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Key Bible Verse: All the people paid close attention to the Book of the Law (Nehemiah 8:3). Bonus Reading: Nehemiah 8:1-8

About six in ten Americans say they read the Bible at least occasionally, a Gallup poll conducted in October, 2000, found. But Bible readership has dropped from the 1980s, when 73 percent of Americans said they read it at least on occasion.

The percentage of those who read the Bible at least once a week has dropped slightly in the last 10 years, from 40 percent in 1990 to 37 percent today, the Gallup Organization said.

Sixteen percent of Americans say they read the Bible every day, compared to 21 percent who say they read it weekly, 12 percent who say they read it monthly, and 10 percent who say they read the Bible less than monthly. A total of 41 percent said they never or rarely read the Bible.

Other findings from Gallup's survey, based on telephone interviews of 1,024 adults:

• About 43 percent of women say they read the Bible either daily or weekly, compared to 29 percent of men.
  
  
• Half of those older than 65 read the Bible at least once a week, compared to 27 percent of those 18 to 29.

—Religion News Service

Adapted from: Religion News Service (10/00) by permission.

Prayer for the Week

Lord, help me regularly to go straight to Your Word and find direction and nourishment.

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