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The NKJV Daily Bible
Copyright © 2004 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) may be quoted or reprinted without
prior written permission with the following qualifications: (1) up to and including
1,000 verses may be quoted in printed form as long as the verses quoted amount to
less than 50% of a complete book of the Bible and make up less than 50% of the total
work in which they are quoted; (2) all NKJV quotations must conform accurately to
the NKJV text.
Any use of the NKJV text must include a proper acknowledgement as follows:
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982
by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
However, when quotations from the NKJV text are used in church bulletins, orders of
service, Sunday school lessons, church newsletters, and similar works in the course
of religious instruction or services at a place of worship or other religious assembly,
the following notice may be used at the end of each quotation: NKJV.
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All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
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table of contents
Portions from the books of the Bible begin on the pages indicated:
The Old Testament
Genesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Ecclesiastes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640
Exodus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Song of Solomon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .654
Leviticus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Isaiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .662
Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 Jeremiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .750
Deuteronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210 Lamentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .826
Joshua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257 Ezekiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .833
Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289 Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .897
Ruth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Hosea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .915
1 Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323 Joel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .929
2 Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363 Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .934
1 Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397 Obadiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .944
2 Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433 Jonah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .946
1 Chronicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .470 Micah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .949
2 Chronicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506 Nahum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .956
Ezra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550 Habakkuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .959
Nehemiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .563 Zephaniah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .963
Esther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .582 Haggai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .966
Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .594 Zechariah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .968
Psalms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Malachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .981
Proverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
The NEW Testament
Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 1 Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .792
Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 2 Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .807
Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 Titus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .821
John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353 Philemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .833
Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .460 Hebrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .835
Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581 James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .875
1 Corinthians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625 1 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .888
2 Corinthians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .676 2 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .903
Galatians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .711 1 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .912
Ephesians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .729 2 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .923
Philippians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .746 3 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .925
Colossians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .760 Jude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .926
1 Thessalonians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .771 Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .929
2 Thessalonians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .784
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How to Use Your NKJV Daily Bible
For each day of the year, there are four por- year, an alternative two-year plan would be to
tions to read: a portion from the Old read the portions from Psalms, Proverbs, and
Testament, from Psalms, from Proverbs, and the New Testament the first year, and then the
from the New Testament. By following this plan, portions from the Old Testament the second
at the end of one year you will have read year.
through the entire Bible in consecutive daily Either way, you will develop a habit of thor-
installments. ough, daily Bible reading that will bless you in
If you aren’t ready for the entire Bible in a life.
“I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great
treasure.”—Psalm 119:162
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
that the man of God may be complete, thor-
oughly equipped for every good work.”
—2 Timothy 3:16, 17
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