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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.

  1. Adam and Eve

    Days 1-2 · Genesis 1-4

    Following Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel.

  2. Noah

    Days 3-5 · Genesis 5-10

    Following Noah and Enoch.

  3. Abraham and Sarah

    Days 6-12 · Genesis 11-23

    Following Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Lot, Melchizedek and Ishmael.

  4. Isaac and Rebekah

    Days 13-14 · Genesis 24-27

    Following Isaac, Rebekah and Esau.

  5. Jacob, Rachel and Leah

    Days 15-19 · Genesis 28-36

    Following Jacob, Rachel, Leah, Laban, Reuben, Simeon (Leah’s son) and Levi.

  6. 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.

  7. Job

    Days 28-32 · Job 1-3, 19, 38-42

    Following Job.

  8. 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.

  9. Bezalel, Oholiab and the tabernacle

    Days 44-46 · Exodus 31-36, 40

    Following Bezalel, Oholiab and Moses.

  10. Aaron and the priests

    Days 47-49 · Leviticus 8-10, 16, 19, 23

    Following Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and Eleazar.

  11. 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.

  12. Moses' last words

    Days 59-64 · Deuteronomy 1, 4-6, 8, 10, 30-34

    Following Moses and Joshua.

  13. Joshua and Rahab

    Days 65-72 · Joshua 1-11, 14, 20, 23-24

    Following Joshua, Rahab and Caleb.

  14. Deborah, Gideon, Samson and the judges

    Days 73-81 · Judges 1-16, 21

    Following Deborah, Barak, Jael, Gideon, Ehud, Jephthah, Samson and Delilah.

  15. Ruth and Naomi

    Days 82-83 · Ruth 1-4

    Following Ruth, Naomi and Boaz.

  16. 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.

  17. Saul, the first king

    Days 89-92 · 1 Samuel 9-15

    Following Saul (King), Samuel and Jonathan.

  18. David before the throne

    Days 93-100 · 1 Samuel 16-31

    Following David, Goliath, Jonathan, Michal and Abigail.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. Rehoboam, Jeroboam and the divided kingdom

    Days 133-138 · 1 Kings 12-16; 2 Chronicles 10-12, 14-16

    Following Rehoboam, Jeroboam and Asa.

  22. Elijah

    Days 139-143 · 1 Kings 17-22; 2 Chronicles 17-20

    Following Elijah, Ahab, Jezebel and Jehoshaphat.

  23. Elisha

    Days 144-149 · 2 Kings 1-10, 13

    Following Elisha, Naaman, Gehazi and Jehu.

  24. Jonah, Amos, Hosea and Joel

    Days 150-160 · Jonah 1-4; Amos 1-9; Hosea 1-3, 6, 11, 14; Joel 1-3

    Following Jonah, Amos, Hosea and Joel.

  25. 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.

  26. 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.

  27. 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.

  28. 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.

  29. Ezekiel

    Days 214-221 · Ezekiel 1-4, 8, 11, 18, 24, 33-34, 36-37, 40, 43, 47

    Following Ezekiel.

  30. Daniel and his friends

    Days 222-227 · Daniel 1-12

    Following Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah, Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar.

  31. 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).

  32. Esther and Mordecai

    Days 238-242 · Esther 1-10

    Following Esther, Mordecai, Haman and Vashti.

  33. Ezra, Nehemiah and Malachi

    Days 243-251 · Ezra 7-10; Nehemiah 1-2, 4-6, 8-9, 12-13; Malachi 1-4

    Following Ezra, Nehemiah and Malachi.

  34. 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.

  35. 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.

  36. 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).

  37. 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.

  38. Nicodemus, Lazarus and the people in John

    Days 279-284 · John 2-12

    Following Nicodemus, Lazarus, Philip the apostle and Martha.

  39. 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.

  40. 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.

  41. Paul, Barnabas and Silas on the road

    Days 306-313 · Acts 13-28

    Following Paul, Barnabas, Silas, Timothy, Lydia, Priscilla, Aquila, Apollos and Mark.

  42. 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.

  43. 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.

  44. 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.

  45. 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.

  46. 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.