Free tool
Bible reading plan generator
The Protestant Bible has 1,189 chapters across 66 books — 929 in the Old Testament and 260 in the New. Reading it in a year means about 3¼ chapters a day; reading just the New Testament in 90 days means about 3. This free generator turns that arithmetic into a dated plan: pick what you want to read, a start date and a pace, and get a day-by-day schedule you can print, download as a spreadsheet, or add to your calendar. No signup, and nothing is uploaded.
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Example plan
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- Chapters
- 1,189
- Reading days
- 365
- Pace
- 3–4 chapters a day
- Roughly each day
- 9 min
| Day | Reading | Ch. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis 1–3 | 3 |
| 2 | Genesis 4–6 | 3 |
| 3 | Genesis 7–9 | 3 |
| 4 | Genesis 10–13 | 4 |
| 5 | Genesis 14–16 | 3 |
| 6 | Genesis 17–19 | 3 |
| 7 | Genesis 20–22 | 3 |
| 8 | Genesis 23–26 | 4 |
| 9 | Genesis 27–29 | 3 |
| 10 | Genesis 30–32 | 3 |
| 11 | Genesis 33–35 | 3 |
| 12 | Genesis 36–39 | 4 |
| 13 | Genesis 40–42 | 3 |
| 14 | Genesis 43–45 | 3 |
| 15 | Genesis 46–48 | 3 |
| 16 | Genesis 49–50; Exodus 1–2 | 4 |
| 17 | Exodus 3–5 | 3 |
| 18 | Exodus 6–8 | 3 |
| 19 | Exodus 9–11 | 3 |
| 20 | Exodus 12–15 | 4 |
| 21 | Exodus 16–18 | 3 |
| 22 | Exodus 19–21 | 3 |
| 23 | Exodus 22–24 | 3 |
| 24 | Exodus 25–28 | 4 |
| 25 | Exodus 29–31 | 3 |
| 26 | Exodus 32–34 | 3 |
| 27 | Exodus 35–37 | 3 |
| 28 | Exodus 38–40; Leviticus 1 | 4 |
| 29 | Leviticus 2–4 | 3 |
| 30 | Leviticus 5–7 | 3 |
| 31 | Leviticus 8–10 | 3 |
| 32 | Leviticus 11–14 | 4 |
| 33 | Leviticus 15–17 | 3 |
| 34 | Leviticus 18–20 | 3 |
| 35 | Leviticus 21–24 | 4 |
| 36 | Leviticus 25–27 | 3 |
| 37 | Numbers 1–3 | 3 |
| 38 | Numbers 4–6 | 3 |
| 39 | Numbers 7–10 | 4 |
| 40 | Numbers 11–13 | 3 |
| 41 | Numbers 14–16 | 3 |
| 42 | Numbers 17–19 | 3 |
| 43 | Numbers 20–23 | 4 |
| 44 | Numbers 24–26 | 3 |
| 45 | Numbers 27–29 | 3 |
| 46 | Numbers 30–32 | 3 |
| 47 | Numbers 33–36 | 4 |
| 48 | Deuteronomy 1–3 | 3 |
| 49 | Deuteronomy 4–6 | 3 |
| 50 | Deuteronomy 7–9 | 3 |
| 51 | Deuteronomy 10–13 | 4 |
| 52 | Deuteronomy 14–16 | 3 |
| 53 | Deuteronomy 17–19 | 3 |
| 54 | Deuteronomy 20–22 | 3 |
| 55 | Deuteronomy 23–26 | 4 |
| 56 | Deuteronomy 27–29 | 3 |
| 57 | Deuteronomy 30–32 | 3 |
| 58 | Deuteronomy 33–34; Joshua 1 | 3 |
| 59 | Joshua 2–5 | 4 |
| 60 | Joshua 6–8 | 3 |
Showing the first 60 of 365 days.
The habit, not just the plan
A schedule is the easy part. Gospel Worship Voices brings a daily Bible verse, short devotionals, prayer and gospel worship music into one calm place, so the daily rhythm has something to hold on to.
How much do I have to read each day?
Less than most people expect. The answer falls straight out of the chapter counts, and the daily number is small enough that the difficulty is almost never the volume — it is the consistency.
Reading the whole Bible in a year
1,189 chapters over 365 days is 3.26 a day. Because you cannot read a quarter of a chapter, a real plan gives you three chapters on 271 days and four on the other 94. That is roughly 9 minutes of reading a day — call it a bus journey. Skip a fortnight and you are 45 chapters behind, which is why a dated plan beats a vague intention.
Reading the New Testament in 90 days
The New Testament is 260 chapters, so 90 days works out at 2.9 a day — three chapters on 80 days and two on the remaining 10, about 8 minutes daily. The Gospels alone are 89 chapters, which fits neatly into 40 days at two or three a day, and Psalms is 150 chapters, exactly five a day for a month.
Taking a rest day
A weekly rest day costs less than it sounds. Reading the whole Bible in a calendar year with Sundays off leaves 313 reading days instead of 365, which raises the daily load from 3.26 chapters to 3.8 — still under four. Marking rest days here removes them from the schedule completely and recalculates the pace against the days you actually read.
Every daily-minutes figure on this page is an estimate from a single average of roughly 2.8 minutes a chapter, derived from the King James Version's word count at an average silent reading speed. Chapters vary enormously — Psalm 117 is two verses and Psalm 119 is 176 — so treat it as a rough guide, not a stopwatch.
Which books and chapters are included
This tool uses the 66-book Protestant canon: 929 chapters across 39 Old Testament books and 260 across 27 in the New, totalling 1,189. Catholic and Orthodox Bibles also include deuterocanonical books, which are not covered here.
Plans list references only — Genesis 1–3, never the text itself — and a reading never runs a range across a book boundary, so the last day of Genesis reads Genesis 50; Exodus 1–2 rather than pretending the books join up.
Not sure how much time you can give it? Measure your reading speed and see how long your scope actually takes at your own pace.
Reading Psalm 23 today? Make a verse share card from it. Writing from your reading? Check the sermon length calculator.
Common questions
- How many chapters a day to read the Bible in a year?
- The Protestant Bible has 1,189 chapters, so a 365-day plan is 3.26 chapters a day — in practice three chapters most days and four on 94 of them. This generator does that split for you and puts a real date against every reading.
- How long does it take to read the New Testament?
- The New Testament is 260 chapters. At three chapters a day that is about 87 days; over 90 days it works out at two to three chapters daily, roughly 8 minutes of reading. At one chapter a day it takes about eight and a half months.
- Can I skip Sundays?
- Yes. Mark any weekdays as rest days and they are left out of the schedule entirely — no reading is assigned and the pace is recalculated against the days you actually read, not the calendar span. If your start date falls on a rest day, the plan begins on the next reading day.
- Which Bible canon does this use?
- The 66-book Protestant canon: 39 Old Testament books with 929 chapters and 27 New Testament books with 260, totalling 1,189. Catholic and Orthodox Bibles include additional deuterocanonical books, which this tool does not cover.
- Can I add the plan to my calendar?
- Yes. Download the .ics file and import it into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook or anything else that reads the standard calendar format. Each reading day becomes an all-day event, and re-importing the same plan updates the events rather than duplicating them.
- Is my plan uploaded anywhere?
- No. The whole schedule is generated in your browser and the page makes no network requests. Your plan is saved in the page link, so you can bookmark it or send it to someone without an account.
Keep the daily habit
A schedule is the easy part. Gospel Worship Voices brings a daily Bible verse, short devotionals, prayer and gospel worship music into one calm place, so the daily rhythm has something to hold on to.