1. Woe unto the defrauders:

2. Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,

3. But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.

4. Do such men not consider that they will be raised again

5. Unto an Awful Day,

6. The day when all mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

7. Nay, but the record of the vile is in Perdition -

8. Ah! what will convey unto thee what Perdition is! -

9. A written record.

10. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

11. Those who deny the Day of Judgment

12. Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

13. Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: Mere fables of the men of old.

14. Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.

15. Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from the mercy of their Lord.

16. Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

17. And it will be said unto them: This is that which ye used to deny.

18. Nay, but the record of the righteous is in Exaltation -

19. Ah, what will convey unto thee what Exaltation is! -

20. A written record,

21. Attested by those who are brought near unto their Lord.

22. Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

23. On couches, gazing,

24. Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.

25. They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,

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About this reader

What is Scripture?

Scripture is a browser-based reader for sixteen sacred texts spanning multiple religious and literary traditions. It provides chapter-by-chapter navigation, full-text search across all works, word concordance with frequency analysis, verse-linked notes, text-to-speech, and deep linking to any chapter or verse.

Traditions Represented

The collection spans Abrahamic, East Asian, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, and Nordic traditions. Christian texts include the King James Version Old and New Testaments (1611) and Apocrypha. The Quran uses Marmaduke Pickthall's 1930 English translation. Latter-day Saint scripture includes the Book of Mormon (1830), Doctrine and Covenants (1835), and Pearl of Great Price (1851).

Confucian works include James Legge's translations of The Four Books (1893) and the Book of Poetry (1876). The Tao Te Ching uses Legge's 1891 translation. The Kojiki uses Basil Hall Chamberlain's 1919 English translation. Zoroastrian texts include the Bundahishn (E. W. West, 1880) and the Arda Viraf (Haug & West, 1872). The Lotus Sutra uses Hendrik Kern's 1884 translation. The Finnish Kalevala uses John Martin Crawford's 1888 translation, and the Norse Poetic Edda uses Henry Adams Bellows' 1923 translation.

Public Domain Translations

Every translation in this collection is in the public domain. The most recent translation dates to 1930 (Pickthall's Quran). All texts are freely available for reading, study, quotation, and redistribution with no copyright restrictions.

Concordance and Related Passages

The concordance indexes every word across all sixteen works, showing frequency and distribution. TF-IDF (term frequency-inverse document frequency) scoring identifies passages with similar vocabulary across different traditions, enabling comparative study without requiring prior knowledge of each text's structure. TF-IDF weights words that are frequent in one chapter but rare across the corpus, surfacing meaningful thematic connections rather than common function words.

Deep Linking

Every chapter and verse has a permanent URL. Chapter links follow the pattern /scripture/{work}/{book}-{chapter} (e.g., /scripture/ot/gen-1 for Genesis 1). Verse links append the verse number (e.g., /scripture/ot/gen-1:26 for Genesis 1:26). These URLs can be shared, bookmarked, or cited directly.

Accessibility

Scripture supports keyboard navigation throughout: Tab moves between controls, Enter activates verse actions, and arrow keys navigate chapters. The reading pane has a skip-to-content link. All overlays (search, concordance) are focus-trapped ARIA dialogs. Dynamic content regions use aria-live for screen reader announcements. High-contrast mode is available via the theme toggle. Verse numbers are visible to assistive technology. No flashing content or motion hazards.

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