Bible Reading Plan
This plan takes you through the Old Testament once and the New Testament twice in a year. The average is about 4 chapters per day. The idea behind the plan is to take a week at a time to think about one or more books of the Bible.
The virtues refer to the virtues as outlined by Benjamin Franklin and modified by me. As Thoreau said in Walden (in the chapter called “Higher Laws,” “What good does it do if you be a Christian and have not virtue?”
“Every man [woman] is a builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships…
We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones.”
—Walden, Henry David Thoreau
Week # Date Book(s) Virtue
1 Jan 1-7 Genesis Temperance
2 8-14 Matthew Silence
3 15-21 Exodus Order
4 22-28 Mark Resolution/Courage
5 29-Feb 4 Leviticus Frugality
6 5-11 Luke Industry
7 12-18 Numbers Sincerity
8 19-25 Luke Justice
9 26-March 4 Deuteronomy Thinking/Writing
10 5-11 John Cleanliness
11 12-18 Joshua, Judges Tranquility
12 19-25 Acts Chastity
13 26-April 1 Ruth, I Samuel Humility/Outreach/Love
14 2-8 Romans Temperance
15 9-15 II Samuel Silence
16 16-22 I & II Corinthians Order
17 23-29 I Kings Resolution/Courage
18 30-May 6 G, E, P, C Frugality
19 7-13 II Kings Industry
20 14-20 T, T, T, P Sincerity
21 21-27 I Chronicles Justice
22 28-June 3 Hebrews, James Thinking/Writing
23 4-10 II Chronicles Cleanliness
24 11-17 P, J, J Tranquility
25 18-24 E, N, E Chastity
26 25-July 1 Revelations Humility/Outreach/Love
27 2-8 Job Temperance
28 9-15 Matthew Silence
29 16-22 Psalms 1-50 Order
30 23-29 John Resolution/Courage
31 30-August 5 Psalms 51-100 Frugality
32 6-12 Mark Industry
33 13-19 Psalms 101-150 Sincerity
34 20-26 Luke Justice
35 27-Sept. 2 Prov, E, Song of Solomon Thinking/Writing
36 3-9 John Cleanliness
37 10-16 Isaiah Tranquility
38 17-23 Acts Chastity
39 24-30 Isaiah Humility/Outreach/Love
40 Oct 1-7 Romans Temperance
41 8-14 Jeremiah Silence
42 14-21 I & II Corinthians Order
43 22-28 Jeremiah, Lamentations Resolution/Courage
44 29-Nov 4 G, E, P, C Frugality
45 5-11 Ezekiel Industry
46 12-18 T, T, T, Philemon Sincerity
47 19-25 Daniel Justice
48 26-Dec. 2 Hebrews, James Thinking/Writing
49 3-9 H, J, A, O, J, M Cleanliness
50 10-16 Peter, I, II, III John, Jude Tranquility
51 17-23 N, H, Z, H, Z, M Chastity
52 24-31 Revelations Humility/Outreach/Love