About the Reading Schedule

This is a special Bible reading system that will help you overcome the most common barriers to daily Bible reading. Many Christians want to read the Bible through in a year but find that with most Bible reading schedules they get behind and can never catch up. So they quit. This plan is different. It defeats discouragement and falling behind by being extremely flexible. Each week contains only five readings, allowing you to miss a day, or catch up. There are readings for fifty weeks, leaving the last two weeks of December to catch up.

We recommend that you try to read at a specific time each day, so that a regular habit of reading will be established. Also, many find it helpful to keep a notebook handy in which to jot down ideas, applications of scripture, questions for later study, items to pray for, etc. A notebook helps take time with the Word of God into the realm of serious study, rather than simple reading.

How the Readings Are Arranged

In this plan you will be reading the Bible in chronological order, as nearly as possible, because this greatly enhances comprehension. In the Old Testament this is not so difficult to arrange, with the exceptions of Job and Psalms. We have included the works of the prophets in their proper place in the historical narrative of God's people, Israel. Duplicate accounts are often included in a single day's reading. The Psalms have been inserted at scattered points throughout the year, with every effort made to place appropriate Psalms with passages that they seem to "fit." In the New Testament you will begin with Luke and Acts, followed by the epistles. The other Gospels will be periodically included so that you are constantly exposed to Jesus Christ, even as you read of His will for His church. Lastly, you will read the book of Revelation.

God's blessings rest with those who will read, understand, and live by His Word. May this guide help you to that noble end. "Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path" (Psalms 119:105).

(This reading schedule has been made available by the Westside Church of Christ in Irving, Texas)

Week One 1.   Gen. 1-4; Luke 1 2.   Gen. 5-8; Luke 2 3.   Gen. 9-12; Luke 3 4.   Gen. 13-16; Luke 4 5.   Gen. 17-19; Luke 5; Ps. 3	Week Two 1.   Gen. 20-23; Luke 6 2.   Gen. 24-26; Luke 7; Ps. 6 3.   Gen. 27-28; Luke 8; Ps. 4 4.   Gen. 29-31; Luke 9 5.   Gen. 32-34; Luke 10	Week Three 1.   Gen. 35-37; Luke 11 2.   Gen. 38-40; Luke 12; Ps. 7 3.   Gen. 41-43; Luke 13; Ps. 5 4.   Gen. 44-47; Luke 14 5.   Gen. 48-49; Luke 15; Ps. 10
Week Four 1.   Gen. 50; Exodus 1; Luke 16; Ps. 8 2.   Exodus 2-4; Luke 17; Ps. 88 3.   Exodus 5-8; Luke 18 4.   Exodus 9-11; Luke 19 5.   Exodus 12-14; Luke 20; Ps. 21	Week Five 1.   Exodus 15-18; Luke 21 2.   Exodus 19-21; Luke 22 3.   Exodus 22-24; Luke 23; Ps. 12, 14 4.   Exodus 25-27; Luke 24 5.   Exodus 28-31; Acts 1	Week Six 1.   Exodus 32-34; Acts 2; Ps. 16 2.   Exodus 35-37; Acts 3 3.   Exodus 38-40; Acts 4; Ps. 15, 19 4.   Leviticus 1-3; Acts 5 5.   Leviticus 4-7; Acts 6
Week Seven 1.   Leviticus 8-11; Acts 7 2.   Leviticus 12-14; Acts 8 3.   Leviticus 15-18; Acts 9 4.   Leviticus 19-20; Acts 10; Ps. 13 5.   Leviticus 21-23; Acts 11; Ps. 24	Week Eight 1.   Leviticus 24-25; Acts 12; Ps. 25-26 2.   Leviticus 26-27; Numbers 1; Acts 13 3.   Numbers 2-5; Acts 14 4.   Numbers 6-7; Acts 15; Ps. 22 5.   Numbers 8-11; Acts 16	Week Nine 1.   Numbers 12-14; Acts 17; Ps. 27 2.   Numbers 15-18; Acts 18; Ps. 90 3.   Numbers 19-21; Acts 19; Ps. 28-29 4.   Numbers 22-25; Acts 20 5.   Numbers 26-29; Acts 21
Week Ten 1.   Numbers 30-34; Acts 22 2.   Numbers 35-36; Deut. 1-2; Acts 23 3.   Deut. 3-5; Acts 24; Ps. 36, 43 4.   Deut. 6-9; Acts 25 5.   Deut. 10-14; Acts 26	Week Eleven 1.   Deut. 15-18; Acts 27; Ps. 88 2.   Deut. 19-22; Acts 28 3.   Deut. 23-26; Mark 1 4.   Deut. 27-31; Mark 2 5.   Deut. 32-34; Mark 3; Ps. 40	Week Twelve 1.   Joshua 1-4; Mark 4; Ps. 37 2.   Joshua 5-8; Mark 5; Ps. 69 3.   Joshua 9-13; Mark 6 4.   Joshua 14-17; Mark 7 5.   Joshua 18-21; Mark 8
Week Thirteen 1.   Joshua 22-24; Mark 9; Ps. 44, 47 2.   Judges 1-4; Mark 10 3.   Judges 5-6; Mark 11; Ps. 39, 41 4.   Judges 7-8; Mark 12; Ps. 52, 42 5.   Judges 9-11; Mark 13; Ps. 49	Week Fourteen 1.   Judges 12-16; Mark 14 2.   Judges 17-18; Mark 15; Ps. 89 3.   Judges 19-21; Mark 16 4.   Ruth 1-2; Galatians 1; Ps. 53, 61 5.   Ruth 3-4; Galatians 2; Ps. 64, 65	Week Fifteen 1.   1 Sam 1-3; Galatians 3; Ps. 66 2.   1 Sam 4-5; Galatians 4; Ps. 77 3.   1 Sam 6-8; Galatians 5; Ps. 72 4.   1 Sam 9-11; Galatians 6 5.   1 Sam 12-13; 1 Chr. 1-3; 1 Cor. 1
Week Sixteen 1.   1 Sam 14-15; 1 Chr. 4-5; 1 Cor. 2 2.   1 Sam 16-17; 1 Cor. 3; Ps. 9 3.   1 Sam 18; 1 Chr. 6; 1 Cor. 4; Ps. 11 4.   1 Sam 19-21; 1 Chr. 7; 1 Cor. 5; Ps. 59 5.   1 Sam 22; 1 Cor. 6; Ps. 34, 35, 17	Week Seventeen 1.   1 Sam 23; 1 Cor. 7; Ps. 31, 54 2.   1 Sam 24; 1 Chr. 8; 1 Cor. 8; Ps. 57, 58 3.   1 Sam 25-26; 1 Cor. 9; Ps. 63 4.   1 Sam 27; 1 Chr. 9; 1 Cor. 10; Ps. 141 5.   1 Sam 28-30; 1 Cor. 11; Ps. 109	Week Eighteen 1.   1 Sam 31; 1 Chr. 10; 1 Cor. 12; Ps. 140 2.   2 Sam 1-2; 1 Chr. 11; 1 Cor. 13; Ps. 142 3.   2 Sam 3-5; 1 Chr. 12; 1 Cor. 14; Ps. 139 4.   2 Sam 6; 1 Chr. 13; 1 Cor. 15; Ps. 68 5.   1 Chr. 14-16; 1 Cor. 16; Ps. 132, 106
Week Nineteen 1.   2 Sam 7-8; 1 Chr. 17; 2 Cor. 1; Ps. 2 2.   2 Sam 9-10; 1 Chr. 18-19; 2 Cor. 2 3.   2 Sam 11-12; 1 Chr. 20; 2 Cor. 3; Ps. 20 4.   2 Sam 13-14; 2 Cor. 4; Ps. 51 5.   2 Sam 15-17; 2 Cor. 5; Ps. 32, 71	Week Twenty 1.   2 Sam 18-20; 2 Cor. 6; Ps. 56 2.   2 Sam 21-23; 2 Cor. 7; Ps. 55 3.   2 Sam 24; 1 Chr. 21; 2 Cor. 8; Ps. 30 4.   1 Chr. 22-25; 2 Cor. 9 5.   1 Kings 1; 1 Chr. 26-28; 2 Cor. 10; Ps. 91	Week Twenty-One 1.   1 Kings 2; 1 Chr. 29; 2 Cor 11; Ps. 95 2.   1 Kings 3; 2 Chr. 1; 2 Cor. 12; Ps. 78 3.   1 Kings 4-5; 2 Chr. 2; 2 Cor. 13; Ps. 101 4.   1 Kings 6; 2 Chr. 3; Matt. 1; Ps. 97 5.   1 Kings 7-8; 2 Chr. 4-5; Matt. 2
Week Twenty-Two 1.   2 Chr. 6-7; Matt. 3; Ps. 98-99 2.   1 Kings 9; 2 Chr. 8; Matt. 4; Ps. 135-136 3.   1 Kings 10-11; 2 Chr. 9; Matt. 5 4.   Proverbs 1-4; Matt. 6 5.   Proverbs 5-8; Matt. 7	Week Twenty-Three 1.   Proverbs 9-12; Matt. 8 2.   Proverbs 13-15; Matt. 9 3.   Proverbs 16-19; Matt. 10 4.   Proverbs 20-23; Matt. 11 5.   Proverbs 24-28; Matt. 12	Week Twenty-Four 1.   Proverbs 29-30; Ps. 60, 33; Matt. 13 2.   Proverbs 31; Eccles. 1-2; Matt. 14 3.   Eccles. 3-5; Ps. 45; Matt. 15 4.   Eccles. 6-7; Ps. 18; Matt. 16 5.   Eccles. 8-12; Matt. 17
Week Twenty-Five 1.   Song 1-3; Ps. 94; Matt. 18 2.   Song 4-6; Matt. 19 3.   Song 7-8; 1 Kings 12; 2 Chr.10-11; Mt. 20 4.   1 Kings 13-14; 2 Chr. 12; Matt. 21 5.   1 Kings 15; 2 Chr. 13-14; Matt. 22	Week Twenty-Six 1.   1 Kings 16-18; 2 Chr. 15-16; Matt. 23 2.   1 Kings 19-21; 2 Chr. 17; Matt. 24 3.   1 Kings 22; 2 Chr. 18-19; Matt. 25 4.   2 Kings 1-3; Ps. 82; Matt. 26 5.   2 Kings 4-5; Ps. 83; Matt. 27	Week Twenty-Seven 1.   2 Kings 6-8; 2 Chr. 20; Matt. 28 2.   2 Kings 9-10; 2 Chr. 21; 1 Thess. 1 3.   2 Kings 11-12; 2 Chr. 22-24; 1 Thess. 2 4.   Joel 1-3; 1 Thess. 3 5.   Jonah 1-4; 1 Thess. 4
Week Twenty-Eight 1.   2 Kings 13-14; 2 Chr. 25; 1 Thess. 5 2.   Amos 1-3; 2 Thess. 1; Ps. 80 3.   Amos 4-6; 2 Thess. 2; Ps. 86 4.   Amos 7-9; 2 Thess. 3; Ps. 104 5.   Is. 1-3; Romans 1	Week Twenty-Nine 1.   Is. 4-5; Romans 2; Ps. 115, 116 2.   Is. 6-7; 2 Chr. 26-27; Romans 3 3.   2 Kings 15-16; Hosea 1; Romans 4 4.   Hosea 2-4; Romans 5 5.   Hosea 5-8; Romans 6	Week Thirty 1.   Hosea 9-12; Romans 7; Ps. 73 2.   Hosea 13-14; Romans 8; Ps. 100-102 3.   Micah 1-4; Romans 9; 4.   Micah 5-7; Romans 10 5.   Is. 8-11; Romans 11
Week Thirty-One 1.   Is. 12-15; Romans 12 2.   Is. 16-18; Romans 13 3.   Is. 19-22; Romans 14 4.   Is. 23-25; Romans 15 5.   Is. 26-29; Romans 16	Week Thirty-Two 1.   Is. 30-33; Eph. 1 2.   Is. 34-35; Eph.2 3.   2 Kings 17; 2 Chr. 28; Eph. 3; Ps. 46 4.   2 Chr. 29-31; Eph. 4 5.   2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chr. 32; Eph. 5	Week Thirty-Three 1.   Is. 36-37; Eph. 6; Ps. 76 2.   2 Kings 20; Is. 38-40; Phil. 1; Ps. 75 3.   Is. 41-44; Phil. 2 4.   Is. 45-48; Phil. 3 5.   Is. 49-52; Phil. 4; Ps. 92
Week Thirty-Four 1.   Is. 53-56; Colossians 1 2.   Is. 57-59; Colossians 2; Ps. 103 3.   Is. 60-63; Colossians 3 4.   Is. 64-65; Colossians 4; Ps. 107 5.   Is. 66; 2 Kings 21; 2 Chr. 33; 1 Tim. 1	Week Thirty-Five 1.   Nahum 1-3; 1 Tim. 2; Psalm 62 2.   2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chr. 34-35; 1 Tim. 3 3.   Habakkuk 1-3; 1 Tim. 4 4.   Zephaniah 1-3; 1 Tim. 5 5.   Jer. 1-4; 1 Tim. 6	Week Thirty-Six 1.   Jer. 5-8; 2 Tim. 1 2.   Jer. 9-12; 2 Tim. 2 3.   Jer. 13-16; 2 Tim. 3 4.   Jer. 17-18; 2 Tim. 4; Ps. 96 5.   Jer. 19-20; Titus 1: Ps. 93
Week Thirty-Seven 1.   Jer. 21-22; 2 Kings 24; Titus 2; Ps. 112 2.   Jer. 23, 25, 26; Titus 3 3.   Jer. 35, 36, 45, 46; Jude 4.   Jer. 47, 48, 49; Philemon; Ps. 105 5.   Jer. 21, 24, 27; Hebrews 1; Ps. 67, 118	Week Thirty-Eight 1.   Jer. 28-31; Hebrews 2 2.   Jer. 32-34; Hebrews 3; Ps. 74 3.   Jer. 37-39; Hebrews 4; Ps. 79 4.   Jer. 50-52; Hebrews 5 5.   Ezekiel 1-2; Hebrews 6; Ps. 143, 144	Week Thirty-Nine 1.   Ezekiel 3-6; Hebrews 7 2.   Ezekiel 7-9; Hebrews 8 3.   Ezekiel 10-13; Hebrews 9 4.   Ezekiel 14-16; Hebrews 10; Ps. 70 5.   Ezekiel 17-20; Hebrews 11
Week Forty 1.   Ezekiel 21-23; Hebrews 12; Ps. 111 2.   Ezekiel 24-26; Hebrews 13 3.   Ezekiel 27-30; James 1 4.   Ezekiel 31-32; James 2 5.   2 Kings 25; 2 Chr. 36; Jer. 40, 41; James 3	Week Forty-One 1.   Jer. 42-44; James 4; Ps. 48 2.   Lam. 1-2; Obadiah; James 5 3.   Lam. 3-5; Haggai; 1 Peter 1 4.   Daniel 1-2; 1 Peter 2; Ps. 87 5.   Daniel 3-4; 1 Peter 3; Ps. 81	Week Forty-Two 1.   Ezekiel 33-36; 1 Peter 4 2.   Ezekiel 37-39; 1 Peter 5; Ps. 110 3.   Ezekiel 40-41; 2 Peter 1; Ps. 145, 128 4.   Ezekiel 42-45; 2 Peter 2 5.   Ezekiel 46-48; 2 Peter 3
Week Forty-Three 1.   Daniel 5-6; John 1; Ps. 130 2.   Daniel 7-9; John 2; Ps. 137 3.   Daniel 10-12; John 3; Ps. 123 4.   Ezra 1-2; John 4; Ps. 84, 85 5.   Ezra 3-4; John 5; Ps. 113, 127	Week Forty-Four 1.   Zech. 1-4; John 6 2.   Zech. 5-7; John 7; Ps. 126 3.   Zech. 8-11; John 8; Ps. 147 4.   Zech. 12-14; John 9; Ps. 134 5.   Ezra 5-6; John 10; Ps. 138	Week Forty-Five 1.   Esther 1-3; John 11; Ps. 150 2.   Esther 4-7; John 12 3.   Esther 8-10; John 13 4.   Ezra 7-10; John 14; Ps. 131 5.   Neh. 1-3; John 15; Ps. 133
Week Forty-Six 1.   Neh. 4-6; John 16; Ps. 146 2.   Neh. 7-9; John 17 3.   Neh. 10-12; John 18; Ps. 1 4.   Neh. 13; Malachi 1-2; John 19 5.   Malachi 3-4; Job 1-2; John 20; Ps. 148	Week Forty-Seven 1.   Job 3-5; John 21; Ps. 108 2.   Job 6-8; 1 John 1 3.   Job 9-12; 1 John 2 4.   Job 13-15; 1 John 3 5.   Job 16-18; 1 John 4; Ps. 114	Week Forty-Eight 1.   Job 19-22; 1 John 5 2.   Job 23-24; 2 John; Ps. 121 3.   Job 25-28; 3 John 4.   Job 29-30; Ps. 120 5.   Job 31-34
Week Forty-Nine 1.   Job 35-37; Ps. 122 2.   Job 38-39; Ps. 149 3.   Job 40-42; Ps. 124 4.   Revelation 1-4 5.   Revelation 5-9	Week Fifty 1.   Revelation 10-14 2.   Revelation 15-18 3.   Revelation 19-22 4.   Ps. 119 5.   Ps. 117, 125