- Genesis: Covenant beginnings: Need for and establishment of Abrahamic covenant.
- Exodus: God's deliverance from Egypt and presence with His people.
- Leviticus: God's holiness and the preservation of God's presence.
- Numbers: God's faithfulness and Israel's faithlessness in the wilderness.
- Deuteronomy: Renewal of Mosaic covenant for the second generation after the exodus.
- Joshua: God's faithfulness in the conquest and allotment of the Promised Land.
- Judges: Failure of leaders in keeping the covenant.
- Ruth: God's faithfulness to faithful families.
- Samuel: God's kingship and the Davidic covenant.
- Kings: Failure of kings in keeping the Davidic covenant.
- Chronicles: Obedience leads to blessing and hope for the post-exilic community.
- Ezra-Nehemiah: Restoration of temple, community, Jerusalem, and covenant.
- Esther: God's providence in protecting His people.
- Job: God's wisdom and justice in human suffering.
- Psalms: Praise the Lord our King.
- Proverbs: Pursuit of wisdom and the fear of the Lord.
- Ecclesiastes: Meaning of life and the fear of God.
- Song of Songs: Celebration of the power and beauty of love.
- Isaiah: Trusting in the Lord for deliverance.
- Jeremiah: Impending judgment and the necessity of repentance.
- Lamentations: God's justice in Jerusalem's destruction.
- Ezekiel: Knowledge of God and the presence of God.
- Daniel: God's sovereignty with His people and with kings/nations.
- Hosea: God's love for adulterous Israel.
- Joel: Day of the Lord and returning to the Lord.
- Amos: Israel's injustice.
- Obadiah: Judgement on Edom.
- Jonah: God's compassion.
- Micah: Judah's injustice.
- Nahum: Judgment on Assyria.
- Habakkuk: God's justice and the nations, especially Babylon.
- Zephaniah: Day of the Lord and seeking the Lord.
- Haggai: Rebuilding the temple.
- Zechariah: Comfort and repentance.
- Malachi: Israel's relationship with God.
