One Year Bible Readings
January 3 - January 9
January 3 - January 9
January 3 Genesis 5:1-7:24: “The Family of Adam,” “The Wickedness and Judgment of Man,” “Noah Pleases God,” “The Ark Prepared,” and “The Great Flood.” “Two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the the flood were on the earth.” (Genesis 7: 9 - 10 NKJV)
Matthew 3:7-4:11: “John the Baptist Prepares the Way,” “John Baptizes Jesus,” and “Satan Tempts Jesus.” “And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’” (Matthew 3: 17 NKJV)
Psalm 3:1-8: “The Lord Helps His Troubled People.” A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son. “But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head.” (Psalm 3: 3 NKJV)
Proverbs 1:10-19: “Shun Evil Counsel.”
“My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.” (Proverbs 1:10 NKJV)
January 4 Genesis 8:1-10:32: “Noah’s Deliverance,” “God’s Covenant with Creation,” “God’s Promise to Noah,” “Noah and His Sons,” and “Nations Descended from Noah.” “Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: ‘Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.’ And God said: ‘This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.” (Genesis 9: 8, 11, 12 and 13 NKJV)
Matthew 4:12-25: “Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry,” “Four Fishermen Called as Disciples,” and “Jesus Heals a Great Multitude.” “And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.” (Matthew 4: 23 NKJV)
Psalm 4:1-8: “The Safety of the Faithful.” A Psalm of David. “Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.” Selah. (Psalm 4: 4 NKJV)
Proverbs 1:20-23: “The Call of Wisdom.”
January 5 Genesis 11:1-13:4: “The Tower of Babel,” “Shem’s Descendants,” “Terah’s Descendants,” “Promises to Abram,” “Abram in Egypt,” and “Abram Inherits Canaan.”
“I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12: 3 NKJV)
Matthew 5:1-26: “The Beatitudes,” “Believers Are Salt and Light,” “Christ Fulfills the Law,” and
“Murder Begins in the Heart.” “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”(Matthew 5: 8 NKJV)
Psalm 5:1-12: “A Prayer for Guidance.” A Psalm of David. “Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before my face.” (Psalm 5: 8 NKJV)
Proverbs 1:24-28: “The Call of Wisdom.”
January 6 Genesis 13:5-15:21: “Abram Inherits Canaan,” “Lot’s Captivity and Rescue,” “Abram and Melchizedek,” and “God’s Covenant with Abram.” “And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.” (Genesis 15: 6 NKJV)
Matthew 5:27-48: “Adultery in the Heart,” “Marriage Is Sacred and Binding,” “Jesus Forbids Oaths,” “Go the Second Mile,” and “Love Your Enemies.”
Psalm 6:1-10: “A Prayer of Faith in Time of Distress.” A Psalm of David. “The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer. Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.” (Psalm 6: 9 - 10 NKJV)
Proverbs 1:29-33: “The Call of Wisdom.”
January 7 Genesis 16:1-18:15: “Hagar and Ishmael,” “The Sign of the Covenant,” and “The Son of Promise.” “Is anything too hard for the Lord?’” (Genesis 18: 14a NKJV)
Matthew 6:1-24: “Do Good to Please God,” “The Model Prayer,” “Fasting to Be Seen Only by God,”
“Lay Up Treasures in Heaven,” “The Lamp of the Body,” and “You Cannot Serve God and Riches.”
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6: 21 NKJV)
Psalm 7:1-17: “Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies.” A Meditation of David.
“God is a just judge, and God is angry with the wicked every day.” (Psalm 7: 11 NKJV)
Proverbs 2:1-5: “The Value of Wisdom.”
January 8 Genesis 18:16-19:38: “Abraham Intercedes for Sodom,” “Sodom’s Depravity,” “Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed,” and “The Descendants of Lot.”
Matthew 6:25-7:14: “Do Not Worry,” “Do Not Judge,” “Keep Asking, Seeking and Knocking,” and
“The Narrow Way.” “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6: 33 NKJV)
Psalm 8:1-9: “The Glory of the Lord in Creation.” A Psalm of David. “What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” (Psalm 8: 4 NKJV)
Proverbs 2:6-15: “The Value of Wisdom.” “For the Lord gives wisdom, from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.” (Proverbs 2: 6 NKJV)
9 Genesis 20:1-22:24: “Abraham and Abimelech,” “Isaac is Born,” “Hagar and Ishmael Depart,” “A Covenant with Abimelech,” “Abraham’s Faith Confirmed,” and “The Family of Nahor.”
“Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.” (Genesis 22: 17 NKJV)
Matthew 7:15-29: “You Will Know Them by Their Fruits,” “I Never Knew You,” and “Build on the Rock.” “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” (Matthew 7: 21 NKJV)
Psalm 9:1-12: “Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Righteous Judgments.” A Psalm of David.
“The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.” (Psalm 9: 9 NKJV)
Proverbs 2:16-22: “The Value of Wisdom.”
