What Does the Bible Say About Bible Study?

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 ESV / 37 helpful votes

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 32 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 27 helpful votes

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 24 helpful votes

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 20 helpful votes

So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Revelation 1:3 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Hosea 4:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

Psalm 119:15 ESV / 15 helpful votes

I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.

Psalm 1:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 14 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

1 Timothy 4:13 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

Psalm 119:73 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Deuteronomy 5:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them.

1 Peter 1:24-25 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Acts 17:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

John 8:31-32 ESV / 7 helpful votes

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Matthew 11:29 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Proverbs 4:20-21 ESV / 7 helpful votes

My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.

Hebrews 1:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

2 Corinthians 3:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.

Proverbs 4:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.

Psalm 32:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Mark 12:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Have you not read this Scripture: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

Proverbs 4:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

Hebrews 5:11-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

1 Timothy 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.

John 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Joshua 1:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

John 5:1-47 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” ...

38 Bible Verses about Bible Study

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 ESV / 37 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:3 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 4:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:15 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 1:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 4:13 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:73 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 5:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:24-25 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 17:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:31-32 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:29 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:20-21 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 1:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 3:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 32:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 12:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 5:11-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 1:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 5:1-47 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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