james-chapter1-python

This is a Python program for looking up a Bible verse and viewing three versions of the verse at the same time for comparison and study. For this test program I used the first chapter of the New Testament book of James. The text is from the following versions: King James Version, New International Version, and Revised Standard Version

The main program is: james_chapter1_lookup.py

The Bible verse data can be found in these files: kjv_james_chapter1.py, niv_james_chapter1.py, rsv_james_chapter1.py

The lookup functions are in this file: scripture_lookup.py

This project gave me the opportunity to work with python dicts, functions, modules, and exceptions.

I stored the Bible verses in dictionaries where the verse numbers were the dictionary keys, and the Bible verses were the dictionary values. I created a function called get_verse() to print the Bible verse while handling exceptions for:

1. KeyErrors - if the number provided by the user was not found in the dictionary key set,
2. ValueErrors - if something other than an integer was input by the user.

I then created a function called bible_multiverse() that requests integer input from a user. This input is then passed to the get_verse() function 3 times, once for each version of the scripture. This function also handles KeyErrors and ValueErrors the same as get_verse().