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 Matthew 18; Genesis 9; 2 Corinthians 8; 1 Thessalonians1; Job 10; Psalms 46; Proverbs 10; 2 Chronicles 16; Hosea 13; Acts 28.

Matthew 18

1	At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2	And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
3	And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4	Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5	And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
6	But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
7	Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!
8	Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
9	And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
10	Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
11	For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
12	How think ye? if a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
13	And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
14	Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
15	Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
16	But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
17	And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican.
18	Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19	Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
20	For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
21	Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22	Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
23	Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
24	And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
25	But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
26	The servant therefore fell down, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
27	Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
28	But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him a hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
29	And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
30	And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
31	So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
32	Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
33	Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee?
34	And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
35	So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Genesis 9

1	And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2	And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3	Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4	But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5	And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6	Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7	And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8	And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9	And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10	And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11	And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12	And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13	I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14	And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15	And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16	And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17	And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18	And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19	These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20	And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21	And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22	And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23	And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
24	And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25	And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26	And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27	God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
28	And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29	And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

2 Corinthians 8

1	Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
2	How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
3	For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
4	Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
5	And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
6	Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
7	Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
8	I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
9	For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
10	And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
11	Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
12	For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
13	For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
14	But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
15	As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
16	But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
17	For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
18	And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
19	And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
20	Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
21	Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
22	And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
23	Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
24	Wherefore show ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

Job 10

1	My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2	I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3	Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4	Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
5	Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
6	That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7	Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
8	Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9	Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10	Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11	Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
12	Thou hast granted me life and favor, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13	And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
14	If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15	If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
16	For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvelous upon me.
17	Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
18	Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19	I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20	Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21	Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22	A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Psalms 46

1	To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2	Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3	Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4	There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5	God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6	The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7	The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8	Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9	He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10	Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11	The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Proverbs 10

1	The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
2	Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3	The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4	He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5	He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
6	Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
7	The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8	The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9	He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10	He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
11	The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12	Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
13	In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14	Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15	The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16	The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17	He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
18	He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
19	In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
20	The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21	The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
22	The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
23	It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
24	The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
25	As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
26	As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
27	The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
28	The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29	The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30	The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31	The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
32	The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

2 Chronicles 16

1	In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
2	Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
3	There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
4	And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
5	And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
6	Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
7	And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
8	Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
9	For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
10	Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
11	And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12	And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
13	And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
14	And they buried him in his own sepulchers, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

Hosea 13

1	When Ephraim spoke trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
2	And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
3	Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
4	Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no savior beside me.
5	I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6	According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7	Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
8	I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
9	O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
10	I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
11	I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
12	The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
13	The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
14	I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
15	Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
16	Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

Acts 28

1	And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
2	And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
3	And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
4	And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
5	And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
6	Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
7	In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
8	And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
9	So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:
10	Who also honored us with many honors; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
11	And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
12	And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
13	And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:
14	Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
15	And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum, and The Three Taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
16	And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
17	And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
18	Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
19	But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had aught to accuse my nation of.
20	For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
21	And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came showed or spake any harm of thee.
22	But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
23	And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
24	And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
25	And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,
26	saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
27	For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
28	Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
29	And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
30	And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
31	Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

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