B.A.Y. Bible a year - 2026

This is our reading plan for the new year! We ask you to read with us as we go through the bible in a year. The structure is set up for five days of reading each week. We recommend the ESV, but NASB, LSB, KJV and NKJV are also good options. If you need a bible, please let our staff know.

Week 1

  • Genesis 1-2; Psalm 19; Mark 1

  • Gen 3-5; Mark 2

  • Gen 6-8; Psalm 104; Mark 3

  • Gen 9-11; Mark 4

  • Gen 12-15; Psalm 148; Mark 5

Week 2

  • Genesis 16-18; Mark 6

  • Gen 19-20; Psalm 1; Mark 7

  • Gen 21-23; Psalm 107; Mark 8

  • Gen 24-25; Psalm 4; Mark 9

  • Gen 26-27; Mark 10

Week 3

  • Genesis 28-29; Mark 11

  • Gen 30-31; Psalm 11; Mark 12

  • Gen 32-34; Psalm 145; Mark 13

  • Gen 35-37; Psalm 12; Mark 14

  • Gen 38-40; Mark 15

Week 4

  • Genesis 41-42; Mark 16

  • Gen 43-44; Psalm 24; Galatians 1

  • Gen 45-46; Psalm 108; Gal 2

  • Gen 47-48; Psalm 25; Gal 3

  • Gen 49-50; Gal 4

Week 5

  • Exodus 1-3; Gal 5

  • Exodus 4-6; Gal 6

  • Exodus 7-9; Psalm 105; Ephesians 1

  • Exodus 10-12; Eph 2

  • Exodus 13-15; Psalm 114; Eph 3

Week 6

  • Exodus 16-18; Eph 4

  • Exodus 19-21; Psalm 33; Eph 5

  • Exodus 22-24; Psalm 109; Eph 6

  • Exodus 25-27; Psalm 90; Philippians 1

  • Exodus 28-31; Phil 2

Week 7

  • Exodus 32-34; Philippians 3

  • Exodus 35-37; Psalm 26; Phil 4

  • Exodus 38-40; Hebrews 1

  • Leviticus 1-3; Psalm 27; Heb 2

  • Lev 4-7; Heb 3

Week 8

  • Leviticus 8-11; Ps 110; Hebrews 4

  • Lev 12-14; Psalm 111; Heb 5

  • Lev 15-18; Psalm 31; Heb 6

  • Lev 19-20; Heb 7

  • Lev 21-23; Heb 8

Week 9

  • Leviticus 24-25; Psalm 81; Hebrews 9

  • Lev 26-27; Psalm 112; Heb 10

  • Numbers 1-2; Psalm 64; Heb 11

  • Num 3-5; Heb 12

  • Num 6-7; Heb 13

Week 10

  • Numbers 8-11; Colossians 1

  • Num 12-14; Psalm 28; Col 2

  • Num 15-18; Psalm 113; Col 3

  • Num 19-21; Col 4

  • Num 22-25; Luke 1

Week 11

  • Numbers 26-29; Luke 2

  • Num 30-33; Psalm 35; Luke 3

  • Num 34-36; Luke 4

  • Deuteronomy 1-3; Psalm 36; Luke 5

  • Deut 4-5; Luke 6

Week 12

  • Deuteronomy 6-9; Luke 7

  • Deut 10-14; Psalm 5; Luke 8

  • Deut 15-18; Psalm 115; Luke 9

  • Deut 19-22; Psalm 6; Luke 10

  • Deut 23-26; Luke 11

Week 13

  • Deut 27-31; Luke 12

  • Deut 32-34; Psalm 13; Luke 13

  • Joshua 1-4; Psalm 143; Luke 14

  • Joshua 5-8; Psalm 14; Luke 15

  • Joshua 9-13; Luke 16

Week 14

  • Joshua 14-17; Luke 17

  • Joshua 18-21; Psalm 15; Luke 18

  • Joshua 22-24; Psalm 116; Luke 19

  • Judges 1-3; Psalm 16; Luke 20

  • Judges 4-6; Luke 21

Week 15

  • Judges 7-8; Luke 22

  • Judges 9-11; Psalm 17; Luke 23

  • Judges 12-16; Psalm 146; Luke 24

  • Judges 17-18; Psalm 21; Acts 1

  • Judges 19-21; Acts 2

Week 16

  • Ruth 1-2; Acts 3

  • Ruth 3-4; Psalm 37; Acts 4

  • 1 Samuel 1-2; Psalm 120; Acts 5

  • 1 Sam 3-5; Psalm 23; Acts 6

  • 1 Sam 6-8; Acts 7

Week 17

  • 1 Samuel 9-10; Acts 8

  • 1 Sam 11-13; Psalm 38; Acts 9

  • 1 Sam 14; Psalm 124; Acts 10

  • 1 Sam 15-16; 1 Chr 1; Ps 39; Acts 11

  • 1 Sam 17; 1 Chr 2; Acts 12

Week 18

  • 1 Sam 18-19; 1 Chr 3; Ps 59; Acts 13

  • 1 Sa 20;1 Chr 4; Ps 56, 57, 142; Acts 14

  • 1 Sam 21-22; 1 Chr 5; Ps 52; Acts 15

  • 1 Sam 23-24; 1 Chr 6; Ps 54; Acts 16

  • 1 Sam 25; 1 Chr 7; Acts 17

Week 19

  • 1 Sam 26-27; 1 Chr 8; Acts 18

  • 1 Sam 28-29; 1 Chr 9; Acts 19

  • 1 Sam 30-31; 1 Chr 10; Acts 20

  • 2 Sam 1-2; 1 Chr 11; Ps 96, 106; Acts 21

  • 2 Sam 3-5; 1 Chr 12; Ps 122; Acts 22

Week 20

  • 2 Sam 6; 1 Chr 13; Psalm 60; Acts 23

  • 1 Chron 14-16; Acts 24

  • 2 Sam 7-8; 1 Chr 17; Ps 132; Acts 25

  • 2 Sam 9-10; 1 Chr 18-19; Ps 89; Acts 26

  • 2 Sam 11-12; 1 Chr 20; Ps 51, 32; Acts 27

Week 21

  • 2 Samuel 13-14; Acts 28

  • 2 Sam 15-17; Psalms 3, 63; Romans 1

  • 2 Sam 18-20; Psalm 34; Romans 2

  • 2 Sam 21-23; Psalm 18; Romans 3

  • 2 Sam 24; 1 Chr 21; Romans 4

Week 22

  • 1 Chron 22-25; Psalm 78; Romans 5

  • 1 Kings 1; 1 Chr 26-28; Romans 6

  • 1 Kings 2; 1 Chr 29; Romans 7

  • 1 Kings 3; 2 Chr 1; Ps 42; Romans 8

  • 1 Kings 4; Prov 1-2; Psalm 43; Romans 9

Week 23

  • Proverbs 3-5; Romans 10

  • Proverbs 6-7; Psalm 7; Romans 11

  • Proverbs 8-10; Psalm 144; Romans 12

  • Proverbs 11-13; Psalm 8; Romans 13

  • Proverbs 14-15; Romans 14

Week 24

  • Proverbs 16-18; Romans 15

  • Proverbs 19-21; Ps 40; Romans 16

  • Proverbs 22-23; Ps 117; 1 Thess 1

  • Proverbs 24-25; Ps 41; 1 Thess 2

  • Proverbs 26-28; 1 Thess 3

Week 25

  • Proverbs 29-31; 1 Thess 4

  • Song of Sol 1-3; Ps 72; 1 Thess 5

  • Song of Sol 4-6; 2 Thess 1

  • Song of Sol 7-8; Psalm 127; 2 Thess 2

  • 1 Kings 5; 2 Chr 2; 2 Thess 3

Week 26

  • 1 Kings 6; 2 Chron 3; 1 Timothy 1

  • 1 Kings 7; 2 Chr 4; Psalm 44; 1 Tim 2

  • 1 Kings 8; Psalm 30; 1 Tim 3

  • 2 Chr 5-7; Psalm 121; 1 Tim 4

  • 1 Kings 9; 2 Chr 8; 1 Tim 5

Week 27

  • 1 Kings 10-11; 2 Chr 9; 1 Tim 6

  • Ecclesiastes 1-3; Psalm 45; 2 Tim 1

  • Eccl 4-6; Psalm 125; 2 Tim 2

  • Eccl 7-9; Psalm 46; 2 Tim 3

  • Eccl 10-12; 2 Tim 4

Week 28

  • 1 Kings 12; 2 Chr 10-11; Titus 1

  • 1 Kings 13-14; 2 Chr 12; Ps 47; Titus 2

  • 1 Kings 15; 2 Chr 13-14; Titus 3

  • 2 Chr 15-16; 1 Kings 16; Philemon

  • 1 Kings 17-18; Psalm 119; Jude

Week 29

  • 1 Kin 19-21; 2 Chr 17; Ps 129; Matt 1

  • 1 Kings 22; 2 Chr 18; Matt 2

  • 2 Chr 19-20; 2 Kings 1; Psalm 20; Matt 3

  • 2 Kings 2-3; Psalm 48; Matt 4

  • 2 Kings 4-6; Matt 5

Week 30

  • 2 Kings 7-8; 2 Chr 21; Matt 6

  • 2 Kings 9-10; Psalm 49; Matt 7

  • 2 Chr 22-23; 2 Kings 11; Ps 131; Matt 8

  • 2 Chr 24; 2 Kings 12; Psalm 50; Matt 9

  • Joel; Matt 10

Week 31

  • Jonah; Matthew 11

  • 2 Kings 13-14; 2 Chr 25; Ps 53; Matt 12

  • Amos 1-3; Matt 13

  • Amos 4-6; Psalm 55; Matt 14

  • Amos 7-9; Matt 15

Week 32

  • Hosea 1-3; Matthew 16

  • Hosea 4-6; Psalm 58; Matt 17

  • Hosea 7-10; Matt 18

  • Hosea 11-13; Matt 19

  • Hosea 14; 2 Chr 26-27; Ps 61; Matt 20

Week 33

  • 2 Kings 15-16; Matthew 21

  • Isaiah 1-3; Psalm 9; Matt 22

  • Isaiah 4-6; Matt 23

  • Micah 1-4; Psalm 10; Matt 24

  • Micah 5-7; Matt 25

Week 34

  • Isaiah 7-10; Psalm 22; Matt 26

  • Isa 11-13; Psalm 118; Matt 27

  • Isa 14-16; Matt 28

  • Isa 17-19; Psalm 62; 1 Corinthians 1

  • Isa 20-22; 1 Cor 2

Week 35

  • Isaiah 23-25; 1 Corinthians 3

  • Isa 26-29; Psalm 65; 1 Cor 4

  • Isa 30-32; 1 Cor 5

  • Isa 33-35; 1 Cor 6

  • 2 Chr 28; 2 Kings 17; Psalm 66; 1 Cor 7

Week 36

  • 2 Chr 29-31; 1 Cor 8

  • 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chr 32; Ps 67; 1 Cor 9

  • Isa 36-37; Psalm 123; 1 Cor 10

  • 2 Kings 20; Isa 38-40; Ps 68; 1 Cor 11

  • Isa 41-44; 1 Cor 12

Week 37

  • Isa 45-48; 1 Cor 13

  • Isa 49-52; Psalm 69; 1 Cor 14

  • Isa 53-55; Psalm 128; 1 Cor 15

  • Isa 56-59; Psalm 70; 1 Cor 16

  • Is 60-63; 2 Cor 1

Week 38

  • Isa 64-66; 2 Cor 2

  • 2 Kings 21; 2 Chr 33; Ps 71; 2 Cor 3

  • Nahum; Psalm 149; 2 Cor 4

  • 2 Kings 22-23; Psalm 73; 2 Cor 5

  • 2 Chr 34-35; 2 Cor 6

Week 39

  • Habakkuk; 2 Cor 7

  • Zephaniah; Psalm 74; 2 Cor 8

  • Jeremiah 1-4; Psalm 130; 2 Cor 9

  • Jer 5-7; Psalm 75; 2 Cor 10

  • Jer 8-10; 2 Cor 11

Week 40

  • Jer 11-13; 2 Cor 12

  • Jer 14-16; Psalm 76; 2 Cor 13

  • Jer 17-20; James 1

  • Jer 22, 23, 26; Psalm 77; James 2

  • Jer 25, 35, 36, 45; Ps 133; James 3

Week 41

  • Jer 27, 28, 29, 24; James 4

  • Jer 37, 21, 34; Psalm 79; James 5

  • Jer 30-33; 1 Peter 1

  • Jer 38, 39, 52; 1 Peter 2

  • 2 Kin 24-25; 2 Chr 36; Ps 126; 1 Peter 3

Week 42

  • Lamentations; Psalm 137; 1 Peter 4

  • Obadiah; Jer 40-42; Ps 147; 1 Peter 5

  • Jeremiah 43, 44, 46; 2 Peter 1

  • Jer 47, 48, 49; Psalm 80; 2 Peter 2

  • Jer 50-51; 2 Peter 3

Week 43

  • Ezekiel 1-3; John 1

  • Ezek 4-6; Psalm 82; John 2

  • Ezek 7-9; John 3

  • Ezek 10-12; Psalm 83; John 4

  • Ezek 13-15; Psalm 136; John 5

Week 44

  • Ezekiel 16-18; John 6

  • Ezek 19-21; Psalm 84; John 7

  • Ezek 22-24; Psalm 134; John 8

  • Ezek 25-27; Psalm 85; John 9

  • Ezek 28-30; John 10

Week 45

  • Ezekiel 31-33; John 11

  • Ezek 34-36; Psalm 86; John 12

  • Ezek 37-39; Psalm 87; John 13

  • Ezek 40-42; John 14

  • Ezek 43-45; Psalm 135; John 15

Week 46

  • Ezekiel 46-48; John 16

  • Daniel 1-3; Psalm 88; John 17

  • Daniel 4-6; John 18

  • Daniel 7-9; Psalm 91; John 19

  • Daniel 10-12; John 20

Week 47

  • Ezra 1-2; John 21

  • Ezra 3-4; Psalm 92; 1 John 1

  • Haggai; Zechariah 1; Ps 138; 1 John 2

  • Zechariah 2-5; Psalm 93; 1 John 3

  • Zechariah 6-8; 1 John 4

Week 48

  • Zechariah 9-11; 1 John 5

  • Zechariah 12-14; Psalm 94; 2 John

  • Ezra 5-6; Psalm 95; 3 John

  • Esther 1-3; Psalm 139; Revelation 1

  • Esther 4-6; Revelation 2

Week 49

  • Esther 7-10; Revelation 3

  • Ezra 7-10; Psalm 97; Rev 4

  • Nehemiah 1-3; Rev 5

  • Neh 4-6; Psalm 98; Rev 6

  • Neh 7-9; Psalm 140; Rev 7

Week 50

  • Neh 10-13; Revelation 8

  • Malachi; Psalm 2; Rev 9

  • Job 1-3; Psalm 29; Rev 10

  • Job 4-7; Psalm 99; Rev 11

  • Job 8-11; Rev 12

Week 51

  • Job 12-14; Psalm 100; Rev 13

  • Job 15-17; Rev 14

  • Job 18-20; Psalm 141; Rev 15

  • Job 21-23; Psalm 101; Rev 16

  • Job 24-27; Rev 17

Week 52

  • Job 28-30; Revelation 18

  • Job 31-33; Psalm 102; Rev 19

  • Job 34-36; Rev 20

  • Job 37-39; Psalm 103; Rev 21

  • Job 40-42; Psalm 150; Rev 22