Read the Bible in a year: a 2027 plan

Every chapter from Genesis to Revelation, in order, in 365 days of about the same length. Start on January 1, or start today and keep going. Read it in any Bible, or print it.

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

January

  1. Fri, Jan 1

    Genesis 1–3

  2. Sat, Jan 2

    Genesis 4–6

  3. Sun, Jan 3

    Genesis 7–10

  4. Mon, Jan 4

    Genesis 11–13

  5. Tue, Jan 5

    Genesis 14–17

  6. Wed, Jan 6

    Genesis 18–20

  7. Thu, Jan 7

    Genesis 21–23

  8. Fri, Jan 8

    Genesis 24–25

  9. Sat, Jan 9

    Genesis 26–27

  10. Sun, Jan 10

    Genesis 28–29

  11. Mon, Jan 11

    Genesis 30–31

  12. Tue, Jan 12

    Genesis 32–34

  13. Wed, Jan 13

    Genesis 35–37

  14. Thu, Jan 14

    Genesis 38–40

  15. Fri, Jan 15

    Genesis 41–42

  16. Sat, Jan 16

    Genesis 43–44

  17. Sun, Jan 17

    Genesis 45–47

  18. Mon, Jan 18

    Genesis 48–50

  19. Tue, Jan 19

    Exodus 1–4

  20. Wed, Jan 20

    Exodus 5–7

  21. Thu, Jan 21

    Exodus 8–9

  22. Fri, Jan 22

    Exodus 10–12

  23. Sat, Jan 23

    Exodus 13–15

  24. Sun, Jan 24

    Exodus 16–19

  25. Mon, Jan 25

    Exodus 20–22

  26. Tue, Jan 26

    Exodus 23–24

  27. Wed, Jan 27

    Exodus 25–27

  28. Thu, Jan 28

    Exodus 28–29

  29. Fri, Jan 29

    Exodus 30–32

  30. Sat, Jan 30

    Exodus 33–35

  31. Sun, Jan 31

    Exodus 36–37

February

  1. Mon, Feb 1

    Exodus 38–39

  2. Tue, Feb 2

    Exodus 40; Leviticus 1–3

  3. Wed, Feb 3

    Leviticus 4–6

  4. Thu, Feb 4

    Leviticus 7–9

  5. Fri, Feb 5

    Leviticus 10–12

  6. Sat, Feb 6

    Leviticus 13–14

  7. Sun, Feb 7

    Leviticus 15–16

  8. Mon, Feb 8

    Leviticus 17–19

  9. Tue, Feb 9

    Leviticus 20–22

  10. Wed, Feb 10

    Leviticus 23–24

  11. Thu, Feb 11

    Leviticus 25–26

  12. Fri, Feb 12

    Leviticus 27; Numbers 1

  13. Sat, Feb 13

    Numbers 2–3

  14. Sun, Feb 14

    Numbers 4–5

  15. Mon, Feb 15

    Numbers 6–7

  16. Tue, Feb 16

    Numbers 8–9

  17. Wed, Feb 17

    Numbers 10–12

  18. Thu, Feb 18

    Numbers 13–15

  19. Fri, Feb 19

    Numbers 16–17

  20. Sat, Feb 20

    Numbers 18–20

  21. Sun, Feb 21

    Numbers 21–22

  22. Mon, Feb 22

    Numbers 23–25

  23. Tue, Feb 23

    Numbers 26–28

  24. Wed, Feb 24

    Numbers 29–30

  25. Thu, Feb 25

    Numbers 31–32

  26. Fri, Feb 26

    Numbers 33–34

  27. Sat, Feb 27

    Numbers 35–36; Deuteronomy 1

  28. Sun, Feb 28

    Deuteronomy 2–3

March

  1. Mon, Mar 1

    Deuteronomy 4–6

  2. Tue, Mar 2

    Deuteronomy 7–9

  3. Wed, Mar 3

    Deuteronomy 10–13

  4. Thu, Mar 4

    Deuteronomy 14–16

  5. Fri, Mar 5

    Deuteronomy 17–20

  6. Sat, Mar 6

    Deuteronomy 21–24

  7. Sun, Mar 7

    Deuteronomy 25–27

  8. Mon, Mar 8

    Deuteronomy 28–29

  9. Tue, Mar 9

    Deuteronomy 30–32

  10. Wed, Mar 10

    Deuteronomy 33–34; Joshua 1

  11. Thu, Mar 11

    Joshua 2–6

  12. Fri, Mar 12

    Joshua 7–8

  13. Sat, Mar 13

    Joshua 9–11

  14. Sun, Mar 14

    Joshua 12–14

  15. Mon, Mar 15

    Joshua 15–17

  16. Tue, Mar 16

    Joshua 18–20

  17. Wed, Mar 17

    Joshua 21–23

  18. Thu, Mar 18

    Joshua 24; Judges 1–2

  19. Fri, Mar 19

    Judges 3–5

  20. Sat, Mar 20

    Judges 6–7

  21. Sun, Mar 21

    Judges 8–9

  22. Mon, Mar 22

    Judges 10–13

  23. Tue, Mar 23

    Judges 14–16

  24. Wed, Mar 24

    Judges 17–19

  25. Thu, Mar 25

    Judges 20–21; Ruth 1

  26. Fri, Mar 26

    Ruth 2–4; 1 Samuel 1

  27. Sat, Mar 27

    1 Samuel 2–5

  28. Sun, Mar 28

    1 Samuel 6–9

  29. Mon, Mar 29

    1 Samuel 10–13

  30. Tue, Mar 30

    1 Samuel 14–15

  31. Wed, Mar 31

    1 Samuel 16–17

April

  1. Thu, Apr 1

    1 Samuel 18–20

  2. Fri, Apr 2

    1 Samuel 21–23

  3. Sat, Apr 3

    1 Samuel 24–26

  4. Sun, Apr 4

    1 Samuel 27–30

  5. Mon, Apr 5

    1 Samuel 31; 2 Samuel 1–2

  6. Tue, Apr 6

    2 Samuel 3–6

  7. Wed, Apr 7

    2 Samuel 7–10

  8. Thu, Apr 8

    2 Samuel 11–13

  9. Fri, Apr 9

    2 Samuel 14–15

  10. Sat, Apr 10

    2 Samuel 16–18

  11. Sun, Apr 11

    2 Samuel 19–21

  12. Mon, Apr 12

    2 Samuel 22–23

  13. Tue, Apr 13

    2 Samuel 24; 1 Kings 1

  14. Wed, Apr 14

    1 Kings 2–3

  15. Thu, Apr 15

    1 Kings 4–6

  16. Fri, Apr 16

    1 Kings 7–8

  17. Sat, Apr 17

    1 Kings 9–10

  18. Sun, Apr 18

    1 Kings 11–13

  19. Mon, Apr 19

    1 Kings 14–15

  20. Tue, Apr 20

    1 Kings 16–18

  21. Wed, Apr 21

    1 Kings 19–20

  22. Thu, Apr 22

    1 Kings 21–22; 2 Kings 1

  23. Fri, Apr 23

    2 Kings 2–4

  24. Sat, Apr 24

    2 Kings 5–6

  25. Sun, Apr 25

    2 Kings 7–9

  26. Mon, Apr 26

    2 Kings 10–12

  27. Tue, Apr 27

    2 Kings 13–15

  28. Wed, Apr 28

    2 Kings 16–18

  29. Thu, Apr 29

    2 Kings 19–21

  30. Fri, Apr 30

    2 Kings 22–24

May

  1. Sat, May 1

    2 Kings 25; 1 Chronicles 1

  2. Sun, May 2

    1 Chronicles 2–3

  3. Mon, May 3

    1 Chronicles 4–5

  4. Tue, May 4

    1 Chronicles 6–7

  5. Wed, May 5

    1 Chronicles 8–9

  6. Thu, May 6

    1 Chronicles 10–11

  7. Fri, May 7

    1 Chronicles 12–15

  8. Sat, May 8

    1 Chronicles 16–18

  9. Sun, May 9

    1 Chronicles 19–22

  10. Mon, May 10

    1 Chronicles 23–25

  11. Tue, May 11

    1 Chronicles 26–28

  12. Wed, May 12

    1 Chronicles 29; 2 Chronicles 1–3

  13. Thu, May 13

    2 Chronicles 4–6

  14. Fri, May 14

    2 Chronicles 7–10

  15. Sat, May 15

    2 Chronicles 11–15

  16. Sun, May 16

    2 Chronicles 16–19

  17. Mon, May 17

    2 Chronicles 20–23

  18. Tue, May 18

    2 Chronicles 24–26

  19. Wed, May 19

    2 Chronicles 27–30

  20. Thu, May 20

    2 Chronicles 31–33

  21. Fri, May 21

    2 Chronicles 34–36

  22. Sat, May 22

    Ezra 1–2

  23. Sun, May 23

    Ezra 3–6

  24. Mon, May 24

    Ezra 7–9

  25. Tue, May 25

    Ezra 10; Nehemiah 1–3

  26. Wed, May 26

    Nehemiah 4–6

  27. Thu, May 27

    Nehemiah 7–8

  28. Fri, May 28

    Nehemiah 9–11

  29. Sat, May 29

    Nehemiah 12–13

  30. Sun, May 30

    Esther 1–4

  31. Mon, May 31

    Esther 5–9

June

  1. Tue, Jun 1

    Esther 10; Job 1–4

  2. Wed, Jun 2

    Job 5–7

  3. Thu, Jun 3

    Job 8–11

  4. Fri, Jun 4

    Job 12–14

  5. Sat, Jun 5

    Job 15–18

  6. Sun, Jun 6

    Job 19–21

  7. Mon, Jun 7

    Job 22–24

  8. Tue, Jun 8

    Job 25–29

  9. Wed, Jun 9

    Job 30–31

  10. Thu, Jun 10

    Job 32–34

  11. Fri, Jun 11

    Job 35–37

  12. Sat, Jun 12

    Job 38–40

  13. Sun, Jun 13

    Job 41–42; Psalms 1–4

  14. Mon, Jun 14

    Psalms 5–10

  15. Tue, Jun 15

    Psalms 11–18

  16. Wed, Jun 16

    Psalms 19–22

  17. Thu, Jun 17

    Psalms 23–29

  18. Fri, Jun 18

    Psalms 30–34

  19. Sat, Jun 19

    Psalms 35–37

  20. Sun, Jun 20

    Psalms 38–43

  21. Mon, Jun 21

    Psalms 44–48

  22. Tue, Jun 22

    Psalms 49–54

  23. Wed, Jun 23

    Psalms 55–61

  24. Thu, Jun 24

    Psalms 62–67

  25. Fri, Jun 25

    Psalms 68–71

  26. Sat, Jun 26

    Psalms 72–75

  27. Sun, Jun 27

    Psalms 76–78

  28. Mon, Jun 28

    Psalms 79–83

  29. Tue, Jun 29

    Psalms 84–88

  30. Wed, Jun 30

    Psalms 89–92

July

  1. Thu, Jul 1

    Psalms 93–99

  2. Fri, Jul 2

    Psalms 100–104

  3. Sat, Jul 3

    Psalms 105–106

  4. Sun, Jul 4

    Psalms 107–108

  5. Mon, Jul 5

    Psalms 109–115

  6. Tue, Jul 6

    Psalms 116–118

  7. Wed, Jul 7

    Psalm 119

  8. Thu, Jul 8

    Psalms 120–123

  9. Fri, Jul 9

    Psalms 124–135

  10. Sat, Jul 10

    Psalms 136–140

  11. Sun, Jul 11

    Psalms 141–146

  12. Mon, Jul 12

    Psalms 147–150; Proverbs 1–2

  13. Tue, Jul 13

    Proverbs 3–5

  14. Wed, Jul 14

    Proverbs 6–7

  15. Thu, Jul 15

    Proverbs 8–10

  16. Fri, Jul 16

    Proverbs 11–13

  17. Sat, Jul 17

    Proverbs 14–16

  18. Sun, Jul 18

    Proverbs 17–19

  19. Mon, Jul 19

    Proverbs 20–22

  20. Tue, Jul 20

    Proverbs 23–24

  21. Wed, Jul 21

    Proverbs 25–28

  22. Thu, Jul 22

    Proverbs 29–30

  23. Fri, Jul 23

    Proverbs 31; Ecclesiastes 1–3

  24. Sat, Jul 24

    Ecclesiastes 4–8

  25. Sun, Jul 25

    Ecclesiastes 9–12; Song of Solomon 1

  26. Mon, Jul 26

    Song of Solomon 2–7

  27. Tue, Jul 27

    Song of Solomon 8; Isaiah 1–3

  28. Wed, Jul 28

    Isaiah 4–7

  29. Thu, Jul 29

    Isaiah 8–11

  30. Fri, Jul 30

    Isaiah 12–16

  31. Sat, Jul 31

    Isaiah 17–21

August

  1. Sun, Aug 1

    Isaiah 22–26

  2. Mon, Aug 2

    Isaiah 27–30

  3. Tue, Aug 3

    Isaiah 31–34

  4. Wed, Aug 4

    Isaiah 35–38

  5. Thu, Aug 5

    Isaiah 39–41

  6. Fri, Aug 6

    Isaiah 42–45

  7. Sat, Aug 7

    Isaiah 46–49

  8. Sun, Aug 8

    Isaiah 50–54

  9. Mon, Aug 9

    Isaiah 55–59

  10. Tue, Aug 10

    Isaiah 60–65

  11. Wed, Aug 11

    Isaiah 66; Jeremiah 1–2

  12. Thu, Aug 12

    Jeremiah 3–5

  13. Fri, Aug 13

    Jeremiah 6–8

  14. Sat, Aug 14

    Jeremiah 9–11

  15. Sun, Aug 15

    Jeremiah 12–15

  16. Mon, Aug 16

    Jeremiah 16–19

  17. Tue, Aug 17

    Jeremiah 20–23

  18. Wed, Aug 18

    Jeremiah 24–26

  19. Thu, Aug 19

    Jeremiah 27–30

  20. Fri, Aug 20

    Jeremiah 31–32

  21. Sat, Aug 21

    Jeremiah 33–35

  22. Sun, Aug 22

    Jeremiah 36–39

  23. Mon, Aug 23

    Jeremiah 40–43

  24. Tue, Aug 24

    Jeremiah 44–48

  25. Wed, Aug 25

    Jeremiah 49–50

  26. Thu, Aug 26

    Jeremiah 51

  27. Fri, Aug 27

    Jeremiah 52; Lamentations 1–2

  28. Sat, Aug 28

    Lamentations 3–4

  29. Sun, Aug 29

    Lamentations 5; Ezekiel 1–3

  30. Mon, Aug 30

    Ezekiel 4–8

  31. Tue, Aug 31

    Ezekiel 9–12

September

  1. Wed, Sep 1

    Ezekiel 13–15

  2. Thu, Sep 2

    Ezekiel 16–18

  3. Fri, Sep 3

    Ezekiel 19–21

  4. Sat, Sep 4

    Ezekiel 22–23

  5. Sun, Sep 5

    Ezekiel 24–26

  6. Mon, Sep 6

    Ezekiel 27–29

  7. Tue, Sep 7

    Ezekiel 30–33

  8. Wed, Sep 8

    Ezekiel 34–36

  9. Thu, Sep 9

    Ezekiel 37–39

  10. Fri, Sep 10

    Ezekiel 40–41

  11. Sat, Sep 11

    Ezekiel 42–45

  12. Sun, Sep 12

    Ezekiel 46–48

  13. Mon, Sep 13

    Daniel 1–2

  14. Tue, Sep 14

    Daniel 3–5

  15. Wed, Sep 15

    Daniel 6–8

  16. Thu, Sep 16

    Daniel 9–11

  17. Fri, Sep 17

    Daniel 12; Hosea 1–4

  18. Sat, Sep 18

    Hosea 5–10

  19. Sun, Sep 19

    Hosea 11–14; Joel 1

  20. Mon, Sep 20

    Joel 2–3; Amos 1–3

  21. Tue, Sep 21

    Amos 4–8

  22. Wed, Sep 22

    Amos 9; Obadiah 1; Jonah 1–4

  23. Thu, Sep 23

    Micah 1–6

  24. Fri, Sep 24

    Micah 7; Nahum 1–3; Habakkuk 1

  25. Sat, Sep 25

    Habakkuk 2–3; Zephaniah 1–3

  26. Sun, Sep 26

    Haggai 1–2; Zechariah 1–3

  27. Mon, Sep 27

    Zechariah 4–8

  28. Tue, Sep 28

    Zechariah 9–14

  29. Wed, Sep 29

    Malachi 1–4; Matthew 1

  30. Thu, Sep 30

    Matthew 2–5

October

  1. Fri, Oct 1

    Matthew 6–7

  2. Sat, Oct 2

    Matthew 8–9

  3. Sun, Oct 3

    Matthew 10–12

  4. Mon, Oct 4

    Matthew 13

  5. Tue, Oct 5

    Matthew 14–16

  6. Wed, Oct 6

    Matthew 17–18

  7. Thu, Oct 7

    Matthew 19–21

  8. Fri, Oct 8

    Matthew 22–23

  9. Sat, Oct 9

    Matthew 24

  10. Sun, Oct 10

    Matthew 25–26

  11. Mon, Oct 11

    Matthew 27

  12. Tue, Oct 12

    Matthew 28; Mark 1–2

  13. Wed, Oct 13

    Mark 3–4

  14. Thu, Oct 14

    Mark 5–6

  15. Fri, Oct 15

    Mark 7–8

  16. Sat, Oct 16

    Mark 9–10

  17. Sun, Oct 17

    Mark 11–12

  18. Mon, Oct 18

    Mark 13–14

  19. Tue, Oct 19

    Mark 15

  20. Wed, Oct 20

    Mark 16; Luke 1

  21. Thu, Oct 21

    Luke 2–3

  22. Fri, Oct 22

    Luke 4–5

  23. Sat, Oct 23

    Luke 6–7

  24. Sun, Oct 24

    Luke 8

  25. Mon, Oct 25

    Luke 9–10

  26. Tue, Oct 26

    Luke 11

  27. Wed, Oct 27

    Luke 12–13

  28. Thu, Oct 28

    Luke 14–16

  29. Fri, Oct 29

    Luke 17–18

  30. Sat, Oct 30

    Luke 19–20

  31. Sun, Oct 31

    Luke 21–22

November

  1. Mon, Nov 1

    Luke 23

  2. Tue, Nov 2

    Luke 24; John 1

  3. Wed, Nov 3

    John 2–3

  4. Thu, Nov 4

    John 4–5

  5. Fri, Nov 5

    John 6

  6. Sat, Nov 6

    John 7–8

  7. Sun, Nov 7

    John 9

  8. Mon, Nov 8

    John 10–11

  9. Tue, Nov 9

    John 12–13

  10. Wed, Nov 10

    John 14–16

  11. Thu, Nov 11

    John 17–18

  12. Fri, Nov 12

    John 19–21

  13. Sat, Nov 13

    Acts 1–3

  14. Sun, Nov 14

    Acts 4–5

  15. Mon, Nov 15

    Acts 6–7

  16. Tue, Nov 16

    Acts 8–9

  17. Wed, Nov 17

    Acts 10–12

  18. Thu, Nov 18

    Acts 13–14

  19. Fri, Nov 19

    Acts 15–16

  20. Sat, Nov 20

    Acts 17–19

  21. Sun, Nov 21

    Acts 20–21

  22. Mon, Nov 22

    Acts 22–23

  23. Tue, Nov 23

    Acts 24–26

  24. Wed, Nov 24

    Acts 27–28; Romans 1

  25. Thu, Nov 25

    Romans 2–3

  26. Fri, Nov 26

    Romans 4–7

  27. Sat, Nov 27

    Romans 8–10

  28. Sun, Nov 28

    Romans 11–13

  29. Mon, Nov 29

    Romans 14–16

  30. Tue, Nov 30

    1 Corinthians 1–4

December

  1. Wed, Dec 1

    1 Corinthians 5–8

  2. Thu, Dec 2

    1 Corinthians 9–11

  3. Fri, Dec 3

    1 Corinthians 12–14

  4. Sat, Dec 4

    1 Corinthians 15–16

  5. Sun, Dec 5

    2 Corinthians 1–4

  6. Mon, Dec 6

    2 Corinthians 5–9

  7. Tue, Dec 7

    2 Corinthians 10–13

  8. Wed, Dec 8

    Galatians 1–3

  9. Thu, Dec 9

    Galatians 4–6; Ephesians 1

  10. Fri, Dec 10

    Ephesians 2–4

  11. Sat, Dec 11

    Ephesians 5–6; Philippians 1

  12. Sun, Dec 12

    Philippians 2–4; Colossians 1

  13. Mon, Dec 13

    Colossians 2–4; 1 Thessalonians 1

  14. Tue, Dec 14

    1 Thessalonians 2–5

  15. Wed, Dec 15

    2 Thessalonians 1–3; 1 Timothy 1–2

  16. Thu, Dec 16

    1 Timothy 3–6; 2 Timothy 1

  17. Fri, Dec 17

    2 Timothy 2–4; Titus 1

  18. Sat, Dec 18

    Titus 2–3; Philemon 1; Hebrews 1–2

  19. Sun, Dec 19

    Hebrews 3–7

  20. Mon, Dec 20

    Hebrews 8–10

  21. Tue, Dec 21

    Hebrews 11–12

  22. Wed, Dec 22

    Hebrews 13; James 1–3

  23. Thu, Dec 23

    James 4–5; 1 Peter 1–2

  24. Fri, Dec 24

    1 Peter 3–5; 2 Peter 1

  25. Sat, Dec 25

    2 Peter 2–3; 1 John 1–2

  26. Sun, Dec 26

    1 John 3–5; 2 John 1; 3 John 1

  27. Mon, Dec 27

    Jude 1; Revelation 1–3

  28. Tue, Dec 28

    Revelation 4–8

  29. Wed, Dec 29

    Revelation 9–13

  30. Thu, Dec 30

    Revelation 14–18

  31. Fri, Dec 31

    Revelation 19–22

Questions

How many chapters a day do I read to finish the Bible in a year?

The Bible has 1,189 chapters, so about 3 or 4 a day. This plan splits them by length instead of count, so each day is about the same amount of reading: about 85 verses on a typical day. Psalm 119, the longest chapter, gets a day to itself.

What if I fall behind?

Skip ahead to today’s date and keep going, or read two days at once on a quiet day. Reading most of the Bible this year is still worth it.

Does this plan go in order?

Yes, from Genesis 1 on January 1 to Revelation 22 on December 31, in the order of the books in Protestant Bibles.

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