How Do You Find A Bible Quotation?
Finding that Bible verse your grandmother used to quote or searching for biblical references to specific topics can be a daunting task. The Bible contains 66 books, 1189 chapters and 774,746 words. People are inundated with verses on street signs, synagogues and books lifted piecemeal out of the bible. You will be able to gain a greater understanding of the text as a whole by finding the passage where the Bible quotation was taken from, and demonstrate a deeper knowledge of the Bible by being able to reference specific passages. Search through a biblical concordance or index. A concordance lists different words used throughout the bible in an alphabetical index including place names, important biblical figures and biblical concepts such as faith or battle. For example, there are five Bible passages that use the word dominion including Genesis 1:26 and Revelation 1:6. A search for Elijah yields more than 12 results. Concordances are often included in the back of a Bible, but can be purc