Chronological Reading of the Bible - Day 17 - January 17, 2026

This reading is part of a year-long journey through the Bible in a chronological and harmonized format, arranging passages according to the historical timeline of events.Job 31:1 - 32:22 - Job solemnly declares his moral integrity, describing a personal covenant with his eyes to avoid lust and denying sins such as deceit, adultery, mistreatment of servants or the poor, and idolatry, even inviting curses upon himself if any charge is true. - After Job finishes speaking, young Elihu grows angry—at Job for claiming righteousness above God and at the three friends for failing to answer him—and announces he must now speak because the spirit within him compels him.John 2:13-25 - At Passover Jesus enters the Jerusalem temple, makes a whip of cords, drives out the merchants and money-changers, overturns their tables, and declares that his Father's house must not become a marketplace. - When the Jews demand a sign for his authority, Jesus says, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up," referring to his own body and the coming resurrection; he does not entrust himself to the crowd because he knows what is truly in every person.