Read the Bible in a Year – His Word Together

Readings for August 2 – August 8

The dog days of summer.

Hot, slow, the kind of weeks where not much feels urgent and it’s easy to let things drift.

That’s actually fine for this.

The readings don’t require energy or a clear head or a good morning. They just require sitting down for a few minutes.

On the days when motivation is low and the heat is high and nothing sounds appealing, twenty minutes of quiet reading is about as low a bar as it gets.

If you’ve been consistent, keep going. If you drifted a little over the summer, this is a good week to get back in it.

The schedule is still moving and you can rejoin it right here.

This Week’s Readings

Date	Proverbs / Psalms	Weekly Readings
Aug 02	Proverbs 2 Psalm 121	Jeremiah 2–6
Aug 03	Proverbs 3 Psalm 122	Jeremiah 7–11
Aug 04	Proverbs 4 Psalm 123	Jeremiah 12–16
Aug 05	Proverbs 5 Psalm 124	Jeremiah 17–21
Aug 06	Proverbs 6
Aug 07	Proverbs 7
Aug 08	Proverbs 8

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August 2, 2026

Readings for July 26 – August 1

Isaiah wraps up this week and Jeremiah starts.

Proverbs also resets on August 1, so if you’ve been reading since earlier in the year you’ll notice the chapters cycling back around.

That’s by design.

Same ground, different read.

One thing that’s easy to forget after a few months of doing this is how short the actual reading is. It starts to feel routine, which is good, but routine can also make it easy to keep pushing it to later in the day until it doesn’t happen.

The days with passages are twenty minutes. The Proverbs-only days are five.

Neither one requires much.

It just requires doing it.

This Week’s Readings

Date	Proverbs / Psalms	Weekly Readings
Jul 26	Proverbs 26 Psalm 117	Isaiah 50–55
Jul 27	Proverbs 27 Psalm 118	Isaiah 56–60
Jul 28	Proverbs 28 Psalm 119	Isaiah 61
Jul 29	Proverbs 29 Psalm 120	Isaiah 62–66 Jeremiah 1
Jul 30	Proverbs 30
Jul 31	Proverbs 31
Aug 01	Proverbs 1

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July 26, 2026

Readings for July 19 – July 25

Halfway through July.

If you started this in January, you’ve been at it for about seven months, which puts you further along than most people who said they were going to read the Bible this year.

That’s not something to make a big deal out of.

It’s just worth noting that consistency compounds quietly.

You don’t notice it week to week, but it adds up. Seven months of steady reading is a different thing than where you were in January, even if it doesn’t feel dramatic.

Keep the same structure going this week.

This Week’s Readings

Date	Proverbs / Psalms	Weekly Readings
Jul 19	Proverbs 19 Psalm 113	Isaiah 28–33
Jul 20	Proverbs 20 Psalm 114	Isaiah 34–39
Jul 21	Proverbs 21 Psalm 115	Isaiah 40–44
Jul 22	Proverbs 22 Psalm 116	Isaiah 45–49
Jul 23	Proverbs 23
Jul 24	Proverbs 24
Jul 25	Proverbs 25

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July 19, 2026

Readings for July 12 – July 18

Still summer.

If you’ve been consistent, you’re well into a rhythm by now. If you’ve been spotty, this week is as good a place as any to get back on track.

The readings on the heavier days take about twenty minutes.

Most people who put it off end up spending more time thinking about whether to do it than it would have taken to just read it.

That’s not a knock. It’s just how it works.

The decision is harder than the reading.

Pick it up and keep going.

This Week’s Readings

Date	Proverbs / Psalms	Weekly Readings
Jul 12	Proverbs 12 Psalm 109	Isaiah 5–9
Jul 13	Proverbs 13 Psalm 110	Isaiah 10–15
Jul 14	Proverbs 14 Psalm 111	Isaiah 16–21
Jul 15	Proverbs 15 Psalm 112	Isaiah 22–27
Jul 16	Proverbs 16
Jul 17	Proverbs 17
Jul 18	Proverbs 18

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July 12, 2026

Readings for July 5 – July 11

Readings for July 5-11

Things will start to feel more normal this week, but it’s still summer.

Schedules are looser than usual and that’s fine. The readings don’t require a rigid routine to stay consistent, just a few minutes wherever they fit.

This Week’s Readings

Date	Proverbs / Psalms	Weekly Readings
Jul 05	Proverbs 5 Psalm 105	Ecclesiastes 2–6
Jul 06	Proverbs 6 Psalm 106	Ecclesiastes 7–11
Jul 07	Proverbs 7 Psalm 107	Ecclesiastes 12 Song of Solomon 1–6
Jul 08	Proverbs 8 Psalm 108	Song of Solomon 7–8 Isaiah 1–4
Jul 09	Proverbs 9
Jul 10	Proverbs 10
Jul 11	Proverbs 11

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July 5, 2026

Readings for June 28 – July 4

This week ends on the 250th birthday of the country, which means a lot of people are going to have full schedules this weekend.

Barbecues, travel, family, all of it.

Worth getting the readings done early in the week if you can.

This week finishes Job and moves into Ecclesiastes. The next book is technically Proverbs, but since we read that daily, we’ll skip over it in the order.

This Week’s Readings

Date	Proverbs / Psalms	Weekly Readings
Jun 28	Proverbs 28 Psalm 101	Job 27–31
Jun 29	Proverbs 29 Psalm 102	Job 32–35
Jun 30	Proverbs 30 Psalm 103	Job 36–39
Jul 01	Proverbs 1 Psalm 104	Job 40–42 Ecclesiastes 1
Jul 02	Proverbs 2
Jul 03	Proverbs 3
Jul 04	Proverbs 4

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June 28, 2026

Nobody Is Watching

Nobody knows if you read today.

No accountability partner waiting on a check-in. No streak counter that resets when you miss a day. No group chat where someone will notice if you go quiet.

It’s just you and the reading.

Most people assume that’s a problem, that without some external pressure they won’t follow through. And maybe that’s true for some things. But I’ve watched the opposite play out enough times to think differently about it here.

When you read because someone is watching, you’re performing. When nobody is watching, you’re just reading. Those are different experiences, and over time they produce different results.

The habit that holds up over years isn’t the one built on accountability. It’s the one you do quietly, on your own, without anyone keeping score. That kind of habit doesn’t collapse when the accountability structure disappears, because it never depended on one.

There’s no record here of what you’ve read or skipped. No one tracking your progress. Whether you’ve been consistent for months or you’re just picking it back up today, it looks the same.

That’s not a flaw in the design.

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June 23, 2026

Readings for 6/21 – 6/27

Happy Father’s Day!

This week moves into Job. It’s a longer book and we’re working through the middle of it, so the readings are heavier than the last few weeks. Nothing to manage differently. Just more pages.

Same structure as always.

This Week’s Readings

Date	Proverbs / Psalms	Weekly Readings
Jun 21	Proverbs 21 Psalm 97	Job 7–11
Jun 22	Proverbs 22 Psalm 98	Job 12–16
Jun 23	Proverbs 23 Psalm 99	Job 17–21
Jun 24	Proverbs 24 Psalm 100	Job 22–26
Jun 25	Proverbs 25
Jun 26	Proverbs 26
Jun 27	Proverbs 27

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June 21, 2026

Readings for June 14 – June 20

Readings For June 14-20

This week you finish Nehemiah, read through all of Esther, and start Job.

That’s a wider range than it might look like on paper. Nehemiah ends with some administrative detail and a dedication of the walls. Esther is something different. It reads like a short story, one of the more narrative books in the Bible. Clear characters, a plot that moves, a beginning and an end. You could finish the whole thing in one sitting if you wanted. Most people don’t, but it’s there.

Job starts at the end of the week. The opening sets up something that’s going to take a while. Don’t try to resolve it yet. Just read what’s there.

Same structure as always.

This Week’s Readings

Date	Proverbs / Psalms	Weekly Readings
Jun 14	Proverbs 14 Psalm 93	Nehemiah 7–11
Jun 15	Proverbs 15 Psalm 94	Nehemiah 12–13 Esther 1–4
Jun 16	Proverbs 16 Psalm 95	Esther 5–10 Job 1
Jun 17	Proverbs 17 Psalm 96	Job 2–6
Jun 18	Proverbs 18
Jun 19	Proverbs 19
Jun 20	Proverbs 20

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June 14, 2026

School’s Out for the Kids (But Not for You)

School just ended about a week ago.

That means later mornings, pool days, camps, vacations, and a different kind of schedule for a while.

It’s great for the kids.

You still keep reading.

The good thing is there are only four weekly readings again this week, so even if the routine shifts around a little it shouldn’t be hard to stay on track.

That’s part of why I like keeping the structure simple.

You don’t need some elaborate system. You just need to keep putting the next chapter in front of yourself often enough that it stays part of your life.

Summer tends to expose routines.

Some disappear completely the second life gets busy or more fun.

Some survive because they were never that complicated to begin with.

This Week’s Readings

Date	Proverbs	Psalms & Weekly Readings
May 31	Proverbs 31	Psalm 85 2 Chronicles 11–16
Jun 01	Proverbs 1	Psalm 86 2 Chronicles 17–22
Jun 02	Proverbs 2	Psalm 87 2 Chronicles 23–28
Jun 03	Proverbs 3	Psalm 88 2 Chronicles 29–34
Jun 04	Proverbs 4
Jun 05	Proverbs 5
Jun 06	Proverbs 6

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May 31, 2026

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