Vision & Mission

Why This Project Exists

The best commentary on the Bible is the Bible itself. Cross-references help us see how Scripture interprets Scripture.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK) is one of the best cross-reference collections available — over 300,000 connections linking specific words and phrases across Scripture.

But it was built on the King James Version. When you read a modern English Bible or a French translation, the references still point to KJV phrases. You lose precision: either you see a wall of verse numbers without context, or you mentally translate 17th century English.

We're anchoring these connections to modern translations. The precision that makes cross-references useful — seeing exactly which phrase cross references are for — now works in contemporary English, French, and eventually any language.

Our Mission: Three Commitments

1. Provide Tools for Cross-Reference Study

Accessible anywhere: Desktop, mobile, slow connections. We build with the rural pastor in the developing world as our constraint. If it works well on a cheap phone with expensive data, it works for everyone.

2. Create Portable, Free Data

Our data is translation-agnostic. We are restructuring the TSK to decouple references from specific translations. This makes connections portable. Our dataset is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 to ensure it remains a public resource.

3. Build High-Quality, Timeless Content

We use the TSK as a starting point, not an endpoint. Our first phase is porting references to modern English and French, preserving the precision that makes cross-references useful.

Future phases will strengthen the dataset further: validating connections, refining translation-dependent references, adding categorization, and filling gaps. Our goal is to create a resource as useful in 200 years as it is today.

What Success Looks Like

  • A pastor in West Africa can study cross-references on a cheap phone as easily as a seminary student in North America.
  • It works in many languages.
  • Bible apps worldwide integrate this data.
  • Contributors from around the world improve it.