Growing in the knowledge of God requires intentional time in His Word. As you prepare your Bible study routine for the coming year, we invite you to explore a collection of thoughtfully designed reading plans to guide and enrich your time in Scripture.

With over 20 options available, each plan offers a unique structure—whether you’re aiming to read through the entire Bible or focus on a specific book. These tools are designed to help you engage with God’s truth regularly and purposefully.

  • 52-Week Bible Reading Plan
    Read through the Bible in a year, with each day of the week dedicated to a different genre: epistles, the law, history, Psalms, poetry, prophecy, and Gospels.

    Duration: One year | Download: PDF

  • Five-Day Bible Reading Program
    Read through the entire Bible or the New Testament in a year, reading Monday through Friday. You can choose to read the entirety of Scripture or start with New Testament readings to develop a daily habit of Bible reading.

    Duration: One year | Download: PDF

  • 5x5x5 New Testament Reading Plan
    Read through the New Testament in a year, reading Monday to Friday. Weekends are set aside for reflection and other reading. This plan is especially beneficial if you’re new to a daily discipline of Bible reading. Available beginning December 26.

    Duration: One year | Download: PDF

  • A Bible Reading Chart
    Read through the Bible at your own pace. Use this minimalistic yet beautifully designed chart to track your reading throughout the year.

    Duration: Flexible | Download: PDF

  • Chronological Bible Reading Plan
    Read through the Bible in the order the events occurred chronologically.

    Duration: One year | Download: PDF

  • The Navigators Bible Reading Plan
    Four daily readings beginning in Genesis, Psalms, Matthew, and Acts.

    Duration: One year | Download: PDF

  • ESV Daily Bible Reading Plan
    Four daily readings taken from four lists: Psalms and wisdom literature, Pentateuch and history of Israel, Chronicles and prophets, and Gospels and epistles.

    Duration: One year | Download: PDF

  • ESV 6-Month New Testament Reading Plan
    Read straight through the New Testament in six months by focusing on a short section each day.

    Duration: Six months | Download: PDF

  • ESV A-Psalm-a-Day Reading Plan
    Read through the book of Psalms in 150 days with this chapter-a-day reading plan.

    Duration: Five months | Download: PDF

  • Every Word in the Bible
    Read through the Bible one chapter at a time. Readings alternate between the Old and New Testaments.

    Duration: Three years | Download: PDF

  • Historical Bible Reading Plan
    The Old Testament readings are ordered similarly to Israel’s Hebrew Bible, and the New Testament readings attempt to follow the order in which the books were authored.

    Duration: One year | Download: PDF

  • An In-Depth Study of Matthew
    A year-long study in the Gospel of Matthew from Tabletalk magazine.

    Duration: One year | App: Accessible on YouVersion. Download the app.

  • Bible in a Year
    This plan takes you through the entire Bible with two readings daily: one from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament.

    Duration: One year | App: Accessible on YouVersion. Download the app.

  • Professor Grant Horner’s Bible Reading System
    Reading ten chapters a day, in the course of a year you’ll read the Gospels four times, the Pentateuch twice, Paul’s letters four to five times, the Old Testament wisdom literature six times, the Psalms at least twice, Proverbs and Acts a dozen times, and the Old Testament history and prophetic books about one and a half times.

    Duration: Ongoing | Download: PDF

  • Redemptive-Historical Bible Reading Plan
    This plan curates key chapters of the Old and New Testaments that help frame the flow of redemptive history—how God has worked in history to bring about his plan of salvation. It is designed to help you gain a solid grounding in the entire message of the Bible.

    Duration: Ongoing | Download: PDF

  • Robert Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
    Read the New Testament and Psalms twice and the Old Testament once.

    Duration: One or two years | Download: Website

  • Straight-through-the-Bible Reading Plan
    Read straight through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.

    Duration: One year | Download: PDF

  • Tabletalk Bible Reading Plan
    This Bible reading plan includes two readings each day, one from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament. By the end of the plan, you’ll have read through the entire Bible in one year.

    Duration: One year | Download: Link

  • The Legacy Reading Plan
    This plan does not have set readings for each day. Instead, it has set books for each month and a set number of Proverbs and Psalms for each week. It aims to give you more flexibility while grounding you in specific books of the Bible.

    Duration: One year | Download: PDF

  • Two-Year Bible Reading Plan
    Read the Old and New Testaments once and Psalms and Proverbs four times.

    Duration: Two years | Download: PDF

  • Bible Reading Plan Generator
    Still can’t find a plan that works for you? Generate your own.

    Duration: You decide | Online: Bible Reading Plan Generator

If reading through the entire Bible seems like a daunting task, Dr. R.C. Sproul’s basic overview of the Bible may be a helpful place to start. This concise resource outlines the Bible’s key themes, offering a solid foundation for understanding God’s Word.

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