How to Start Reading the Bible: A Ten-Minute Plan
A plain plan for new Bible readers: which book to open first, which translation to pick, how long to read each day and what to do when you miss a day.
Daily Scripture, daily devotion
Meet God first, before the noise of the day.
A quiet, practical way into the Bible: where to start, how to pray with a verse, how to remember it and which passage fits the morning you are having.
HolyVerse. One full morning a day stays free.
The design is remarkably elegant. The read-aloud quality is excellent for my commute, and the home screen widgets bring their dose of inspiration at just the right moment.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
What are you carrying this morning?
Choose it and read three verses written for it.
The guides
All guidesBuild the habit
Where to begin, how long it takes, how to keep the verse in front of you.
How Long Does It Take to Read the Bible? Plans Compared
The whole Bible is about 63 hours of reading. See how many minutes a day each popular plan asks, from Proverbs in a month to the Bible in a year.
Put a Bible Verse on Your Lock Screen or Home Screen
Step-by-step: add a Bible verse widget to your iPhone Lock Screen or Home Screen, or to an Android home screen, plus how to choose a verse that lasts.
Learn a way to read
Three unhurried methods: write it, pray it slowly, carry it by heart.
SOAP Bible Study Method: Steps and a Worked Example
Learn the SOAP Bible study method (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) with a full worked example on Psalm 143:8 and a five-minute short version.
Lectio Divina for Beginners: A 15-Minute Walkthrough
A plain walkthrough of lectio divina, the slow prayerful reading of Scripture, with four movements, a short passage to try and tips for a wandering mind.
How to Memorize Bible Verses: A Method That Sticks
A simple method to memorize Scripture: pick a short verse, understand it, split it into chunks, recall it from memory and space your reviews over a month.
Find the right verse
Verses for a hard night, with the context and a way to pray each one.
Bible Verses for Anxiety, With Context and a Prayer
Eight Bible verses for anxious moments and nights, with the wording checked, what each says in context and a short way to pray it. No quick fixes.
Choose a translation
Free, public-domain Bibles you can read, share and quote without worry.
Free Public Domain Bible Translations: KJV, WEB and BBE
Three Bible translations you can read, copy, print and share freely: the King James Version, World English Bible and Bible in Basic English, side by side.
Seven days. One Gospel. About ten minutes a day.
A tick-box plan through the Gospel of Mark with the reading time of each day worked out. Nothing to sign up for, nothing saved.
HolyVerse for iPhone and Android
Meet God first, before the noise of the day.
Tell HolyVerse what weighs on you and get one morning a day: a verse for it, a short reflection and a prayer. Tap Amen to keep your streak, with grace days so one busy morning never breaks it.
- A verse for what you carry. Tell HolyVerse what weighs on you (worry, grief, loneliness, a hard decision, family, weariness, waiting) and each morning comes from 408 curated mornings that never repeat until you have received them all.
- A reflection and a prayer, always labeled. Every morning has a short reflection and a prayer written for HolyVerse. They are labeled as such and never presented as Scripture.
- The whole Bible, offline. Read the King James Version, the World English Bible or the Bible in Basic English (all public domain), search by words or reference and highlight what speaks to you.
- Widgets that keep the verse in view. Home Screen widgets in two styles, Parchment and Vespers, where the verse turns over at midnight even if you do not open the app.
One full morning a day stays free.
The design is remarkably elegant. The read-aloud quality is excellent for my commute, and the home screen widgets bring their dose of inspiration at just the right moment.
