This program provides bible readings to cover the whole bible in a year using only 25 days out of every month - giving a total of 65 days (5 or 6 per month) in lieu for flexibility.
Each day starts with a psalm for devotion (these can be every other day, or every day reading them twice in the year), followed by a study, and a couple of proverbs as wisdom.
The size of each study varies in order to maintain natural divisions within the text and give greater focus to those passages requiring more time to understand. The length required for each study therefore varies from between 10-20 minutes.
Generally the books are taken chronologically, although the gospels and wisdom literature are placed with particular reference to the situations being faced within that chronology.
| | The Yearplan | |
Month | New Testament | Old Testament |
| | | |
| January | Luke | Proverbs 1-9 Genesis |
| February | Acts | Exodus – Leviticus |
| March | Romans | Numbers – Deuteronomy |
| April | Matthew | Job Song of Songs |
| | Entry to Exile | |
| May | 1 Corinthians – 2 Corinthians | Joshua – 1 Samuel |
| June | Galatians – Colossians | 2 Samuel – 2 Kings |
| July | John | Hosea – Zephaniah |
| August | 1 Thessalonians – Philemon | Isaiah |
| September | Hebrews – James | Jeremiah – Lamentations Ecclesiastes |
| | Exile to End | |
| October | Mark | Ezekiel – Daniel |
| November | 1 Peter – Jude | 1 Chronicles – 2 Chronicles |
| December | Revelation | Esther Ezra – Nehemiah Haggai – Malachi |
January to March
Study tip 1: Ask the two key questions
1) Then: What did it mean to the originally readers?
2) Now: How does that meaning apply today?
| | JANUARY | FEBRUARY | MARCH | ||||||
| Day | Ps | Study | Proverbs | Ps | Study | Proverbs | Ps | Study | Proverbs |
| 1 | 1 | Lk 1:1-2:52 | 10:1-2 | 26 | Act 1:1-3:26 | 13:10-11 | 51 | Rom 1:1-4:25 | |
| 2 | 2 | Lk 3:1-5:26 | 10:5-6 | 27 | Act 4:1-8:1 | 13:12-13 | 52 | Rom 5:1-8:39 | |
| 3 | 3 | Lk | 10:9-10 | 28 | Act 8:1-10:48 | 13:14-15 | 53 | Rom 9:1-11:36 | |
| 4 | 4 | Lk 8:1-9:62 | 10:13-14 | 29 | Act 11:1-14:28 | 13:16-17 | 54 | Rom 12:1-16:27 | |
| 5 | 5 | Lk 10:1-11:54 | 10:17-18 | 30 | Act 15:1-18:17 | 13:18-19 | 55 | Num 1:1-4:49 | |
| 6 | 6 | Lk 12:1-14:35 | 10:21-22 | 31 | Act | 13:20-21 | 56 | Num 5:1-6:27 | |
| 7 | 7 | Lk 15:1-17:10 | 10:25-26 | 32 | Act | 13:22-23 | 57 | Num 7:1-9:23 | |
| 8 | 8 | Lk 17:11-19:27 | 10:29-30 | 33 | Act 25:1-28:31 | 13:24-25 | 58 | Num 10:1-12:16 | |
| 9 | 9 | Lk | 11:1-2 | 34 | Ex 1:1-6:27 | 14:1-2 | 59 | Num 13:1-15:41 | |
| 10 | 10 | Lk | 11:5-6 | 35 | Ex | 14:3-4 | 60 | Num 16:1-19:22 | |
| 11 | 11 | Prv 1-4 | 11:9-10 | 36 | Ex 12:1-15:21 | 14:5-6 | 61 | Num 20:1-21:35 | |
| 12 | 12 | Prv 5-9 | 11:13-14 | 37 | Ex | 14:7-8 | 62 | Num 22:1-25:18 | |
| 13 | 13 | Gen 1:1-5:32 | 11:17-18 | 38 | Ex 19:1-23:19 | 14:9-10 | 63 | Num 26:1-30:16 | |
| 14 | 14 | Gen 6:1-11:9 | 11:21-22 | 39 | Ex | 14:11-12 | 64 | Num 31:1-32:42 | |
| 15 | 15 | Gen 11:10-17:27 | 11:25-26 | 40 | Ex 28:1-31:18 | 14:13-14 | 65 | Num 33:1-36:13 | |
| 16 | 16 | Gen 18:1-21:34 | 11:29-30 | 41 | Ex 32:1-34:35 | 14:15-16 | 66 | Deu 1:1-3:29 | |
| 17 | 17 | Gen 21:22-25:11 | 12:2-3 | 42 | Ex 35:1-38:31 | 14:17-18 | 67 | Deu 4:1-6:25 | |
| 18 | 18 | Gen 25:12-28:9 | 12:6-7 | 43 | Ex 39:1-40:38 | 14:19-20 | 68 | Deu 7:1-10:22 | |
| 19 | 19 | Gen 28:10-31:55 | 12:10-11 | 44 | Lev 1:1-6:7 | 14:21-22 | 69 | Deu 11:1-13:18 | |
| 20 | 20 | Gen 32:1-35:29 | 12:14-15 | 45 | Lev 6:8-10:20 | 14:23-24 | 70 | Deu 14:1-16:17 | |
| 21 | 21 | Gen 36:1-38:30 | 12:18-19 | 46 | Lev 11:1-15:33 | 14:25-26 | 71 | Deu 16:18-21:9 | |
| 22 | 22 | Gen 39:1-41:57 | 12:22-23 | 47 | Lev 16:1-19:37 | 14:27-28 | 72 | Deu 21:10-26:19 | |
| 23 | 23 | Gen 42:1-44:34 | 12:26-27 | 48 | Lev 20:1-22:33 | 14:29-30 | 73 | Deu 27:1-28:68 | |
| 24 | 24 | Gen 45:1-47:31 | 13:2-3 | 49 | Lev 23:1-25:35 | 14:31-32 | 74 | Deu 29:1-31:29 | |
| 25 | 25 | Gen 48:1-50:26 | 13:6-7 | 50 | Lev 26:1-27:34 | 14:33-34 | 75 | Deu 31:30-34:12 | |
Study tip 2: Consider contexts to aid understanding
1) Cultural: the history, geography, assumptions, attitudes, ways of the day.
2) Literary: the flow of the passage and its place in the larger passage and book.
3) Redemptive: the place the events have in God’s plan of salvation.
4) Comparative: the rest of scripture’s teaching on the subject.
| | APRIL | MAY | JUNE | ||||||
| Day | Ps | Study | Proverbs | Ps | Study | Proverbs | Ps | Study | Proverbs |
| 1 | 76 | Mat 1:1-4:25 | | 101 | 1Co 1:1-6:11 | 16:17-18 | 126 | Galatians | 18:6-7 |
| 2 | 77 | Mat 5:1-7:29 | 15:2-3 | 102 | 1Co | 16:19-20 | 127 | Ephesians | 18:8-9 |
| 3 | 78 | Mat 8:1-9:34 | 15:4-5 | 103 | 1Co 11:2-14:40 | 16:21-22 | 128 | Philippians | 18:10-11 |
| 4 | 79 | Mat | 15:6-7 | 104 | 1Co 15:1-16:24 | 16:23-24 | 129 | Colossians | 18:12-13 |
| 5 | 80 | Mat | 15:8-9 | 105 | 2Co 1:1-7:1 | 16:25-26 | 130 | 2Sa 1:1-4:12 | 18:14-15 |
| 6 | 81 | Mat 15:1-17:27 | 15:10-11 | 106 | 2Co 7:2-13:14 | 16:27-28 | 131 | 2Sa 5:1-10:19 | 18:16-17 |
| 7 | 82 | Mat 18:1-20:28 | 15:12-13 | 107 | Jsh 1:1-5:12 | 16:29-30 | 132 | 2Sa 11:1-14:33 | 18:18-19 |
| 8 | 83 | Mat | 15:14-15 | 108 | Jsh5:13-8:35 | 16:31-32 | 133 | 2Sa 15:1-18:18 | 18:20-21 |
| 9 | 84 | Mat 23:1-25:46 | 15:16-17 | 109 | Jsh 9:1-11:23 | | 134 | 2Sa | 18:22-23 |
| 10 | 85 | Mat 26:1-26:75 | 15:18-19 | 110 | Jsh 12:1-21:45 | 17:2-3 | 135 | 2Sa | |
| 11 | 86 | Mat 27:1-28:20 | 15:20-21 | 111 | Jsh 22:1-24:33 | 17:4-5 | 136 | 1Kg 1:1-3:20 | 19:2-3 |
| 12 | 87 | Job 1:1-3:26 | 15:22-23 | 112 | Jdg 1:1-5:31 | 17:6-7 | 137 | 1Kg 4:1-7:51 | 19:4-5 |
| 13 | 88 | Job 4:1-7:21 | 15:24-25 | 113 | Jdg 6:1-8:32 | 17:8-9 | 138 | 1Kg 8:1-10:29 | 19:6-7 |
| 14 | 89 | Job 8:1-10:22 | 15:26-27 | 114 | Jdg 8:33-12:7 | 17:10-11 | 139 | 1Kg 11:1-14:31 | 19:8-9 |
| 15 | 90 | Job 11:1-14:22 | 15:28-29 | 115 | Jdg 12:8-16:31 | 17:12-13 | 140 | 1Kg 15:1-17:24 | 19:10-11 |
| 16 | 91 | Job 15:1-17:16 | 15:30-31 | 116 | Jdg 17:1-21:25 | 17:14-15 | 141 | 1Kg 18:1-20:42 | 19:12-13 |
| 17 | 92 | Job 18:1-21:34 | 15:32-33 | 117 | Ruth | 17:16-17 | 142 | 1Kg 21:1-22:53 | 19:14-15 |
| 18 | 93 | Job 22:1-26:14 | 16:1-2 | 118 | 1Sa 1:1-3:21 | 17:18-19 | 143 | 2Kg 1:1-3:27 | 19:16-17 |
| 19 | 94 | Job 27:1-31:40 | 16:3-4 | 119 | 1Sa 4:1-8:22 | 17:20-21 | 144 | 2Kg 4:1-8:6 | 19:18-19 |
| 20 | 95 | Job 32:1-34:37 | 16:5-6 | 120 | 1Sa 9:1-12:25 | 17:22-23 | 145 | 2Kg 8:7-10:36 | 19:20-21 |
| 21 | 96 | Job 35:1-37:24 | 16:7-8 | 121 | 1Sa 13:1-15:35 | 17:24-25 | 146 | 2Kg 11:1-14:22 | 19:22-23 |
| 22 | 97 | Job 38:1-39:40 | 16:9-10 | 122 | 1Sa 16:1-18:30 | 17:26-27 | 147 | 2Kg 14:23-17:41 | 19:24-25 |
| 23 | 98 | Job 40:1-42:17 | 16:11-12 | 123 | 1Sa 19:1-23:29 | | 148 | 2Kg 18:1-20:21 | 19:26-27 |
| 24 | 99 | SSgs 1:1-4:15 | 16:13-14 | 124 | 1Sa 24:1-26:25 | 18:2-3 | 149 | 2Kg 21:1-23:30 | 19:28-29 |
| 25 | 100 | SSgs 4:16-8:14 | 16:15-16 | 125 | 1Sa 27:1-31:13 | 18:4-5 | 150 | 2Kg 23:31-25:30 | 20:1-2 |
July to September
Study tip 3: Get the big picture clear
Write a brief sentence summarising the ’main’ message of the passage.
| | JULY | AUGUST | SEPTEMBER | ||||||
| Day | Ps | Study | Proverbs | Ps | Study | Proverbs | Ps | Study | Proverbs |
| 1 | 76 | Jn 1:1-3:36 | 20:3-4 | | 1Thessalonians | 21:23-24 | 101 | Heb 1:1-5:14 | 23:19-21 |
| 2 | | Jn 4:1-5:47 | 20:5-6 | 89 | 2Thessalonians | 21:25-26 | | Heb 6:1-10:39 | 23:22&25 |
| 3 | 77 | Jn 6:1-71 | 20:7-8 | | 1 Timothy | 21:27-28 | 102 | Heb 11:1-13:25 | 23:26-28 |
| 4 | | Jn 7:1-8:59 | 20:9-10 | 90 | 2Timothy | 21:29-30 | | James | 23:29-35 |
| 5 | 78 | Jn 9:1-10:42 | 20:11-12 | | Titus-Philemon | 21:31-22:1 | 103 | Jer 1:1-4:2 | 24:1-2 |
| 6 | | Jn 11:1-12:50 | 20:13-14 | 91 | Is 1:1-4:6 | 22:2-3 | | Jer 4:3-6:30 | 24:3-4 |
| 7 | 79 | Jn 13:1-14:31 | 20:15-16 | | Is 5:1-6:13 | 22:4-5 | 104 | Jer 7:1-9:26 | 24:5-6 |
| 8 | | Jn 15:1-17:26 | 20:17-18 | 92 | Is 7:1-9:7 | 22:6-7 | | Jer 10:1-12:17 | 24:7&10 |
| 9 | 80 | Jn 18:1-19:30 | 20:19-20 | | Is 9:8-12:6 | 22:8-9 | 105 | Jer 13:1-15:21 | 24:8-9 |
| 10 | | Jn 19:31-21:25 | 20:21-22 | 93 | Is 13:1-14:27 | 22:10-11 | | Jer 16:1-20:18 | 24:11-12 |
| 11 | 81 | Hos 1:1-3:5 | 20:23-24 | | Is 14:28-20:6 | 22:12-13 | 106 | Jer 21:1-23:40 | 24:13-14 |
| 12 | | Hos 4:1-7:16 | 20:25-26 | 94 | Is 21:1-23:18 | 22:14-16 | | Jer 24:1-28:17 | 24:15-16 |
| 13 | 82 | Hos 8:1-10:15 | 20:27-28 | | Is 24:1-27:13 | 22:17-21 | 107 | Jer 29:1-31:40 | 24:17-18 |
| 14 | | Hos 11:1-14:9 | 20:29-30 | 95 | Is 28:1-31:9 | 22:22-23 | | Jer 32:1-33:26 | 24:19-20 |
| 15 | 83 | Joel | 21:1-2 | | Is 32:1-35:10 | 22:24-25 | 108 | Jer 34:1-37:21 | 24:21-22 |
| 16 | | Am 1:1-3:15 | 21:3-4 | 96 | Is 36:1-39:8 | 22:26-27 | | Jer 38:1-41:15 | 24:23-25 |
| 17 | 84 | Am 4:1-6:14 | 21:5-6 | | Is 40:1-41:29 | 22:28-29 | 109 | Jer 42:16-46:28 | 24:26-27 |
| 18 | | Am 7:1-9:15 | 21:7-8 | 97 | Is 42:1-44:5 | 23:1-3 | | Jer 47:1-49:39 | 24:28-29 |
| 19 | 85 | Obadiah | 21:9-10 | | Is 44:6-46:13 | 23:4-5 | 110 | Jer 50:1-41:23 | 24:30-34 |
| 20 | | Jonah | 21:11-12 | 98 | Is 47:1-49:26 | 23:6-8 | | Jer 41:24-52:34 | 25:1-3 |
| 21 | 86 | Mic 1:1-4:13 | 21:13-14 | | Is 50:1-53:12 | 23:9&12 | 111 | Lam 1:1-2:22 | 25:4-5 |
| 22 | | Mic 5:1-7:20 | 21:15-16 | 99 | Is 54:1-57:21 | 23:10-11 | | Lam 3:1-5:22 | 25:6-7 |
| 23 | 87 | Nahum | 21:17-18 | | Is 58:1-61:11 | 23:13-14 | 112 | Ecc 1:1-3:22 | 25:8-10 |
| 24 | | Habakkuk | 21:19-20 | 100 | Is 62:1-64:12 | 23:15-16 | | Ecc 4:1-8:17 | 25:11-12 |
| 25 | 88 | Zephaniah | 21:21-22 | | Is 65:1-66:24 | 23:17-18 | 113 | Ecc 9:1-12:14 | 25:13-14 |
Study tip 4: Grow in faith and knowledge
1) What does it teach me about Christ and the gospel?
2) What does it teach me about God?
3) How does it apply to the church/world in correcting modern thought?
4) How does it apply to my faith, lifestyle, attitudes and actions?
5) What questions am I left with for further thought and study?
| | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER | ||||||
| Day | Ps | Study | Proverbs | Ps | Study | Proverbs | Ps | Study | Proverbs |
| 1 | | Mk 1:1-3:6 | 25:15&18 | 127 | 1 Peter | 27:11-12 | 136 | Rev 1:1-3:22 | 29:10-11 |
| 2 | 114 | Mk3:7-5:43 | 25:16-17 | | 2 Peter | 27:13-14 | 140 | Rev 4:1-7:17 | 29:12-13 |
| 3 | | Mk 6:1-7:30 | 25:19-20 | 128 | 1 John | 27:15-17 | | Rev 8:1-11:19 | 29:14-15 |
| 4 | 115 | Mk 7:31-9:32 | 25:21-22 | | 2/3 John-Jude | 27:18-19 | 141 | Rev 12:1-16:21 | 29:16-17 |
| 5 | | Mk 9:33-11:25 | 25:23-24 | 129 | 1Ch 1:1-9:44 | 27:20-21 | | Rev 17:1-19:10 | 29:18-19 |
| 6 | 116 | Mk 11:27-13:37 | 25:25-26 | | 1Ch 10:1-12:40 | 27:22&28:1 | 142 | Rev 19:11-22:21 | 29:20-21 |
| 7 | | Mk 14:1-16:8 | 25:27-28 | 130 | 1Ch 13:1-16:6 | 27:23-27 | | Prv 31:10-31 | 29:22-23 |
| 8 | 117 | Ez 1:1-6:14 | 26:1-2 | | 1Ch 16:7-17:27 | 28:2-3 | 143 | Est 1:1-3:15 | 29:24-25 |
| 9 | | Ez 7:1-11:25 | 26:3&6 | 131 | 1Ch 18:1-20:8 | 28:4-5 | | Est 4:1-10:3 | 29:26-27 |
| 10 | 118 | Ez 12:1-14:23 | 26:4-5 | | 1Ch 21:1-22:19 | 28:6-7 | 144 | Ezr 1:1-3:13 | 30:1-4 |
| 11 | | Ez 15:1-17:24 | 26:7-8 | 132 | 1Ch 23:1-27:34 | 28:8-9 | | Ezr 4:1-6:22 | 30:5-6 |
| 12 | 120 | Ez 18:1-20:49 | 26:9-10 | | 1Ch 28:1-29:30 | 28:10-11 | 145 | Ezr 7:1-8:36 | 30:7-9 |
| 13 | | Ez 21:1-24:27 | 26:11-12 | 133 | 2Ch 1:1-5:1 | 28:12-13 | | Ezr 9:1-10:44 | 30:10&17 |
| 14 | 121 | Ez 25:1-28:26 | 26:13-14 | | 2Ch 5:2-7:22 | 28:14-15 | 146 | Neh 1:1-3:22 | 30:11-14 |
| 15 | | Ez 29:1-32:32 | 26:15-16 | 134 | 2Ch 8:1-9:31 | 28:16-17 | | Neh 4:1-7:73 | 30:15-16 |
| 16 | 122 | Ez 33:1-35:15 | 26:17-19 | | 2Ch 10:1-14:1 | 28:18-19 | 147 | Neh 8:1-10:39 | 30:18-20 |
| 17 | | Ez 36:1-39:29 | 26:20-21 | 135 | 2Ch 14:2-16:14 | 28:20-21 | | Neh 11:1-12:47 | 30:21-23 |
| 18 | 123 | Ez 40:1-43:11 | 26:22-23 | | 2Ch 17:1-21:1 | 28:22-23 | 148 | Neh 13:1-31 | 30:24-28 |
| 19 | | Ez 43:12-46:24 | 26:24-26 | 136 | 2Ch 21:2-24:27 | 28:24-25 | | Haggai | 30:29-31 |
| 20 | 124 | Ez 47:1-48:35 | 26:27-28 | | 2Ch 25:1-26:23 | 28:26-27 | 149 | Zec 1:1-6:15 | 30:32-33 |
| 21 | | Dan 1:1-2:49 | 27:1-2 | 137 | 2Ch 27:1-28:27 | 28:28-29:1 | | Zec 7:1-11:3 | 31:1-3 |
| 22 | 125 | Dan 3:1-4:37 | 27:3-4 | | 2Ch 29:1-31:21 | 29:2-3 | 150 | Zec 11:4-14:21 | 31:4-7 |
| 23 | | Dan 5:1-6:28 | 27:5-6 | 138 | 2Ch 32:1-33:25 | 29:4-5 | | Malachi | 30:8-9 |
| 24 | 126 | Dan 7:1-9:27 | 27:7-8 | | 2Ch 34:1-36:1 | 29:6-7 | Psalm 119:1-72 | | |
| 25 | | Dan 10:1-12:13 | 27:9-10 | 139 | 2Ch 36:2-36:23 | 29:8-9 | Psalm 119:73-176 | | |