I reference Scripture when writing…a lot. So I developed two-letter abbreviations (plus a number when necessary) for each book of the Bible to save writing & keystrokes. I hope you'll find this useful too!

Old Testament

  • Law

    • Genesis * Ge

    • Exodus * Ex

    • Leviticus * Le

    • Numbers * Nu

    • Deuteronomy * De

  • History

    • Joshua * Jo

    • Judges * Ju

    • Ruth * Ru

    • 1 Samuel * 1Sa

    • 2 Samuel * 2Sa

    • 1 Kings * 1Ki

    • 2 Kings * 2Ki

    • 1 Chronicles * 1Ch

    • 2 Chronicles * 2Ch

    • Ezra * Ez

    • Nehemiah * Ne

    • Esther * Es

  • Wisdom / Poetry

    • Job * Jb

    • Psalms * Ps

    • Proverbs * Pr

    • Ecclesiastes * Ec

    • Song of Solomon * So

  • Major Prophets

    • Isaiah * Is

    • Jeremiah * Je

    • Lamentations * La

    • Ezekiel * Ek

    • Daniel * Da

  • Minor Prophets

    • Hosea * Ho

    • Joel * Jl

    • Amos * Am

    • Obadiah * Ob

    • Jonah * Jh

    • Micah * Mi

    • Nahum * Na

    • Habakkuk * Ha

    • Zephaniah * Zp

    • Haggai * Hg

    • Zechariah * Zc

    • Malachi * Ma


New Testament

  • Gospels

    • Matthew * Mt

    • Mark * Mk

    • Luke * Lk

    • John * Jn

  • History

    • Acts * Ac

  • Pauline Epistles

    • Romans * Ro

    • 1 Corinthians * 1Co

    • 2 Corinthians * 2Co

    • Galatians * Ga

    • Ephesians * Ep

    • Philippians * Ph

    • Colossians * Co

    • 1 Thessalonians * 1Th

    • 2 Thessalonians * 2Th

  • Pastoral Epistles

    • 1 Timothy * 1Ti

    • 2 Timothy * 2Ti

    • Titus * Ti

    • Philemon * Pn

  • General Epistles

    • Hebrews * He

    • James * Ja

    • 1 Peter * 1Pe

    • 2 Peter * 2Pe

    • 1 John * 1Jn

    • 2 John * 2Jn

    • 3 John * 3Jn

    • Jude * Jd

    • Revelation * Re