Year plan
The Bible through its people, in a year
699 key chapters, chosen from the Bible's 1,189. It is not a read-through of the whole Bible.
A year of daily readings grouped by the people of Scripture, from Adam and Eve to John on Patmos, in roughly biblical order. Each day is one to four chapters.
365 days, 46 sections, 699 chapters. Every chapter is free to read. The first 14 days are free to track in the app, and Premium keeps your place for the rest. Open the app to start.
Adam and Eve
Days 1-2 · Genesis 1-4
Noah
Days 3-5 · Genesis 5-10
Abraham and Sarah
Days 6-12 · Genesis 11-23
Following Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Lot, Melchizedek and Ishmael.
Isaac and Rebekah
Days 13-14 · Genesis 24-27
Jacob, Rachel and Leah
Days 15-19 · Genesis 28-36
Following Jacob, Rachel, Leah, Laban, Reuben, Simeon (Leah’s son) and Levi.
Joseph and his brothers
Days 20-27 · Genesis 37-50; Psalm 105
Following Joseph (OT), Judah, Benjamin and Tamar (Judah's daughter-in-law).
Psalm 105 retells Joseph's story from verse 16.
Job
Days 28-32 · Job 1-3, 19, 38-42
Following Job.
Moses and the exodus
Days 33-43 · Exodus 1-20, 24
Following Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Jochebed, Shiphrah, Puah, Daughter of Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Zipporah and Jethro.
Bezalel, Oholiab and the tabernacle
Days 44-46 · Exodus 31-36, 40
Aaron and the priests
Days 47-49 · Leviticus 8-10, 16, 19, 23
The wilderness years
Days 50-58 · Numbers 6, 9-14, 16-17, 20-25, 27, 36; Psalm 106
Following Moses, Caleb, Korah, Balaam, Balak, Phinehas, Mahlah, Noah (Zelophehad's daughter), Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.
Psalm 106 looks back on the wilderness years and names Moses, Aaron and Phinehas.
Moses' last words
Days 59-64 · Deuteronomy 1, 4-6, 8, 10, 30-34
Joshua and Rahab
Days 65-72 · Joshua 1-11, 14, 20, 23-24
Deborah, Gideon, Samson and the judges
Days 73-81 · Judges 1-16, 21
Following Deborah, Barak, Jael, Gideon, Ehud, Jephthah, Samson and Delilah.
Ruth and Naomi
Days 82-83 · Ruth 1-4
Hannah, Eli and Samuel
Days 84-88 · 1 Samuel 1-8; Psalm 99
Following Hannah, Eli and Samuel.
Psalm 99 names Moses, Aaron and Samuel among those who called on the Lord.
Saul, the first king
Days 89-92 · 1 Samuel 9-15
Following Saul (King), Samuel and Jonathan.
David before the throne
Days 93-100 · 1 Samuel 16-31
David the king
Days 101-117 · 2 Samuel 1-24; 1 Chronicles 11, 16-17, 22, 28-29; Psalms 89, 132
Following David, Bathsheba, Uriah, Nathan, Joab, Absalom, Tamar (David's daughter) and Mephibosheth.
Psalms 89 and 132 speak of David by name. This source prints no psalm titles, so the plan does not treat any psalm as written by him.
- Day 101: 2 Samuel 1-2
- Day 102: 2 Samuel 3-4
- Day 103: 2 Samuel 5-6
- Day 104: 2 Samuel 7-8
- Day 105: 2 Samuel 9-10
- Day 106: 2 Samuel 11-12
- Day 107: 2 Samuel 13-14
- Day 108: 2 Samuel 15-16
- Day 109: 2 Samuel 17-18
- Day 110: 2 Samuel 19-20
- Day 111: 2 Samuel 21-22
- Day 112: 2 Samuel 23-24
- Day 113: 1 Chronicles 11, 16
- Day 114: 1 Chronicles 17, 22
- Day 115: 1 Chronicles 28-29
- Day 116: Psalm 89
- Day 117: Psalm 132
Solomon
Days 118-132 · 1 Kings 1-11; 2 Chronicles 1, 5-7; Proverbs 1-4, 8-10; Ecclesiastes 1-3, 12; Song of Solomon 1, 3
Following Solomon, Bathsheba and Nathan.
Proverbs and the Song of Solomon name Solomon. Ecclesiastes names its speaker only as the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
- Day 118: 1 Kings 1-2
- Day 119: 1 Kings 3-4
- Day 120: 1 Kings 5-6
- Day 121: 1 Kings 7-8
- Day 122: 1 Kings 9-10
- Day 123: 1 Kings 11; 2 Chronicles 1
- Day 124: 2 Chronicles 5-6
- Day 125: 2 Chronicles 7; Proverbs 1
- Day 126: Proverbs 2-3
- Day 127: Proverbs 4, 8
- Day 128: Proverbs 9-10
- Day 129: Ecclesiastes 1-2
- Day 130: Ecclesiastes 3, 12
- Day 131: Song of Solomon 1
- Day 132: Song of Solomon 3
Rehoboam, Jeroboam and the divided kingdom
Days 133-138 · 1 Kings 12-16; 2 Chronicles 10-12, 14-16
Elijah
Days 139-143 · 1 Kings 17-22; 2 Chronicles 17-20
Following Elijah, Ahab, Jezebel and Jehoshaphat.
Elisha
Days 144-149 · 2 Kings 1-10, 13
Jonah, Amos, Hosea and Joel
Days 150-160 · Jonah 1-4; Amos 1-9; Hosea 1-3, 6, 11, 14; Joel 1-3
Athaliah, Uzziah and the fall of Samaria
Days 161-165 · 2 Kings 11-12, 14-17; 2 Chronicles 22-24, 26
Following Athaliah.
Uzziah is also called Azariah in 2 Kings 15.
Isaiah and Hezekiah
Days 166-187 · Isaiah 1-2, 5-7, 9, 11-12, 35-45, 49, 52-55, 58, 60-61, 65; 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chronicles 29-32; Micah 1-7
Following Isaiah, Hezekiah, Micah and Asaph.
Asaph is named in 2 Chronicles 29 among the singers of Hezekiah's reform.
- Day 166: Isaiah 1-2
- Day 167: Isaiah 5-6
- Day 168: Isaiah 7, 9
- Day 169: Isaiah 11-12
- Day 170: Isaiah 35-36
- Day 171: Isaiah 37-38
- Day 172: Isaiah 39-40
- Day 173: Isaiah 41-42
- Day 174: Isaiah 43-44
- Day 175: Isaiah 45, 49
- Day 176: Isaiah 52-53
- Day 177: Isaiah 54-55
- Day 178: Isaiah 58, 60
- Day 179: Isaiah 61, 65
- Day 180: 2 Kings 18-19
- Day 181: 2 Kings 20; 2 Chronicles 29
- Day 182: 2 Chronicles 30-31
- Day 183: 2 Chronicles 32; Micah 1
- Day 184: Micah 2-3
- Day 185: Micah 4-5
- Day 186: Micah 6
- Day 187: Micah 7
Manasseh and Josiah
Days 188-195 · 2 Kings 21-23; 2 Chronicles 33-35; Nahum 1-3; Zephaniah 1-3; Habakkuk 1-3
Following Manasseh, Josiah, Huldah, Nahum, Zephaniah and Habakkuk.
Jeremiah
Days 196-213 · Jeremiah 1-2, 7, 18-20, 26-29, 31-45, 52; 2 Kings 24-25; 2 Chronicles 36; Lamentations 1-5; Obadiah 1
Following Jeremiah, Baruch, Zedekiah, Jehoiakim and Obadiah.
Lamentations does not name its writer. It is read here beside the fall of Jerusalem that Jeremiah describes, and Obadiah's short prophecy against Edom is read with it.
- Day 196: Jeremiah 1-2
- Day 197: Jeremiah 7, 18
- Day 198: Jeremiah 19-20
- Day 199: Jeremiah 26-27
- Day 200: Jeremiah 28-29
- Day 201: Jeremiah 31-32
- Day 202: Jeremiah 33-34
- Day 203: Jeremiah 35-36
- Day 204: Jeremiah 37-38
- Day 205: Jeremiah 39-40
- Day 206: Jeremiah 41-42
- Day 207: Jeremiah 43-44
- Day 208: Jeremiah 45, 52
- Day 209: 2 Kings 24-25
- Day 210: 2 Chronicles 36; Lamentations 1
- Day 211: Lamentations 2-3
- Day 212: Lamentations 4-5
- Day 213: Obadiah 1
Ezekiel
Days 214-221 · Ezekiel 1-4, 8, 11, 18, 24, 33-34, 36-37, 40, 43, 47
Following Ezekiel.
Daniel and his friends
Days 222-227 · Daniel 1-12
Following Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah, Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar.
Cyrus, Zerubbabel, Haggai and Zechariah
Days 228-237 · Ezra 1-6; Haggai 1-2; Zechariah 1-4, 6-9, 12-14
Following Cyrus, Zerubbabel, Joshua the son of Josedech, Haggai and Zechariah (Prophet).
Esther and Mordecai
Days 238-242 · Esther 1-10
Ezra, Nehemiah and Malachi
Days 243-251 · Ezra 7-10; Nehemiah 1-2, 4-6, 8-9, 12-13; Malachi 1-4
Zechariah, Elizabeth, Mary and Joseph
Days 252-253 · Luke 1-2; Matthew 1-2
Following Mary, Mother of Jesus, Elizabeth, Zechariah, Joseph, Simeon (the man in Jerusalem), Anna and Herod the king.
John the Baptist
Days 254-257 · Matthew 3, 11, 14; Mark 1, 6; Luke 3; John 1
Following John the Baptist, Herod the tetrarch, Herodias, Andrew and Nathanael.
Peter and the twelve
Days 258-265 · Matthew 4-10, 12-13, 15-20
Following Peter, Matthew, Andrew, James son of Zebedee, John the Apostle, Bartholomew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Jude Thaddaeus, Simon the Canaanite, Judas and James (Brother of Jesus).
People who met Jesus
Days 266-278 · Mark 2-5, 7-10; Luke 4-19
Following Jairus, Bartimaeus, Zacchaeus, Mary of Bethany, Martha, Joanna and Mary Magdalene.
Nicodemus, Lazarus and the people in John
Days 279-284 · John 2-12
Following Nicodemus, Lazarus, Philip the apostle and Martha.
Holy Week: who was there
Days 285-299 · Matthew 21-28; Mark 11-16; Luke 20-24; John 13-21
Following Jesus Christ, Pilate, Caiaphas, Barabbas, Joseph of Arimathea, Simon of Cyrene, Salome and Mary Magdalene.
Peter, Stephen and the first church
Days 300-305 · Acts 1-12
Following Peter, Stephen, Philip (the evangelist of the seven), Matthias, Ananias of Damascus, Ananias (the husband of Sapphira), Sapphira, Tabitha and Cornelius.
Paul, Barnabas and Silas on the road
Days 306-313 · Acts 13-28
Following Paul, Barnabas, Silas, Timothy, Lydia, Priscilla, Aquila, Apollos and Mark.
Paul's letters to the churches
Days 314-339 · Romans 1-8, 12, 16; 1 Corinthians 1-3, 12-13, 15-16; 2 Corinthians 1, 4-5, 11-12; Galatians 1-6; Ephesians 1-6; Philippians 1-4; Colossians 1-4; 1 Thessalonians 1-5; 2 Thessalonians 1-3
Following Paul, Phoebe, Epaphroditus, Epaphras and Tychicus.
- Day 314: Romans 1-2
- Day 315: Romans 3-4
- Day 316: Romans 5-6
- Day 317: Romans 7-8
- Day 318: Romans 12, 16
- Day 319: 1 Corinthians 1-2
- Day 320: 1 Corinthians 3, 12
- Day 321: 1 Corinthians 13, 15
- Day 322: 1 Corinthians 16; 2 Corinthians 1
- Day 323: 2 Corinthians 4-5
- Day 324: 2 Corinthians 11-12
- Day 325: Galatians 1-2
- Day 326: Galatians 3-4
- Day 327: Galatians 5-6
- Day 328: Ephesians 1-2
- Day 329: Ephesians 3-4
- Day 330: Ephesians 5-6
- Day 331: Philippians 1-2
- Day 332: Philippians 3-4
- Day 333: Colossians 1-2
- Day 334: Colossians 3-4
- Day 335: 1 Thessalonians 1-2
- Day 336: 1 Thessalonians 3-4
- Day 337: 1 Thessalonians 5; 2 Thessalonians 1
- Day 338: 2 Thessalonians 2
- Day 339: 2 Thessalonians 3
Timothy, Titus and Philemon
Days 340-346 · 1 Timothy 1-6; 2 Timothy 1-4; Titus 1-3; Philemon 1
Following Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Onesimus, Eunice, Lois and Luke.
Hebrews and the cloud of witnesses
Days 347-350 · Hebrews 1-2, 4, 7, 10-13
Following Melchizedek, Abraham and Moses.
Hebrews does not name its writer.
James, Peter and Jude
Days 351-357 · James 1-5; 1 Peter 1-5; 2 Peter 1-3; Jude 1
Following James (Brother of Jesus), Peter and Jude.
The letter of James names its writer only as James; the source index lists him as the brother of Jesus. Jude calls himself the brother of James.
John's letters and the Revelation
Days 358-365 · 1 John 1-5; 2 John 1; 3 John 1; Revelation 1-5, 19-22
Following John the Apostle.
The three letters of John do not name their writer. Revelation names John, and the source index lists him with the apostle.