Old Testament
39 booksThe Pentateuch
Genesis
Creation, the patriarchs, covenant, and the beginnings of Israel.
Exodus
Israel's deliverance from Egypt, the covenant at Sinai, and the tabernacle.
Leviticus
Sacrifice, priesthood, holiness, worship, and life under the law.
Numbers
Israel's wilderness journey, rebellion, judgment, and preparation for Canaan.
Deuteronomy
Moses' final covenant teaching before Israel enters the promised land.
History
Joshua
Israel's entrance into Canaan, the conquest, and the division of the land.
Judges
Israel's repeated cycles of rebellion, oppression, deliverance, and return.
Ruth
Ruth's loyalty, Boaz's redemption, and a family line leading to David.
1 Samuel
Samuel's ministry, Saul's kingship, and David's rise in Israel.
2 Samuel
David's reign, covenant, victories, failures, and family conflict.
1 Kings
Solomon, the temple, the divided kingdom, and the ministry of Elijah.
2 Kings
The decline of Israel and Judah, prophetic witness, exile, and judgment.
1 Chronicles
Genealogies, David's reign, worship, and preparation for the temple.
2 Chronicles
Solomon's temple and the kings of Judah through exile and restoration.
Ezra
The return from exile and the rebuilding of the temple and covenant community.
Nehemiah
The rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and the renewal of the people.
Esther
Esther's courage and the preservation of the Jewish people in Persia.
Poetry & Wisdom
Job
Suffering, faith, human wisdom, and the majesty of God.
Psalms
Prayer, praise, lament, thanksgiving, kingship, and trust in God.
Proverbs
Practical wisdom concerning character, speech, work, justice, and relationships.
Ecclesiastes
A search for meaning, the limits of earthly striving, and reverence for God.
Song of Solomon
Poetic celebration of love, desire, beauty, and covenant devotion.
Major Prophets
Isaiah
Judgment, holiness, comfort, restoration, and the promised servant and king.
Jeremiah
Warning before Jerusalem's fall, lament, covenant judgment, and promised renewal.
Lamentations
Poetic grief over Jerusalem's destruction, joined with repentance and hope.
Ezekiel
Visions of glory, judgment, exile, restoration, and a renewed temple and people.
Daniel
Faithfulness in exile and visions of kingdoms, deliverance, and God's rule.
Minor Prophets
Hosea
Israel's unfaithfulness and God's persistent covenant love and call to return.
Joel
The day of the LORD, repentance, restoration, and the outpouring of the Spirit.
Amos
Justice, judgment on oppression and false worship, and the hope of restoration.
Obadiah
Judgment on Edom and the vindication and restoration of God's people.
Jonah
A reluctant prophet, Nineveh's repentance, and the reach of divine mercy.
Micah
Judgment, justice, mercy, restoration, and the promised ruler from Bethlehem.
Nahum
The fall of Nineveh and judgment against cruelty, pride, and oppression.
Habakkuk
A prophet's questions about injustice and his journey toward faithful trust.
Zephaniah
The day of the LORD, judgment, repentance, and the promise of restoration.
Haggai
A call to rebuild the temple and put faithful worship first.
Zechariah
Visions of restoration, a renewed Jerusalem, and the coming king.
Malachi
Covenant faithfulness, pure worship, justice, and the coming messenger.