The Bible Reading Plan

Readings for December 13:

First, from Deuteronomy Chapter 25 verse 17 to Chapter 26 verse 11. Follow that by reading from Micah Chapter 6 verse 9 to Chapter 7 verse 20. Follow that by reading from Daniel Chapter 2 verse 46 to Chapter 3 verse 12; and lastly from Revelation Chapter 4 verse 4 to Chapter 5 verse 10

You can read the passages below. If you're looking to read for a different day or want to use your own Bible, then here’s the entire year’s plan as a list. Enjoy!

For certain interesting words:

Section 1

Deuteronomy 25:17-26:11

14 verses

Deuteronomy Chapter 25

17Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came here out of Egypt; 18how he met you on the way, and struck the hindmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn't fear God.

19So when ForeverOne your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which ForeverOne your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.

Deuteronomy Chapter 26

1When you have entered the land which ForeverOne your God gives you for an inheritance, possess it and dwell there, 2you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that ForeverOne your God gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which ForeverOne your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

3You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, "I profess today to ForeverOne your God, that I am come to the land which ForeverOne swore to our fathers to give us." 4The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of ForeverOne your God.

5You shall answer and say before ForeverOne your God, "A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

6The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard slavery: 7and we cried to ForeverOne, the God of our fathers, and ForeverOne heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression; 8and ForeverOne brought us here out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs, and with wonders; 9and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, ForeverOne, have given me." You shall set it down before ForeverOne your God, and worship before ForeverOne your God.

11You shall rejoice in all the good which ForeverOne your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the foreigner who is in the midst of you.

Section 2

Micah 6:9-7:20

28 verses

Micah Chapter 6

9ForeverOne's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.

10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?

11Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

12Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

13Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.

14You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and what you save I will give up to the sword.

15You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.

16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people."

Micah Chapter 7

1Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.

2The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

3Their hands are on what is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

4The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.

5Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

6For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

7But as for me, I will look to ForeverOne. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

8Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, ForeverOne will be a light to me.

9I will bear the indignation of ForeverOne, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.

10Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is ForeverOne your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.

11A day to build your walls - In that day, he will extend your boundary.

12In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.

13Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell there, for the fruit of their doings.

14Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the midst of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

15"As in the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things." 16The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

17They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to ForeverOne our God, and will be afraid because of you.

18Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.

19He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will throw all their sins into the depths of the sea.

20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

Section 3

Daniel 2:46-3:12

16 verses

Daniel Chapter 2

46Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him.

47The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is God-God, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.

48Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.

49Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.

Daniel Chapter 3

1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its width six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

2Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

3Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

4Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages, 5that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up; 6and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall that same hour be thrown into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

7Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

8Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.

9They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.

10You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image; 11and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall be thrown into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

12There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not respected you. They don't serve your god, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

Section 4

Revelation 4:4-5:10

18 verses

Revelation Chapter 4

4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.

5Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

6Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

7The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

8The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy is ForeverOne God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!" 9When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying, 11"Worthy are you, our ForeverOne and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!"

Revelation Chapter 5

1I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

2I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?" 3No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or to look in it.

4Then I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it.

5One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals." 6I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

7Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

8Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

9They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, 10and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on the earth."

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