Knowing and Obeying Scripture is basic to living the Christian life. Therefore, it ought to be a priority for every Christian.
Psalm 119:9 (ESV) How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.
Psalm 119:11 (ESV) I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:16 (ESV) I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
Psalm 119:105 (ESV) Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
John 17:17 (ESV) Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
Ezra 7:10 (ESV) For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.
2 Tim. 3:14-17 (ESV) But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it [15] and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. [16] All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righ teousness, [17] that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
2 Tim. 2:15 (ESV) 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.
James 1:22 (ESV) But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
1 Peter 1:22-2:3 (ESV) Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, [23] since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; [24] for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, [25] but the word of the Lord remains forever." And this word is the good news that was preached to you. [2:1] So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. [2] Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation— [3] if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Books
Living by the Book by Hendricks
Personal Bible Study Methods by Warren
How to Apply the Bible by Veerman
How to Study the Bible by Arthur
Knowing Scripture by Sproul
Ryken's Bible Handbook
Can I Trust the Bible by Sproul
How to Study the Bible by MacArthur
Promises Made: The Message of the Old Testament by Dever
Promises Kept: The Message of the New Testament by Dever
MacArthur Study Bible (Available in NKJV, NASB, and ESV)
ESV Study Bible
NLT Study Bible
HCSB Study Bible
Special Note:
I highly recommend James White's book The King James Only Controversy. Even if you are not interested in the KJV Only debate that exists, this book helps the reader understand how we got out Bible and why we can have confidence in our English Bibles.
I also recommend The Origin of the Bible which explains issues like inspiration, canonization, and translation.
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