reading the bible

⁴For whatever was written, was written to teach us, so that, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.

⁸The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,

¹⁸Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law.

¹²I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.

²Like newborn infants, desire the milk of reasonableness without guile, so that by this you may increase unto salvation,

³And we can be sure that we have known him by this: if we observe his commandments. ⁴Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

⁴And in response he said, “It has been written: ‘Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”

¹¹I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

¹⁴And so, brothers, stand firm, and hold to the traditions that you have learned, whether by word or by our epistle. ¹⁵So may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and who has given us an everlasting consolation and good hope in grace,

³⁹Study the Scriptures. For you think that in them you have eternal life. And yet they also offer testimony about me.

²⁸Then he said, “Yes, but moreover: blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”

¹²For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.