I have released two pieces of software that I have written to search the scripture on your own computer, not somebody else’s website.
The database indexes the following scriptures:
| Bible | Standard King James translation |
| Book of Mormon | 1990’s edition – no preface, introduction, witnesses, chapter headings, or footnotes |
| Doctrine & Covenants | 1990’s edition – no preface, introduction, witnesses, chapter headings, or footnotes, or official declarations |
| Pearl of Great Price | 1990’s edition – no preface, introduction, witnesses, chapter headings, or footnotes |
| Lectures on Faith | Standard edition available online, includes preface |
| Book of Commandments | 1833 edition |
| Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language | 1828 edition Available online. Digital copy provided by Simply Scriptures. |
The database provides extensive full text searching capabilities using key-word search, search on exact phrase, and the ability to group and combine your queries using parentheses for grouping, and the key-words and, or, not.
You can look up the verse or selected Biblical words in Strong’s online concordance, view alternative translations of the verse, link to a complete list of cross-references for the verse, compare the King James verse to the Joseph Smith Translation. And for all the Standard Works, link to the church’s scripture library. My goal was to give you a complete and intimate study experience all in one place.
These programs both run in Windows 10 and 11 on your local desktop or laptop. There are all self-contained on your computer, except for external links to Strongs, Biblehub, the cross-reference, or lds.org. Sorry, but these programs do not run on smart phones or Apple or Linux.
Also included are the text from the books Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith and The Words of Joseph Smith. And other significant writings and speeches by early church leaders. These are indexed, as well. If you vaguely remember a line from a Joseph Smith speech, you can look it up here.
There is also a searchable edition of Webster’s 1828 dictionary, an excellent source to obtain definitions of word in the Bible and Book of Mormon.
You also have the ability to add your own comments to each verse. These comments are searchable.
There are also detailed Help pages with detailed examples and instructions.
I do a lot of writing and commenting on social media. I use both these programs to lookup verses and to help me with my studies. I have been using them and testing them for several years. Now, I am finally happy with the feature set they offer and the quality and reliability of the software is up to par. FYI, I have been a software developer and tester for over 50 years. I worked for EDS, Microsoft, AT&T, and a number of other small start-up companies.
Here are the links to download these two programs and a brief listing of their differences.
Both these programs are free to use. If you are interested in porting or enhancing these programs, I will be happy to give you the source code, on the one condition that they always remain free.
ServerSetup.exe: https://drive.proton.me/urls/TN5QCYCWF0#yshojbXpjpuS
Includes a web server that can run on a Windows desktop or laptop, and a set of client web pages. I anticipate that somebody could take the simple local web server and use it as a remote server and run the web pages on any computer.
This version includes the ability to create your own topical guide, where you can save your own searches for talks or research projects.
MySetup.exe: https://drive.proton.me/urls/ZEK4J5AHBR#qvi9XAK13cno
Complete stand-alone version for Windows desktop or laptop. Included are all the databases and features listed above, plus the ability to use alternative translations to the King James version.
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