To those who may wish to read the whole Bible through in a year, we give the following hints: ―
The chapters in the Old Testament are 929; the chapters in the New Testament are 260; total, 1,189.
The verses in the Old Testament are 23,214; the verses in the New Testament are 7,959; total, 31,173.
If you read on an average three-and-a-half to four chapters a day, or 86 verses, you will get through the whole Bible in one year.
We have given below and under each of our calendar pages a suggestive order of reading:―
―January — Read Genesis, Exodus 1St Peter, 2nd Peter.
February — Read Leviticus, Numbers, Matthew 1St John 2nd John, 3rd John.
March—Read Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Mark, Galatians.
April—Read Ruth 1St Samuel, 2nd Samuel, Luke, Romans.
May—Read 1St Kings 2nd Kings, 1St Chronicles, Hebrews 1St Timothy, 2nd Timothy.
June—Read 2nd Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Amos, Obadiah, John (Gospel).
July—Read Job, Psalms 1 to 40:1St Corinthians.
August—Read Psalms 40 to 90, Song of Solomon, Daniel, Jonah, Micah 2nd Corinthians, James.
September—Read Psalms 91 to 120, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Acts. October—Read Psalms 120 to end, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians.
November—Read Isaiah, Hosea, Joel, Nahum, Habakkuk 1St Thessalonians, 2nd Thessalonians, Titus.
December—Read Ezekiel, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Philemon, Jude, Revelation.
“All scripture is given by inspiration.”