Nave's Topical Bible was originally produced by Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D. (1841-1917) while serving as a Chaplain in the United States Army. He referred to this work as "the result of fourteen years of delightful and untiring study of the Word of God."

"The object of this book is to bring together in cyclopedic form and under familiar headings all that the Bible contains on particular subjects. The subjects formulated are of practical value to every profession and to all who desire to consult the Bible." —Orville J. Nave, 1905.

Because Nave's groups verses by "idea" (or "topic"), it offers a better overview of relevant Scriptures than a concordance, which only lists or indexes verses according to specific words. It also brings to light biblical "concepts", showing verses together that deal with a subject, even when the word is not in the text. For example, Ten Commandments does not appear in the Concordance, but a survey of the topic in Naves not only gives the passage in Exodus 20, but also dozens of other citations explicity stated or implied, plus references to see Adultery, Children, Citizens, Homicide, Instruction, Minister, A Sacred Teacher, Obedience, Enjoined, Servant, Theft, Wife and Women.

Topics - 28,000 subjects and more than 100,000 scripture passages referenced.

Words R Us - The genius of linking Naves to Words R Us, is that you can easily find synonyms and group subjects together in broader categories. For example, a study of shows that this is a member of Christian Doctrine or searching Ephesus shows that it is a city in modern day Turkey, and other cities of Turkey are right at your fingertips.

Strong's Hebrew Lexicon - We've added Strong's 8,674 Hebrew numbers to Nave's subjects. This allows you to drill down to see the meaning of the original word in the Old Testament scriptures.

Strong's Greek Lexicon - Strong's Greek and Aramaic Lexicon identifies 5,624 words in the New Testament with their Greek word definition and examples of where they are used.

Strong's Concordance - Every word in the Bible is in Strong's Concordance and with our edition you don't have to look every one of them up. They're all listed for you when you choose any word.

Definitions - Definitions of the Hebrew and Greek words are shown along with other Hebrew and Greek words which are translated into one English word. A well known example is that there are several Greek and Hebrew words which are translated love in English. Now you can easily examine the nuances of the meanings.

Bible Translations - You can choose from dozens of Bible translations in various languages. Many of them are free for you to install and others may be purchased in Words R Us compatible formats from the publishers. For On-Line use of Words R Us, over 1,000 Bible translations are available. The screen shot above shows English, French, and Haitian Creole translations installed.

Other Resources - Other resources and tools may be added to this tab. Here are some that area available.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew Henry's Commentary
Spurgeon's Morning and Evening
GeoPack for Bible and contemporary maps
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Multi-Lingual - Currently the Nave's Topical Bible headwords are only available in English. We are working on providing these translated into French and Spanish. Additional languages may be translated as needed. Your personal edition of Words R Us includes an Excel spreadsheet with the headwords machine translated. Additional editing may be required.