20 September 2026

I will give you a new heart

OT
 
7th Cycle.
  
NT
 
14th Cycle.
  
Sun 20Sep2026
Fri 18Sep2026
Ezekiel 11:1 - 17:24 (194 verses) WEB
James 1:1 - 5:20 (108 verses) ESV
1 Peter 1:1 - 5:14 (105 verses) ESV
2 Peter 1:1 - 3:18 (61 verses) ESV
Sat 19Sep2026
Ezekiel 18:1 - 39:29 (628 verses) WEB
Sun 20Sep2026
Ezekiel 40:1 - 48:35 (260 verses) WEB
1 John 1:1 - 5:21 (105 verses) ESV
2 John 1:1 - 1:13 (13 verses) ESV
3 John 1:1 - 1:15 (15 verses) ESV
Jude 1:1 - 1:25 (25 verses) ESV

ESV — English Standard Version
NET — New English Translation
WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress : 2026-09-20  OTNT
Total No. of Verses23,1457,958
Finished readingEzekiel  Jude  
Finished No. of Verses21,7387,554
Completion93.9 %94.9 %

At last, after some persistent daily readings, I have reached the end of Ezekiel in the OT and finished the Epistle of Jude in the NT, bringing my progress to 93.9 percent of the Old Testament and 94.9 percent of the New Testament.

I will need another week or so to finish reading the remaining 6 percent of the OT and 5 percent of the NT, bringing to completion this 7th round of Old Testament and 14th round of New Testament readings.


Passage for Today
For I will take you from amongst the nations and gather you out of all the countries,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.
I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you.
I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes.
You will keep my ordinances and do them.
You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers.
You will be my people, and I will be your God.

Ezekiel 36: 24 - 28
 
World English Bible

17 September 2026

Lift up your hearts

OT
 
7th Cycle.
  
NT
 
14th Cycle.
  
Thu 17Sep2026
Mon 14Sep2026
Jeremiah 1:1 - 14:22 (369 verses) WEB
Jeremiah 15:1 - 22:30 (169 verses) NET
Philippians 1:1 - 4:23 (104 verses) ESV
Colossians 1:1 - 4:18 (95 verses) ESV
Tue 15Sep2026
Jeremiah 23:1 - 36:32 (390 verses) WEB
1 Thessalonians 1:1 - 5:28 (89 verses) ESV
2 Thessalonians 1:1 - 3:18 (47 verses) ESV
1 Timothy 1:1 - 6:21 (113 verses) NET
2 Timothy 1:1 - 4:22 (83 verses) NET
Wed 16Sep2026
Jeremiah 37:1 - 52:34 (436 verses) WEB
Titus 1:1 - 3:15 (46 verses) ESV
Philemon 1:1 - 25 (25 verses) ESV
Hebrews 1:1 - 6:20 (101 verses) ESV
Thu 17Sep2026
Lamentations 1:1 - 5:22 (154 verses) WEB
Ezekiel 1:1 - 10:22 (191 verses) WEB
Hebrews 7:1 - 13:25 (202 verses) ESV

ESV — English Standard Version
NET — New English Translation
WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress : 2026-09-17  OTNT
Total No. of Verses23,1457,958
Finished readingLamentations  Hebrews  
Finished No. of Verses20,4657,122
Completion88.4 %89.5 %

I have made good progress over the last four days of this week, finishing the OT books of Jeremiah and Lamentations, and reading up to chapter 10 of Ezekiel. In the NT, I have finished reading from the Epistle of Philippians right up to the end of Hebrews.


Passage for Today
Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the LORD.
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven, and say:
“We have sinned and rebelled
and you have not forgiven.

Lamentations 3:40 - 42
 
New International Version

13 September 2026

To Me every knee shall bow

OT
 
7th Cycle.
  
NT
 
14th Cycle.
  
Sat 13Sep2026
Fri 04Sep2026
Psalm 84:1 - 89:52 (119 verses) WEB
Psalms Book IV:
Psalm 90:1 - 106:48 (333 verses) WEB
Psalms Book V:
Psalm 107:1 - 109:31 (87 verses) WEB
John 16:1 - 21:25 (197 verses) NIV
Sat 05Sep2026
Psalm 110:1 - 118:29 (112 verses) ESV
Psalm 119:1 - 176 (176 verses) WEB
Psalm 120:1 - 138:8 (165 verses) WEB
Acts 1:1 - 5:42 (178 verses) ESV
Sun 06Sep2026
Psalm 139:1 - 150:6 (161 verses) WEB
Proverbs 1:1 - 10:32 (288 verses) NIV
Acts 6:1 - 10:48 (206 verses) ESV
Mon 07Sep2026
Proverbs 11:1 - 21:31 (327 verses) NIV
Acts 11:1 - 20:38 (357 verses) ESV
Wed 09Sep2026
Ecclesiastes 1:1 - 12:14 (222 verses) JND
Song of Solomon 1:1 - 8:14 (117 verses) NWB
Romans 1:1 - 9:33 (257 verses) NET
Thu 10Sep2026
Isaiah 1:1 - 17:14 (344 verses) WEB
Romans 10:1 - 16:27 (176 verses) ESV
Fri 11Sep2026
Isaiah 18:1 - 34:17 (323 verses) BBE
1 Corinthians 1:1 - 6:20 (124 verses) NET
1 Corinthians 7:1 - 16:24 (313 verses) WEB
Sat 12Sep2026
Isaiah 35:1 - 51:23 (376 verses) WEB
2 Corinthians 1:1 - 13:14 (257 verses) ESV
Sun 13Sep2026
Isaiah 52:1 - 66:24 (249 verses) WEB
Galatians 1:1 - 6:18 (149 verses) ESV
Ephesians 1:1 - 6:24 (155 verses) ESV

ESV — English Standard Version
NET — New English Translation
BBE — Bible in Basic English
NWB — Noah Webster Bible
JND — JN Darby's Translation
WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress : 2026-09-13  OTNT
Total No. of Verses23,1457,958
Finished readingIsaiah  Ephesians  
Finished No. of Verses18,9476,217
Completion81.9 %78.1 %

I have spent nine days of intensive readings of both the Old and New Testaments. At last, I am gradually catching up with lost time after several months of slow readings.


Passage for Today
By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return:
‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’

Isaiah 45:23
 
English Standard Version

03 September 2026

Whom have I in heaven but Thee?

OT
 
7th Cycle.
  
NT
 
14th Cycle.
  
Thu 03Sep2026
Tue 01Sep2026
Psalm 43:1 - 50:23 (125 verses) RSV
Psalm 51:1 - 55:23 (64 verses) KJV
John 6:1 - 71 (71 verses) CUB
John 7:1 - 8:59 (112 verses) WEB
Wed 02Sep2026
Psalm 56:1 - 72:20 (285 verses) RSV
John 9:1 - 11:57 (140 verses) BBE
Thu 03Sep2026
Book III Psalm 73:1 - 83:18 (239 verses) RSV
John 12:1 - 15:27 (146 verses) BBE

RSV — Revised Standard Version
KJV — King James Version
BBE — Bible in Basic English
CUB — Chinese Union Bible
WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress
OT = 15,138 / 23,145 verses (65.4 %)
NT = 3,581 / 7,957 verses (45.0 %)
I am picking up the pace of daily readings again after a few months of hardly making any progress. In the last two days, I have finished reading Book II of Psalms (Ps 43 - 72) and proceeded with a good portion of Book III (Ps 73 - 83). Meanwhile, I continue to move forward in my New Testament reading of the Gospel according to John, covering chapters 6 to 15 in two days.


Passage for Today
Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

Psalm 73:25 - 26
 
Revised Standard Version

A prophecy about two messengers

OT   7th Cycle.    NT   14th Cycle.    Wed 2026-10-07 Mon 21Sep2026 Daniel 1:1 - 7:28 (224 verses) WEB ...