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Start anytime, and read through a great cross-section of the Bible, hitting the highlights in about 2 chapters a day, eventually including at least one chapter from every one of the 66 books, Old and New Testament. You will get to read from a different section of the Bible each day of the week, which keeps things fresh and interesting. E.g. gospels on Saturdays, epistles on Sundays, Psalms on Wednesdays, etc.
This plan includes 683 chapters (out of 1189 in the entire Bible) - a lighter, modified version of the excellent Entire Bible 52-week reading plan, by Michael Coley. I adapted this to use the next year after I had read the whole Bible and needed a lighter schedule for a breather.
| ½ Bible | Epistles | Law | History | Psalms | Poetry | Prophecy | Gospels |
| DATE | SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| Rom 1-2 | Gen 1-2 | Josh 1-3 | Ps 1 | Job 1 | Is 1-2 | Mt 1-2 | |
| Rom 3-4 | Gen 3-4 | Josh 4-5 | Ps 3-4 | Job 2 | Is 5-6 | Mt 4-5 | |
| Rom 5-6 | Gen 6-7 | Josh 6, 10 | Ps 5 | Job 9 | Is 7, 9 | Mt 6-7 | |
| Rom 7-8 | Gen 8-9 | Josh21:43-Ch24 | Ps 8-9 | Job 12:7-16 | Is 11-12 | Mt 8-9 | |
| Rom 10, 12 | Gen 11-12 | Jdg 2-4 | Ps 10 | Job 19:7-27 | Is 25-26 | Mt 10-11 | |
| Rom 13-14 | Gen 13, 15 | Jdg 6 -7 | Ps 16, 18 | Job 26:6-27:4 | Is 29-30 | Mt 13-14 | |
| Rom 15-16 | Gen 16-17 | Jdg 12-14 | Ps 19 | Job 31 | Is 33, 35 | Mt 16-17 | |
| I Cor 1-2 | Gen 18, 20 | Jdg 15-16 | Ps 20, 23 | Job 32 | Is 38, 40 | Mt 18-19 | |
| I Cor 3, 6 | Gen 21-22 | Ruth | Ps 24 | Job 33 | Is 41-42 | Mt 20-21 | |
| I Cor 7, 10 | Gen 24-25 | I Sam 1-3 | Ps 25, 27 | Job 34 | Is 43-44 | Mt 24-25 | |
| I Cor 11-12 | Gen 26-27 | I Sam 4-6 | Ps 31 | Job 36 | Is 45-46 | Mt 26 | |
| I Cor 13-14 | Gen 28-29 | I Sam 7-8 | Ps 32-33 | Job 38 | Is 48-49 | Mt 27-28 | |
| I Cor 15-16 | Gen 30-31 | I Sam 9-11 | Ps 34 | Job 40 | Is 51-52 | Mk 2, 5 | |
| II Cor 1,3 | Gen 32-33 | I Sam 12-13 | Ps 36-37 | Job 42 | Is 53-54 | Mk 6, 8 | |
| II Cor 4-5 | Gen 35, 37 | I Sam 14-16 | Ps 40 | Prov 1 | Is 55, 57 | Mk 10, 12 | |
| II Cor 6,8 | Gen 39-40 | I Sam 17-19 | Ps 42, 46 | Prov 2 | Is 58-59 | Mk 13-14 | |
| II Cor 9-10 | Gen 41-42 | I Sam 20-22 | Ps 47 | Prov 3 | Is 61, 64 | Mk 15-16 | |
| II Cor 11-12 | Gen 43-45 | I Sam 23-25 | Ps 50-51 | Prov 4 | Is 66 | Lk 1-2 | |
| Gal 3, 5-6 | Gen 46-47 | I Sam 26, 30-31 | Ps 55 | Prov 5 | Jer 2, 6 | Lk 3-4 | |
| Eph 1-2 | Gen 48-50 | II Sam 1-2 | Ps 56-57 | Prov 6 | Jer 9-10 | Lk 5-6 | |
| Eph 3-4 | Ex 1-2 | II Sam 5-7, 9 | Ps 61 | Prov 8 | Jer 17, 23 | Lk 8-9 | |
| Eph 5-6 | Ex 3-4 | II Sam 11-12 | Ps 62-63 | Prov 9 | Jer 29-30 | Lk 10-11 | |
| Phil 1-2 | Ex 5-6 | II Sam 22-23 | Ps 65 | Prov 10 | Jer 31-32 | Lk 12, 14 | |
| Phil 3-4 | Ex 7-8 | I Ki 1-3,4:20-34 | Ps 66, 69 | Prov 11 | Jer 33 | Lk 15-16 | |
| Col 1-2 | Ex 9-10 | I Ki 8-10 | Ps 71 | Prov 12 | Lam 3 | Lk 17-18 | |
| Col 3-4 | Ex 11-12 | I Ki 11-12, 17 | Ps 73, 84 | Prov 13 | Eze 2, 11 | Lk 19-20 | |
| I Thess 1-3 | Ex 13-14 | I Ki 18-19,22 | Ps 86 | Prov 14 | Eze 18, 34 | Lk 21-22 | |
| I Thess 4-5 | Ex 15-16 | II Ki 1-2 | Ps 89-90 | Prov 15 | Eze 36-37 | Lk 23-24 | |
| II Thess | Ex 17-18 | II Ki 4-5 | Ps 91 | Prov 16 | Dan 1-2 | Jn 1-2 | |
| I Tim 1-2 | Ex 19-20 | II Ki 6-7 | Ps 95-96 | Prov 17 | Dan 3-4 | Jn 3-4 | |
| I Tim 3-4 | Ex 23, 32 | II Ki 8-9 | Ps 97 | Prov 18 | Dan 5-6 | Jn 5-6 | |
| I Tim 5-6 | Ex 33-34 | II Ki 11-13 | Ps 98, 100 | Prov 19 | Dan 7, 9 | Jn 7-8 | |
| II Tim 1-2 | Lev 19, 26 | II Ki 17-18 | Ps 103 | Prov 20 | Hos 6, 10-11 | Jn 9-10 | |
| II Tim 3-4 | Num 9, 11-12 | II Ki 19-20 | Ps 104-105 | Prov 21 | Hos 13-14 | Jn 11-12 | |
| Titus | Num 13-14, 16 | II Ki 22-23, 25 | Ps 106 | Prov 22 | Joel 2-3 | Jn 13-14 | |
| Philemon | Num 17, 20 | I Chr 16, 29 | Ps 107-108 | Prov 23 | Amos 4-5 | Jn 15-16 | |
| Heb 1-2 | Num 21-23 | II Chr 1, 5 , 6 | Ps 111 | Prov 24 | Obadiah | Jn 17-18 | |
| Heb 3-4 | Num 27, 29 | II Chr 7, 9, 12 | Ps 112-113 | Prov 25 | Jonah | Jn 19-20 | |
| Heb 7:11-28 | Num 30-32 | II Chr 13-15 | Ps 115-116 | Prov 27 | Micah 5-7 | Jn 21 | |
| Heb 8-9 | Num 33-34 | II Chr 16-17 | Ps 117-118 | Prov 28 | Nahum 1 | Ac 1-2 | |
| Heb 10-11 | Num 35-36 | II Chr 19-20:30 | Ps 119:1-56 | Prov 29 | Hab 3 | Ac 3-4 | |
| Heb 12-13 | Dt 1-2 | II Chr 25-26,28 | Ps 119:57-112 | Prov 31 | Zep 2-3 | Ac 5, 7 | |
| James 1-3 | Dt 3-4 | II Chr 30, 32 | Ps 119:113-176 | Ecc 3 | Haggai | Ac 8-9 | |
| James 4-5 | Dt 5-6 | II Chr 34, 36 | Ps 121 | Ecc 5 | Zec 4, 10 | Ac 10, 12 | |
| I Peter 1-3 | Dt 7-8 | Ezra 1, 3 | Ps 126-127 | Ecc 7 | Mal 2-4 | Ac 13-14 | |
| I Peter 4-5 | Dt 10-11 | Neh 1, 2, 4 | Ps 130, 131 | Ecc 8 | Rev 1-2 | Ac 15-16 | |
| II Peter 1,3 | Dt 15, 17 | Neh 5-6 | Ps 136 | Ecc 9 | Rev 3-4 | Ac 17-18 | |
| I Jn 1-3 | Dt 18, 24:5-22 | Neh 8-9 | Ps 138-139 | Ecc 10 | Rev 5, 7 | Ac 19-20 | |
| I Jn 4-5 | Dt 26,28 | Est 1-3 | Ps 141-142 | Ecc 11 | Rev 19 | Ac 21-22 | |
| II Jn | Dt 30-31 | Est 4-6 | Ps 143, 145 | Ecc 12 | Rev 20 | Ac 23-24 | |
| III Jn | Dt 32-33 | Est 7-8 | Ps 148-149 | SS 2 | Rev 21 | Ac 25-26 | |
| Jude | Dt 34 | Est 9-10 | Ps 150 | SS 8:6-7 | Rev 22 | Ac 27-28 |