Chronological Bible-In-a-Year Reading Plan
There are many ways to read and study the Bible, and no shortage of Bible reading plans available online or in smartphone apps to help you do so. Some plans have you reading the Bible straight through from cover to cover. Others mix it up, leading you to read a little from both Testaments each day. A variation on the previous approach keeps you revisiting the wisdom of Psalms and Proverbs daily year-round.
At Providence, we’re encouraging our members to use a chronological approach to a yearly reading plan. In this approach, the Bible is read not in the canonical order of its sixty-six (66) books, but rather in order of the events described in those books. The reader is, in a sense, walking through Time, experiencing the progressive revelation of God and His Word in the sequence in which it happened.
For our purposes, we’ve selected the chronological Bible reading plan developed by the folks from Back to the Bible. We’ve included a copy of the plan here, and you can download a printable version of it as well.
Back to the Bible™ Chronological Bible Reading Plan
Jan 1—Genesis 1-3
Jan 2—Genesis 4-7
Jan 3—Genesis 8-11
Jan 4—Job 1-5
Jan 5—Job 6-9
Jan 6—Job 10-13
Jan 7—Job 14-16
Jan 8—Job 17-20
Jan 9—Job 21-23
Jan 10—Job 24-28
Jan 11—Job 29-31
Jan 12—Job 32-34
Jan 13—Job 35-37
Jan 14—Job 38-39
Jan 15—Job 40-42
Jan 16—Genesis 12-15
Jan 17—Genesis 16-18
Jan 18—Genesis 19-21
Jan 19—Genesis 22-24
Jan 20—Genesis 25-26
Jan 21—Genesis 27-29
Jan 22—Genesis 30-31
Jan 23—Genesis 32-34
Jan 24—Genesis 35-37
Jan 25—Genesis 38-40
Jan 26—Genesis 41-42
Jan 27—Genesis 43-45
Jan 28—Genesis 46-47
Jan 29—Genesis 48-50
Jan 30—Exodus 1-3
Jan 31—Exodus 4-6
Feb 1—Exodus 7-9
Feb 2—Exodus 10-12
Feb 3—Exodus 13-15
Feb 4—Exodus 16-18
Feb 5—Exodus 19-21
Feb 6—Exodus 22-24
Feb 7—Exodus 25-27
Feb 8—Exodus 28-29
Feb 9—Exodus 30-32
Feb 10—Exodus 33-35
Feb 11—Exodus 36-38
Feb 12—Exodus 39-40
Feb 13—Leviticus 1-4
Feb 14—Leviticus 5-7
Feb 15—Leviticus 8-10
Feb 16—Leviticus 11-13
Feb 17—Leviticus 14-15
Feb 18—Leviticus 16-18
Feb 19—Leviticus 19-21
Feb 20—Leviticus 22-23
Feb 21—Leviticus 24-25
Feb 22—Leviticus 26-27
Feb 23—Numbers 1-2
Feb 24—Numbers 3-4
Feb 25—Numbers 5-6
Feb 26—Numbers 7
Feb 27—Numbers 8-10
Feb 28—Numbers 11-13
Mar 1—Numbers 14-15; Psalm 90
Mar 2—Numbers 16-17
Mar 3—Numbers 18-20
Mar 4—Numbers 21-22
Mar 5—Numbers 23-25
Mar 6—Numbers 26-27
Mar 7—Numbers 28-30
Mar 8—Numbers 31-32
Mar 9—Numbers 33-34
Mar 10—Numbers 35-36
Mar 11—Deuteronomy 1-2
Mar 12—Deuteronomy 3-4
Mar 13—Deuteronomy 5-7
Mar 14—Deuteronomy 8-10
Mar 15—Deuteronomy 11-13
Mar 16—Deuteronomy 14-16
Mar 17—Deuteronomy 17-20
Mar 18—Deuteronomy 21-23
Mar 19—Deuteronomy 24-27
Mar 20—Deuteronomy 28-29
Mar 21—Deuteronomy 30-31
Mar 22—Deuteronomy 32-34; Psalm 91
Mar 23—Joshua 1-4
Mar 24—Joshua 5-8
Mar 25—Joshua 9-11
Mar 26—Joshua 12-15
Mar 27—Joshua 16-18
Mar 28—Joshua 19-21
Mar 29—Joshua 22-24
Mar 30—Judges 1-2
Mar 31—Judges 3-5
Apr 1—Judges 6-7
Apr 2—Judges 8-9
Apr 3—Judges 10-12
Apr 4—Judges 13-15
Apr 5—Judges 16-18
Apr 6—Judges 19-21
Apr 7—Ruth 1-4
Apr 8—1 Samuel 1-3
Apr 9—1 Samuel 4-8
Apr 10—1 Samuel 9-12
Apr 11—1 Samuel 13-14
Apr 12—1 Samuel 15-17
Apr 13—1 Samuel 18-20; Psalm 11, 59
Apr 14—1 Samuel 21-24
Apr 15—Psalm 7, 27, 31, 34, 52
Apr 16—Psalm 56, 120, 140-142
Apr 17—1 Samuel 25-27
Apr 18—Psalm 17, 35, 54, 63
Apr 19—1 Samuel 28-31; Psalm 18
Apr 20—Psalm 121, 123-125, 128-130
Apr 21—2 Samuel 1-4
Apr 22—Psalm 6, 8-10, 14, 16, 19, 21
Apr 23—1 Chron. 1-2
Apr 24—Psalm 43-45, 49, 84-85, 87
Apr 25—1 Chron. 3-5
Apr 26—Psalm 73, 77-78
Apr 27—1 Chron. 6
Apr 28—Psalm 81, 88, 92-93
Apr 29—1 Chron. 7-10
Apr 30—Psalm 102-104
May 1—2 Samuel 5:1-10; 1 Chron. 11-12
May 2—Psalm 133
May 3—Psalm 106-107
May 4—2 Samuel 5:11-6:23; 1 Chron. 13-16
May 5—Psalm 1-2, 15, 22-24, 47, 68
May 6—Psalm 89, 96, 100, 101, 105, 132
May 7—2 Samuel 7; 1 Chron. 17
May 8—Psalm 25, 29, 33, 36, 39
May 9—2 Samuel 8-9; 1 Chron. 18
May 10—Psalm 50, 53, 60, 75
May 11—2 Samuel 10; 1 Chron. 19; Psalm 20
May 12—Psalm 65-67, 69-70
May 13—2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Chron. 20
May 14—Psalm 32, 51, 86, 122
May 15—2 Samuel 13-15
May 16—Psalm 3-4, 12-13, 28, 55
May 17—2 Samuel 16-18
May 18—Psalm 26, 40, 58, 61-62, 64
May 19—2 Samuel 19-21
May 20—Psalm 5, 38, 41-42
May 21—2 Samuel 22-23; Psalm 57
May 22—Psalm 95, 97-99
May 23—2 Samuel 24; 1 Chron. 21-22; Psalm 30
May 24—Psalm 108-110
May 25—1 Chron. 23-25
May 26—Psalm 131, 138-139, 143-145
May 27—1 Chron. 26-29; Psalm 127
May 28—Psalm 111-118
May 29—1 Kings 1-2; Psalm 37, 71, 94
May 30—Psalm 119:1-88
May 31—1 Kings 3-4; 2 Chron. 1; Psalm 72
Jun 1—Psalm 119:89-176
Jun 2—Song of Solomon 1-8
Jun 3—Proverbs 1-3
Jun 4—Proverbs 4-6
Jun 5—Proverbs 7-9
Jun 6—Proverbs 10-12
Jun 7—Proverbs 13-15
Jun 8—Proverbs 16-18
Jun 9—Proverbs 19-21
Jun 10—Proverbs 22-24
Jun 11—1 Kings 5-6; 2 Chron. 2-3
Jun 12—1 Kings 7; 2 Chron. 4
Jun 13—1 Kings 8; 2 Chron. 5
Jun 14—2 Chron. 6-7; Psalm 136
Jun 15—Psalm 134, 146-150
Jun 16—1 Kings 9; 2 Chron. 8
Jun 17—Proverbs 25-26
Jun 18—Proverbs 27-29
Jun 19—Ecclesiastes 1-6
Jun 20—Ecclesiastes 7-12
Jun 21—1 Kings 10-11; 2 Chron. 9
Jun 22—Proverbs 30-31
Jun 23—1 Kings 12-14
Jun 24—2 Chron. 10-12
Jun 25—1 Kings 15:1-24; 2 Chron. 13-16
Jun 26—1 Kings 15:25-16:34; 2 Chron. 17
Jun 27—1 Kings 17-19
Jun 28—1 Kings 20-21
Jun 29—1 Kings 22; 2 Chron. 18
Jun 30—2 Chron. 19-23
Jul 1—Obadiah 1; Psalm 82-83
Jul 2—2 Kings 1-4
Jul 3—2 Kings 5-8
Jul 4—2 Kings 9-11
Jul 5—2 Kings 12-13; 2 Chron. 24
Jul 6—2 Kings 14; 2 Chron. 25
Jul 7—Jonah 1-4
Jul 8—2 Kings 15; 2 Chron. 26
Jul 9—Isaiah 1-4
Jul 10—Isaiah 5-8
Jul 11—Amos 1-5
Jul 12—Amos 6-9
Jul 13—2 Chron. 27; Isaiah 9-12
Jul 14—Micah 1-7
Jul 15—2 Chron. 28; 2 Kings 16-17
Jul 16—Isaiah 13-17
Jul 17—Isaiah 18-22
Jul 18—Isaiah 23-27
Jul 19—2 Kings 18:1-8; 2 Chron. 29-31; Psalm 48
Jul 20—Hosea 1-7
Jul 21—Hosea 8-14
Jul 22—Isaiah 28-30
Jul 23—Isaiah 31-34
Jul 24—Isaiah 35-36
Jul 25—Isaiah 37-39; Psalm 76
Jul 26—Isaiah 40-43
Jul 27—Isaiah 44-48
Jul 28—2 Kings 18:9-19:37; Psalm 46, 80, 135
Jul 29—Isaiah 49-53
Jul 30—Isaiah 54-58
Jul 31—Isaiah 59-63
Aug 1—Isaiah 64-66
Aug 2—2 Kings 20-21
Aug 3—2 Chron. 32-33
Aug 4—Nahum 1-3
Aug 5—2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chron. 34-35
Aug 6—Zephaniah 1-3
Aug 7—Jeremiah 1-3
Aug 8—Jeremiah 4-6
Aug 9—Jeremiah 7-9
Aug 10—Jeremiah 10-13
Aug 11—Jeremiah 14-17
Aug 12—Jeremiah 18-22
Aug 13—Jeremiah 23-25
Aug 14—Jeremiah 26-29
Aug 15—Jeremiah 30-31
Aug 16—Jeremiah 32-34
Aug 17—Jeremiah 35-37
Aug 18—Jeremiah 38-40; Psalm 74, 79
Aug 19—2 Kings 24-25; 2 Chron. 36
Aug 20—Habakkuk 1-3
Aug 21—Jeremiah 41-45
Aug 22—Jeremiah 46-48
Aug 23—Jeremiah 49-50
Aug 24—Jeremiah 51-52
Aug 25—Lamentations 1:1-3:36
Aug 26—Lamentations 3:37-5:22
Aug 27—Ezekiel 1-4
Aug 28—Ezekiel 5-8
Aug 29—Ezekiel 9-12
Aug 30—Ezekiel 13-15
Aug 31—Ezekiel 16-17
Sep 1—Ezekiel 18-19
Sep 2—Ezekiel 20-21
Sep 3—Ezekiel 22-23
Sep 4—Ezekiel 24-27
Sep 5—Ezekiel 28-31
Sep 6—Ezekiel 32-34
Sep 7—Ezekiel 35-37
Sep 8—Ezekiel 38-39
Sep 9—Ezekiel 40-41
Sep 10—Ezekiel 42-43
Sep 11—Ezekiel 44-45
Sep 12—Ezekiel 46-48
Sep 13—Joel 1-3
Sep 14—Daniel 1-3
Sep 15—Daniel 4-6
Sep 16—Daniel 7-9
Sep 17—Daniel 10-12
Sep 18—Ezra 1-3
Sep 19—Ezra 4-6; Psalm 137
Sep 20—Haggai 1-2
Sep 21—Zechariah 1-7
Sep 22—Zechariah 8-14
Sep 23—Esther 1-5
Sep 24—Esther 6-10
Sep 25—Ezra 7-10
Sep 26—Nehemiah 1-5
Sep 27—Nehemiah 6-7
Sep 28—Nehemiah 8-10
Sep 29—Nehemiah 11-13; Psalm 126
Sep 30—Malachi 1-4
Oct 1—Luke 1; John 1:1-14
Oct 2—Matthew 1; Luke 2:1-38
Oct 3—Matthew 2; Luke 2:39-52
Oct 4—Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3
Oct 5—Matthew 4; Luke 4-5; John 1:15-51
Oct 6—John 2-4
Oct 7—Mark 2
Oct 8—John 5
Oct 9—Matthew 12:1-21; Mark 3; Luke 6
Oct 10—Matthew 5-7
Oct 11—Matthew 8:1-13; Luke 7
Oct 12—Matthew 11
Oct 13—Matthew 12:22-50; Luke 11
Oct 14—Matthew 13; Luke 8
Oct 15—Matthew 8:14-34; Mark 4-5
Oct 16—Matthew 9-10
Oct 17—Matthew 14; Mark 6; Luke 9:1-17
Oct 18—John 6
Oct 19—Matthew 15; Mark 7
Oct 20—Matthew 16; Mark 8; Luke 9:18-27
Oct 21—Matthew 17; Mark 9; Luke 9:28-62
Oct 22—Matthew 18
Oct 23—John 7-8
Oct 24—John 9:1-10:21
Oct 25—Luke 10-11; John 10:22-42
Oct 26—Luke 12-13
Oct 27—Luke 14-15
Oct 28—Luke 16-17:10
Oct 29—John 11
Oct 30—Luke 17:11-18:14
Oct 31—Matthew 19; Mark 10
Nov 1—Matthew 20-21
Nov 2—Luke 18:15-19:48
Nov 3—Mark 11; John 12
Nov 4—Matthew 22; Mark 12
Nov 5—Matthew 23; Luke 20-21
Nov 6—Mark 13
Nov 7—Matthew 24
Nov 8—Matthew 25
Nov 9—Matthew 26; Mark 14
Nov 10—Luke 22; John 13
Nov 11—John 14-17
Nov 12—Matthew 27; Mark 15
Nov 13—Luke 23; John 18-19
Nov 14—Matthew 28, Mark 16
Nov 15—Luke 24; John 20-21
Nov 16—Acts 1-3
Nov 17—Acts 4-6
Nov 18—Acts 7-8
Nov 19—Acts 9-10
Nov 20—Acts 11-12
Nov 21—Acts 13-14
Nov 22—James 1-5
Nov 23—Acts 15-16
Nov 24—Galatians 1-3
Nov 25—Galatians 4-6
Nov 26—Acts 17-18:18
Nov 27—1 Thess. 1-5; 2 Thess. 1-3
Nov 28—Acts 18:19-19:41
Nov 29—1 Corinthians 1-4
Nov 30—1 Corinthians 5-8
Dec 1—1 Corinthians 9-11
Dec 2—1 Corinthians 12-14
Dec 3—1 Corinthians 15-16
Dec 4—2 Corinthians 1-4
Dec 5—2 Corinthians 5-9
Dec 6—2 Corinthians 10-13
Dec 7—Acts 20:1-3; Romans 1-3
Dec 8—Romans 4-7
Dec 9—Romans 8-10
Dec 10—Romans 11-13
Dec 11—Romans 14-16
Dec 12—Acts 20:4-23:35
Dec 13—Acts 24-26
Dec 14—Acts 27-28
Dec 15—Colossians 1-4; Philemon 1
Dec 16—Ephesians 1-6
Dec 17—Philippians 1-4
Dec 18—1 Timothy 1-6
Dec 19—Titus 1-3
Dec 20—1 Peter 1-5
Dec 21—Hebrews 1-6
Dec 22—Hebrews 7-10
Dec 23—Hebrews 11-13
Dec 24—2 Timothy 1-4
Dec 25—2 Peter 1-3; Jude 1
Dec 26—1 John 1-5
Dec 27—2 John 1; 3 John 1
Dec 28—Revelation 1-5
Dec 29—Revelation 6-11
Dec 30—Revelation 12-18
Dec 31—Revelation 19-22