Read through the Bible

by | Jan 3, 2016 | 06 Articles, Faith & Life


Have you decided to read through the Bible as one of your New Year’s Resolutions? Here’s a great selection of plans to help you keep that resolution.


Jump to: ** Online; ** PDFs; ** Overviews; **

Online

Online plans

Online Bible Reading Plans allow you to choose your version and track your progress. There are also apps for your phone, which are constantly changing.

Bible Gateway (18 plans)

Bible Study Tools (18 plans)

Blue Letter Bible (7 plans)

Bible In A Year

This plan takes you through the entire Bible with two readings each day: one from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament. Accessible on YouVersion – download the app.

Bible Reading Plan Generator

Want to set your own schedule? Here’s a tool to create your own reading plan.

PDFs

PDF plans

The Ligonier Ministries Blog complied a great list of different charts and plans to read through the Bible in a year. Here’s a sample of plans in their collection. Most are PDF downloads which you can stick in your Bible:

52 Week Bible Reading Plan

Read through the Bible in a year with each day of the week dedicated to a different genre: epistles, the law, history, Psalms, poetry, prophecy, and Gospels.

Navigators New Testament Reading Plan M-F

Read through the New Testament in a year, reading Monday to Friday. Weekends are set aside for reflection and other reading. Especially beneficial if you’re new to a daily discipline of Bible reading.

Bible Reading Chart

Read through the Bible at your own pace. Use this minimalist chart to track your reading throughout the year.

Chronological Bible Reading Plan

Read through the Bible in the order the events occurred chronologically.

Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan

Four daily readings beginning in Genesis, Psalms, Matthew and Acts.

Discipleship Journal Book at a time Reading Plan

Two daily readings, one from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament. Complete an entire book in each testament before moving on.

ESV Daily Bible Reading Plan

Four daily readings taken from four lists: Psalms and wisdom literature, Pentateuch and history of Israel, Chronicles and prophets, and Gospels and epistles.

Every Word in the Bible 3-year Plan

Read through the Bible one chapter at a time. Readings alternate between the Old and New Testaments.

Historical Bible Reading Plan

The Old Testament readings are similar to Israel’s Hebrew Bible, and the New Testament readings are an attempt to follow the order in which the books were authored.

Professor Horner’s Bible Reading System

Reading ten chapters a day, in the course of a year you’ll read the Gospels four times, the Pentateuch twice, Paul’s letters four to five times, the Old Testament wisdom literature six times, the Psalms at least twice, Proverbs and Acts a dozen times, and the Old Testament history and prophetic books about one and a half times.

Robert Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Read the New Testament and Psalms twice and the Old Testament once.

Straight Through the Bible Reading Plan

Read straight through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.

Tabletalk 1-Year Bible Reading Plan

Two readings each day, one from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament.

Tabletalk 2-Year Bible Reading Plan

Read the Old and New Testaments once and Psalms and Proverbs four times.

Legacy Reading Plan

This plan does not have set readings for each day. Instead, it has set books for each month and a set number of Proverbs and Psalms for each week. It aims to give you more flexibility while grounding you in specific books of the Bible.

260 Bible Reading Plan

The F-260 is a two hundred and sixty day reading plan that highlights the foundational passages of Scripture that every disciple should know.

Overviews

Bible Overviews

Want to understand what you’re reading?  Considering reading an overview of the Bible.

A Simple overview of biblical history

Ray Stedman’s Adventuring through the Bible

RC Sproul’s Overivew of the Bible

John MacArthur’s Introductions to each book of the Bible

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