BIBLE VERSES SHOWING THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING GOD'S WORD

Matthew 22:29 ...'Jesus answered and said unto them, ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.'

Hosea 4:6 ...'My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.'

John 5:39 ...'Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.'

Romans 10:17 ...'So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.'

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ...'All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.'

2 Timothy 2:15 ...'Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.'

Proverbs 2:1-5 ...'My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.'

John 8:31-32 ...'Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, if ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.'

John 17:3 ...'And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.'

Romans 15:4 ...'For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.'

2 Timothy 3:15 ...'And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.'

Matthew 4:4 ...'But he answered and said, it is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'

Job 23:12 ...'Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.'

John 6:63 ...'It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.'

Acts 17:11 ...'These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.'

John 17:17 ...'Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.'

1 Peter 2:2 ...'As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.'

Hebrews 4:12 ...'For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.'

Psalm 119:105 ...'Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my.'

Psalm 119:11 ...'Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.'

Psalm 119:9 ...'Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.'

Psalm 19:9 ...'The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.'

James 1:21-22 ...'Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.'

Luke 11:28 ...'But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.'

1 Timothy 4:15-16 ...'Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.'

1 Peter 1:22-25 ...'Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.'

Matthew 7:24-25 ...'Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.'

Revelation 1:3 ...'Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.'

The only thing I will add to the above is that many of us have gotten into a habit of watching sermons and videos rather than studying God's Word for ourselves. I am not saying that watching sermons is bad. But if we depend upon others to teach us, rather than the Holy Spirit through personal study, then we could be led astray into error and wrong impressions. So let us all be found in daily, personal studying of the scriptures, allowing Christ to be our teacher. And let us all be doers of the Word.