Library
- Online parallel Bible
- Oremus Bible Browser
- The Unbound Bible (includes multiple parallel Bibles)
Bible Studies, Quizzes
- Bible correspondence courses by email
- Bible Quiz (beginner)
- Bible Studies (Crosswalk.com)
- Crosswalk Interlinear Bible
- The Fast that I Choose - a Bible study on Hunger (Society of St. Andrews)
- Forgiveness - a Bible Study
- Images of God in the Old Testament (American Bible Society course)
- Lessons on Living from David (31-day devotionals plus questions)
- Meet with God (several studies)
- Passion of Christ series (4 lessons)
- Personal Bible Studies
- Studies, by book of the Bible
- Weekly Bible Challenge
Bible Study Tools
- Bible Basics & pronunciation (words pronounced while you're online)
- Bible Class Atlas (maps, photos -- downloadable too)
- Bible Atlas, Online
- Bible Concordance & Dictionary
- Bible Dictionaries
- Bible Encyclopedia
- Bible Glossary
- Bible Maps
- Bible Notes (sort of a Cliff Notes of the Web)
- Bible Study Resources (Crosswalk.com)
- Bible Study Resources (NIV)
- Bible study terms
- Bible Study Tools
- Biblical Theology Index (Commentaries available on the Web)
- Blue Letter Bible (and study tools)
- How to read, study the bible ("University Week") [PDF format]
- Jensen's Bible Study Charts
- Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary (eBible)
- NeXt Bible (with study tools)
- New Naves Topical Bible (eBible)
- Resources for Christian Growth (charts, maps, notes)
- Resource pages for Biblical studies
- Theological Studies
- Timelines
- Timeline from creation to 4th century
- Timeline: God's Divine Plan (From Genesis to Revelation)
- Timeline: Old Testament
- Timeline: Intertestamental period
General references
- 3-D Tour of the Holy Land Model (iPix)
- American Bible Society
- Archeology and the Bible
- Archeology & the Bible
- Archeology related to the Bible - link collection
- Bible History (geography, maps, images)
- Bible Translation
- Chapters and Verses of the Bible (Wikipedia)
- "Don't know much about the Bible" (An NPR segment in RealAudio)
- English Bible history
- Hear the Word podcasts (PC U.S.A.)
- Hymns for the current Revised Common Lectionary Week
- How the Bible came to us
- Illustrations (comments) - by topic
- Illustrations (topic) archive
- Israel Antiquities Authority
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)
- Jordan River
- Qumran photos
- Revised Common Lectionary, (GBOD) with links to Worship Planning Helps
- Sayings not found in Scripture
- Synagogues, shuls, and temples
- The text this week (Lectionary resource links)
- Three debates about Bible and Archeology
- Tour the story behind the Bible
Culture, customs, and cities in Bible times
- The 7 nations of Canaan
- El Armana letters
- The Armana letters
- Ashkelon - from Canaanites to Crusaders
- Drug trade thrived in Biblical times (MSNBC)
- Jerusalem the city
- Jewish holidays
- Jewish festivals & feats
- The Jewish Roman world of Jesus (book excerpts)
- Links to Jewish holidays sites and pages
- Peoples of the Promised Land
- Amorites
- Canaanites
- Girgashites - little is known of these people
- Hittites
- Jebusites
- Perizzites
- Philistines
- Shavout (Feast of Weeks - giving of 10 commandments)