Latter-day Scriptures in a Year

Exodus 8-11  ● Exodus 8  The Lord sends plagues of frogs, lice, and flies upon Egypt—Pharaoh hardens his heart.  ● Exodus 9  The Lord destroys the cattle of the Egyptians, but not of the Israelites—Boils and blains are sent upon the Egyptians—The Lord sends hail and fire upon the people of Pharaoh, but not upon the people of Israel.  ●Exodus 10  The Lord sends a plague of locusts—This is followed ...

Exodus 4-7  ● Exodus 4  The Lord gives signs to Moses—Aaron is chosen as a spokesman—Israel is the Lord’s firstborn and must be released to serve Him—Moses’ son is circumcised—Moses and Aaron lead Israel in worship.  ● Exodus 5  Moses and Aaron ask Pharaoh to free Israel—Pharaoh responds, Who is the Lord?—He places greater burdens upon the children of Israel.  ● Exodus 6  The Lord identifies Himse...

Ex. 1-3; Ps. 88; Moses 1   ● Exodus 1  The children of Israel multiply—They are placed in bondage by the Egyptians—Pharaoh seeks to destroy the sons born to Hebrew women.  ● Exodus 2  Moses is born to Levite parents, is raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, slays an Egyptian in defense of an Israelite, flees to Midian, and marries Zipporah—Israel in bondage cries to the Lord.  ● Psalm 88  A prayer of one ...

Genesis 47-50 ● Genesis 47 The Israelites settle in Goshen—Jacob blesses Pharaoh—Joseph sells grain to the Egyptians—Pharaoh receives the Egyptians’ cattle and lands—Jacob desires to be buried with his fathers in Canaan. ● Genesis 48 Jacob tells of the appearance of God to him in Luz—He adopts Ephraim and Manasseh as his own children—Jacob blesses Joseph—He puts Ephraim before Manasseh—The seed of...

Genesis 43-46 ●Genesis 43 Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin to Egypt—Joseph’s brothers show respect to him—They all eat and drink together. ● Genesis 44 Joseph arranges to stop the return of his brothers to Canaan—Judah offers himself in place of Benjamin for their father’s sake.   ● Genesis 45 Joseph makes himself known to his brothers—They rejoice together—Pharaoh invites Jacob and his family...

Genesis 40-42 ● Genesis 40 Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh’s chief butler and chief baker—The butler fails to tell Pharaoh about Joseph. ● Genesis 41 Pharaoh dreams of the cattle and the ears of grain—Joseph interprets the dreams as seven years of plenty and seven of famine—He proposes a grain storage program—Pharaoh makes him ruler of all Egypt—Joseph marries Asenath—He gathers grain as t...

Genesis 36-39 ● Genesis 36 The descendants of Esau, who is Edom, are listed. ● Genesis 37 Jacob loves and favors Joseph, who is hated by his brothers—Joseph dreams that his parents and brothers make obeisance to him—His brothers sell him into Egypt. ● Genesis 38 Judah has three sons by a Canaanite woman—Er and Onan are slain by the Lord—Tamar, disguised as a harlot, bears twins by Judah. ● Genesis...

Genesis 32-35 ● Genesis 32 Jacob sees angels—He asks God to preserve him from Esau, for whom he prepares presents—He wrestles all night with a messenger of God—Jacob’s name is changed to Israel—He sees God face to face. ● Genesis 33 Jacob and Esau meet and are reconciled—Esau receives Jacob’s presents—Jacob settles in Canaan, where he builds an altar. ● Genesis 34 Shechem defiles Dinah—The Hivites...

Genesis 29-31 ● Genesis 29 Jacob meets Rachel at the well—He serves Laban seven years for her—Laban gives to Jacob first Leah then Rachel in marriage—Jacob serves another seven years—Leah bears Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. ●Genesis 30 Jacob marries Bilhah, and she bears Dan and Naphtali—He marries Zilpah, and she bears Gad and Asher—Leah bears Issachar and Zebulun and a daughter, Dinah—Then Ra...

Genesis 25-28 ● Gen 25 Abraham marries, has descendants, dies, and is buried in the cave of Machpelah—His descendants through Ishmael are listed—Rebekah conceives, and Jacob and Esau struggle in her womb—The Lord reveals their destiny to Rebekah—Esau sells his birthright for a mess of pottage. ●Gen 26 The Lord promises Isaac posterity as the stars of heaven in number—In his seed, all nations will...

Genesis 22-24 ● Genesis 22 Abraham is commanded to sacrifice Isaac, his son—Both father and son yield to the will of God—Abraham’s seed will be as the stars and the sand in number—In his seed, all nations will be blessed—Rebekah is born to Bethuel.   ● Genesis 23 Sarah dies and is buried in the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham buys from Ephron the Hittite. ● Genesis 24 Abraham commands that Isaac...

Genesis 18-21 ● Genesis 18 Abraham entertains three holy men—They promise that Sarah will have a son—Abraham will command his children to be just—The Lord appears to him—They discuss the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. ● Genesis 19 Lot entertains holy men—The men of Sodom seek to abuse Lot’s guests and are smitten with blindness—Lot is sent out of Sodom—The Lord rains brimstone and fire upon So...

Genesis 12-17   ●Genesis 12  Abram will become a great nation—He and his seed will bless all the families of the earth—He travels from Haran to the land of Canaan—Because of famine, he goes down into Egypt—Abram and Sarai are tested in Pharaoh’s court. ● Genesis 13  Abram returns from Egypt—He and Lot part—The Lord will make Abram’s seed as the dust of the earth in number—Abram settles in Hebron....

Abraham 1-3 ● Abraham 1 Abraham seeks the blessings of the patriarchal order—He is persecuted by false priests in Chaldea—Jehovah saves him—The origins and government of Egypt are reviewed.   ● Abraham Facsimile 1  Abraham as a sacrifice. ● Abraham 2 Abraham leaves Ur to go to Canaan—Jehovah appears to him at Haran—All gospel blessings are promised to his seed and through his seed to all—He goes t...

Ether 6-9 ● Ether 6  The Jaredite barges are driven by the winds to the promised land—The people praise the Lord for His goodness—Orihah is appointed king over them—Jared and his brother die. ● Ether 7 Orihah reigns in righteousness—Amid usurpation and strife, the rival kingdoms of Shule and Cohor are set up—Prophets condemn the wickedness and idolatry of the people, who then repent. ● Ether 8 The...

Genesis 11; and Ether 1-3   ● Genesis 11  All men speak the same language—They build the Tower of Babel—The Lord confounds their language and scatters them over all the earth—The generations of Shem include Abram, whose wife is Sarai—Abram leaves Ur and settles in Haran. ● Ether 1  Moroni abridges the writings of Ether—Ether’s genealogy is set forth—The language of the Jaredites is not confounded...

Job 39-42 ● Job 39 Man’s weakness and ignorance are compared with God’s mighty works—Does man even know how the laws of nature operate? ● Job 40 The Lord challenges Job, and Job replies humbly—The Lord speaks of His power to Job—He asks, Hast thou an arm like God?—He points to His power in the behemoth. ● Job 41 The Lord points to His power in the leviathan—All things under the whole heaven are th...

Job 35-38 ● Job 35  Elihu contrasts the weakness of man and the power of God—Our wickedness hurts other men, and our righteousness helps them—Man should trust in the Lord. ● Job 36  Elihu says, Those who are righteous are prospered—The wicked perish and die without knowledge—Elihu praises the greatness of God. ● Job 37  Elihu concludes, saying, The Lord controls the laws of nature—God reigns in te...

Job 32-24 ● Job 32  Elihu, in anger, answers Job and his three friends—Elihu says, There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives understanding—He also says, Great men are not always wise. ● Job 33  Elihu says, God is greater than man, He speaks to man in dreams and visions, He ransoms those cast into the pit, and He delivers their souls and gives them life. ● Job 34  Elihu te...

Job 29-31 ● Job 29 Job recalls his former prosperity and greatness—He was blessed because of his righteousness, his charity, and his good deeds. ● Job 30 Job is derided by the children of vile and base men—In his afflicted state, he cries to the Lord—Job says that he wept for those in trouble. ● Job 31 Job invites judgment so that God may know his integrity—If he has done ill, Job welcomes the pen...

Job 23-28 ● Job 23 Job seeks the Lord and asserts his own righteousness—He says, When the Lord has tried me, I will come forth as gold. ● Job 24 Murderers, adulterers, those who oppress the poor, and wicked people in general often go unpunished for a little while. ● Job 25 Bildad bemoans the lowly state of man and classifies him as a worm. Job 26 Job reproves Bildad’s lack of empathy—He extols the...

Job 20-22 Job 20   Zophar shows the condition of the wicked—He says, The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment. Job 21  Job admits that the wicked sometimes prosper in this life—Then he testifies that their judgment will be hereafter in the day of wrath and destruction. Job 22  Eliphaz accuses Job of various sins and exhorts him to repent.

Job 15-19. Job 15  Eliphaz sets forth the disquietude of wicked men—They do not believe they will return out of darkness and be resurrected. Job 16 Job speaks against the wicked who oppose him—Though even his friends scorn him, he testifies that his witness is in heaven and his record is on high. Job 17  Job speaks of the sorrow of death and of the grave in that day when the body returns to the du...

Job 10-14 Job 10  Job is weary of life—He reasons with God about his afflictions—He asks, Why hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Job 11  Zophar asks, Canst thou by searching find out God?—Zophar says that the hope of the wicked will fade away as though it had died. Job 12  Job says, The souls of all things are in the hands of the Lord, with the ancient is wisdom, and the Lord governs in a...

Job 6-9 Job 6   Job bemoans his grief—He prays that God will grant his petitions—Those who are afflicted should be pitied—How forcible are right words! Job 7   Job asks, Is there an appointed time for man on earth? What is man that Thou shouldst magnify him? Why dost Thou not pardon my transgression? Job 8   Bildad asks, Doth God pervert judgment?—Bildad says, Our days upon earth are a shadow, and...