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The Essential Bible

A guided read-through of the whole Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, in nine movements.

97 passages · 9 movements

This keeps the big-picture story and the passages most worth remembering, and skips genealogies, census lists, and repeated ritual detail. Nothing is hidden: every passage links to its full chapter, and the complete Bible is always one tap away.

1

Beginnings

Creation, the fall, the flood, and God's promise to Abraham's family.

  1. CreationGenesis 1Read →
  2. The gardenGenesis 2Read →
  3. The fallGenesis 3Read →
  4. Cain and AbelGenesis 4:1-16Read →
  5. Noah and the floodGenesis 6Read →
  6. God's covenant with NoahGenesis 9:8-17Read →
  7. The tower of BabelGenesis 11:1-9Read →
  8. The call of AbramGenesis 12:1-9Read →
  9. God's promise and covenantGenesis 15Read →
  10. Abraham and IsaacGenesis 22:1-19Read →
  11. Jacob's ladderGenesis 28:10-22Read →
  12. Jacob wrestles with GodGenesis 32:22-32Read →
  13. Joseph sold by his brothersGenesis 37Read →
  14. Joseph forgives his brothersGenesis 45:1-15Read →
  15. God meant it for goodGenesis 50:15-21Read →
2

Rescue and the Law

God rescues Israel from Egypt and gives a way to live.

  1. The burning bushExodus 3Read →
  2. The PassoverExodus 12:1-30Read →
  3. Crossing the Red SeaExodus 14Read →
  4. The Ten CommandmentsExodus 20:1-21Read →
  5. The golden calfExodus 32:1-20Read →
  6. Love your neighborLeviticus 19:9-18Read →
  7. The twelve spiesNumbers 13Read →
  8. The bronze serpentNumbers 21:4-9Read →
  9. Hear, O Israel (the Shema)Deuteronomy 6:1-9Read →
  10. Choose lifeDeuteronomy 30:11-20Read →
  11. The death of MosesDeuteronomy 34Read →
3

The Land and the Judges

Israel enters the land, then cycles through crisis and rescue.

  1. Be strong and courageousJoshua 1:1-9Read →
  2. The fall of JerichoJoshua 6Read →
  3. Choose whom you will serveJoshua 24:14-27Read →
  4. The cycle of the judgesJudges 2:6-19Read →
  5. Gideon's three hundredJudges 7Read →
  6. SamsonJudges 16Read →
  7. Ruth's loyaltyRuth 1Read →
  8. Redemption and a family lineRuth 4Read →
4

Kings and Prophets of Fire

Israel asks for a king; David's rise and fall; the kingdom divides.

  1. God calls Samuel1 Samuel 3:1-10Read →
  2. David anointed1 Samuel 16:1-13Read →
  3. David and Goliath1 Samuel 17Read →
  4. God's promise to David2 Samuel 7:8-16Read →
  5. David confronted2 Samuel 12:1-13Read →
  6. Solomon asks for wisdom1 Kings 3:5-15Read →
  7. The temple dedicated1 Kings 8:22-30Read →
  8. Elijah on Mount Carmel1 Kings 18Read →
  9. The still small voice1 Kings 19:9-18Read →
  10. Elijah taken up2 Kings 2:1-15Read →
  11. Jerusalem falls; exile2 Kings 25:1-12Read →
5

Wisdom and Songs

Honest prayers, hard questions, and words to live by.

  1. Job's sufferingJob 1Read →
  2. God answers JobJob 38:1-21Read →
  3. Job restoredJob 42:1-6Read →
  4. Two ways to livePsalms 1Read →
  5. The Lord is my shepherdPsalms 23Read →
  6. A prayer for mercyPsalms 51Read →
  7. Bless the LordPsalms 103Read →
  8. My help comes from the LordPsalms 121Read →
  9. You have searched mePsalms 139Read →
  10. Trust in the LordProverbs 3:1-12Read →
  11. A time for everythingEcclesiastes 3:1-14Read →
  12. Remember your CreatorEcclesiastes 12:1-14Read →
6

The Prophets

Warning, comfort, and the promise of a coming rescuer.

  1. Isaiah's callIsaiah 6:1-8Read →
  2. A child is bornIsaiah 9:1-7Read →
  3. Comfort my peopleIsaiah 40:1-11Read →
  4. The suffering servantIsaiah 53Read →
  5. Plans for a future and a hopeJeremiah 29:11-14Read →
  6. A new covenantJeremiah 31:31-34Read →
  7. The valley of dry bonesEzekiel 37:1-14Read →
  8. The fiery furnaceDaniel 3Read →
  9. Daniel in the lions' denDaniel 6Read →
  10. Jonah's prayerJonah 2Read →
  11. What the Lord requiresMicah 6:6-8Read →
  12. The messenger to comeMalachi 3:1-6Read →
7

Jesus

His birth, teaching, miracles, death, and resurrection.

  1. The Word became fleshJohn 1:1-18Read →
  2. The birth of JesusLuke 2:1-20Read →
  3. Temptation and first followersMatthew 4:1-22Read →
  4. The Sermon on the MountMatthew 5–7Read →
  5. The Good SamaritanLuke 10:25-37Read →
  6. The prodigal sonLuke 15:11-32Read →
  7. Jesus calms the stormMark 4:35-41Read →
  8. Lazarus raisedJohn 11:1-44Read →
  9. The way, the truth, the lifeJohn 14:1-14Read →
  10. The last supperLuke 22:14-20Read →
  11. The crucifixionJohn 19Read →
  12. The resurrectionLuke 24Read →
  13. The Great CommissionMatthew 28:16-20Read →
8

The Church

The Spirit comes, the good news spreads, and letters shape a new people.

  1. PentecostActs 2:1-21Read →
  2. The conversion of SaulActs 9:1-19Read →
  3. No condemnation, nothing can separateRomans 8Read →
  4. Living sacrificeRomans 12:1-21Read →
  5. The way of love1 Corinthians 13Read →
  6. The resurrection hope1 Corinthians 15:1-26Read →
  7. The fruit of the SpiritGalatians 5:16-26Read →
  8. Saved by graceEphesians 2:1-10Read →
  9. Christ's humilityPhilippians 2:1-11Read →
  10. By faithHebrews 11Read →
  11. Faith and trialsJames 1:1-18Read →
  12. God is love1 John 4:7-21Read →
9

The End and the New Beginning

A vision of hope: God makes all things new.

  1. A vision of the risen ChristRevelation 1:9-18Read →
  2. A new heaven and new earthRevelation 21:1-7Read →
  3. Come, Lord JesusRevelation 22:1-5Read →