This work is a classic. It is one of the theWord modules that you absolutely MUST HAVE and USE! It is essentially a cross reference work, set up similar to a commentary (in a commentary format for theWord), and under each verse of the Bible, there are cross references (which theWord makes it very easy to mouse over the references and read them without having to click anything).

The value of this work is hard to describe. As a preacher making several sermons each week, I can get a basic idea and go to the TSK and track down parallel and complementing verses from all over the Bible in a relatively small amount of time.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge was, and still is, a Bible reference work first published around 1830, created by the London publisher Samuel Bagster (1772-1851). It is a set of cross-references. That is, it consists entirely of a book-length listing of cross-references, showing only the chapter and verse citations with no accompanying text. About the size of a complete Bible, the TSK is also organized like a Bible, beginning at Genesis and ending at Revelation. Each verse of the Bible is cross-referenced to several others to enable the reader to gain a true sense of each word and phrase as it is used in the Bible.

• 800,000 cross-references, listing verses that illustrate how words and phrases are used elsewhere in the Bible.
• Helps the reader interpret Scripture with Scripture.
• Brief chapter summaries.
• Dates and other notes.

But the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is usually described as being the work of R. A. Torrey. Most editions you can buy these days have Torrey’s name on the cover, and sometimes in the title: R. A. Torrey’s Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. According to common knowledge, Torrey did not specifically try to claim authorship of the reference book, but he did become one of its chief promoters, and as his own fame rose, his endorsement of the book mattered to more and more people. Inevitably his name ended up on the cover. But if you read his introduction to the book, often printed inside, you see that he describes having first encountered it “some twenty years ago.”

Originally printed in a 700+ page book and now enhanced with two-way cross-referencing, this entire reference is available to you on StudyLight.org.

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Drawn from over 30 years of Bible study, Dr. Frank Charles Thompson examined every verse of the Bible to determine their exact meaning. He then arranged topical chains from the verses for easier, more in-depth study. Description from studylight.org

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Containing 3,738 entries cross-referenced and cross-linked to other resources on StudyLight.org, this resource can be classified as a required reference book for any good study library.

The first version of Thompson’s study Bible was published in 1908 by the Methodists Book Concern of Dobbs Ferry, New York. Five years later, in 1913, Dr. Thompson was joined by B.B. Kirkbride, of Indianapolis, Indiana. The two men formed the Kirkbride Bible Company, in order to further improve and distribute Thompson’s work.

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Sample Entry

King of Israel, son of Omri

(1) General references to

1Kgs 16:29; 1Kgs 17:1; 1Kgs 18:5; 1Kgs 19:1; 1Kgs 20:2; 1Kgs 21:25; 1Kgs 22:3
1Kgs 20:37; 2Kgs 10:1; 2Kgs 10:10

(2) Facts Concerning

Established Idolatry
1Kgs 16:30-33; 1Kgs 21:26

Was weak-minded
1Ki 21:4

The tool of his wife Jezebel
1Kgs 21:7; 1Kgs 21:25

His doom foretold by Elijah
1Ki 21:22
–By Micaiah
1Ki 22:28

–AHASUERUS..SEE Book of Esther
Es 1:1

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This is a companion to the Scofield Reference Notes. The First Scofield Study Bible, published in 1909 and revised in 1917, is one of the most influential theological works of the early 20th century. The Scofield Reference Bible was published by the Oxford University Press and became known to many as a handbook of fundamental theology.-studylight.org

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