Mature Believer
Wisdom & the Word.
Job, Ecclesiastes and Proverbs, alongside Isaiah.
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Why this plan
The whole wisdom collection read together, so its tensions can stand: Job and Ecclesiastes wrestle honestly with suffering and meaning, and Proverbs comes last, so its confident wisdom lands as earned rather than naive.
Isaiah, the Old Testament book most quoted in the New, runs alongside and rewards sustained attention.
What you'll read
2 streams, read side by side.
Wisdom
Job → Ecclesiastes → Proverbs
The Word
Isaiah
Week by week
The plan for the next 17 weeks.
Every reading, in the order the app gives them. When one stream finishes, the others carry on until the plan is done.
Week 1Job 1 – Job 5
- Day 1Job 1 · Isaiah 1
- Day 2Job 2 · Isaiah 2
- Day 3Job 3 · Isaiah 3
- Day 4Job 4 · Isaiah 4
- Day 5Job 5 · Isaiah 5
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 2Job 6 – Job 10
- Day 6Job 6 · Isaiah 6
- Day 7Job 7 · Isaiah 7
- Day 8Job 8 · Isaiah 8
- Day 9Job 9 · Isaiah 9
- Day 10Job 10 · Isaiah 10
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 3Job 11 – Job 15
- Day 11Job 11 · Isaiah 11
- Day 12Job 12 · Isaiah 12
- Day 13Job 13 · Isaiah 13
- Day 14Job 14 · Isaiah 14
- Day 15Job 15 · Isaiah 15
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 4Job 16 – Job 20
- Day 16Job 16 · Isaiah 16
- Day 17Job 17 · Isaiah 17
- Day 18Job 18 · Isaiah 18
- Day 19Job 19 · Isaiah 19
- Day 20Job 20 · Isaiah 20
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 5Job 21 – Job 25
- Day 21Job 21 · Isaiah 21
- Day 22Job 22 · Isaiah 22
- Day 23Job 23 · Isaiah 23
- Day 24Job 24 · Isaiah 24
- Day 25Job 25 · Isaiah 25
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 6Job 26 – Job 30
- Day 26Job 26 · Isaiah 26
- Day 27Job 27 · Isaiah 27
- Day 28Job 28 · Isaiah 28
- Day 29Job 29 · Isaiah 29
- Day 30Job 30 · Isaiah 30
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 7Job 31 – Job 35
- Day 31Job 31 · Isaiah 31
- Day 32Job 32 · Isaiah 32
- Day 33Job 33 · Isaiah 33
- Day 34Job 34 · Isaiah 34
- Day 35Job 35 · Isaiah 35
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 8Job 36 – Job 40
- Day 36Job 36 · Isaiah 36
- Day 37Job 37 · Isaiah 37
- Day 38Job 38 · Isaiah 38
- Day 39Job 39 · Isaiah 39
- Day 40Job 40 · Isaiah 40
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 9Job 41 – Ecclesiastes 3
- Day 41Job 41 · Isaiah 41
- Day 42Job 42 · Isaiah 42
- Day 43Ecclesiastes 1 · Isaiah 43
- Day 44Ecclesiastes 2 · Isaiah 44
- Day 45Ecclesiastes 3 · Isaiah 45
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 10Ecclesiastes 4 – Ecclesiastes 8
- Day 46Ecclesiastes 4 · Isaiah 46
- Day 47Ecclesiastes 5 · Isaiah 47
- Day 48Ecclesiastes 6 · Isaiah 48
- Day 49Ecclesiastes 7 · Isaiah 49
- Day 50Ecclesiastes 8 · Isaiah 50
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 11Ecclesiastes 9 – Proverbs 1
- Day 51Ecclesiastes 9 · Isaiah 51
- Day 52Ecclesiastes 10 · Isaiah 52
- Day 53Ecclesiastes 11 · Isaiah 53
- Day 54Ecclesiastes 12 · Isaiah 54
- Day 55Proverbs 1 · Isaiah 55
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 12Proverbs 2 – Proverbs 6
- Day 56Proverbs 2 · Isaiah 56
- Day 57Proverbs 3 · Isaiah 57
- Day 58Proverbs 4 · Isaiah 58
- Day 59Proverbs 5 · Isaiah 59
- Day 60Proverbs 6 · Isaiah 60
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 13Proverbs 7 – Proverbs 11
- Day 61Proverbs 7 · Isaiah 61
- Day 62Proverbs 8 · Isaiah 62
- Day 63Proverbs 9 · Isaiah 63
- Day 64Proverbs 10 · Isaiah 64
- Day 65Proverbs 11 · Isaiah 65
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 14Proverbs 12 – Proverbs 16
- Day 66Proverbs 12 · Isaiah 66
- Day 67Proverbs 13
- Day 68Proverbs 14
- Day 69Proverbs 15
- Day 70Proverbs 16
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 15Proverbs 17 – Proverbs 21
- Day 71Proverbs 17
- Day 72Proverbs 18
- Day 73Proverbs 19
- Day 74Proverbs 20
- Day 75Proverbs 21
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 16Proverbs 22 – Proverbs 26
- Day 76Proverbs 22
- Day 77Proverbs 23
- Day 78Proverbs 24
- Day 79Proverbs 25
- Day 80Proverbs 26
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 17Proverbs 27 – Proverbs 31
- Day 81Proverbs 27
- Day 82Proverbs 28
- Day 83Proverbs 29
- Day 84Proverbs 30
- Day 85Proverbs 31
- Rest dayReflect on the plan you've just finished
Weekly rhythm
Five days to read. One to reflect.
Each reading day has one reading per stream. On your rest day, look back over the week. You choose your rest day in the app: Saturday, Sunday or the whole weekend. Your place only moves on when you mark a reading done, so a missed day never leaves you behind.
How to read
Read, Reflect, Respond.
The same three steps every day, in any plan. Fifteen to thirty minutes is plenty.
- 1
Read
Read slowly and on purpose, with a pen in hand. Mark the words and verses that stand out, the big words to look up, the repeated ideas, and the connecting words like therefore and because.
- 2
Reflect
Ask why you marked what you did. What did it mean to the people it was first written to? What does it mean for you today? What does it show you about God?
- 3
Respond
Turn it into prayer: thanksgiving, praise, repentance, or asking for help, using the words you marked. Optionally, write down one thing to carry into the day.
Optional, in the app
Add a companion reading.
Alongside this plan, you can add a short daily reading. Turn on any of them, or alternate the Psalm and Proverb from day to day.
Psalm of the Day
One psalm a day, working through the whole Psalter.
Proverb of the Day
One chapter of Proverbs a day, cycling every 31 days.
Gospel of the Day
This plan doesn't include a Gospel, so Gospel of the Day keeps you reading the words and works of Jesus alongside it, one Gospel at a time.
Companion readings need a free account in the Standfirm app.
When you finish
Keep going.
Every plan in this stage covers different books. Pick another. There's no rush.