Online Bible

Similar to many other commenters here, I have been using the Mac desktop version of OLB for many years to write Bible commentaries, to compile topical KJV Bible verse lists, to share verses on my blog, and to include verses in my social network comments. I was so happy to discover an iOS version of OLB some time ago. Now, when I am too tired to work at my computer, I can lay in bed with my iPhone, and still share God’s Word with my online friends. Similar to the desktop version, this app is very stable, and is an indispensable part of my daily work flow. Thank you for all your hard work over the years, beginning with Ken Hamel.

I have been using The Online Bible almost since its beginning. Mr. Larry Pearce and his staff have been committed to keep everything updated, adding modules, and devices as technology improved. The Cross Country Store folks have been very easy to deal with as well, not that I have needed to that often, but a couple times I forgot my password and account purchases, and they readily restored those settings. I do have other study apps, but this is my main go-to app when I really need to know something and in a hurry.

I use this bible app all the time, especially when looking for a specific verse. It’s much easier to use than pulling out a strong’s concordance. There are a few things I wish were different: 1. I wish you could swipe left and right and it would go to the previous or next chapter. 2. I wish when you go back to the index that you would still be in whatever chapter you were in and you could click back to chapters and back to books, or have a refresh button to get to the main index page of the books. 3. I wish the search was a little less literal. For example, if I was looking for Proverbs 3:6 and I typed “In all thy ways acknowledge Him,” I will get no search results if it literally said “In all of thy ways acknowledge Him,”

I have enjoyed using the online Bible since receiving it on 3.5” diskettes during the 1990s. I was overjoyed upon finding it for the iPhone. I will always remember the amazement in my Pastor’s eyes during a class as he said, “How did you know that!” “That was the number of times the Hebrew word “almah” appears in the Bible. Just one of the many things the Online Bible has helped me to learn, understand, cite, or some combination of all three.

It's SO handy to have access to God's WORD, wherever I am, via my cell phone! It's A BLESSING to be able to look up verses using the search button if I can't remember the reference... and to have access to the Strong's Concordance for any Word in the Scriptures, for which I want to know the meaning in the original language! And the app is FREE! I'm very grateful to the LORD for having this available for us!