Runway to Daily Bible Reading (Bible in a Year)

If you want to build a habit of daily Bible reading, it often doesn’t help to begin with a plan written for people who already have the time and the rhythm of daily reading baked into their day. This plan is designed to be a runway to help you slowly establish the habit in your life. It starts slow, with just five or six minutes of reading in the morning, and gradually picks up speed over the first six months, until it settles into a comfortable cruising pace of about twelve to thirteen minutes a morning for the rest of the year.

Each day pairs that morning reading with a shorter evening reading, so the Word frames both ends of the day, and together they carry you through the whole Bible across the year.

The Morning Reading

Works steadily through the whole of Scripture, every book outside Psalms and Proverbs, in the early-church reading order described below. Readings begin as a single short chapter and lengthen gradually as the months go on.

The Evening Reading

A single psalm each night (Psalm 119 divided across two evenings), then on through the chapters of Proverbs, and back again to Psalm 1, so the Psalms grow familiar through the rhythm of the year.

The morning reading follows the “Scriptures of the Early Church” strategy, ordering the books roughly as the early church would have encountered them: the Old Testament in the traditional Jewish order of the books (the TaNaK), and the New Testament in the order the books appear to have been written, as best we can tell today.

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The Plan

Tap any range to open it. Each day lists the morning and evening reading.

Days 1–30Genesis

Day	Morning	Evening
1	Genesis 1	Psalm 1
2	Genesis 2-3	Psalm 2
3	Genesis 4-5	Psalm 3
4	Genesis 6-7	Psalm 4
5	Genesis 8-9	Psalm 5
6	Genesis 10-11	Psalm 6
7	Genesis 12-13	Psalm 7
8	Genesis 14-15	Psalm 8
9	Genesis 16-17	Psalm 9
10	Genesis 18	Psalm 10
11	Genesis 19	Psalm 11
12	Genesis 20-21	Psalm 12
13	Genesis 22-23	Psalm 13
14	Genesis 24	Psalm 14
15	Genesis 25	Psalm 15
16	Genesis 26	Psalm 16
17	Genesis 27	Psalm 17
18	Genesis 28-29	Psalm 18
19	Genesis 30	Psalm 19
20	Genesis 31	Psalm 20
21	Genesis 32-33	Psalm 21
22	Genesis 34-35	Psalm 22
23	Genesis 36	Psalm 23
24	Genesis 37	Psalm 24
25	Genesis 38	Psalm 25
26	Genesis 39-40	Psalm 26
27	Genesis 41	Psalm 27
28	Genesis 42	Psalm 28
29	Genesis 43	Psalm 29
30	Genesis 44	Psalm 30

Days 31–60Genesis – Leviticus

Day	Morning	Evening
31	Genesis 45-46	Psalm 31
32	Genesis 47-48	Psalm 32
33	Genesis 49-50	Psalm 33
34	Exodus 1-2	Psalm 34
35	Exodus 3-4	Psalm 35
36	Exodus 5-6	Psalm 36
37	Exodus 7-8	Psalm 37
38	Exodus 9	Psalm 38
39	Exodus 10-11	Psalm 39
40	Exodus 12	Psalm 40
41	Exodus 13-14	Psalm 41
42	Exodus 15	Psalm 42
43	Exodus 16-17	Psalm 43
44	Exodus 18-19	Psalm 44
45	Exodus 20-21	Psalm 45
46	Exodus 22-23	Psalm 46
47	Exodus 24-25	Psalm 47
48	Exodus 26-27	Psalm 48
49	Exodus 28	Psalm 49
50	Exodus 29	Psalm 50
51	Exodus 30-31	Psalm 51
52	Exodus 32	Psalm 52
53	Exodus 33-34	Psalm 53
54	Exodus 35-36	Psalm 54
55	Exodus 37-38	Psalm 55
56	Exodus 39-40	Psalm 56
57	Leviticus 1-3	Psalm 57
58	Leviticus 4-5	Psalm 58
59	Leviticus 6-7	Psalm 59
60	Leviticus 8-9	Psalm 60

Days 61–90Leviticus – Deuteronomy

Day	Morning	Evening
61	Leviticus 10-11	Psalm 61
62	Leviticus 12-13	Psalm 62
63	Leviticus 14	Psalm 63
64	Leviticus 15-16	Psalm 64
65	Leviticus 17-18	Psalm 65
66	Leviticus 19-20	Psalm 66
67	Leviticus 21-22	Psalm 67
68	Leviticus 23-24	Psalm 68
69	Leviticus 25	Psalm 69
70	Leviticus 26-27	Psalm 70
71	Numbers 1	Psalm 71
72	Numbers 2-3	Psalm 72
73	Numbers 4	Psalm 73
74	Numbers 5-6	Psalm 74
75	Numbers 7	Psalm 75
76	Numbers 8-9	Psalm 76
77	Numbers 10-11	Psalm 77
78	Numbers 12-13	Psalm 78
79	Numbers 14-15	Psalm 79
80	Numbers 16-17	Psalm 80
81	Numbers 18-19	Psalm 81
82	Numbers 20-21	Psalm 82
83	Numbers 22-23	Psalm 83
84	Numbers 24-25	Psalm 84
85	Numbers 26-27	Psalm 85
86	Numbers 28-29	Psalm 86
87	Numbers 30-31	Psalm 87
88	Numbers 32-33	Psalm 88
89	Numbers 34-36	Psalm 89
90	Deuteronomy 1	Psalm 90

Days 91–120Deuteronomy – Judges

Day	Morning	Evening
91	Deuteronomy 2-3	Psalm 91
92	Deuteronomy 4-5	Psalm 92
93	Deuteronomy 6-8	Psalm 93
94	Deuteronomy 9-10	Psalm 94
95	Deuteronomy 11-12	Psalm 95
96	Deuteronomy 13-15	Psalm 96
97	Deuteronomy 16-18	Psalm 97
98	Deuteronomy 19-21	Psalm 98
99	Deuteronomy 22-24	Psalm 99
100	Deuteronomy 25-27	Psalm 100
101	Deuteronomy 28	Psalm 101
102	Deuteronomy 29-30	Psalm 102
103	Deuteronomy 31-32	Psalm 103
104	Deuteronomy 33-34	Psalm 104
105	Joshua 1-3	Psalm 105
106	Joshua 4-6	Psalm 106
107	Joshua 7-8	Psalm 107
108	Joshua 9-10	Psalm 108
109	Joshua 11-13	Psalm 109
110	Joshua 14-15	Psalm 110
111	Joshua 16-18	Psalm 111
112	Joshua 19-20	Psalm 112
113	Joshua 21-22	Psalm 113
114	Joshua 23-24	Psalm 114
115	Judges 1-2	Psalm 115
116	Judges 3-4	Psalm 116
117	Judges 5-6	Psalm 117
118	Judges 7-8	Psalm 118
119	Judges 9-10	Psalm 119:1-88
120	Judges 11-12	Psalm 119:89-176

Days 121–150Judges – 1 Kings

Day	Morning	Evening
121	Judges 13-15	Psalm 120
122	Judges 16-17	Psalm 121
123	Judges 18-19	Psalm 122
124	Judges 20-21	Psalm 123
125	1 Samuel 1-2	Psalm 124
126	1 Samuel 3-6	Psalm 125
127	1 Samuel 7-9	Psalm 126
128	1 Samuel 10-12	Psalm 127
129	1 Samuel 13-14	Psalm 128
130	1 Samuel 15-16	Psalm 129
131	1 Samuel 17-18	Psalm 130
132	1 Samuel 19-20	Psalm 131
133	1 Samuel 21-23	Psalm 132
134	1 Samuel 24-25	Psalm 133
135	1 Samuel 26-28	Psalm 134
136	1 Samuel 29-31	Psalm 135
137	2 Samuel 1-2	Psalm 136
138	2 Samuel 3-5	Psalm 137
139	2 Samuel 6-8	Psalm 138
140	2 Samuel 9-11	Psalm 139
141	2 Samuel 12-13	Psalm 140
142	2 Samuel 14-15	Psalm 141
143	2 Samuel 16-18	Psalm 142
144	2 Samuel 19-20	Psalm 143
145	2 Samuel 21-22	Psalm 144
146	2 Samuel 23-24	Psalm 145
147	1 Kings 1-2	Psalm 146
148	1 Kings 3-5	Psalm 147
149	1 Kings 6-7	Psalm 148
150	1 Kings 8	Psalm 149

Days 151–1801 Kings – Isaiah

Day	Morning	Evening
151	1 Kings 9-10	Psalm 150
152	1 Kings 11-12	Proverbs 1
153	1 Kings 13-14	Proverbs 2
154	1 Kings 15-16	Proverbs 3
155	1 Kings 17-18	Proverbs 4
156	1 Kings 19-20	Proverbs 5
157	1 Kings 21-22	Proverbs 6
158	2 Kings 1-3	Proverbs 7
159	2 Kings 4-5	Proverbs 8
160	2 Kings 6-8	Proverbs 9
161	2 Kings 9-10	Proverbs 10
162	2 Kings 11-13	Proverbs 11
163	2 Kings 14-15	Proverbs 12
164	2 Kings 16-17	Proverbs 13
165	2 Kings 18-19	Proverbs 14
166	2 Kings 20-22	Proverbs 15
167	2 Kings 23-25	Proverbs 16
168	Isaiah 1-3	Proverbs 17
169	Isaiah 4-7	Proverbs 18
170	Isaiah 8-10	Proverbs 19
171	Isaiah 11-14	Proverbs 20
172	Isaiah 15-20	Proverbs 21
173	Isaiah 21-24	Proverbs 22
174	Isaiah 25-28	Proverbs 23
175	Isaiah 29-31	Proverbs 24
176	Isaiah 32-35	Proverbs 25
177	Isaiah 36-38	Proverbs 26
178	Isaiah 39-41	Proverbs 27
179	Isaiah 42-44	Proverbs 28
180	Isaiah 45-48	Proverbs 29

Days 181–210Isaiah – Ezekiel

Day	Morning	Evening
181	Isaiah 49-51	Proverbs 30
182	Isaiah 52-55	Proverbs 31
183	Isaiah 56-59	Psalm 1
184	Isaiah 60-63	Psalm 2
185	Isaiah 64-66	Psalm 3
186	Jeremiah 1-3	Psalm 4
187	Jeremiah 4-5	Psalm 5
188	Jeremiah 6-8	Psalm 6
189	Jeremiah 9-11	Psalm 7
190	Jeremiah 12-14	Psalm 8
191	Jeremiah 15-17	Psalm 9
192	Jeremiah 18-21	Psalm 10
193	Jeremiah 22-24	Psalm 11
194	Jeremiah 25-27	Psalm 12
195	Jeremiah 28-30	Psalm 13
196	Jeremiah 31-32	Psalm 14
197	Jeremiah 33-35	Psalm 15
198	Jeremiah 36-38	Psalm 16
199	Jeremiah 39-41	Psalm 17
200	Jeremiah 42-45	Psalm 18
201	Jeremiah 46-48	Psalm 19
202	Jeremiah 49-50	Psalm 20
203	Jeremiah 51-52	Psalm 21
204	Ezekiel 1-3	Psalm 22
205	Ezekiel 4-7	Psalm 23
206	Ezekiel 8-11	Psalm 24
207	Ezekiel 12-14	Psalm 25
208	Ezekiel 15-16	Psalm 26
209	Ezekiel 17-19	Psalm 27
210	Ezekiel 20-21	Psalm 28

Days 211–240Ezekiel – Job

Day	Morning	Evening
211	Ezekiel 22-23	Psalm 29
212	Ezekiel 24-26	Psalm 30
213	Ezekiel 27-29	Psalm 31
214	Ezekiel 30-32	Psalm 32
215	Ezekiel 33-35	Psalm 33
216	Ezekiel 36-38	Psalm 34
217	Ezekiel 39-40	Psalm 35
218	Ezekiel 41-43	Psalm 36
219	Ezekiel 44-45	Psalm 37
220	Ezekiel 46-48	Psalm 38
221	Hosea 1-7	Psalm 39
222	Hosea 8-14	Psalm 40
223	Joel 1-3	Psalm 41
224	Amos 1-4	Psalm 42
225	Amos 5-9	Psalm 43
226	Obadiah; Jonah 1-4	Psalm 44
227	Micah 1-3	Psalm 45
228	Micah 4-7	Psalm 46
229	Nahum 1-3; Habakkuk 1-3	Psalm 47
230	Zephaniah 1-3; Haggai 1-2	Psalm 48
231	Zechariah 1-6	Psalm 49
232	Zechariah 7-10	Psalm 50
233	Zechariah 11-14	Psalm 51
234	Malachi 1-4	Psalm 52
235	Job 1-5	Psalm 53
236	Job 6-11	Psalm 54
237	Job 12-17	Psalm 55
238	Job 18-22	Psalm 56
239	Job 23-29	Psalm 57
240	Job 30-33	Psalm 58

Days 241–270Job – 1 Chronicles

Day	Morning	Evening
241	Job 34-38	Psalm 59
242	Job 39-42	Psalm 60
243	Song of Solomon 1-8	Psalm 61
244	Ruth 1-4	Psalm 62
245	Lamentations 1-2	Psalm 63
246	Lamentations 3-5	Psalm 64
247	Ecclesiastes 1-6	Psalm 65
248	Ecclesiastes 7-12	Psalm 66
249	Esther 1-4	Psalm 67
250	Esther 5-10	Psalm 68
251	Daniel 1-2	Psalm 69
252	Daniel 3-4	Psalm 70
253	Daniel 5-6	Psalm 71
254	Daniel 7-9	Psalm 72
255	Daniel 10-12	Psalm 73
256	Ezra 1-4	Psalm 74
257	Ezra 5-7	Psalm 75
258	Ezra 8-10	Psalm 76
259	Nehemiah 1-4	Psalm 77
260	Nehemiah 5-7	Psalm 78
261	Nehemiah 8-10	Psalm 79
262	Nehemiah 11-13	Psalm 80
263	1 Chronicles 1-2	Psalm 81
264	1 Chronicles 3-5	Psalm 82
265	1 Chronicles 6-7	Psalm 83
266	1 Chronicles 8-10	Psalm 84
267	1 Chronicles 11-13	Psalm 85
268	1 Chronicles 14-16	Psalm 86
269	1 Chronicles 17-20	Psalm 87
270	1 Chronicles 21-23	Psalm 88

Days 271–3001 Chronicles – 2 Corinthians

Day	Morning	Evening
271	1 Chronicles 24-26	Psalm 89
272	1 Chronicles 27-29	Psalm 90
273	2 Chronicles 1-5	Psalm 91
274	2 Chronicles 6-8	Psalm 92
275	2 Chronicles 9-12	Psalm 93
276	2 Chronicles 13-17	Psalm 94
277	2 Chronicles 18-20	Psalm 95
278	2 Chronicles 21-24	Psalm 96
279	2 Chronicles 25-28	Psalm 97
280	2 Chronicles 29-30	Psalm 98
281	2 Chronicles 31-33	Psalm 99
282	2 Chronicles 34-36	Psalm 100
283	Mark 1-3	Psalm 101
284	Mark 4-5	Psalm 102
285	Mark 6-8	Psalm 103
286	Mark 9-10	Psalm 104
287	Mark 11-13	Psalm 105
288	Mark 14-16	Psalm 106
289	Galatians 1-3	Psalm 107
290	Galatians 4-6	Psalm 108
291	James 1-5	Psalm 109
292	1 Thessalonians 1-5	Psalm 110
293	2 Thessalonians 1-3	Psalm 111
294	1 Corinthians 1-5	Psalm 112
295	1 Corinthians 6-9	Psalm 113
296	1 Corinthians 10-13	Psalm 114
297	1 Corinthians 14-16	Psalm 115
298	2 Corinthians 1-4	Psalm 116
299	2 Corinthians 5-9	Psalm 117
300	2 Corinthians 10-13	Psalm 118

Days 301–330Luke – Ephesians

Day	Morning	Evening
301	Luke 1-2	Psalm 119:1-88
302	Luke 3-4	Psalm 119:89-176
303	Luke 5-6	Psalm 120
304	Luke 7-8	Psalm 121
305	Luke 9-10	Psalm 122
306	Luke 11-12	Psalm 123
307	Luke 13-15	Psalm 124
308	Luke 16-18	Psalm 125
309	Luke 19-20	Psalm 126
310	Luke 21-22	Psalm 127
311	Luke 23-24	Psalm 128
312	Romans 1-3	Psalm 129
313	Romans 4-6	Psalm 130
314	Romans 7-9	Psalm 131
315	Romans 10-12	Psalm 132
316	Romans 13-16	Psalm 133
317	Philemon; Colossians 1-4	Psalm 134
318	Philippians 1-4	Psalm 135
319	Acts 1-3	Psalm 136
320	Acts 4-6	Psalm 137
321	Acts 7-8	Psalm 138
322	Acts 9-10	Psalm 139
323	Acts 11-13	Psalm 140
324	Acts 14-16	Psalm 141
325	Acts 17-19	Psalm 142
326	Acts 20-22	Psalm 143
327	Acts 23-25	Psalm 144
328	Acts 26-28	Psalm 145
329	Ephesians 1-2	Psalm 146
330	Ephesians 3-6	Psalm 147

Days 331–360Titus – 3 John

Day	Morning	Evening
331	Titus 1-3	Psalm 148
332	1 Timothy 1-6	Psalm 149
333	2 Timothy 1-4	Psalm 150
334	Hebrews 1-6	Proverbs 1
335	Hebrews 7-10	Proverbs 2
336	Hebrews 11-13	Proverbs 3
337	Matthew 1-4	Proverbs 4
338	Matthew 5-6	Proverbs 5
339	Matthew 7-9	Proverbs 6
340	Matthew 10-12	Proverbs 7
341	Matthew 13-14	Proverbs 8
342	Matthew 15-17	Proverbs 9
343	Matthew 18-20	Proverbs 10
344	Matthew 21-22	Proverbs 11
345	Matthew 23-24	Proverbs 12
346	Matthew 25-26	Proverbs 13
347	Matthew 27-28	Proverbs 14
348	1 Peter 1-5	Proverbs 15
349	Jude; 2 Peter 1-3	Proverbs 16
350	John 1-3	Proverbs 17
351	John 4-5	Proverbs 18
352	John 6-7	Proverbs 19
353	John 8-9	Proverbs 20
354	John 10-11	Proverbs 21
355	John 12-13	Proverbs 22
356	John 14-16	Proverbs 23
357	John 17-18	Proverbs 24
358	John 19-21	Proverbs 25
359	1 John 1-5	Proverbs 26
360	2 John; 3 John	Proverbs 27

Days 361–365Revelation

Day	Morning	Evening
361	Revelation 1-4	Proverbs 28
362	Revelation 5-9	Proverbs 29
363	Revelation 10-14	Proverbs 30
364	Revelation 15-18	Proverbs 31
365	Revelation 19-22	Psalm 1

Reading lengths are estimated from the chapter durations of the audio ESV Bible. Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®).