Build a Bible reading plan that starts today.
Any scope, any length, any start date — and a dual Old and New Testament track if you want the version that actually survives February. Copy the whole schedule in one click.
Build a plan with actual dates on it
Pick what you're reading, how long you've got, and when you start. You'll get a real day-by-day schedule you can copy.
Chapters a day
3.3
Averaged across the plan
Total chapters
1,189
Finishes
Sun, Jul 25
| Day | Date | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Jul 26 | Genesis 1–4 |
| 2 | Mon, Jul 27 | Genesis 5–8 |
| 3 | Tue, Jul 28 | Genesis 9–12 |
| 4 | Wed, Jul 29 | Genesis 13–16 |
| 5 | Thu, Jul 30 | Genesis 17–20 |
| 6 | Fri, Jul 31 | Genesis 21–24 |
| 7 | Sat, Aug 1 | Genesis 25–28 |
| 8 | Sun, Aug 2 | Genesis 29–32 |
| 9 | Mon, Aug 3 | Genesis 33–36 |
| 10 | Tue, Aug 4 | Genesis 37–40 |
Paste it into a notes app, a spreadsheet, or the description of a repeating calendar event. Nothing is stored here — regenerate it any time.
Why generate one
Every published plan starts on 1 January. Life doesn't.
Almost every Bible reading plan you can download assumes two things: that you're starting on New Year's Day, and that you want the whole Bible. Both assumptions quietly exclude most of the people who actually go looking for a plan — the person who decided in July, the one with eleven weeks until a baby arrives, the one who has never finished a book of the Bible and shouldn't be starting with sixty-six of them.
This generator drops both assumptions. Pick any scope, any length between a week and two years, and any start date, and it builds the schedule — real dates, compressed chapter ranges, a table you can read and a plain-text version you can paste into a notes app or the description of a repeating calendar event.
It also offers the option that most reliably gets people to the end: a dual track, with an Old Testament and a New Testament reading each day. That single structural choice is the difference between a plan that dies in Leviticus in mid-February and one that's still running in November, because you're never more than a few lines away from a Gospel.
What it builds
A schedule, not a suggestion
Generated in your browser. Nothing is stored, and you can rebuild it any time.
Actual dates
Every day carries a real calendar date from your start, so "Day 47" becomes "Tue, Mar 16" — which is the difference between a plan you follow and a plan you have to keep counting.
Dual Old and New Testament track
Two independent tracks spread across the same length, so you get one reading from each every day regardless of the ratio. The most effective structural fix for the mid-February collapse.
Copyable in full
One button copies the entire plan as plain text — day number, date, and readings — ready for a notes app, a spreadsheet, a printed page on the fridge, or a shared plan with someone else.
Choosing a scope
Which plan you should actually pick
The most common mistake is choosing by ambition rather than by track record. Finishing something small builds what an abandoned plan destroys.
Never finished a plan before
One Gospel in 30 days. Mark is 16 chapters and reads like reportage — about four minutes a day. Finish it, then choose the next thing from a position of having finished something.
Comfortable, but the Old Testament is unknown territory
The dual track over a year. You'll read the whole Bible, and every hard stretch is paired with a Gospel or a letter so the habit has something carrying it.
Want the whole story in order
The whole Bible, canonical, over a year — about 3.3 chapters a day. It's the classic for a reason, but go in knowing Leviticus arrives in week six.
Rebuilding after a long gap
Psalms and Proverbs over 60 days. Short daily readings, no narrative thread to lose, and the two books most people find they can pray straight back.
Preparing for something specific
Set the deadline first — Easter, a baptism, the birth of a child — and pick a scope that fits. Plans with an event at the end finish at a noticeably higher rate.
Stuck on a passage? Ask before you skip it.
Most abandoned plans die on a chapter nobody explained. Describe what you're reading and what isn't landing — it stays private, and you can create an account to keep going.
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Questions people ask
About the bible reading plan generator
How do I make a Bible reading plan?+
Decide three things and the rest is arithmetic: what you're reading, how long you've got, and when you start. Enter those above and the generator distributes the chapters evenly across the days, compresses them into readable ranges, and attaches real dates. You can copy the whole thing as plain text.
How many chapters a day to read the Bible in a year?+
About 3.3 — the Bible has 1,189 chapters and a year has 365 days. In practice that's three chapters most days and four on some, which is roughly 10 minutes of reading. The generator handles the distribution so you don't have to track the remainder.
What's the best Bible reading plan for beginners?+
One Gospel in about 30 days. Mark is the usual recommendation — 16 chapters, fast-moving, and it reads like reportage rather than theology. Starting with the whole Bible is the equivalent of choosing a marathon as your first run, and it fails for the same reasons.
Why do most Bible reading plans fail in February?+
Leviticus. A canonical plan puts sacrificial law in front of you somewhere around week six, right as the January momentum runs out, and the daily habit dies there. It's so consistent it's almost a genre. Pairing an Old Testament reading with a New Testament one each day is the standard fix, and it works.
Should I read the Bible in chronological order?+
It's a genuinely useful second or third read — seeing the prophets slotted into the history they were shouting at reframes both. As a first read it's harder than it sounds, because it fragments books and requires more scaffolding to follow. Canonical or dual-track first; chronological once the shape of the story is familiar.
Is my plan saved anywhere?+
No. It's generated in your browser each time from the settings you choose, and nothing is transmitted or stored. That's why the copy button matters — paste the plan somewhere durable, and you can always regenerate an identical one from the same three inputs.
A plan gets you reading. Someone to ask keeps you going.
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