Bible in One Year: Daily OT & NT Readings

Bible in One Year: Daily OT & NT Readings
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Reading through the Bible in one year using daily readings in the Old Testament and New Testament is one Bible study approach. Below is a suggested schedule for this method of reading.

Week 1

Day 1: Genesis 1–2
Day 2: Genesis 3–5
Day 3: Genesis 6–9
Day 4: Genesis 10–11
Day 5: Genesis 12–14
Day 6: Genesis 15–17

Week 2

Day 1: Genesis 18–20
Day 2: Genesis 21–24
Day 3: Genesis 25–26
Day 4: Genesis 27–31
Day 5: Genesis 32–36
Day 6: Genesis 37–40

Week 3

Day 1: Genesis 41–44
Day 2: Genesis 45–47
Day 3: Genesis 48–50
Day 4: Exodus 1–2
Day 5: Exodus 3–6
Day 6: Exodus 7–10

Week 4

Day 1: Exodus 11–15
Day 2: Exodus 16–18
Day 3: Exodus 19–20
Day 4: Exodus 21–24
Day 5: Exodus 25–27
Day 6: Exodus 28–31

Week 5

Day 1: Exodus 32–34
Day 2: Exodus 35–40
Day 3: Leviticus 1–3
Day 4: Leviticus 4–7
Day 5: Leviticus 8–10
Day 6: Leviticus 11–15

Week 6

Day 1: Leviticus 16–17
Day 2: Leviticus 18–20
Day 3: Leviticus 21–23
Day 4: Leviticus 24–27
Day 5: Numbers 1–4
Day 6: Numbers 5–8

Week 7

Day 1: Numbers 9–12
Day 2: Numbers 13–16
Day 3: Numbers 17–20
Day 4: Numbers 21–25
Day 5: Numbers 26–30
Day 6: Numbers 31–33

Week 8

Day 1: Numbers 34–36
Day 2: Deuteronomy 1–4
Day 3: Deuteronomy 5–7
Day 4: Deuteronomy 8–11
Day 5: Deuteronomy 12–16
Day 6: Deuteronomy 17–20

Week 9

Day 1: Deuteronomy 21–26
Day 2: Deuteronomy 27–30
Day 3: Deuteronomy 31–34
Day 4: Joshua 1–5
Day 5: Joshua 6–8
Day 6: Joshua 9–12

Week 10

Day 1: Joshua 13–17
Day 2: Joshua 18–21
Day 3: Joshua 22–24
Day 4: Judges 1–5
Day 5: Judges 6–8
Day 6: Judges 9–12

Week 11

Day 1: Judges 13–16
Day 2: Judges 17–21
Day 3: Ruth 1–4
Day 4: 1 Samuel 1–3
Day 5: 1 Samuel 4–8
Day 6: 1 Samuel 9–12

Week 12

Day 1: 1 Samuel 13–15
Day 2: 1 Samuel 16–19
Day 3: 1 Samuel 20–23
Day 4: 1 Samuel 24–26
Day 5: 1 Samuel 27–31
Day 6: 2 Samuel 1–4

Week 13

Day 1: 2 Samuel 5–7
Day 2: 2 Samuel 8–10
Day 3: 2 Samuel 11–14
Day 4: 2 Samuel 15–18
Day 5: 2 Samuel 19–20
Day 6: 2 Samuel 21–24

Week 14

Day 1: 1 Kings 1–4
Day 2: 1 Kings 5–8
Day 3: 1 Kings 9–11
Day 4: 1 Kings 12–16
Day 5: 1 Kings 17–19
Day 6: 1 Kings 20–22

Week 15

Day 1: 2 Kings 1–3
Day 2: 2 Kings 4–8
Day 3: 2 Kings 9–12
Day 4: 2 Kings 13–17
Day 5: 2 Kings 18–21
Day 6: 2 Kings 22–25

Week 16

Day 1: 1 Chronicles 1–9
Day 2: 1 Chronicles 10–16
Day 3: 1 Chronicles 17–21
Day 4: 1 Chronicles 22–27
Day 5: 1 Chronicles 28–29
Day 6: 2 Chronicles 1–5

Week 17

Day 1: 2 Chronicles 6–9
Day 2: 2 Chronicles 10–12
Day 3: 2 Chronicles 13–16
Day 4: 2 Chronicles 17–20
Day 5: 2 Chronicles 21–25
Day 6: 2 Chronicles 26–28

Week 18

Day 1: 2 Chronicles 29–32
Day 2: 2 Chronicles 33–36
Day 3: Ezra 1–3
Day 4: Ezra 4–6
Day 5: Ezra 7–8
Day 6: Ezra 9–10

Week 19

Day 1: Nehemiah 1–3
Day 2: Nehemiah 4–7
Day 3: Nehemiah 8–10
Day 4: Nehemiah 11–13
Day 5: Esther 1–2
Day 6: Esther 3–4

Week 20

Day 1: Esther 5–7
Day 2: Esther 8–10
Day 3: Job 1–3
Day 4: Job 4–7
Day 5: Job 8–10
Day 6: Job 11–14

Week 21

Day 1: Job 15–17
Day 2: Job 18–19
Day 3: Job 20–21
Day 4: Job 22–24
Day 5: Job 25–28
Day 6: Job 29–31

Week 22

Day 1: Job 32–34
Day 2: Job 35–37
Day 3: Job 38–39
Day 4: Job 40–42
Day 5: Psalms 1–6
Day 6: Psalms 7–12

Week 23

Day 1: Psalms 13–18
Day 2: Psalms 19–24
Day 3: Psalms 25–30
Day 4: Psalms 31–35
Day 5: Psalms 36–41
Day 6: Psalms 42–49

Week 24

Day 1: Psalms 50–54
Day 2: Psalms 55–59
Day 3: Psalms 60–66
Day 4: Psalms 67–72
Day 5: Psalms 73–77
Day 6: Psalms 78–83

Week 25

Day 1: Psalms 84–89
Day 2: Psalms 90–97
Day 3: Psalms 98–103
Day 4: Psalms 104–106
Day 5: Psalms 107–110
Day 6: Psalms 111–118

Week 26

Day 1: Psalm 119
Day 2: Psalms 120–127
Day 3: Psalms 128–134
Day 4: Psalms 135–139
Day 5: Psalms 140–145
Day 6: Psalms 146–150

Week 27

Day 1: Proverbs 1–4
Day 2: Proverbs 5–9
Day 3: Proverbs 10–13
Day 4: Proverbs 14–17
Day 5: Proverbs 18–21
Day 6: Proverbs 22–24

Week 28

Day 1: Proverbs 25–29
Day 2: Proverbs 30–31
Day 3: Ecclesiastes 1–6
Day 4: Ecclesiastes 7–12
Day 5: Song of Solomon 1–8
Day 6: Isaiah 1–4

Week 29

Day 1: Isaiah 5–8
Day 2: Isaiah 9–12
Day 3: Isaiah 13–16
Day 4: Isaiah 17–20
Day 5: Isaiah 21–23
Day 6: Isaiah 24–27

Week 30

Day 1: Isaiah 28–30
Day 2: Isaiah 31–35
Day 3: Isaiah 36–39
Day 4: Isaiah 40–43
Day 5: Isaiah 44–48
Day 6: Isaiah 49–51

Week 31

Day 1: Isaiah 52–57
Day 2: Isaiah 58–62
Day 3: Isaiah 63–66
Day 4: Jeremiah 1–3
Day 5: Jeremiah 4–6
Day 6: Jeremiah 7–10

Week 32

Day 1: Jeremiah 11–15
Day 2: Jeremiah 16–20
Day 3: Jeremiah 21–25
Day 4: Jeremiah 26–29
Day 5: Jeremiah 30–33
Day 6: Jeremiah 34–39

Week 33

Day 1: Jeremiah 40–45
Day 2: Jeremiah 46–49
Day 3: Jeremiah 50–52
Day 4: Lamentations 1–5
Day 5: Ezekiel 1–6
Day 6: Ezekiel 7–11

Week 34

Day 1: Ezekiel 12–15
Day 2: Ezekiel 16–19
Day 3: Ezekiel 20–23
Day 4: Ezekiel 24–28
Day 5: Ezekiel 29–32
Day 6: Ezekiel 33–36

Week 35

Day 1: Ezekiel 37–39
Day 2: Ezekiel 40–43
Day 3: Ezekiel 44–48
Day 4: Daniel 1–3
Day 5: Daniel 4–6
Day 6: Daniel 7–12

Week 36

Day 1: Hosea 1–3
Day 2: Hosea 4–6
Day 3: Hosea 7–8
Day 4: Hosea 9–11
Day 5: Hosea 12–14
Day 6: Joel 1–3

Week 37

Day 1: Amos 1–2
Day 2: Amos 3–5
Day 3: Amos 6–7
Day 4: Amos 8–9
Day 5: Obadiah
Day 6: Jonah 1–4

Week 38

Day 1: Micah 1–2
Day 2: Micah 3–5
Day 3: Micah 6–7
Day 4: Nahum 1–3
Day 5: Habakkuk 1–3
Day 6: Zephaniah 1–3

Week 39

Day 1: Haggai 1–2
Day 2: Zechariah 1–2
Day 3: Zechariah 3–4
Day 4: Zechariah 5–6
Day 5: Zechariah 7–8
Day 6: Zechariah 9–11

Week 40

Day 1: Zechariah 12–14
Day 2: Malachi 1–4
Day 3: Matthew 1–4
Day 4: Matthew 5–7
Day 5: Matthew 8–11
Day 6: Matthew 12–15

Week 41

Day 1: Matthew 16–19
Day 2: Matthew 20–25
Day 3: Matthew 26–28
Day 4: Mark 1–3
Day 5: Mark 4–7
Day 6: Mark 8–10

Week 42

Day 1: Mark 11–13
Day 2: Mark 14–16
Day 3: Luke 1–4
Day 4: Luke 5–7
Day 5: Luke 8–11
Day 6: Luke 12–14

Week 43

Day 1: Luke 15–18
Day 2: Luke 19–21
Day 3: Luke 22–24
Day 4: John 1–4
Day 5: John 5–7
Day 6: John 8–10

Week 44

Day 1: John 11–12
Day 2: John 13–14
Day 3: John 15–17
Day 4: John 18–21
Day 5: Acts 1–4
Day 6: Acts 5–7

Week 45

Day 1: Acts 8–9
Day 2: Acts 10–12
Day 3: Acts 13–15
Day 4: Acts 16–18
Day 5: Acts 19–20
Day 6: Acts 21–23

Week 46

Day 1: Acts 24–26
Day 2: Acts 27–28
Day 3: Romans 1–3
Day 4: Romans 4–5
Day 5: Romans 6–8
Day 6: Romans 9–11

Week 47

Day 1: Romans 12–16
Day 2: 1 Corinthians 1–6
Day 3: 1 Corinthians 7–10
Day 4: 1 Corinthians 11–14
Day 5: 1 Corinthians 15–16
Day 6: 2 Corinthians 1–5

Week 48

Day 1: 2 Corinthians 6–9
Day 2: 2 Corinthians 10–13
Day 3: Galatians 1–6
Day 4: Ephesians 1–6
Day 5: Philippians 1–4
Day 6: Colossians 1–4

Week 49

Day 1: 1 Thessalonians 1–5
Day 2: 2 Thessalonians 1–3
Day 3: 1 Timothy 1–6
Day 4: 2 Timothy 1–4
Day 5: Titus 1–3
Day 6: Philemon

Week 50

Day 1: Hebrews 1–2
Day 2: Hebrews 3–4
Day 3: Hebrews 5–7
Day 4: Hebrews 8–10
Day 5: Hebrews 11–13
Day 6: James 1–5

Week 51

Day 1: 1 Peter 1–5
Day 2: 2 Peter 1–3
Day 3: 1 John 1–5
Day 4: 2 John
Day 5: 3 John
Day 6: Jude

Week 52

Day 1: Revelation 1–5
Day 2: Revelation 6–9
Day 3: Revelation 10–13
Day 4: Revelation 14–16
Day 5: Revelation 17–19
Day 6: Revelation 20–22


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