Bible Reading Plan

Verses to memorize. Hide them in your heart.

52 verses, one for every week of the year. Start with this week’s, then practice until you can say it without looking.

1. Week 1Numbers 6:24-26The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
2. Week 2Deuteronomy 6:4-5Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
3. Week 3Joshua 1:9Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
4. Week 4Nehemiah 8:10The joy of the LORD is your strength.
5. Week 5Psalm 23:1-3The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul.
6. Week 6Psalm 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
7. Week 7Psalm 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
8. Week 8Psalm 46:10Be still, and know that I am God!
9. Week 9Psalm 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
10. Week 10Psalm 121:1-2I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where will my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
11. Week 11Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
12. Week 12Proverbs 3:5-6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
13. Week 13Isaiah 40:31Those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
14. Week 14Isaiah 43:1But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
15. Week 15Jeremiah 29:11For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
16. Week 16Lamentations 3:22-23The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
17. Week 17Joel 2:13Return to the LORD, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love.
18. Week 18Micah 6:8He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
19. Week 19Matthew 5:16Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
20. Week 20Matthew 6:33But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
21. Week 21Matthew 11:28-30Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
22. Week 22Matthew 22:37-39‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
23. Week 23Matthew 28:18-20Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
24. Week 24Mark 1:15The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.
25. Week 25Luke 2:10-12But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.”
26. Week 26John 1:14And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.
27. Week 27John 3:16-17For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
28. Week 28John 6:35Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
29. Week 29John 8:12Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”
30. Week 30John 14:1-3Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.
31. Week 31John 14:27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
32. Week 32John 15:1-2I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.
33. Week 33Romans 8:26-27The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
34. Week 34Romans 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
35. Week 35Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
36. Week 361 Corinthians 10:31So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
37. Week 371 Corinthians 13:4-8Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
38. Week 382 Corinthians 13:13The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
39. Week 392 Corinthians 5:17So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
40. Week 40Galatians 2:20It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
41. Week 41Galatians 5:22-23The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
42. Week 42Ephesians 2:8-9For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast.
43. Week 43Philippians 4:13I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
44. Week 44Philippians 4:4-7Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
45. Week 45Colossians 3:1-3So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
46. Week 461 Thessalonians 5:16-18Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
47. Week 472 Timothy 3:16All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.
48. Week 482 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
49. Week 49Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
50. Week 50Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.
51. Week 511 Peter 5:7Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.
52. Week 52Revelation 3:20Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.

Memory verses as printed in the Gateway Church 2026–2027 Bible Reading Plan, from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.