Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

Read through the Bible in one year by reading 10 chapters a day from 10 different sections of the Bible using the Professor Grant Horner Bible reading plan.

Today, we are reading Luke 5; Numbers 21; Philippians 3; 2 Thessalonians3; Job 14; Psalms 138; Proverbs 14; 2 Kings 12; Ezekiel 15; Acts 26.

Luke 5

1	And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
2	And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
3	And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
4	Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5	And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
6	And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net broke.
7	And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
8	When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
9	For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
10	And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
11	And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
12	And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13	And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
14	And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
15	But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
16	And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
17	And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
18	And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
19	And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
20	And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21	And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
22	But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23	Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
24	But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
25	And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
26	And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.
27	And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
28	And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29	And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
30	But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31	And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician: but they that are sick
32	I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33	And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
34	And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35	But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
36	And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
37	And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38	But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
39	No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

Numbers 21

1	And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
2	And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3	And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
4	And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
5	And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
6	And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7	Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8	And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9	And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
10	And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
11	And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12	From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13	From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14	Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
15	And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
16	And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spoke unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17	Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18	The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
19	And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20	And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21	And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22	Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
23	And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24	And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25	And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26	For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
27	Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
28	For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
29	Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
30	We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
31	Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32	And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
33	And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
34	And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
35	So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

Philippians 3

1	Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
2	Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
3	For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4	Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5	Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6	Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7	But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8	Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9	And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10	That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11	If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12	Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13	Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14	I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15	Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16	Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17	Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an example.
18	(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19	Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20	For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21	Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Job 14

1	Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2	He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3	And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4	Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5	Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6	Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7	For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8	Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9	Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
10	But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11	As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12	So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13	O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14	If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
15	Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
16	For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17	My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18	And surely the mountain falling cometh to naught, and the rock is removed out of his place.
19	The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
20	Thou prevailest forever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21	His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22	But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Psalms 138

1	A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2	I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3	In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4	All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5	Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6	Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7	Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8	The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth forever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Proverbs 14

1	Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
2	He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
3	In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4	Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
5	A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6	A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7	Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
8	The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
9	Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
10	The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
11	The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12	There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
13	Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14	The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
15	The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
16	A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
17	He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18	The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19	The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20	The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich hath many friends.
21	He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
22	Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
23	In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
24	The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
25	A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
26	In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27	The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28	In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
29	He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
30	A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31	He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
32	The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
33	Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
34	Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
35	The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

2 Kings 12

1	In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2	And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3	But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
4	And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
5	Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
6	But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
7	Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
8	And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
9	But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
10	And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
11	And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
12	And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
13	Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
14	But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
15	Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
16	The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests.
17	Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
18	And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
19	And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20	And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
21	For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

Ezekiel 15

1	And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2	Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
3	Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
4	Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
5	Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
6	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7	And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
8	And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

Acts 26

1	Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
2	I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
3	Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4	My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5	Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6	And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
7	Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
8	Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
9	I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10	Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
11	And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
12	Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13	At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
14	And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
15	And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16	But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
17	Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18	To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
19	Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20	But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
21	For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
22	Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
23	That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
24	And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
25	But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but I speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
26	For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
27	King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
28	Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
29	And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
30	And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
31	And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32	Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

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